News (11/01/08)

Kofi Annan to mediate in Kenyan election dispute (The Independent) - [text online]

Le Pen's HQ up for sale as party declines (The Independnet) - [text online]

Kenya election protests to resume (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands flee Zambezi flooding (BBC News) - [text online]

Removed patient in care struggle (BBC News) - [text online]

EU Chad mission set for go-ahead (BBC News) - [text online]

Karadzic family passports seized (BBC News) - [text online]

Arab League to launch fund-raising campaign for Iraqi refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Arab League to launch massive campaign for Iraqi refugees with UN help (UN News) - [text online]

Kenya civil unrest (Society for International Development) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 25 Dec 2007 - 01 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

More funds needed for UN to feed displaced Azerbaijanis (UN News) - [text online]

UN food aid reaches Nairobi slums hit hardest by post-election violence (UN News) - [text online]

LIBERIA: Mixed feelings about truth commission’s purpose (IRIN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (10/01/08)

Kufuor extends mission to Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]

Taylor aide alleges rebel links (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo gets pro-independence PM (BBC News) - [text online]

African Union chief pushes for solution to Kenya crisis (The Independent) - [text online]

Bodyguard testifies against Taylor at war crimes trial (The Independent) - [text online]

Brown gives himself 'wriggle room' on ID cards scheme (The Independent) - [text online]

UNHCR launches aid distribution to displaced Kenyans (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan: Sweden and Norway cancel plans to send troops to Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Protection is priority as relief efforts continue (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Food stockpiling as people fear the 'Kenya syndrome' (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Aid tops agenda as Kivus conference gets under way (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Sudan: An Anniversary for Peace (Refugees International WorldBridge Blog) - [text online]

South Sudanese hold out for independence (Reuters Africa) - [text online]

Darfur peacekeeping force faces greatest risks since the 1990s – top UN official (UN News) - [text online]

UN grants $7 million to assist Kenyan victims of post-electoral violence (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Still no home, four years after Operation Murambatsvina (IRIN News) - [text online]

Philippines violence displaced nearly 157,000 in 2007 (Asia-Pacific Daily Report) - [text online]

Philippines: IDPs concentrated in Mindanao Island as clashes continue (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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News Stories (09/01/08)

Kenya leader names new ministers (BBC News) - [text online]

UN protests after Darfur attack (BBC News) - [text online]

Slum TV presents the other half of the Kenyan story (The Independent) - [text online]

Fewer Britons in work due to ageing population and emigration rather than migrants, says report (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks US$261 million for Iraqi refugee programmes in 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Somalia: Calls for help for IDPs in Middle Shabelle (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UNAMID convoy ambushed in West Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Humanitarian response accelerates as efforts to resolve crisis intensify (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Still no home, four years after Operation Murambatsvina (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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News Stories (08/01/08)

Chad 'launches Darfur air raids' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tribal killings shatter hopes for ceasefire (The Times) - [text online]

Deported to the Philippines: man whose crime was breaching Asbo (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenyan president invites rival to face-to-face talks on disputed poll (The Independent) - [text online]

Taylor trial hears of mutilation (The Independent) - [text online]

Bagram detention centre now twice the size of Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Slovenia hopes for Kosovo solution by end of presidency (EU Observer) - [text online]

UN refugee agency offers aid for up to 100,000 displaced Kenyans (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about provisions in Slovenia's new asylum law (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenyan refugees in Uganda OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: IDP and refugee concerns continue, coordination to be strengthened - OCHA (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: IDPs face eviction from camp (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

What will the New Year bring? (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]

Myanmar cracks down on ethnic minorities (Yahoo News / Associated Press) - [text news]

UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in post-election Kenya (UN News) - [text online]

New UN Darfur force must reach full deployment as soon as possible, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (07/01/08)

Overstaying students 'can remain' (BBC News) - [text online]

Taylor war crimes trial resumes (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya food effort gets under way (BBC News) - [text online]

Deportation for island 'Asbo' man (BBC News) - [text online]

Brothers lose latest asylum bid (BBC Mews) - [text online]

British imams ‘failing young Muslims’ (The Times) - [text online]

Kenyan families flee or stay and risk death (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Muslim anger at bishop's 'ghettoes' attack (The Independent) - [text online]

Scale of Kenya's refugee crisis begins to emerge (The Independent) - [text online]

Blood-diamond expert testifies at Taylor's war crimes trial (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbia 'needs to embrace the EU' (The Independent) - [text online]

'Miracle baby' pastor fights to stay in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Chilly Iceland gives a warm welcome to South American refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sudan: UN SG urges greater support for new Darfur mission (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: WFP to help feed one million displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: DFID announces £1m for humanitarian relief effort (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DRC: Govt launches disarmament campaign in the Kivus (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Consultation on ESOL announced (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Response to Barnardo's report on the welfare of asylum seeking children (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Stranded UN food shipments begin to make their way to displaced Kenyans (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (04/01/08)

Without English 'you're excluded' (BBC News) - [text online]

China ships food aid to Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Teachers could get power to stop forced marriages (The Times) - [text online]

Kenya mobs set fire to churches despite unity plea (The Times) - [text online]

Kenyan police halt rally as 100,000 flee killing (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Kenya rivals edge their way towards talks after poll violence (The Independent) - [text online]

Brown preparing to ban Zimbabwe cricket team from touring England (The Independent) - [text online]

Racism at immigration centres revealed in report (The Guardian) - [text online]

Tories attack government for lack of action on trafficking (The Guardian) - [text online]

Baghdad Palestinians hope for passage through India (UNHCR News) - [text online]

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News Stories (03/01/08)

Two MSF workers freed in Somalia (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya's victims fear for their lives (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Kenya and the future of African democracy (The Telegraph) - [text online]

A chilling tour of the Kenyan church that became the scene of mass murder (The Independent) - [text online]

Hopes pinned on African Union head to defuse poll violence (The Independent) - [text online]

ISRAEL-AFRICA: African asylum-seekers detained in "harsh conditions" (IRIN News) - [text online]

Kenya's opposition party to defy protest ban (CBC News) - [text online]

New Darfur Peacekeeping Force Takes Over (Washington Post) - [text online]

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