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The News from International Protection ©
Week: October 11th- October 17th 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) Official: Afghans probing 17 civilian deaths
“Afghan authorities are investigating the
deaths of at least 17 civilians during a clash between NATO forces and
militants in southern Afghanistan, an official said Friday.”
Source: Associated Press/ Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
2) Ex-Khmer Rouge minister loses appeal for
release
“Cambodia's genocide tribunal on Friday
rejected an appeal by the Khmer Rouge's former foreign minister for release
from pretrial detention on charges of crimes against humanity and war
atrocities.”
Source: Associated Press/Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_khmer_rouge
3)
Cambodian
PM says Thai border clash won't get worse
“”Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on
Friday this week's border clashes with Thailand around the 900-year-old Preah
Vihear temple would not escalate into a wider and more serious conflict..”
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49G19520081017
4) Zimbabwe MDC says U.N., AU mediation needed
in talks
“Zimbabwe's opposition MDC said on Friday the
United Nations and African Union should step in to mediate between the
country's rivals if talks aimed at rescuing a power-sharing deal remain
deadlocked over cabinet posts.”
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49F25D20081017
5) European Nations Seek to Revise Agreement on
Emissions Cuts
“Fears of a sharp worldwide economic slowdown
are threatening a hard-won European plan on climate change that European
leaders hoped would set an example for the rest of the world.”
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/world/europe/17union.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
6) Judge Orders Investigation of Executions in
Franco Era
“The crusading investigative judge Baltasar
Garzón opened Spain’s first criminal investigation into Franco-era executions
and repression with an order Thursday to open 19 mass graves, including one
believed to contain the remains of the poet Federico García Lorca.”
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/world/europe/17spain.html?ref=world
7) ANALYSIS-India rumbles over Sri Lanka war,
but to what end?
“Indian political pressure on Sri Lanka to
throttle back an offensive to wipe out the Tamil Tigers will do little to sway
a Sri Lankan government increasingly confident it can end one of Asia's longest
insurgencies..”
Source: Alertnet
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL315664.htm
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8) NEPAL: Poorest struggling to rebuild after
floods
“The floodwaters in west Nepal have receded
but the poorest communities who were the hardest hit are still suffering,
according to local NGOs.”
Source: Alertnet
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/b881243bfea0525fe240cf26ca576748.htm
9) PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Addressing the epidemic of
domestic violence
“Some of the highest rates of violence and
abuse of children and women in the world occur in Papua New Guinea.
Seventy-five percent of children report physical abuse and about 80 percent
report verbal abuse in the home, according to a UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) regional survey.”
”
Source: Irin
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80966
10) Georgia: Massive returns to buffer zone
“Over the past week, UNHCR has witnessed a
massive return of Georgian internally displaced people (IDPs) to their villages
in the buffer zone around the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia.”
Source: Reliefweb / OCHA
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/LSGZ-7KHGPY?OpenDocument
11) Colombia: Rate of new displacement highest in
two decades
“The protracted internal armed conflict in
Colombia had by June 2008 displaced 2,649,139 people according to the
government, and 4,361,355 people according to a reliable non-governmental
source.”
Source:
Reliefweb / IDMC
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MCOT-7KHFVV?OpenDocument
12) Biodiversity: Fewer creatures great and small
“Nature needs a bail-out, say those who fear
that a poorer, hotter world will bode ill for life’s infinite variety”
Source: The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12432305
13) Pakistani politicians divided over action on
terror
“A deep rift over anti-terror policy has
opened up within Pakistan's political class, as extremist violence and an
economic crisis push the country to the verge of collapse”
Source: The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/17/pakistan-nato
14) US
army withdrawal from Iraq could start next year
“Draft agreement between US and Iraqi
officials would see complete withdrawal by the end of 2011.“
Source: The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/17/iraq-usa
15) Turkey
claims killing PKK fighters
“The Turkish military has said that at least
35 fighters belonging to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) have been killed in
a military offensive earlier this week.”
Source: AlJazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/10/20081017102626747966.html
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