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The News from International Protection ©
Week: October 4th- October 10th 2008
The weekly listing of important stories in the
fields of peace, human rights, development, and humanitarian affairs.
Dear friend,
You find here fifteen
issues you should know about:
1) Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace
Prize
“Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari
received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting
peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.”
Source: Associated Press/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_nobel_peace;_ylt=Av7H8t5pnNQ5oJqKA1y598VvaA8F
2) US nears removing NKorea from terror list
“The Bush administration is nearing a
decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist and may do so as
early as Friday in a bid to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks, The
Associated Press has learned.”
Source: Associated Press/Yahoo News
3) Pakistan heading towards anarchy: Khan
“Pakistani politician and cricket great Imran
Khan says his country is heading towards anarchy because of the war on terror.”
Source: Sidney Morning Herald News
http://news.smh.com.au/national/pakistan-heading-towards-anarchy-khan-20081010-4y9z.html
4) Relentless fighting kills 41 in Sri Lanka:
military
“At least 40 people were killed for a second
straight day in the Sri Lankan military's push into rebel Tamil Tiger territory”.
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4993N820081010
5) 100 Somalis feared dead off Yemen coast:
UNHCR
About 100 persons believed to be mainly
Somalis are missing and feared dead after being forced overboard by smugglers
off the coast of Yemen
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4993KR20081010
6) Turkey launches Kurdish rebel attacks in
Iraq
“Turkish warplanes and artillery bombed and
killed a large group of Kurdish rebels as they tried to cross the rugged
mountains into Turkey from northern Iraq”
Source: CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/10/turkey.kurds.attacks.ap/index.html
7) Cyprus peace process accelerates
“Cyprus' rival community leaders have agreed
to accelerate the peace process by holding weekly negotiations on a deal to
reunify the war-divided island.”
Source: CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/10/cyprus.peace.talks.ap/index.html
8) Number of hungry in Ethiopia jumps to 6.4
mln-Oxfam
“The number of Ethiopians needing emergency
food assistance has jumped to 6.4 million from 4.6 million in June”
Source: Alertnet
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L9111834.htm
9) AFGHANISTAN: Ministry warns of severe food shortage
“Afghanistan faces a deficit of two million
tonnes of staple food - primarily wheat flour and rice - to feed millions of
vulnerable people in the coming six months”
Source: Alertnet/ IRIN
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/0d7da17b105f16ca1afe739a11d94a96.htm
10) Nuclear security: Who wins, nukes
“Preventing nuclear trafficking is easier
than policing it”
Source: Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=12339535
11) Africa: There is hope
“Despite the persistence of Africa’s natural
and man-made horrors, the latest trend is cheeringly positive”
Source:
Economist
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80633
12) OSCE begins monitoring of US elections
“The OSCE's Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights today opened a limited election observation
mission to monitor the 4 November elections in the United States of America”
Source: OSCE Webservices
http://www.osce.org/item/34260.html
13) EGYPT: Efforts to fight “black cloud” in Cairo
“Efforts to reduce the pollution that leads
to this phenomenon should continue if a disaster is to be avoided”
Source: IRIN News
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80831
14) UGANDA: Children eke out a living on the
streets
“The majority are also orphans, who lost
their parents in the two-decade long war in the north that pitted government
forces against LRA rebels. “
Source: IRIN News
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80845
15) Rains in Nicaragua kill 13 people
“At least 13 people have been killed and more
than 3,500 more left homeless”
Source: Reliefweb / Xinhua
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KSAI-7K73MT?OpenDocument&rc=2&emid=FL-2008-000180-NIC
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