A Selection of News Headings (18/11/08)

UN draft seeks to boost DRC force (BBC News) - [text online]

'Punish India police for torture' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq war 'violated rule of law' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq war legal advice flawed, says ex-law lord (The Independent) - [text online]

Pilots threaten to strike over ID cards (The Independent) - [text online]

Georgia's rearguard action over witness accounts challenging its account of war (The Independent) - [text online]

Taliban rejects Karzai's offer of safe passage (The Independent) - [text online]

OPT: Israeli army relaxes restrictions on humanitarian aid to Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Dadaab camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UN Special Representative appeals for unity among leaders (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 36, 01 - 14 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 31 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum-seeker charities are just playing the system, says Woolas (The Guardian) - [text online]

The fortress Britain myth (The Guardian) - [text online]

Displaced Kenyans form cooperatives to buy new land, rebuild (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghans return home to live under tents (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Human rights groups request special session of Human Rights Council (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International welcomes commitment to close Guantánamo (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Georgia/Russia conflict: Counting the cost of war: Return, security and truth still a long way off (Amnesty International) - [text online]. See Also: Counting the civilian cost of the Georgia-Russia conflict (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DR Congo: Who is to Blame? (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Don't chase headlines, chase quality news (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Hispanic Vote Goes for Obama But May Not Lead to Quick Action on Immigration Reform (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

NEPAL: Displaced children face hardship (IRIN News) - [text online]

Thousands of Liberian ex-combatants to take part in UN-backed rehabilitation scheme (UN News) - [text online]

Ban meets with UN human rights officials at start of two-day trip to Switzerland (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza crossing reopens today to allow partial resumption in aid – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN attack helicopters ready to respond after rebel ceasefire violation (UN News) - [text online]

CHAD: UN Secretary-General calls to double troop numbers (IRIN ews) - [text online]

Stealing a march on winter, UN pre-positions food aid for hungry Afghans (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Surviving as an HIV-positive teacher (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Dadaab camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy appeals for solidarity among Somali leaders (UN News) - [text online]

In brief: Ushahidi launches website on eastern DR Congo conflict (UN News) - [text online]

In brief: UN satellite maps indicate damage at two IDP camps (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: “TFG on brink of collapse” (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Sibangilizwe Ndlovu, "These days people are dying in large numbers" (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Southern women march for end to GBV (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (17/11/08)

Head rebel 'backs DR Congo peace' (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali head admits militant gains (BBC News) - [text online]

Teachers recruited from overseas (BBC News) - [text online]

Rebel leader tells UN envoy of ceasefire but fighting rages in Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Chad: Facts and figures snapshot report, 23 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 52 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 50 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb0 - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 03 - 09 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 10 - Oct (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 25 Oct - 07 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 34, 18 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 13 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 03 - 09 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Official says Darfur "clash" did not breach ceasefire (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Rebel backs UN peace plan, fighting persists (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Thailand: Myanmar's diplaced youth see few opportunities to use education and vocational skills (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Need for aid rises as insurgents reach outskirts of Mogadishu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Financial crisis may deepen refugee problems (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pair used spy gadgets in immigration test scam (The Guardian) - [text online]

More illegal immigrants slip through security net (The Guardian) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghans return home to live under tents (UNHCR) - [text online]

Ugandan government must establish reparations programme for war victims (Amnesty International) - [text online]

A day in the life of the Parliamentary Intern (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: as rains arrive, ICRC steps up help for civilians fleeing conflict in the Vanni (ICRC) - [text online]

DR Congo: Video call for action (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

IRAQ: NGOs concerned about detainees’ rights (IRIN News) - [text online]

SYRIA: Rice import snag leaves some Iraqi refugees short (IRIN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Alice: “I saw my friend being beheaded and his body cut up” (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN experts voice significant concern over legal rights of Italy’s migrant detainees (UN News) - [text online]

Serious displacement crisis continues in Colombia, UN official warns (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (14/11/08)

Bin Laden 'cut off from al-Qaeda' (BBC News) - [text online]

Anti-terror police 'need Muslims' (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo refugees 'have to be moved' (BBC News) - [text online]

Mugabe to name ministers 'soon' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN 'has run out of Gaza food aid' (BBC News) - [text online]

The Price of Prevention - Getting Ahead of the Global Crises (Enough Project) - [press release]. See also, the [report] and [podcast].

Aids orphan choir hit by red tape (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: Humanitarian Update No. 2, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: WFP concerns over rise in looting of humanitarian supplies in the northwest (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: New influx brings total of Congolese refugees in Uganda to over 12,000 (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Unexploded ordnance poses threat to returnees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Israel blocks Gaza aid after rocket attacks (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Cautious optimism over Darfur ceasefire call (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: War brings hunger to breadbasket (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR flies vital shelter aid to North Kivu for displaced Congolese (UNHCR) - [text online]

Somalia: ICRC provides relief for half a million people faced by life threatening food shortages (ICRC) - [text online]

Home Office launches counter terrorism competition for design students (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Spain: No global exception when investigating the crimes of the past (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Germany and Austria: Press Turkmenistan on Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

EU: Set Human Rights Benchmarks for Russia (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Continued border closures force UN to suspend food aid to 750,000 Gazans (UN News) - [text online]

UN reports second day of relative calm in strife-torn eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Religion can never justify terrorism or killing of innocents, General Assembly declares (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Egyptian troops arrive to boost strength of joint UN-African Union force (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy urges Iraq to protect minorities after latest killing in Mosul (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Egyptian troops arrive to boost strength of joint UN-African Union force (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Ban welcomes Sudanese ceasefire, plan to disarm militias (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Cautious optimism over Darfur ceasefire call (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Violence returns as talks flounder (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Unexploded ordnance poses threat to returnees (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (13/11/08)

Mugabe urged to form government (BBC News) - [text online]

Food aid reaches Congo rebel town (BBC News) - [text online]

Burmese jail sentences condemned (BBC News) - [text online]

Study criticises ethnic relations (BBC News) - [text online]. Councils need to give race equality higher priority (Accounts Commission) - [text online]

Angola set to deploy troops in Congo (The Independent) - [text online]

Russian Federation: Displaced people still struggling to lead a normal life (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 35, 25 - 07 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 25 Oct - 07 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 10 - Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan's Darfur ceasefire leaves big doubts (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Agencies cannot reach IDPs trapped by fighting (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 11 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemeni immigrant workers (The Guardian) - [online gallery]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Street kids turn from beggars to beauticians (UNHCR) - [text online]

Philippines: Conditions worsen for displaced people in Maguindanao (ICRC) - [text online]

DR Congo: Protect Civilians From Brutal Rebel Attacks (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Kenya: Protect Somali Refugees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Egypt: End ‘Shoot to Stop’ Practice at Sinai Border Crossings (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Sudan: Declared ceasefire must result in concrete improvements for Darfuris (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Armenia: Women suffer in silence (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Asylum Update, Novemebr 12 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

Place and space in the spotlight: the 2009 World Development Report (ODI) - [text online]

DRC: Agencies cannot reach IDPs trapped by fighting (IRIN News) - [text online]

Number of hungry people in Iraq has dropped steeply, says UN-backed report (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (12/11/08)

UN appeals for DR Congo back-up (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwanda expels German ambassador (BBC News) - [text online]

Baghdad re-opens 'unity bridge' (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs due to back diversity probe (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 04 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 34, 18 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response - Bulletin No. 13 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Bogale Hub Update No. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

200,000 jobs barred to non-European migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

West Africa conference on refugee protection and international migration (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: Displaced Christians return to Mosul (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Decreased mass population movements, but continued concern about security situation (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR transports fresh aid supplies for displaced in North Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Palestinians bid goodbye to India, hello Sweden (UNHCR) - [text online]

Burma: Free Activists Sentenced by Unfair Courts (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN: World Leaders Should Press Saudis on Intolerance (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

200,000 fewer jobs for migrant workers under new rules (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Myanmar: Harsh sentences for 14 dissidents reveal government’s true intentions (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Mexico: Amnesty International adopts five indigenous rights defenders as prisoners of conscience (Amnesty International) - [text online]

There’s no pride in silence: domestic and sexual violence against women in Armenia (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Bhutan Crowns New King: Refugees Barely Remembered (Reuters Alertnet) - [text online]

DR Congo: Fighting Continues (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

DRC: Recruitment of child soldiers rising (IRIN News) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA: Remittances set to fall in 2009 (IRIN News) - [text online]

DR Congo displaced threatened by criminal abuses and spread of diseases, warns UN (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza food aid will be cut unless critical supplies allowed in, warns UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN cuts back food aid to millions amid serious funding crisis (UN News) - [text online]

Displaced Christians in northern Iraq begin to return home - UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (11/11/08)

Barack Obama plans quick transfer of Guantanamo Bay suspects to US (The Times) - [text online]

Serbs hunt Mladic in factory raid (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo angry at rebel demands (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Qatada back in jail 'after plotting to flee to Middle East (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama to fulfil promise and shut Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Poll lays bare Jerusalem's tribal divides (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghan tale of oppression wins French literature prize (The Independent) - [text online]

Rebel vows to fight peacekeepers (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenya: Floods OCHA Situation Report, 11 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: First emergency supplies airlifted into Goma; critical to curbing cholera and respiratory infections (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: South Ossetian tanks occupy village outside of breakaway territory (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Drought, food crisis drive Afghans out of villages (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghans now able to update, modify identification in Pakistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

DR Congo: Increase Peacekeepers in Eastern Congo (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

European Governments Should Resettle Guantanamo Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Refugee Council to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: First food distribution for displaced people north-east of Rutshuru (ICRC) - [text online]

Armed men ambush group of UN-African Union peacekeepers in West Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN observes anniversary of Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushes aid as sporadic fighting continues in eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: What will stop the fighting? (IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: New “business model” for humanitarian aid – top UN official (IRIN News) - [text online]

COTE D'IVOIRE: Appeal for help to stop violence against women (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (10/11/08)

MDC rejects Zimbabwe cabinet plan (BBC News) - [text online]

Cholera threatens DR Congo camps (BBC News) - [text online]

US 'in secret overseas strikes' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetans blamed for failed talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Indian Muslims condemn terrorism (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetans' risky journey into exile (BBC Two: This World) - [text online]

UN alleges war crimes in DR Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

Merkel urges anti-racist action (BBC News) - [text online]

Terrorism threat in UK 'growing' (BBC News) - [text online]

Police team that investigated tide of human traffic is closed (The Independent) - [text online]

Home Office bars former Thai PM from Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Short boats into Gaza with fact-finding mission (The Independent) - [text online]

One million will starve, says Tsvangirai (The Independent) - [text online]

Neo-Nazis are back, German Jews warned (The Independent) - [text online]

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

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

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 35, 16 - 31 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Cross-border displacements: Spill-over from the crises in eastern DRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 20 - 26 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenya: OCHA Situation Report - Mandera Crisis, 06 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 27 Oct - 02 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR backs calls for ceasefire in DR Congo as concern mounts (UNHCR) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: End Ruling Party’s Abuses (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: Civilians Under Attack Need Urgent Protection (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Human Rights groups call on European governments to offer humanitarian protection to Guantánamo detainees (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Peru: Amnesty bill setback to human rights (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Chile: Major human rights reform must mark Bachelet remaining time in office (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International to launch a report on violence against women EU (Amnesty International) - [text online]

AID WORKER DIARY: Crisis in eastern Congo (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

NEPAL: Bhutanese refugees find new life beyond the camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

DR Congo killings ''constitute war crimes'', says UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Nepal: Security Council stresses need for all sides to make compromises in peace process (UN News) - [text online]

UN reports highlight Israeli infringement of Palestinians’ rights (UN News) - [text online]

Middle East Quartet encouraged by progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks (UN News) - [text online]

African Union mission positive about deployment of UN troops in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN initiative features young people’s ideas on tackling racism through sports (UN News) - [text online]

UN peacekeeping missions overwhelmed, top officials warn on anniversary (UN News) - [text online]

Ban calls for urgent measures to end DR Congo crisis at Nairobi summit (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: At least 20 civilians killed in North Kivu clashes (IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugee camps improved (IRIN News) - [text online]

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