A Selection of News Headlines (29/04/2009)

Brown to unveil Afghan strategy (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo ex-rebel 'working with UN' (BBC News) - [text online]

Paris trial in Jewish murder case (BBC News) - [text online]

Blunkett seeks 'end to ID cards' (BBC News) - [text online]

Labour rebellion over treatment of retired Gurkhas grows (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UN accuses Sri Lanka of shelling civilian 'safe zone' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Justice for Gurkhas petition (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'to stop shelling' Tamil Tiger enclave (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Carshalton to Camp Cropper: nightmare trip of an innocent Iraqi (The Times) - [text online]

Scrap ID cards now, say Cabinet rebels (The Independent) - [text online]

Pakistan takes revenge for Taliban 'withdrawal sham' (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: The Sri Lankan government should show restraint (The Independent) - [text online]

Inside Yarl's Wood: Britain's shame over child detainees (The Independent) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to Children's Commissioner for England's report into the detention of children (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Reworking racism (Socialist Worker Online) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Vanni Emergency OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Vanni Emergency OCHA Situation Report No. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ministers face showdown over Gurkhas' right to settle in UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

Gordon Brown plays down Pakistan 'snub' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Children's commissioner hits at 'harmful' detention of youngsters in asylum removal centres (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR helps more than 10,000 Mauritanians return home (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR ups response in Sri Lanka, including second airlift (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR airlifts almost 3,000 tents to Colombo for displaced Sri Lankans (UNHCR) - [text online]

Latest in the fight to restore free healthcare for asylum seekers (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

Paraguay's Indigenous Peoples in peril (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Turkey fails to protect asylum-seekers (Amnesty International) - [text online]. See also - [full Amnesty report as a PDF file]

MAC advice on worker registration scheme accepted (Home Office) - [text online]

Keeping work restrictions for Eastern Europeans (Home Office) - [text online]

Contracts bring ID cards and more secure passports closer (Home Office) - [text online]

Border security agreement signed (Home Office) - [text online]

UK fight against human trafficking (Home Office) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (31/03/2009)

Hundreds feared drowned off Libya (BBC News) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge leader admits crimes (BBC News) - [text online]

Clinton urges Afghanistan unity (BBC News) - [text online]

Court hears Khmer Rouge testimony (BBC News) - [text online]

Torture inquiry reveals 15 new cases (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Leading article: In need of security – and a strategy to tackle the terror (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's 'shameful' failure to respond to UN calls for aid (The Independent) - [text online]

Australians do battle over the prefab huts of Pommy Town (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia: Situation Report No. 13, 20 - 27 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: OCHA Situation Report No. 3, 27 Mar 2009 - Expulsion of key NGOs from Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hundreds of colleges refused permission to take overseas students (The Guardian) - [text online]

Who would want to be British? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Failed asylum seekers not entitled to free NHS treatment (The Guardian) - [text online]

Rock and a hard place (The Guardian) - [text online]

Tough new rules to target bogus education cheats (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Kenya: End Abuse and Neglect of Somali Refugees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Arab States: Press Sudan on Darfur Aid (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Escalating violence uproots tens of thousands of Central Africans, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency deplores deaths of hundreds bound for Europe off Libyan coast (UN News) - [text online]

Egyptian troops arrive in Darfur to boost African Union-UN force (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Food aid not reaching most vulnerable women, children (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Expulsions leave gaps in Three Areas, eastern region (IRIN News) - [text online]

ANGOLA-ZAMBIA: Refugees get cold feet (IRIN News) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (27/03/2009)

Sarkozy outlines Congo peace plan (BBC News) - [text online]

UN urges Sudanese rethink on aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Mystery over Sudan 'air strike' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN in call for Sri Lanka 'pause' (BBC News) - [text online]

Binyam Mohamed: Police are to investigate MI5 over torture allegations (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Police to investigate MI5 over Guantánamo torture claims (The Times) - [text online]

Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza (The Times) - [text online]

Police launch investigation of MI5 over torture claims (The Independent) - [text online]

The terror suspect, the agent, and 15 months of hell in a Moroccan jail (The Independent) - [text online]

Saad Rafiq Hariri: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon offers us a chance for recovery (The Independent) - [text online]

Women told: 'You have dishonoured your family, please kill yourself' (The Independent) - [text online]

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

Gurkhas closer to decision on UK status after forcing new high court hearing (The Guardian) - [text online]

Spreading conflict in Central African Republic forces civilians into Chad (UNHCR) - [text online]

Thousands of Somalis continue to flee to north-eastern Kenya (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displacement in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

Mobile registration project for Colombian refugees in Ecuador (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR issues educational toolkit on asylum and migration in Europe (UNHCR) - [text online]

Identifying and filling critical gaps priority in Darfur aid effort – UN relief chief (UN News) - [text online]

Information saves lives in humanitarian emergencies, UN official stresses (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi painters’ work showcased by UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

Sudan: UN assists ex-combatants in north-south conflict to return to civilian life (UN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: Some 1,500 IDPs clash with police (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Thousands need aid to return home from Somaliland (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (26/03/2009)

Sarkozy visits Congolese leader (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq inquiry set up 'after July' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'repulses Tigers' (BBC News) - [text online]

British-run orphanage in Bangladesh 'is Islamist training camp' (The Times) - [text online]

Pakistani region where the brutal Taleban have taken control (The Times) - [text online]

Iraq war inquiry will be held in private (The Independent) - [text online]

UK charity connected to 'terror camp' (The Independent) - [text online]

Survey shows few Angolan refugees wish to repatriate to Angola (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraqi artists in Syria get a rare chance to exhibit their work (UNHCR) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Fears for social stability as migrant workers return (IRIN News) - [text online]

SYRIA: Controversial training for Iraqi refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: conditions unstable for civilians trapped in conflict (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (25/03/2009).

Joint Darfur aid warning issued (BBC News) - [text online]

Ruling due on terror detentions (BBC News) - [text online]

Rising threat of dirty bomb attack on UK, says Jacqui Smith (The Times) - [text online]

UK faces greater threat of 'dirty bomb' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 12, 16 - 22 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Action in Southern Sudan Report, week 11, 09 - 15 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq Humanitarian Update No.4, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Regional Update No. 7 - Cholera/Acute Watery Diarrhea Outbreaks in Southern Africa, 20 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 17 - 23 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

All's not fair in love and immigration (The Guardian) - [text online]

Another year, another immigration Bill (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Egypt / Sudan: Failed opportunity to enforce justice (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Establishing a Special Tribunal for Kenya and the Role of the International Criminal Court (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Bangladesh: Investigate Torture Allegations (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Unity government going nowhere slowly (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Lost aid expertise hard to replace - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]

Joint UN and Sudanese assessment of Darfur aid reveals critical gaps (UN News) - [text online]

Central African refugees continue fleeing into Chad, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Violence thwarts refugee return to Southern Sudan – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Countries in turmoil fuelling rise in asylum applications, finds UN report (UN News) - [text online]

Violence thwarts refugee return to Southern Sudan – UN (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN envoy hails new pact with rebels in strife-torn east (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (24/03/2009)

'Society must help' tackle terror (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe cholera 'past its peak' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwandan found guilty of murders (BBC News) - [text online]

UN says Burma detention 'illegal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ministers spend £90,000 a day on 'soft schemes' to tackle extremism (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Chemical or nuclear attack threat 'more realistic' (The Independent) - [text online]

US tried to gag British man 'tortured' in Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

UN accuses troops of using boy, 11, as human shield (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudanese leader defies arrest warrant with trip to Eritrea (The Independent) - [text online]

Conflicts in Afghanistan and Somalia fuel increase in asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online] and [text online]

Insecurity in Southern Sudan affecting refugee returns (UNHCR) - [text online]

Provisional asylum statistics for industrialised countries (UNHCR) - [text online]. See also - www.unhcr.org/statistics

French Navy helps rescue boat people, but seven die in Aden accident (UNHCR) - [text online]

Refugees from Central African Republic continue to arrive in Chad (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR helps displaced families in northern Iraq (UNHCR) - [text online]

New counter terrorism strategy launched (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Survival package" for Southern children (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Thousands flee conflict-hit north (IRIN News) - [text online]

In Brief: Zimbabwe most at risk of unrest (IRIN News) - [text online]

At least seven dead in latest smuggling tragedy off Yemeni coast – UN (UN News) - [text online]

UN-AU peacekeeping force carries out anti-banditry patrols in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Leaders must put needs of Kosovo’s communities first, says top UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (23/03/2009).

Clerics warn against Bashir trip (BBC News) - [text online]

UN criticises Israelis over Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands getting terror training (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetan monks 'held after riot' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan 'extermination' as aid cut (BBC News) - [text online]

Nine held after deportation demo (BBC News) - [text online]

Nearly 100 Tibet monks held 'after police attack' (The Independent) - [text online]

Week of protest against detention centres (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Staff 'forced to spy on students' (Carrick Gazette) - [text online]

Indonesia: In search of durable solutions (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html / pdf)]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator, 10 - 16 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britain set to become most populous country in EU (The Guardian0 - [text online]

Fears of anti-immigrant feeling during recession may be misplaced (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migration adviser says companies should train UK staff (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ministers impose £50 levy on economic migrants to pay for public services (The Guardian) - [text online]

What are human rights? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees leave Jordan, Syria in first resettlement to Germany (UNHCR) - [text online]

Attacks by Hutu rebels causing displacement in Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR) - [text online]

Morocco/Western Sahara: Irene Khan acknowledges positive steps and calls for more progress (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Serbia/Kosovo: Wounds still open 10 years after start of war over Kosovo (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Iraq: civilians still facing hardship every day (ICRC) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to assist displaced persons leaving the conflict zone (ICRC) - [text online]

Would you want to talk about being raped in front of your child? (Refugee Council) - [text online

Britain’s biggest immigration removal centre opens (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Children, IDPs hardest hit by lack of water (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Hungry people are desperate people" (IRIN News) - [text online]

TIMOR-LESTE: Dili’s displaced face renewed delays (IRIN News) - [text online]

Impunity for rights abuses could derail Nepal's peace process, warns UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Racism denies fundamental right to equality, say top UN officials (UN News) - [text online]

UN relief official calls on Sudan to respect humanitarian aid agreements (UN News) - [text online]

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