A Selection of News Headlines (31/03/2009)

Hundreds feared drowned off Libya (BBC News) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge leader admits crimes (BBC News) - [text online]

Clinton urges Afghanistan unity (BBC News) - [text online]

Court hears Khmer Rouge testimony (BBC News) - [text online]

Torture inquiry reveals 15 new cases (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Leading article: In need of security – and a strategy to tackle the terror (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's 'shameful' failure to respond to UN calls for aid (The Independent) - [text online]

Australians do battle over the prefab huts of Pommy Town (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia: Situation Report No. 13, 20 - 27 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: OCHA Situation Report No. 3, 27 Mar 2009 - Expulsion of key NGOs from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hundreds of colleges refused permission to take overseas students (The Guardian) - [text online]

Who would want to be British? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Failed asylum seekers not entitled to free NHS treatment (The Guardian) - [text online]

Rock and a hard place (The Guardian) - [text online]

Tough new rules to target bogus education cheats (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Kenya: End Abuse and Neglect of Somali Refugees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Arab States: Press Sudan on Darfur Aid (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Escalating violence uproots tens of thousands of Central Africans, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency deplores deaths of hundreds bound for Europe off Libyan coast (UN News) - [text online]

Egyptian troops arrive in Darfur to boost African Union-UN force (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Food aid not reaching most vulnerable women, children (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Expulsions leave gaps in Three Areas, eastern region (IRIN News) - [text online]

ANGOLA-ZAMBIA: Refugees get cold feet (IRIN News) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (27/03/2009)

Sarkozy outlines Congo peace plan (BBC News) - [text online]

UN urges Sudanese rethink on aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Mystery over Sudan 'air strike' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN in call for Sri Lanka 'pause' (BBC News) - [text online]

Binyam Mohamed: Police are to investigate MI5 over torture allegations (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Police to investigate MI5 over Guantánamo torture claims (The Times) - [text online]

Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza (The Times) - [text online]

Police launch investigation of MI5 over torture claims (The Independent) - [text online]

The terror suspect, the agent, and 15 months of hell in a Moroccan jail (The Independent) - [text online]

Saad Rafiq Hariri: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon offers us a chance for recovery (The Independent) - [text online]

Women told: 'You have dishonoured your family, please kill yourself' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 18 - 24 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Gurkhas closer to decision on UK status after forcing new high court hearing (The Guardian) - [text online]

Spreading conflict in Central African Republic forces civilians into Chad (UNHCR) - [text online]

Thousands of Somalis continue to flee to north-eastern Kenya (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displacement in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

Mobile registration project for Colombian refugees in Ecuador (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR issues educational toolkit on asylum and migration in Europe (UNHCR) - [text online]

Identifying and filling critical gaps priority in Darfur aid effort – UN relief chief (UN News) - [text online]

Information saves lives in humanitarian emergencies, UN official stresses (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi painters’ work showcased by UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

Sudan: UN assists ex-combatants in north-south conflict to return to civilian life (UN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: Some 1,500 IDPs clash with police (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Thousands need aid to return home from Somaliland (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (26/03/2009)

Sarkozy visits Congolese leader (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq inquiry set up 'after July' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'repulses Tigers' (BBC News) - [text online]

British-run orphanage in Bangladesh 'is Islamist training camp' (The Times) - [text online]

Pakistani region where the brutal Taleban have taken control (The Times) - [text online]

Iraq war inquiry will be held in private (The Independent) - [text online]

UK charity connected to 'terror camp' (The Independent) - [text online]

Survey shows few Angolan refugees wish to repatriate to Angola (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraqi artists in Syria get a rare chance to exhibit their work (UNHCR) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Fears for social stability as migrant workers return (IRIN News) - [text online]

SYRIA: Controversial training for Iraqi refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: conditions unstable for civilians trapped in conflict (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (25/03/2009).

Joint Darfur aid warning issued (BBC News) - [text online]

Ruling due on terror detentions (BBC News) - [text online]

Rising threat of dirty bomb attack on UK, says Jacqui Smith (The Times) - [text online]

UK faces greater threat of 'dirty bomb' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 12, 16 - 22 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 11, 09 - 15 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq Humanitarian Update No.4, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Regional Update No. 7 - Cholera/Acute Watery Diarrhea Outbreaks in Southern Africa, 20 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 17 - 23 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

All's not fair in love and immigration (The Guardian) - [text online]

Another year, another immigration Bill (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Egypt / Sudan: Failed opportunity to enforce justice (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Establishing a Special Tribunal for Kenya and the Role of the International Criminal Court (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Bangladesh: Investigate Torture Allegations (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Unity government going nowhere slowly (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Lost aid expertise hard to replace - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]

Joint UN and Sudanese assessment of Darfur aid reveals critical gaps (UN News) - [text online]

Central African refugees continue fleeing into Chad, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Violence thwarts refugee return to Southern Sudan – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Countries in turmoil fuelling rise in asylum applications, finds UN report (UN News) - [text online]

Violence thwarts refugee return to Southern Sudan – UN (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in strife-torn east (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (24/03/2009)

'Society must help' tackle terror (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe cholera 'past its peak' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwandan found guilty of murders (BBC News) - [text online]

UN says Burma detention 'illegal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ministers spend £90,000 a day on 'soft schemes' to tackle extremism (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Chemical or nuclear attack threat 'more realistic' (The Independent) - [text online]

US tried to gag British man 'tortured' in Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

UN accuses troops of using boy, 11, as human shield (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudanese leader defies arrest warrant with trip to Eritrea (The Independent) - [text online]

Conflicts in Afghanistan and Somalia fuel increase in asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online] and [text online]

Insecurity in Southern Sudan affecting refugee returns (UNHCR) - [text online]

Provisional asylum statistics for industrialised countries (UNHCR) - [text online]. See also - www.unhcr.org/statistics

French Navy helps rescue boat people, but seven die in Aden accident (UNHCR) - [text online]

Refugees from Central African Republic continue to arrive in Chad (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR helps displaced families in northern Iraq (UNHCR) - [text online]

New counter terrorism strategy launched (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Survival package" for Southern children (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Thousands flee conflict-hit north (IRIN News) - [text online]

In Brief: Zimbabwe most at risk of unrest (IRIN News) - [text online]

At least seven dead in latest smuggling tragedy off Yemeni coast – UN (UN News) - [text online]

UN-AU peacekeeping force carries out anti-banditry patrols in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Leaders must put needs of Kosovo’s communities first, says top UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (23/03/2009).

Clerics warn against Bashir trip (BBC News) - [text online]

UN criticises Israelis over Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands getting terror training (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetan monks 'held after riot' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan 'extermination' as aid cut (BBC News) - [text online]

Nine held after deportation demo (BBC News) - [text online]

Nearly 100 Tibet monks held 'after police attack' (The Independent) - [text online]

Week of protest against detention centres (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Staff 'forced to spy on students' (Carrick Gazette) - [text online]

Indonesia: In search of durable solutions (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html / pdf)]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 11 - 17 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 10 - 16 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britain set to become most populous country in EU (The Guardian0 - [text online]

Fears of anti-immigrant feeling during recession may be misplaced (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migration adviser says companies should train UK staff (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ministers impose £50 levy on economic migrants to pay for public services (The Guardian) - [text online]

What are human rights? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees leave Jordan, Syria in first resettlement to Germany (UNHCR) - [text online]

Attacks by Hutu rebels causing displacement in Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

Morocco/Western Sahara: Irene Khan acknowledges positive steps and calls for more progress (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Serbia/Kosovo: Wounds still open 10 years after start of war over Kosovo (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Iraq: civilians still facing hardship every day (ICRC) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to assist displaced persons leaving the conflict zone (ICRC) - [text online]

Would you want to talk about being raped in front of your child? (Refugee Council) - [text online

Britain’s biggest immigration removal centre opens (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Children, IDPs hardest hit by lack of water (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Hungry people are desperate people" (IRIN News) - [text online]

TIMOR-LESTE: Dili’s displaced face renewed delays (IRIN News) - [text online]

Impunity for rights abuses could derail Nepal's peace process, warns UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Racism denies fundamental right to equality, say top UN officials (UN News) - [text online]

UN relief official calls on Sudan to respect humanitarian aid agreements (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (16/03/2009).

Majority 'want Iraq war inquiry' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraqis 'more upbeat about future' (BBC News) - [text online]

EU peacekeeping handover in Chad (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia cuts migrant job intake (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands of girls mutilated in Britain (The Times) - [text online]

Man denies manslaughter of Arab student (Rye & Battle Observer) - [text online]

Union alleges foreign workers underpaid on power station project (Construction News) - [text online]

Terror suspect claims UK colluded in torture (The Independent) - [text online]

EU peacekeeping mission ends amid growing fears over Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor occupied Palestinian territory No. 34, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: OCHA Situation Report No. 2, 13 Mar 2009 - Expulsion of key NGOs from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Update: 01 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UK accused over asylum seekers left to live on $1 a day (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers: Britain's shadow people (The Guardian) - [video online]

Still Human Still Here exhibition (The Guardian) - [online gallery]

Headscarves: the wrong battle (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boris is right - open our borders (The Guardian) - [text online]

Who says sex workers want to be 'saved'? (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR and Pakistan sign new agreement on stay of Afghan refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Emergency transit centre in Romania sets precedent for other countries (UNHCR) - [text online]

Blue helmets take over from European force in Chad, Central African Republic (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: after ouster of aid groups, UN focuses on minimizing immediate risks (UN News) - [text online]

UN expert urges greater help for 26 million displaced people worldwide (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Limited scope to absorb more refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Individuals give NGOs more funds than donors (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: South preparing for possible influx from Darfur (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (13/03/2009).

Binyam blames UK for mistreatment (BBC News) - [text online]

Guantanamo inmate joins Taleban (BBC News) - [text online]

Taleban chief released from Guantanamo to target British troops (The Times) - [text online]

Secret emails show Iraq dossier was 'sexed up' (The Independent) - [text online]

Witch hunt: Africa's hidden war on women (The Independent) - [text online]

Student facing 20 years in hell (The Independent) - [text online]

An exhibition of suitcases and sculptures about immigration and people who make journeys to change their lives (The Guardian) - [online gallery]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: Indigenous Mass Displacement in Alto Baudó Situation Report No. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 9, 01 - 07 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Monthly Situation Report, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 04 - 10 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin No. 09 - 10, 27 Feb - 12 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Pakistan: NWFP Displacement Situation Report No. 18, 05 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: OCHA Monthly Situation Report Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 10, 02 - 08 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR to upgrade its mission in Myanmar (UNHCR) - [text online]

Former Liberian refugee seeks to help others adjust to life in US (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: 128 face execution in batches of 20 (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International to publish 2008 global death penalty statistics (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Human rights activists still face repression in the Middle East and North Africa (Amnesty International) - [text online]

UN refugee agency set to bolster aid work in Myanmar (UN News) - [text online]

Somalia committed to reconciliation, but hurdles ahead – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

NEPAL: Long-term IDPs still living in poverty (IRIN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Getting rid of the ghosts for returnees in Acholi (UN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Siniukai Madondo, "We were thinking when we came off the train we'd find jobs" (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Act II of xenophobia waiting in the wings (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Aid money almost too tight to mention (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (11/03/2009)

Obama condemns Darfur expulsions (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali cabinet backs Sharia plan (BBC News) - [text online]

Malaysia cuts Bangladeshi visas (BBC News) - [text online]

UK team probes Bangladesh mutiny (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration crackdown cuts migrant workers by just 6,000, Home Office says (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Muslim anti-war protesters abuse troops (The Independent) - [text online]

Bloodbath at the Iraqi reconciliation summit (The Independent) - [text online]

China's Tibet is a 'hell on earth' says Dalai Lama (The Independent) - [text online]

Treat these children like children (The Guardian) - [text online]

Dining out in the 'mother country' (The Guardian) - [text online]. Aselection of photographs is alo available via The Guardian website - [click here]; and a the link to The Drum in Birmigham can be found here [The Drum].

Refugees add their footballing skills to Brazil’s rich soccer scene (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: ICRC activities in January 2009 (ICRC) - [text online]

Middle East and North Africa: More protection and guarantees needed for people defending human rights (Amnesty International) - [text online]

New advertising contractor for Identity and Passport Service (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Darfur: UN-African peacekeepers shot, as concern grows over humanitarian aid (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: appeal to Rwandan fighters to return home is working, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza: situation at border crossings ‘intolerable,’ Ban says (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (10/03/2009)

Tibetan people 'put through hell' (BBC News) - [text online]

Boos as Lebanon camp is rebuilt (BBC News) - [text online]

Palestinians launch unity talks (BBC News) - [text online]

UN criticises UK 'rendition role' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN condemns Britain's role in torture cases (The Independent) - [text online]

Tibet in grip of Chinese 'martial law' 50 years after rising (The Independent) - [text online]

Humanitarian crisis looms in Darfur, say aid workers (The Independent) - [text online]

Isabel Hilton: The world is no longer looking – but Tibet's plight isn't over (The Independent) - [text online]

Court to decide whether Afghan seeking asylum in UK is a boy aged 15 - or a man (The Guardian) - [text online]

London mayor renews migrant amnesty call (The Guardian) - [text online]

Illegal migrants by US state (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers in the UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

ONS in immigration row (The Guardian) - [text online]

Mandelson praises eastern European workers filling employment vacuum (The Guardian) - [text online]

Could an immigration amnesty be a good idea? (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Rwandan civilians return home (UNHCR) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 02 - 09 Mar 2009, 1700 hours (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Situation Report No. 1 - 08 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Situation Report on Cholera in Zimbabwe No. 16, 06 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the ICRC is standing by the population of Kivu (ICRC) - [text online]

China: Amnesty International calls on Chinese authorities to open Tibet (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: "Don’t Abuse the Displaced" (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Darfur: UN working to reverse expulsions while planning to fill vital aid gaps (UN News) - [text online]

AFRICA: The nettlesome question of aid (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: We will fill the aid gaps, government insists (IRIN News) - [text online]

CHAD: Aid groups on alert after NGO ouster from Darfur (IRIN News) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: One IDP camp in Mindanao closed but security remains a concern (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (09/02/2009)

Sudan Islamist leader 'released' (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur rebels: we will topple President al-Bashir if the UN doesn't (The Times) - [text online]

Grieving Morgan Tsvangirai to return amid MDC fears of power grab (The Times) - [text online]

Campaigners will seek arrest of Islamic radical (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Crime by foreigners doubles in five years (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Former warlord to fight Karzai in Afghanistan polls (The Independent) - [text online]

Pakistan: The greatest threat (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraqi women: Facts & figures (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Boris maintains careful stance on migrant amnesties (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Why do I want to get to Britain? It has to be better than everything else' (The Observer) - [text online]

Foreign social workers to fill staff shortage (The Observer) - [text online]

France hails film drama of refugee's desperate swim across the Channel (The Observer) - [text online]

SUDAN: NGO expulsion to hit Darfur's displaced (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Children need more support in Gaza - UNICEF head (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Iraqi women suffering “silent emergency”, survey finds (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: The case against Bashir (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: The conflict in Darfur (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Southerners prefer diplomatic route (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Aid workers, peacekeepers watchful as president charged (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN mission reports calm as Sudanese President visits strife-torn Darfur region (UN News) - [text online]

Cost of violence against women 'beyond calculation,' warns UN chief (UN News) - [text online]

UN helps demobilize 880 children linked to armed groups in DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudanese President for war crimes in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (07/03/2009)

UN fails to agree on Sudan action (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza homes destruction 'wanton' (BBC News) - [text online]

Maliki makes reconciliation call (BBC News) - [text online]

UN pleads with Sudan over aid ban (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia ups aid for Rohingyas (BBC News) - [text online]

A million face starvation as Sudan shuts down (The Times) - [text online]

Darfur war crimes court orders arrest of President Omar al-Bashir (The Times) - [text online]

Briefing paper on the impact of the new citizenship provisions in the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (Migrant Rights Network) - [text online]

Myanmar: Conflicts and human rights violations continue to cause displacement (IDMC) - [text online]

Rights and wrongs of rendition: MI5 consults 'ethical counsellor' (The Independent) - [text online]

Ministers 'fizzing' over early release of immigration data (The Independent) - [text online]

James Smith: Despots cannot hide, despite their threats (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 42, 16 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 25 Feb - 03 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 7/8, 14 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Joint UN North East Situation Monitoring Report ? Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 2 Issue 2, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

New teaching materials on Black history (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Could Ireland join Schengen? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Statistics body playing politics, says minister (The Guardian) - [text online]

Behind the headlines (The Guardian) - [text online]

Statistics body 'playing politics' with immigration figures, minister says (The Guardian) - [text online]

Humanitarian concerns in Sudan, region (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: UNHCR helps Colombian victims of sexual violence (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: UNHCR reaffirms commitment to gender equality (UNHCR) - [text online]

Young Colombian refugees open up to hospital clowns (UNHCR) - [text online]

Sudan: Amnesty International calls for arrest of President al Bashir (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Kenya: top UN official calls for investigation of killing of human rights figure (UN News) - [text online]

Upsurge in attacks as militia group returns to North Kivu, UN agency reports (UN News) - [text online]

Expulsion of aid groups from Darfur will have wide impact, UN agencies warn (UJN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Merka IDPs virtually out of food (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (04/03/2009)

Tense Sudan awaits court decision (BBC News) - [text online]

Minister 'appalled' by stats body (BBC News) - [text online]

Aid workers fear more violence planned as Sudan prepare for war crimes ruling (The Times) - [text online]

The Polish dream turns sour (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration system takes toll on arts (The Guardian) - [text online]

Monte Carlo rallies to help sick refugee children in Syria (UNHCR) - [text online]

China: Congress Should End Migrant Discrimination (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Libyan presidency of UN Council to focus on peacekeeping policy, Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

Over 40,000 displaced Somalis return to capital despite clashes, says UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (03/03/2009)

Zimbabwe activist freed on bail (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh cuts mutiny death toll (BBC News) - [text online]

International donors pledge more than £3bn to help rebuild Gaza (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

US pledges to help stricken Gazans (The Independent) - [text online]

German car firm 'used hair from Auschwitz' (The Independent) - [text online]

Mark Seddon: The BNP is mining a rich seam in our former coalfields (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 24 February - 02 March 2009, 1700 hours (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN's Ban Ki-moon visits displaced Congolese in Kibati camp (UNHCR) - [text online]

MEDIA ADVISORY - ICC announcement regarding possible arrest warrant for Sudanese President: Amnesty International spokespeople (Amnesty International) - [text online]

USA: CIA tapes show need for full investigation into war on terror (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Prevention and victim assistance (ICRC) - [text online]

Secretary-General meets with female victims of DR Congo conflict (UN News) - [text online]

Peacekeepers will stay in Darfur even if Sudanese President indicted – UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: joint UN, African envoy meets with local authorities on security (UN News) - [text online]

In Brief: Thousands back in Mogadishu despite violence (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC-RWANDA: War against rebels "not over, despite troop withdrawal" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ASIA: Regional approach to Rohingya boat people (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (02/03/2009)

Donors pledge aid to rebuild Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh manhunt for mutineers (BBC News) - [text online]

Rebels 'retake Congo positions' (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali migrants 'drown off Yemen' (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh 'takes back' Rohingyas (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwanda priest jailed for genocide (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma offers Rohingya return deal (BBC News) - [text online]

New Bangladesh graves discovered (BBC News) - [text online]

Mugabe vows to seize more farms (BBC News) - [text online]

Terror suspect controls face biggest challenge yet from law lords (The Times) - [text online]

New threats against white Zimbabwe farmers as Robert Mugabe celebrates 85th birthday (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Blair says Gaza crossings must be opened to assist rebuilding (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Blair's visit to Gaza opens a door that must not be closed (The Independent) - [text online]

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Why Muslims will not fight for freedom (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: Insecurity, uncertainty and suffering continue for civilians in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Cholera Update Situation Report No. 15, 27 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: Humanitarian Update No.3 Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Challenging the Home Office (The Guardian) - [text online]

Apparently, I'm not British (The Guardian) - [text online]

Thousands of Somalis return to Mogadishu despite renewed fighting (UNHCR) - [text online]

More than 40,000 Somalis return to Mogadishu despite renewed fighting (UNHCR) - [text online]

Executives visit UNHCR projects in Africa and pledge more help (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Former ocean yachtsman puts refugee women in the picture (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the promise of a new day in North Kivu (ICRC) - [text online]

Civilians increasingly at risk in Afghanistan (ICRC) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Displaced civilians traumatised (IRIN News) - [text online]

Relations between Rwanda and DR Congo focus of Ban's talks in Kigali (UN News) - [text online]

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