News Stories (11 Oct. 2007)

Details of selected news stories from the UK press:

Only now, the full horror of Burmese junta's repression of monks emerges (The Independent) - [online text]

PM's offer to look 'sympathetically' at asylum cases gives hope to Lay Naing (The Independent) - [online text]

US judge rules Guantanamo inmate cannot be deported (The Independent) - [online text]

Bush and Congress dispute Armenian 'genocide' status (The Independent) - [online text]

Afghanistan refugees fight to stay in camps (The Independent) - [online text]

France's first immigration museum opens (The Guardian) - [online text]

UK population breaks through 60m barrier (The Guardian) - [online text]

Turkey condemns US Armenia vote (BBC News Online) - [online text]

Wars in Africa wipe out aid gains (BBC News Online) - [online text]

Handicrafts expertise helps resettled refugee make good in Brazil (UNHCR News) - [online text]

From the Blogs:

Asylum - an Inside Story from Iraq (ICAR Blog) - [online text]

Monitoring Conferences (FMO Blog) - [online text]

News Stories (10 Oct. 2007)

Selection of Online News Stories from the UK Press:

Interpreters can choose cash for resettlement or new life in UK (The Times) - [Text Online]

Swiss election descends into bitter racism row (The Times) - [Text Online]

Sudanese troops behind fatal attack on peacekeepers, says Darfur rebel chief (The Independent) - [Text Online]

Overseas Aid: Aid package stays true to £9bn promise made at G8 (The Independent) - [Text Online]

MPs question new passport costs (BBC News Online) - [Text Online]

Doors closing on Iraqi displaced (BBC News Online) - [Text Online]

Clashes between allies in Darfur (BBC News Online) - [Text Online]

Polar bear sock snack helps raise US$20,000 for UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [Text Online]

Determined Zimbabweans flow into South Africa (UNHCR News) - [Text Online]

Families settle in Afghan's Baghlan province after years on the road (UNHCR News) - [Text Online]

UNHCR deeply concerned after fire in Iraq's Al Tanf desert camp (UNHCR News) - [Text Online]


News from around the Blogs:

From the field: Zimbabweans in South Africa (Refugees International) - [Text Online]