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The News from International Protection ©
Week: November 17th- November 24th 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) China maintains hold on Tibet and tests
Dalai Lama
“Chinese paramilitary police with riot
shields and batons abruptly took up posts Monday on the main street of this
Tibetan town, disrupting the bustle of Buddhist pilgrims in a reminder of
China's determined control of the region.”
Source: Associated Press/ Yahoo News
2) Bombs kill at least 20 in Iraq ahead of
pact vote
“A woman hiding a bomb under her long robe
blew herself up Monday among Iraqis waiting to enter the U.S.-protected Green
Zone, where lawmakers plan to vote this week on a pact that would let American
forces stay in Iraq for up to three more years.”
Source: Associated Press/Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081124/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=Ar96fo9doUqtb_eXOM9aFYpvaA8F
3) U.N. envoy urges Congo leader to talk to rebel chief
Nigerian former President Olusegun Obasanjo
urged Congo's president on Monday to talk with Tutsi rebel leader Gen. Laurent
Nkunda to prevent the conflict in eastern Congo from escalating into a new war.”
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AN88O20081124
4) Zimbabwe rivals in new talks to end deadlock
“Zimbabwe's political rivals meet in South
Africa on Tuesday for talks to end a political deadlock, amid mounting pressure
from regional leaders for a deal to prevent the humanitarian crisis becoming
still worse.”
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AN1RI20081124
5) North Korea Threatens to Snip Ties With
South
“In a reversal of recent progress toward
reconciliation on the divided Korean Peninsula, North Korea said Monday it
would ban South Korean tourists from the ancient city of Kaesong and
“selectively expel” South Koreans working in a joint industrial complex there
starting Dec. 1..”
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/asia/25korea.html?_r=1&ref=world
6) China Irritated with ‘Slanderous’ U.N.
Report on Rights
“The Chinese government reacted angrily on
Monday to what it called a slanderous United Nations report that alleges
systemic torture of political and criminal detainees. The government said the
authors were biased, untruthful and driven by a political agenda.”
Source: The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/asia/25china.html?ref=world
7) Congo Crisis: More Help is Needed for Women
and Girls in North Kivu as Sexual Violence Escalates
“Women and girls in eastern Congo's North
Kivu province are once again suffering increasing levels of sexual violence
amid renewed conflict, instability and widespread displacement of civilians.”
Source: International Refugee Committee/ Alertnet
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/237687/122753872654.htm
8) Brazil floods kill at least 59, uproot
thousands
“Rescue workers rushed to help stricken
residents in southern Brazil on Monday after landslides and floods caused by
heavy rain killed at least 59 people and forced more than 43,000 from their
homes.”
Source: Alertnet/Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24504325.htm
9) NEPAL: Clock ticking for earthquake
preparedness
“Kathmandu, one of the most seismically
vulnerable cities in the world, is ill-prepared for the next big earthquake,
experts warn.”
Source: Irin
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81632
10) YEMEN: War-affected children suffer
psychological disorders - study
“-Five months after a specialised facility
for multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients was established at
Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, the lack of isolation wards is raising
concerns.”
Source: Irin
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81623
11) Sri Lanka: Human rights situation
deteriorating in the east
“The Sri Lankan government should take
immediate steps to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the
country's Eastern Province, where there has been an increase in killings and
abductions in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today..”
Source:
Reliefweb / Human Rights Watch
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VDUX-7LPTRQ?OpenDocument
12) Anarchy in Somalia: The lawless Horn
“On November 15th pirates operating hundreds
of miles from the coast seized the Sirius Star, a supertanker carrying 2m
barrels of Saudi oil (see article). A dozen or so other vessels are already
held by pirates. One of them—surrounded by American and Russian
warships—contains a cargo of 33 T-72 tanks, enough to tip the balance in a
small local war.”
Source: The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12637009&source=hptextfeature
13) Zimbabwe on brink of collapse as outbreak of
cholera spreads
“The situation in Zimbabwe may soon
"implode" as a cholera outbreak spreads and basic services collapse,
South African leaders and a group of international statesmen warned yesterday.”
Source: The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/25/zimbabwe-internationalaidanddevelopment
14) Anger
at tagging plan to fight HIV in Indonesia
“People with HIV in Papua, Indonesia, who are
deemed to be "sexually aggressive" may be microchipped to enable the
authorities to identify, track and punish those who deliberately infect others
under a plan which has the backing of the provincial parliament. ““
Source: The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/25/aids-hiv-human-rights-indonesia
15) Katrina Kids: Sickest Ever
“Even before the storm, they were some of the
country's neediest kids. Now, the children of Katrina who stayed longest in
ramshackle government trailer parks in Baton Rouge are "the sickest I have
ever seen in the U.S.," says Irwin Redlener, president of the Children's
Health Fund and a professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public
Health.”
Source: Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/id/170370
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