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The
News from International Protection ©
Week:
September 26th- October 3rd
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) Iraq's presidency approves elections
law
Iraq's
presidential council has ratified a law that paves the way for the first
provincial elections in four years.
Source:
Associated Press/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=ArDq4COTcg81w0jC1._cZJZvaA8F
A
car bomb has killed seven Russian peacekeepers and wounded three others, raising
tensions in the separatist enclave days before a scheduled pullback of Russian
troops from Georgian territory.
Source:
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04georgia.html?ref=world
A
U.S. missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region known as a haven for Taliban
and al Qaeda fighters killed up to 21 people, including 16
foreigners.
Source:
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4926EA20081003
4)
Deadly explosion rocks
Lebanese city
A
blast targeting a bus carrying Lebanese soldiers went off near an entrance to
the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday, killing four soldiers,
authorities said.
Source:
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/29/lebanon.blast/index.html
5)
Somalia: The world's
most utterly failed state
The
spread of piracy just draws attention to the growing chaos on Somalia’s
land
Source:
Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12342212
6)
Sri Lanka fighting
kills 42, food reaches war zone
The
first food aid to the war zone in weeks arrived after intense combat the army
said had killed 42.
Source:
Alertnet
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL143226.htm
7)
Feeding the killers:
Uganda aid row begs tough questions
Uganda's
government is accusing aid agency Caritas of supplying Lord's Resistance Army
rebels with food, thereby helping prolong the country's 20-year
insurgency
Source:
Alertnet
http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/40453/2008/09/3-114411-1.htm
8)
Sudan: Darfur rebels
deny signing peace agreement
Some
members of the rebel faction that recently fought government troops in North
Darfur have signed a peace agreement with the state, but the accord is
insignificant because none of the signatories has any clout, analysts
said.
Source:
Reliefweb/UN OCHA
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FBUO-7K3GPM?OpenDocument
9)
Eritrea: Food shortages
feared as rains fail
A
combination of poor rains, decreased food production and the knock-on effects of
increased global prices would adversely affect vulnerable groups in Eritrea this
year
Source:
Reliefweb/ UN OCHA
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FBUO-7K3FR8?OpenDocument
10)
NEPAL: Food insecurity intensifies
in the wake of floods
Nepal’s
precarious food security situation is being tested after heavy flooding over the
past two months in both the east and west of the country left almost 250,000
people displaced.
Source:
IRIN
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80734
11)
IRAQ: Number of cholera cases
nearly doubles
The
Iraqi Health Ministry and the World Health Organization have blamed the
country's rundown water and sanitation infrastructure for the
outbreak
Source:
IRIN
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80633
12)
Murder of Mexican journalist sparks
outrage from UNESCO head
The
head of the agency mandated to defend press freedom today condemned the shooting
of Alejandro Xenón Fonseca Estrada, a Mexican radio journalist and activist who
campaigned against organized crime.
Source:
UN News Centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28414&Cr=UNESCO&Cr1=
13)
UN human rights chief spotlights
plight of millions of detainees worldwide
The
top United Nations human rights official today called for increased attention to
the plight of those worldwide – including some one million children – who are
deprived of their liberty and are being held in prisons and other places of
detention, often illegally.
Source:
UN News
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28402&Cr=Pillay&Cr1=
14)
On International Day, Ban urges
greater efforts to ensure rights of older persons
UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for ensuring the dignity and well-being
of older persons
Source:
UN News
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28378&Cr=Human+Rights&Cr1=60th
15)
Zimbabwe's Ruling Party Claims
Progress in Cabinet Negotiations
South
Africa's new government has asked former president Thabo Mbeki on Thursday to
continue as the region's mediator in Zimbabwe's political
crisis
Source:
Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-03-voa30.cfm
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