A Selection of News Headlines (08/10/08)

Zimbabwe chaos wipes out education for 4.5 million pupils (The Times) - [text online]

Poles hurt in racist mob attack (BBC News) - [text online]

Arrest pledge for racist attack (The Hounslow Chronicle) - [text online]

Four arrested for racist attack on Somalian family (The Bristol Evening Post) - [text online]

South Africa: Displaced at risk as camps close - Amnesty (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Revised UN Flash Appeal seeks USD 109m (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Haiti: Aid deliveries, shelter assessments and early recovery activities ongoing - IOM (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Sudan: At least 5,000 Congolese refugees arrive in Yambio area - UNHCR (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Up to 200,000 ID documents may be false (The Guardian) - [text online]

Mine clearers receive Nansen Award for "heroic" work in Lebanon (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR helps more than 250,000 Afghans return home since January (UNHCR) - [text online]

DPR Korea: Ban sounds alarm on lack of progress in human rights UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Ban outlines timetable towards full deployment of peacekeeping force (UN News) - [text online]

At least 5,000 Congolese arrive in Sudan after attacks by rebels – UN (UN News) - [text online]

South Africa: UN rights chief urges protection for foreigners after brutal killing (UN News) - [text online]

More than 250,000 Afghans returned home this year, reports UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

MADAGASCAR: No welcome for sex tourism (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Fears of violence as land tensions increase (IRIN News) - [text online]

MALI: Returnees sceptical about new EU information centre (IRIN News) - [text online]

SENEGAL: Thousands displaced from their Dakar homes (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of Today's Headlines (07/10/08)

Secrets of Iraq's death chamber (The Independent) - [text online]

The Big Question: Is political and economic stability beginning to take root in Africa? (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith orders police race review (BBC News) - [text online]

Prophet bride book appears in US (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh: Stop Denying Killings and Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Georgia: UN mission thrown into uncertainty by recent conflict ? UN Chief (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: ICC Prosecutor calls for renewed efforts to arrest LRA leader Kony (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: 52 NGOs call for protection of civilians as situation deteriorates further (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: IDPs to seek refuge at former Afghan camp (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Guterres appeals for world's poor, displaced as annual Executive Committee opens (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displaced Somalis hit by heavy flooding (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghan returns surpass 250,000 for the year (UNHCR) - [text online]

South Sudan: at least 5,000 Congolese refugees arrive in Yambio area (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR aid for Central Asia earthquake victims (UNHCR) - [text online]

Campaign success - Good news for children! (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Darfur: UN peacekeepers ambushed during patrol (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN human rights official urges States to uphold pledges to fight racism (UN News) - [text online]

Economic, social, political trends endanger world’s uprooted – UN refugee chief (UN News) - [text online]

UN mission in Georgia thrown into uncertainty by recent conflict – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

UN study under way to ensure right to education for world’s indigenous peoples (UN News) - [text online]

UN envoy calls for political ‘surge’ to tackle Afghan security, humanitarian needs (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN peacekeeping official begins week-long Sudan visit (UN News) - [text online]

UN experts urge States to do more to respect rights of detainees (UN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Going home is a mixed blessing (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: Diarrhoea outbreak kills IDPs in North Kivu (IRIN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: IDPs to seek refuge at former Afghan camp (IRIN News) - [text online]

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Anita Fabos Book Launch

Anita Fabos, who is part of the Refugee Studies academic team here at UEL, will be launching her new book by giving a lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies, (London Middle East Institute). This will take place on Tuesday 21st October 2008 and will start at 5.30pm in the Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS. This lecture and book launch will be free to attend and there is no need to book. A reception will follow.

Further information can be found here and additional information can be provided on request by emailing us at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

Posted in: Refugee Studies and News.

A Selection of News Stories (06/10/08)

EU to open 'job centre' in Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

Somalia is 'most ignored tragedy' (BBC News) - [text online]

Protests in Italy against escalating racism (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

42-day detention dropped as unworkable (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe’s marauders seize their last chance to grab white farms (The Times) - [text online]

Ethnic violence in India leaves 33 people dead (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 13 Sep - 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 38, 21 - 27 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 9 - Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 49 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Guterres appeals for world's poor, displaced as annual Executive Committee opens (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR's annual Executive Committee meeting next week (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Nansen Award winners clear South Lebanon of clusterbombs (UNHCR) - [text online]

Pakistan/Afghanistan: Thousands of displaced civilians in border area have right to international assistance (Amnesty Intrernational) - [text online]

Northern Uganda: Assisting the Elderly (Refugees International) - [text online]

United States: Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

The Party Conference season ends with a bumper turnout for our Tory fringe in Birmingham (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Report reveals “shocking” consequences of living on vouchers (Refugee Council) - [text online]. The full report is available at www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/s4vouchers.

UN health agency calls for extra $8 million to help aid operations in Ethiopia (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A short ride from joy to cynicism (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Darfur rebels deny signing peace agreement (IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Poor braced for “Monga” season (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (03/10/09)

UK terror strategy to be updated (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo rebel 'to expand rebellion' (BBC News) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge men tried for murder (BBC News) - [text online]

Burundi: Stability depends on successful; reintegration of returnees (Refugees International) - [text online]

Spies take war on terror into cyberspace (The Independent) - [text online]

Children of UN staff to leave Pakistan (The Independent) - [text online]

Women who took on the Taliban – and lost (The Independent) - [text online]

This Muslim life (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR-sponsored village promotes reconciliation in Burund (UNHCR) - [text online]

Trial of former Yugoslav army chief begins at UN war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

Urgent aid needed as Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis worsens – UN relief chief (UN News) - [text online]

UN human rights chief spotlights plight of millions of detainees worldwide (UN News) - [text online]

Tensions rising in Kenya as Somali refugees flood over border (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN aid enters Sri Lanka war zone, Tiger HQ hit (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SUDAN: IDPs out of reach as violence hinders agencies (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (02/10/08)

UN warns over Zimbabwe food aid (BBC News) - [text online]

EU monitors begin Georgia patrols (BBC News) - [text online]

Bride arrested in wedding dress (BBC News) - [text online]

EU monitors move into Georgia flashpoints (The Times) - [text online]

Holocaust revisionist held at Heathrow (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants crawl through ducts to flee detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Tension as EU monitors enter Georgia (The Independent) - [text online]

How I became a target for Israel's 'Jewish terrorists' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 32, 19 ? 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 38, 21 - 27 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 9 - Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 49 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Female migrant workers most at risk of not being paid NMW (Connecting Industry) - [text online]

UN chief denounces 'alarming growth' of attacks on staff, humanitarian workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Africa: Beyond food aid, 'help people feed themselves tomorrow' - J. Holmes (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: Returnees caught up in land disputes (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

CAR: New fund gives USD 2.5m to priority humanitarian projects (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Syria: UN launches USD 20m appeal for drought-affected million (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hepatitis afflicts Ugandans returning after war (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge resume normal life after Georgia scare (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Hundreds of Congolese refugees seek safety in South Sudan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

AFRICOM: Disparity Between Aid and Defense (Refugees International) - [text online]

Ethiopia/Kenya: Account for Missing Rendition Victims (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Immigrants Abscond from Centre (Daily Express) - [text online]

Sham bride arrested in wedding dress (Daily Express) - [text online]

Pictured: The moment bride was arrested on her wedding day in swoop on illegal immigrants (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Australian 'Holocaust denier ' arrested at Heathrow Airport (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Hundreds of Congolese flee attacks by notorious rebels – UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

New UN peacebuilding office opens up shop in Sierra Leone (UN News) - [text online]

Myanmar cyclone victims needs sustained support, says UN-backed group (UN News) - [text online]

Georgia: UN rights expert to assess plight of those displaced by recent conflict (UN News) - [text online]

Party Platforms Discuss Immigration, But Candidates Scarcely Mention It (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines

EU monitors begin Georgia patrols (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition says no deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Spain finds biggest migrant boat (BBC News) - [text online]

Human rights concern over 42 days (BBC News) - [text online]

Militiamen praised for peace seek new military paymasters (The Times) - [text online]

Gurkhas finally win their own battle of Britain (The Times) - [text online]

Gurkhas win High Court battle to stay in UK (the Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Gurkha veterans claim victory in court battle for UK visas (The Guardian) - [text online]

Military covenant vows fair treatment in return for soldiers' sacrifices (The Guardian) - [text online]

Gurkhas win right to settle in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Coastguard rescues 229 African migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Georgia-Russia conflict: Security for civilians and accountability for governments (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Jobs shortage list published by the Migration Advisory Committee (Home Office) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Safety camps have to go (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Farm animals bartered to stave off hunger (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: IDPs struggle to rebuild their lives (IRIN News) - [text online]

RWANDA: Turning ex-child soldiers into able citizens (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council extends terms of judges on UN’s Balkans war crimes tribunal (IRIN News) - [text online]

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