A Selection of News Headlines (27/02/2009)

Bangladesh mutineers 'arrested' (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo trial clears Serbia leader (BBC News) - [text online]

Palestinians pledge era of unity (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration is top issue for both Labour and Tory voters, YouGov poll shows (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' rebels found guilty of war crimes (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

We did hand over terror suspects for rendition, Hutton admits (The Independent) - [text online]

Tangled justice for Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

Dhaka mutineers surrender but violence spreads (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 18 - 24 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Migrant impact on UK jobs and wages not harmful, says study (The Guardian) - [text online]

Poland's international commuters (The Guardian) - [text online]

Search begins for 2009 Nansen Refugee Award nominees (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR chief praises Australia's refugee resettlement services (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: the struggle to pick up the pieces (ICRC) - [text online]

The lastest statistics on immigration and asylum (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Germany: Headscarf Bans Violate Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: Despite guilty verdicts today, impunity is still the rule (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Kyrgyzstan: Tightening the screws on human rights activities? (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Accountability for civilian casualties needed before more troops arrive (Amnesty International) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: Angolan refugee repatriation to re-start (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: The long journey home to Rwanda (IRIN News) - [text online]

SIERRA LEONE: “Forced marriage” conviction a first (IRIN News) - [text online]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Remote refugees pose logistical hurdle (IRIN News) - [text online]

In Brief: The ball is in Mugabe's court - Ban Ki-moon (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: IDPs in northwest battle cold, diseases and hunger (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur: after last month’s flare-ups, relative calm returns, UN-African mission says (UN News) - [text online]

UN tribunal convicts five top Serbian officials of war crimes in Kosovo (UN News) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: UN-backed court convicts three rebel leaders for war crimes (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief lauds resettlement efforts made by Australia, New Zealand (UN News) - [text online]

UN assessment team calls for strengthening aid efforts in Zimbabwe (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (25/09/2009)

Border guard mutiny in Bangladesh (BBC News) - [text online]

Nazi row bishop returns to the UK (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe teachers to end strike (BBC News) - [text online]

Call for Guatemala war justice (BBC News) - [text online]

Return gay man to UK, Smith told (BBC News) - [text online]

Jack Straw bans release of Iraq invasion minutes (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Met Police hit by claim it operated segregated vans for black and white officers (The Times) - [text online]

Holocaust-denial Bishop Richard Williamson takes flight to Britain as expulsion threat looms (The Times) - [text online]

Exclusive: Army is fighting British jihadists in Afghanistan (The Independent) - [text online]

One in nine people who live in UK born abroad (The Independent) - [text online]

Release of Iraq war minutes vetoed (The Independent) - [text online]

Guantanamo veteran stopped from attending reunion party (The Independent) - [text online]

East Europeans seeking work in UK down 47% (The Guardian) - [text online]

Public sector accused over low pay (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about violence in North Kivu as 3,000 people flee homes (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR official reviews needs assessment approach in Ecuador (UNHCR) - [text online]

Guatemala: Congress must approve law for National Search Commission for the Disappeared (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to asylum statistics out today (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Gaza: UN agencies mete out cash for shelter (UN News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka conflict curtails access to health care for tens of thousands, warns UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy urges halt to south Sudan fighting (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Ban welcomes commitment on prisoner release by Government, rebels (UN News) - [text online]

UN humanitarian official checks on cholera, food projects in Zimbabwe (UN News) - [text online]

Needs of displaced persons in Colombia must be met, top UN official says (UN News) - [text online]

Six people drown, 11 reported missing in smuggling off Yemeni coast – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Rwandan rebel attacks lead to more displacement in eastern DR Congo, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

INDONESIA: Aceh embraces Rohingya refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (24/02/2009)

Call to relax Guantanamo regime (BBC News) - [text online]

Freed detainee 'happy to be home' (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel-Hamas arms embargo urged (BBC News) - [text online]

'Tortured' asylum seeker's plight (BBC News) - [text online]

100 white farmers targeted in Zimbabwe land grab (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Dutch anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders to screen Fitna film in Washington (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Binyam Mohamed, back from Guantánamo, presents Britain with a dilemma (The Times) - [text online]

Darfur rebel leader vows to topple President al-Bashir (The Times) - [text online]

‘I was victim of medieval torture,’ says freed Guantanamo detainee (The Independent) - [text online]

Binyam Mohamed: ‘I wish I could say that it is all over, but it is not’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Mary Dejevsky: Citizenship, residency, and a question of fairness (The Independent) - [text online]

Number of eastern European migrants falls 40% as UK recession bites (The Guardian) - [text online]

Abusing anti-terror laws (The Guardian) - [text online]

Anxiety rife as competition for foreign students hots up (The Guardian) - [text online]

New visa rules 'could damage higher education (The Guardian) - [text online]

DRC: Growing insecurity causing more displacement in North Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Six drown, 11 missing in latest smuggling mishap off Yemen coast (UNHCR) - [text online]

Executives visit UNHCR projects in Africa and pledge more help (UNHCR) - [text online]

Somalia: ICRC warns of worsening humanitarian situation in central region (ICRC) - [text online]

Statistics on immigration and asylum released (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Colombia: Thousands of civilians punished for not participating in conflict (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Resettlement of Guantanamo Bay Detainees: Questions and Answers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Picket Trinity Rd Police Station (Bristol No Borders) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (23/02/2009).

High-skilled foreign migrants entering Britain to halve, Jacqui Smith says (The Times) - [text online]

British intelligence officials 'colluded with torture' of UK citizens abroad (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

David Miliband under pressure over role of British spies in torture of terrorism suspects (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UK Poles return home (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

British Muslims 'providing Taliban with electronic devices for roadside bombs' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Coming home: the last Briton in Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Met no longer institutionally racist – Straw (The Independent) - [text online]

Smith seeks curbs on skilled migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Iraq faces a new war as tensions rise in north (The Independent) - [text online]

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: A depressing saga of secrets, lies and medieval horrors (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Renewed bloodshed shows peace remains elusive in Iraq (The Independent) - [text online]

Congo, Somalia conflicts make 350,000 new refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: NGOs call for a new strategy for displaced people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Foreign workers could be barred from entering UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Top artists battle visa clampdown (The Guardian) - [text online]

Binyamin Mohamed back in UK next week (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR supports the vulnerable with shelter in northern Uganda (UNHCR) - [text online]

Shedding new light on refugee women's safety in Bangladesh (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: ICRC activities in November and December 2008 (ICRC) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: "It's too risky to be an aid worker" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Remittances saved the country from collapse (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur: African Union-UN blue helmets beef up patrols protecting displaced (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN envoy tells Rwandan Hutu militia to leave Congolese soil (UN News) - [text online]

Civil strife, peacemaking often tied to natural resources, UN report says (UN News) - [text online]

UN envoy awaits ''tangible'' outcomes from latest Myanmar visit (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe''s cholera crisis worsens as number of dead, infected climbs – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Global recession threatens human rights of poorest, warns UN rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (20/02/2009).

Burma rights still 'challenging' (BBC News) - [text online]

Argentina expels Holocaust bishop (BBC News) - [text online]

Sweden accepts ex-Guantanamo man (BBC News) - [text online]

Peace on the Rocks: Susan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (Enough Project) - [text online]

Revealed: the full extent of Labour's curbs on civil liberties (The Independent) - [text online]

Deporting gay asylum-seeker 'was unlawful' (The Independent) - [text online]

Qatada wins £2,500 for illegal detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: The price of our civil liberties (The Independent) - [text online]

Qatada can be deported despite torture fears, law lords rule (The Independent) - [text online]

Europe opens covert talks with ‘blacklisted’ Hamas (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Slipping out of control (The Independent) - [text online]

Radical preacher Abu Qatada will 'stay in country' despite deportation order (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda: OCHA Situation Report No. 3 - Focus on Karamoja, Oct 2008 to Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 11 - 17 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : occupied Palestinian territory: Gaza Situation Report No. 22 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin No. 07, 19 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Monthly Update - Jan/Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Foreign workers are the wrong target (The Guardian) - [Audio Online]

Civil rights groups defend Qatada payout (The Guardian) - [text online]

Here for now - but Jordan awaits (The Guardian) - [text online]

Home secretary signs Abu Qatada deportation order after law lords overturn torture ruling (The Guardian) - [text online]

The clash of fundamentals (The Guardian) - [text online]

Abu Qatada takes deportation fight to European court after law lords ruling (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Laughter erupted. I longed to join in' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Borders, citizenship and immigration bill (The Guardian) - [text online]

Passport anti-fraud measure comes to UK (HOme Office Press Release) - [text online]

International community fails to protect Darfur (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: AU and UN should immediately send human rights monitors (Amnesty International) - [Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UK: Law Lords Judgment Undermines Torture Ban (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (28/01/2009)

Israeli jets target Gaza tunnels (BBC News) - [text online]

Sharia imposed at Somali MPs base (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma's 'abused Chin need help' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq minutes 'must be released' (BBC News) - [text online]

President Obama leads US drive to topple Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe (The Times) - [text online]

Hamas roadside bomb shakes fragile ceasefire with Israel (The Times) - [text online]

Minutes of the cabinet meeting that took us to war must be released (The Independent) - [text online]

Massacre in the Sri Lanka 'safe zone' (The Independent) - [text online]

Israel jets strike Gaza tunnels (The Independent) - [text online]

Israeli strikes leave Blair project with £140m repairs (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama reaches out to Iran with message to Muslims (The Independent) - [text online]

Gaza ceasefire strained as Mitchell flies in (The Independent) - [text online]

OPT: Israeli aircraft strike Gaza tunnels - residents said (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Great Lakes: Lord's Resistance Army number two plans to turn himself in (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR fears for safety of indigenous people in north-east Colombia (UNHCR) - [text online]

Congolese refugees flee to Sudan to escape Lord's Resistance Army (UNHCR) - [text online]

Universities and colleges warned - sign up now to new points system (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Major humanitarian crisis unfolding (ICRC) - [text online]

Israel/Gaza: International Investigation Essential (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Burma/India: End Abuses in Chin State (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Israel must allow full access for aid and supplies to rehabilitate Gaza – UN relief chief (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: fighting continues for second day near headquarters of UN mission (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency calls on Kenya to stop forced return of Somali asylum-seekers (UN News) - [text online]

Second group of stranded Sudanese leave Iraq for Romania, reports UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Ban calls on world to fight Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism and bigotry (UN News) - [text online]

Colombia: growing UN concern as more indigenous flee violence (UN News) - [text online]

UN rights chief decries ‘grotesque’ abuses by Ugandan rebels in DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

In Brief: International meeting on Gaza aid to be held in Qatar on 1 February (IRIN News) - [text online]

BURKINA FASO: Cutters turn razors on babies to evade FGM/C law (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Only US dollars can buy education (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: FGM falsely touted as a panacea for HIV (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN-UGANDA: Civilians flee LRA "revenge" attacks (IRIN News) - [text online]

JORDAN: Government adopts anti-human trafficking law (IRIN News) - [text online]

INDONESIA: Foreign remittances set to fall with global slowdown (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (27/01/2009)

Zimbabwe parties 'agree timeline' (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo gorilla numbers growing (BBC News) - [text online]

Obama reaches out to Muslim world (BBC News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'securing coast' (BBC News) - [text online]

Freed Guantánamo prisoners taunt US as closure plan falls apart (The Times) - [text online]

EU divided over taking in detainees when terror camp closes (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition contests power-sharing claims (The Independent) - [text online]

On trial, the warlord ‘who led an army of child soldiers’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Dominic Lawson: When charities turn political, the BBC is right to tread warily (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Offer the hand of reconciliation (The Independent) - [text online]

Tom Sutcliffe: Will time ease the pain of the Holocaust? (The Independent) - [text online]

Donald Macintyre: An assault on the peace process (The Independent) - [text online]

Katherine Butler: So how do we know the aid stays in the right hands? (The Independent) - [text online]

Boat people: An international call to help thousands stranded around the world (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

China: Thousands displaced by quake in remote western area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.17 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field Update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator 24 - 26 Jan 2009 as of 17:00 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Quarterly Regional Humanitarian Funding Update, Oct - Dec 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 12 - 17 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.16 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudanese refugees evacuated from Iraq arrive in Romania (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR calls on Kenya to stop forcible return of Somali asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online]

Congolese refugees fleeing to South Sudan (UNHCR) - [text online]

Colombia: Growing insecurity forcing indigenous flight in north-east (UNHCR) - [text online]

Spanish artists help fight malnutrition among African refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

TV News Footage: emergency aid alone cannot rebuild Gaza (ICRC) - [text online]

Colombia: Brazil ready to support ICRC humanitarian operation (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC calls for respect for civilians in North Kivu (ICRC) - [text online]

Mass Migrant Breakout! - Italy (Bristol No Borders) - [text online]

Zimbabweans remind Gordon Brown to act (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to National Audit Office report on New Asylum Model (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Greece does EU's migration dirty work (The Guardian) - [text online]

The Gurkhas are friends indeed (The Guardian) - [text online]

Football transfers face test penalty (The Guardian) - [text online]

MPs fight to stop deportation of activist (The Guardian) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: UN says thousands of civilians at risk (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Warrap, Lakes states grappling with ethnic clashes (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Aid workers protest restricted access to Gaza (IRIN News) - [text online]

First-ever trial at International Criminal Court, on use of child soldiers, opens (UN News) - [text online]

UN experts express concern at length of custody for illegal migrants in Malta (UN News) - [text online]

UN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushing aid to hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka fighting (UN News) - [text online]

Thousands of Gazans remain homeless as UN again calls for aid access (UN News) - [text online]

Memory of Holocaust must spur action to combat genocide, stresses UN rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

Holocaust has vital lessons for today, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]

Afghanistan and Pakistan: Raise voices for civilian protection (Refugees International) - [text online]

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