News Stories (03/07/08)

Mugabe rival rejects unity call (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad troops kill sect disciples (BBC News) - [text online]

ICC orders Congo warlord release (BBC News) - [text online]

ID card fingerprint errors fear (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant domestic staff 'at risk' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rich nations are 'betraying' Africa (The Independent) - [text online]

18,000 women and children trafficked into UK sex trade (The Independent) - [text online]

The shame of a Mugabe torturer: 'I am being forced to kill someone' (The Independent) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers put at risk by law, warns top judge (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 18 - 24 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Central African Republic on Peacebuilding Commission's agenda (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Govt denounces attacks on aid workers as abductions continue (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Crises in Africa's Horn reach emergency levels - Regional Humanitarian Partnership Team (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghan pride and German prejudice (The Guardian) - [text online]

Asylum seekers: Pressure grows to free detained Zimbabwean asylum seekers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Homeland insecurity (The Guardian) - [text online]

Come to Canada! But only if you've got a job (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR interviews 179 Eritrean asylum seekers detained in Egypt (UNHCR News) - [text online]

On an island awash in music, a refugee adds his voice (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Top UN official visits Chadian town ahead of planned mission deployment (UN News) - [text online]

Horn of Africa facing growing humanitarian crisis, UN agencies warn (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency begins health relief efforts in disputed Sudanese town of Abyei (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (02/07/08)

France terror laws 'flout rights (BBC News) - [text online]

African call for Zimbabwe unity (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant bodies washed up in Gabon (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Ghraib inmates sue US firms (BBC News) - [text online]

Police won't have to pay for Yarl's Wood fire (Bedfordshire on Sunday) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe cements grip as African Union ducks censure (The Times) - [text online]

Migrant builder took home £8.80 for a week (The Guardian) - [text online]

Africa backs unity rule in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers put at risk by law, warns top judge (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Back to the past for a peaceful future (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Mozambique: UN expert calls for sustainable solutions for IDPs after floods (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: International migration office bombed, growing security concern (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Tories propose border protection service (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR recommendations as France takes up EU Presidency (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UN refugee agency condemns blasts at IOM office in Nepal (UNHCR News) - [text online]

France: Guilty-by-Association Prosecutions Violate Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Record Number Of Foreign Criminals Removed From Britain (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Another Successful Year For Identity And Passport Service (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Chad: Before the Rainy Season (Refugees International) - [text online]

Struggling to survive on £10 a week (Refugees Council) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Too early for forgiving (IRIN News) - [text online]

Nepal: UN refugee agency deplores attacks on migration organization (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Mumino Haji: "I am too weak and my husband cannot move" (IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Government body moves to stem female genital mutilation (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Ahmed: "I was convinced I was going to die" (IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Government body moves to stem female genital mutilation (IRIN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (01/07/08)

Zimbabwe scorns sanctions calls (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Ghraib inmates sue US firms (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe 'a hero', say African leaders (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe sails through summit unchallenged (The Times) - [text online]

African leaders stay silent on Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Inside Mugabe's torture camps: beaten, maimed and poisoned with weedkiller (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai's tactics criticised by party insiders (The Independent) - [text online]

Government of Russian Federation must do more to help people displaced from Chechnya reintegrate (IDMC) - [Full text of the press release ; View the report].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 25, 18 - 25 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 14 - 27 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 36 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 29, 11 - 24 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Djibril Yipènè Bassolé appointed Joint AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: African Union condemns one-man election, intensifies pressure on Mugabe (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN reports improvement in cyclone cooperation (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Thousands displaced following attack on central town of Guri-Eil (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Seaside break in Syria proves too much for young Palestinians (UNHCR News) - [text online]

RIGHTS-KENYA: Doubly Displaced (IPS) - [text online]

Outcome of Zimbabwe polls illegitimate, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: SADC's big headache (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Mining between a rock and a hard place (IRIN News) - [text online]

New joint UN-African Union mediator for Darfur conflict appointed (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (30/06/08)

Africa urged to act on Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Khmer Rouge diplomat in court (BBC News) - [text online]

ID card proposals under spotlight (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe defied by voters in 'sham' elections (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

The world voices its revulsion as Mugabe is sworn in as president (The Independent) - [text online]

Woman 'assaulted' by UK security guards during forced removal (The Independent) - [text online]

Opposition fears for those who refused to back Zanu (The Independent) - [text online]

Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethnic pupil targets vary widely (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 24, 15 - 21 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 19; 20 - 27 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

MSF calls upon South African authorities to immediately stop deportation of Zimbabweans (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

'Blue card' plan for EU migrants (The Observer) - [text online]

UNHCR chief reiterates partnership at annual meet with NGOs (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Afghan situation worsening, UN relief chief says, urging new approach (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN envoy holds talks with regional leaders on political strife (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (26/06/08)

Zimbabwe rejects Mandela rebuke (BBC News) - [text online]

'Thousands die' in India custody (BBC News) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela attacks Zimbabwe's 'tragic failure of leadership' (The Times) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela condemns Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Mandela ends silence on Zimbabwe crisis (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai retreats again into embassy refuge (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe stripped of his honorary knighthood as a 'mark of revulsion' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 24, 12 - 18 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 25, May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britons may be jailed if relatives from abroad overstay (The Guardian) - [text online]

Dangerous territory (The Guardian) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

The longest day in Norway, the toughest 10 days for emergency team trainees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens annual consultations with NGO partners (UNHCR News) - [text online]

When is a refugee not a refugee? (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Firm But Fair New Rules Short-Term Visitors To The UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Aid promise prompts IDPs to return (IRIN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN rights chief urges justice for victims of electoral violence (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Aid activities suspended after riots in North Kivu (IRINNews) - [text online]

SIERRA LEONE: Former IDPs say feel betrayed (IRIN News)- [text online]

UN-supported initiative aims to reintegrate 180,000 Sudanese ex-combatants (UN News) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (26/06/08)

Zimbabwe rejects Mandela rebuke (BBC News) - [text online]

'Thousands die' in India custody (BBC News) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela attacks Zimbabwe's 'tragic failure of leadership' (The Times) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela condemns Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Mandela ends silence on Zimbabwe crisis (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai retreats again into embassy refuge (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe stripped of his honorary knighthood as a 'mark of revulsion' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 24, 12 - 18 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 25, May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britons may be jailed if relatives from abroad overstay (The Guardian) - [text online]

Dangerous territory (The Guardian) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

The longest day in Norway, the toughest 10 days for emergency team trainees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens annual consultations with NGO partners (UNHCR News) - [text online]

When is a refugee not a refugee? (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Firm But Fair New Rules Short-Term Visitors To The UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Aid promise prompts IDPs to return (IRIN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN rights chief urges justice for victims of electoral violence (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Aid activities suspended after riots in North Kivu (IRINNews) - [text online]

SIERRA LEONE: Former IDPs say feel betrayed (IRIN News)- [text online]

UN-supported initiative aims to reintegrate 180,000 Sudanese ex-combatants (UN News) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (25/06/08)

US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibet reopens to foreign tourism (BBC News) - [text online]

NZ signs historic Maori land deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Morgan Tsvangirai : Zimbabwe needs peacekeepers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

'A flagrant violation of democracy': ANC tells Mugabe to delay election (The Independent) - [text online]

Death toll in campaign of intimidation against MDC supporters 'close to 500' (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur's political process in 'troubled state of affairs', Special Envoys report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Lebanon: Aid agencies grapple with coordination issues (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: End attacks against aid workers, agencies urge (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR demands immediate, unconditional release of Somali staff member (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

Update on abducted UNHCR staff member in Somalia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Government of Ecuador opens first refugee office at the border (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Annual NGO-UNHCR consultations start tomorrow (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Ecuador opens first refugee office along border with Colombia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Gambian deportation: 'If she goes back, she will lose everything' (The Guardian) - [text and audio online]

Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Reject Zimbabwe’s Elections (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Cyclone assessment reveals critical food, water shortages (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN envoy doubtful parties are willing to enter serious negotiations (UN News) - [text online]

Findings of public opinion poll on use of torture unveiled at UN (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council stresses need for peaceful end to dispute over Abyei, Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

UN urges Nepal to tackle impunity for sexual crimes committed during conflict (UN News) - [text online]

General Assembly President says ‘climate refugees’ are already a reality (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A pro-democracy survivor's guide (IRIN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General calls for renewed efforts to recover missing Kuwaitis from Iraq (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Concerns rising over Darfur restriction (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Insecurity, education hold IDPs in camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ecuador opens new refugee office along border with Colombia with UN help (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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