A Muslim version of Live 8 will be staged in the UK tonight to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

A Muslim version of Live 8 is to be staged to highlight the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, it was announced today.

GOVERNMENT authorities in Ireland and Britain were last night working behind the scenes for the release of the Irish female aid worker kidnapped in Iraq.

Aid agencies today renewed their call on the British Government for a ‘‘humanitarian pause’’ in the bombing of Afghanistan because vital aid must reach refugees within two weeks.

International aid groups today appealed for a pause in the US-led bombing in Afghanistan to allow urgent food deliveries for the winter.