News Stories (10/07/08)

Visa plea to keep family together (BBC News) - [text online]

Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths (BBC News) - [text online]

UN fury at Darfur militia ambush (BBC News) - [text online]

Global net closes on Mugabe's gang (The Independent) - [text online]

Seven peacekeepers killed in Darfur after ambush by gunmen (The Independent) - [text online]

The Big Question: Have sanctions ever worked, and should they be applied to Zimbabwe? (The Independent) - [text online]

War crimes: the hunt for Doctor Death (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 09 Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Strip inter-agency humanitarian fact sheet, Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur militia ambush kills 7 peacekeepers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Thousands unable to return home (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Gov't and UN launch USD 400m food appeal for vulnerable people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Afghan villagers to improve irrigation system (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Local Courts Face Obstacles in War Crimes Trials (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

International commitments to help Afghanistan must be upheld, says UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Political violence surges after Mugabe assumes presidency (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Post-violence sex work boom (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban deplores ‘unacceptable’ attack on UN peacekeepers in North Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN refugee agency welcomes new government policy on displaced people (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Ituri returnees struggle to rebuild lives (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Political violence surges after Mugabe assumes presidency (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Families displaced after homes destroyed (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 (09/07/08)

G8 to move against Mugabe allies (BBC News) - [text online]

No bail for Khmer Rouge minister (BBC News) - [text online]

Gordon Brown shock tactics force a UN showdown on Robert Mugabe (The Times) - [text online]

Storm over Tory peer Lord Dixon-Smith’s ‘nigger in woodpile’ remark (The Times) - [text online]

Former head of MI5 says 42-day detention plan is 'unworkable' (The Independent) - [text online]

Huge rise in number of racist attacks (The Independent) - [text online]

Pledge to double aid for poor is renewed (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 6 - Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Israel hindering Palestinian aid effort - officials (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: IFRC revised emergency appeal seeks USD 72.5m (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Hundreds of families displaced by fighting in Baidoa (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Suffer the children (The Guardian) - [text online]

EU agrees to keep migrants out (The Guardian) - [text online]

Proposed EU Pact on immigration and asylum (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

As food prices rise, refugees in Jamaica look to their own back yard (UNHCR News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Hundreds of families displaced by fighting in Baidoa (IRIN News) - [text online]

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in Germany: prosecutor (AFP) - [text online]

International Criminal Court suspends release of Congolese rebel leader (UN News) - [text online]

Chad: UN mission trains police officers to protect refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe crisis poses challenge not just to Africa but to the world – Migiro (UN News) - [text online]

European Union must ensure rights of refugees and asylum-seekers, says UN (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 (08/07/08)

Militia attack Zimbabwe displaced (BBC News) - [text online]

EU backs French immigration pact (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum woman wants removal review (BBC News) - [text online]

EU won over to France's hard line on immigration and asylum (EU Observer) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians: Summary data tables - Reports to the end of Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 38 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: NGO ban starting to bite (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Global food crisis: Export restrictions hamper humanitarian response - World Bank (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: UNHCR and implementing partners support vulnerable population in Al Sadre City with non-food items (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

The Big Question: Why is tension rising in Turkey, and is the country turning Islamist? (The Independent) - [text online]

Conference breaks (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugee footballers in Jordan score a goal for unity (UNHCR News) - [text online]

President's Corner: Facing up to Iraqi Displacement (Refugees International) - [text online]

Enhanced UN mission vital to helping Afghans improve their lives – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

UN team voices concern over human rights situation in occupied Syrian Golan (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: IDPs hold out for better compensation (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur Rebels Threaten New Action Against Sudan Government (VOA) - [text online]

Departing rights official praised, and attacked, for speaking out (Hearlad Tribune) - [text online]

Weak Laws, Energy Wealth, Contribute To Rise In Sex Trade (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty) - [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 (07/07/08)

Mugabe crisis 'infecting' Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid (BBC News) - [text online]

UN troops in Congo gold warning (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers are sent back to Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

Miliband urges UN resolution on Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Claudia Jones and the 'West Indian Gazette' (IRR News) - [text online]

A timely new educational resource (IRR News) - [text online]

UK is sending 11,000 Mugabe refugees back (The Observer) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers leader quits UK after war crimes inquiry is dropped (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ecuador holds first Refugee National Consultations in Latin America (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Q&A: A day in the life of our man in Baghdad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

French youngsters donate toys to uprooted children in Liberia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR signs agreement aimed at ensuring refugee protection in Libya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UK: 42-Day Pre-Charge Detention Violates Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Meeting our Match (Refugees International) - [text online]

"Give all Zimbabweans a temporary right to stay in the UK" (Refugee Council) - [text online]

The battle to prevent removals to Zimbabwe continues (Refugee Council) - [text online]

NIGERIA: Trafficking of girls, abuse worsening (IRIN News) - [text online]

French children donate toys to displaced youngsters in Liberia – UN (UN News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 20; 28 Jun - 04 Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 19/20, 07 ? 30 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Report No. 63 - Implementation of the agreement on movement and access, and update on Gaza crossings, 02 - 15 Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 37 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 23 - 29 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [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 (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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