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Intelligence Weekly
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Cover Story
Algerias ruling National Liberation Front (Front du Liberation Nationale: FLN) triumphed in parliamentary elections held on 10 May, securing 220 of the People's National Assemblys...
14-May-2012
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*Caretaker government to lead Greece into repeat poll
Last-ditch talks collapsed on 15 May, when President Carolos Papoulias mooted the possibility of a unity government or the appointment of a cabinet of ...
16-May-2012
Top US commander in Afghanistan to step down, says report
It cited a US official speaking anonymously who said that Allen will probably take over the US command in Europe early next year, although ...
16-May-2012
*Spain says Honduran police reform could take 10 years
Luis Belzuz de los Ríos, the Spanish ambassador to Honduras, has said that reform of the country's troubled national police force "will take some ...
16-May-2012
EU Naval Force launches attack against Somali pirates' base
According to a statement issued by the EU Naval Force, it has conducted an operation to destroy pirate equipment on the Somali coastline. Reports ...
16-May-2012
*Tension grows outside Venezuelan jail
The move follows Minister of Penitentiary Services Iris Varela's decision to shut down the jail due to its poor conditions. The inmates have resisted ...
16-May-2012
Bissau-Guinean junta bans 58 key figures from leaving country
Most of those targeted are politicians from the former ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência ...
16-May-2012
UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in DRC
At least 11 Pakistani peacekeepers were wounded during the unrest at their base in the Bunyakiri area in South Kivu province after it was ...
15-May-2012
Sri Lankan security forces uncover huge haul of weapons
The Agence France-Presse news agency quoted police spokesman Ajith Rohana as saying that security forces found 6,250 kg of plastic explosives that were hidden ...
15-May-2012
*Italian interior ministry plans to step up security at high-risk locations
Interior Minister Annamaria Cancellieri also refused to rule out bringing in the military to defend sensitive targets from the threat of a possible escalation ...
15-May-2012
*China concerned over Australia's 'Cold War' military relationship with US
This follows the announcement in November 2011 that the US would maintain a rotating US Marine presence in northern Australia. Carr met with his ...
15-May-2012
Protests break out in northern Malian towns held by Tuareg and Islamist groups
Ousmane Telly, an employee of the local authority which has been sidelined by the arrival of the Islamists and the implementation of Sharia (Islamic ...
15-May-2012
*Peruvian president appoints new ministers
The new ministers, who took the oath of office on 14 May, are Minister of the Interior General Wilber Calle Giron, Minister of Defence ...
15-May-2012
*Bosco Ntaganda: renegade Congolese army general
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo: FARDC) launched air strikes on Saturday (12 ...
15-May-2012
*South Sudan relations cause splits in Sudanese government
Bashir has frequently used bellicose and provocative language in Sudan's dealings with South Sudan over the past year, even before the South's occupation of ...
15-May-2012
Syria peace plan unravelling says Saudi Arabia
"Confidence in the efforts of the envoy of the United Nations [Kofi Annan] and the Arab League has started to decrease quickly," Prince Saud ...
15-May-2012
*China offers to build coastal surveillance system for Indonesia
China's offer to build a coastal surveillance system worth CNY1 billion (USD158 million) in Indonesia comes only a few months after the United States handed...
15-May-2012
*Another peace council member killed in Afghanistan
Arsala Rahmani, once a deputy education minister under the former Taliban government and a leading member of the council, was shot dead on 13 ...
14-May-2012
*Gulf states discuss closer union at Riyadh summit
The leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates will study Saudi proposals for greater political and economic union ...
14-May-2012
*Sri Lankan authorities release information on war detainees
The statement, posted on the ministry's homepage, reads that "a round-the-clock mechanism has been established ... to provide details of the detainees and those ...
14-May-2012
*ECOWAS negotiators leave Mali citing junta intransigence
The two ECOWAS negotiators, Ivorian minister Adama Bictogo and Burkinabé foreign minister Djibril Bassole, arrived in the Malian capital Bamako on 8 May to ...
14-May-2012
Bissau-Guinean junta and mediators agree on interim President
The appointment was immediately condemned as "unconstitutional" by Augusto Olivais, the secretary-general of the former ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and ...
14-May-2012
*Russian president reiterates support for Abkhazia and South Ossetia
During the meeting Putin made assurances that Russia will remain the security guarantor of Abkhazia, an autonomous republic that declared its independence from Georgia ...
14-May-2012
*Colombian insurgents to free French hostage, according to Red Cross
According to Raich, the ICRC received a communication directly from the FARC indicating that the insurgent group is prepared to free Langlois to an ...
14-May-2012
*Murders drop in Guatemala as government takes on drug gangs
The murder rate now stands at 38 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 44 per 100,000 in the first quarter of 2011, according to GAM ...
14-May-2012
*Algeria's ruling party comfortably wins parliamentary elections
Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front (Front du Libération Nationale: FLN) triumphed in parliamentary elections held on 10 May, securing 220 of the People's National Assembly's...
14-May-2012
*Jordan's prime ministerial woes
Given the shadow of Islamist ascendancy in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and other Arab states undergoing revolt or transition, Khasawneh viewed the goal of reaching out...
14-May-2012
Hamas establishes force in Gaza to curb rocket attacks
The Israeli Haaretz daily newspaper reported that Hamas has established a 300-strong force directly under the command of Hamas interior minister Fathi Hamad to...
11-May-2012
Russia and Norway strengthen co-operation with joint Arctic naval exercises
The joint exercises will be conducted over five days in four locations, one in Russian waters and three in Norwegian waters. Russia's Udaloy-class Admiral ...
11-May-2012
*Russian authorities report thwarting 'terrorist attack' against 2014 Winter Olympics host city
The NAK claimed that the attack was plotted by North Caucasian Islamist militants with the alleged help of Georgian intelligence. The Russian authorities reported that...
11-May-2012
*Peru cabinet ministers resign over guerrilla clashes
Two of Peruvian president Ollanta Humala's cabinet ministers, defence minister Alberto Otarola and interior minister Daniel Lozada, have issued a joint statement tendering their resignations....
11-May-2012
*Malian military warns of return to power after interim government's mandate expires
The transition of power from the CNRDR to the interim government headed by former National Assembly speaker Dioncounda Traore in mid-April was managed in ...
11-May-2012
Security alerts - 14-20 May
14-20 May, Bangladesh Anti-government protests Risk: Negative Country Risk Rating: Significant Watch for: Potentially violent anti-government protests. Bangladesh's main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist...
11-May-2012
Guinean security forces clash with election protesters again
Around 2,000 people had joined the protest, according to eyewitnesses, when security forces fired tear gas and beat the crowd back with batons to ...
11-May-2012
*Myanmar overhauls peace negotiating team
President Thein Sein's office announced on 3 May that the peace efforts would be overseen by him, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Vice-Senior...
11-May-2012
*Libyan defence minister outlines future of national army
In an interview with the Libyan daily newspaper Libya Herald published on 11 May, Juwaily said information was being collected on existing soldiers to...
11-May-2012
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