A Selection of News Headlines (29/04/2009)

Brown to unveil Afghan strategy (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo ex-rebel 'working with UN' (BBC News) - [text online]

Paris trial in Jewish murder case (BBC News) - [text online]

Blunkett seeks 'end to ID cards' (BBC News) - [text online]

Labour rebellion over treatment of retired Gurkhas grows (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UN accuses Sri Lanka of shelling civilian 'safe zone' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Justice for Gurkhas petition (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'to stop shelling' Tamil Tiger enclave (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Carshalton to Camp Cropper: nightmare trip of an innocent Iraqi (The Times) - [text online]

Scrap ID cards now, say Cabinet rebels (The Independent) - [text online]

Pakistan takes revenge for Taliban 'withdrawal sham' (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: The Sri Lankan government should show restraint (The Independent) - [text online]

Inside Yarl's Wood: Britain's shame over child detainees (The Independent) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to Children's Commissioner for England's report into the detention of children (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Reworking racism (Socialist Worker Online) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Vanni Emergency OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Vanni Emergency OCHA Situation Report No. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ministers face showdown over Gurkhas' right to settle in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Gordon Brown plays down Pakistan 'snub' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Children's commissioner hits at 'harmful' detention of youngsters in asylum removal centres (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR helps more than 10,000 Mauritanians return home (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR ups response in Sri Lanka, including second airlift (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR airlifts almost 3,000 tents to Colombo for displaced Sri Lankans (UNHCR) - [text online]

Latest in the fight to restore free healthcare for asylum seekers (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

Paraguay's Indigenous Peoples in peril (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Turkey fails to protect asylum-seekers (Amnesty International) - [text online]. See also - [full Amnesty report as a PDF file]

MAC advice on worker registration scheme accepted (Home Office) - [text online]

Keeping work restrictions for Eastern Europeans (Home Office) - [text online]

Contracts bring ID cards and more secure passports closer (Home Office) - [text online]

Border security agreement signed (Home Office) - [text online]

UK fight against human trafficking (Home Office) - [text online]

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