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Cover Story
The poll decree has provoked bitter exchanges between Hamas and Fatah and re-entrenched divisions between the groups.
02-Nov-2009
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"Let the Europeans throw in a lousy billion. Why have they gotten so stingy?" Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine's gas debt, 4 November. ...
06-Nov-2009
*Abbas will not seek re-election as Palestinian president
The announcement came as something of a shock in some quarters, but pressure had been building on Abbas since October and his disastrous handling ...
06-Nov-2009
*West Africa's drug trafficking connection
For several years there has been speculation among analysts that cocaine processing laboratories existed in West Africa. The first evidence of a site was ...
06-Nov-2009
*Azerbaijan sentences 26 on terrorist charges
The group, calling themselves the Forest Brothers (not thought to be associated with the Georgian group of the same name), were found guilty of ...
06-Nov-2009
*Indonesian officials resign over corruption scandal
The two individuals are Abdul Hakim Ritonga, a deputy attorney general, and Commissioner General Susno Duadji, a senior police official. Both men were forced ...
06-Nov-2009
*Xi Jinping, Chinese vice-president
Speculation about a rift between Chinese Preisdent Hu Jintao and Vice-President Xi Jinping have circulated in recent months. Following a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...
06-Nov-2009
*Zimbabwe's MDC-T suspends political disengagement
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced the suspension of his party's disengagement after a one-day summit of the Southern African Development Community Organ on Politics, ...
06-Nov-2009
*Northern Ireland dissident threat highest in six years
The report warned that the level of activity of the dissident republican groups the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA was "markedly higher" than ...
05-Nov-2009
*Israeli commandos seize arms ship 'bound for Hizbullah'
The incident occurred early on the morning of 4 November approximately 160 km from the Israeli coast in international waters near Cyprus. The raid ...
05-Nov-2009
*Belarus considers recognising Georgian separatist regions
According to an announcement, members from both the Chamber of Representatives (Palata Predstaviteley), or lower house, and the Council of the Republic (Soviet Respubliki), ...
05-Nov-2009
*UK tightens grip on its Caribbean territories
In the past few months, the UK's Overseas Territories (OTs) in the Caribbean have witnessed significant political and economic upheaval that has threatened their ...
05-Nov-2009
*Presidential election uncertainty in Moldova
Moldovan lawmakers are due to embark on what will be the third attempt in 2009 to elect a new president. This has followed the ...
05-Nov-2009
*US moves to quash Paraguay coup rumours
The ambassador's declarations came as she attended a ceremony with Lugo at which the US officially handed over USD1.4 million in military equipment to ...
05-Nov-2009
*North Korea claims to have reprocessed spent plutonium
The latest declaration by North Korea follows a series of announcements this year that it was engaging in reprocessing. The first statement occurred in ...
05-Nov-2009
*US diplomats engage Myanmar
The meeting is the latest in a series of diplomatic initiatives by the United States towards Myanmar. The two US diplomats, US Assistant Secretary ...
04-Nov-2009
*Russia warns of new Ukraine gas crisis
Putin made the comments during talks with Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, having spoken to his Swedish counterpart, Fredrick Reinfeldt, whose country holds ...
04-Nov-2009
*Fijian prime minister expels Australian diplomats
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama accused Australia and New Zealand of interfering in Fiji's judiciary after an Australian official reportedly told a Sri Lankan judge ...
03-Nov-2009
*Czech court clears way for Lisbon Treaty
The court ruled that the Treaty of Lisbon did not conflict with the Czech Republic's constitutional order, and rejected all complaints filed by a ...
03-Nov-2009
*Power and water rationing increase in Venezuela
According to the 'Rationing Plan' of the government of President Hugo Chávez, zone-by-zone water cuts of up to 48 hours per week will be ...
03-Nov-2009
*Venezuela closes borders with Colombia
The Venezuelan national guards were shot dead at around 16:00 local time (20:30 GMT) and their weapons stolen by unknown assailants at a mobile ...
03-Nov-2009
*Mubarak's conference speech dodges succession issue
Mubarak's speech to the National Democratic Party's (NDP) annual conference in Cairo promised more in the way of health, education and transport reform, but ...
02-Nov-2009
*Italian police arrest top Camorra mafia fugitives
Pasquale Russo was arrested along with his younger brother Carmine in a cottage in Sperone, around 30 km (20 miles) east of Naples. A ...
02-Nov-2009
*UAE reaches human trafficking crossroads
The campaign will seek to highlight the legal penalties for assisting with human trafficking as well as emphasise the realities victims have to contend ...
02-Nov-2009
International security events: Week of 4-10 November
Date : 3-5 November Location : Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Event : AU-brokered meeting of Madagascar's main political parties ----- ...
02-Nov-2009
*Security alerts - Week of 4-10 November
AFGHANISTAN COUNTRY RISK: HIGH On 2 November, Hamid Karzai was confirmed as Afghan president after the only opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from a ...
02-Nov-2009
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"Even if the skies fall down, Turkey's position will not change. The fact that a country is occupying the territory of another country is ...
02-Nov-2009
*Secret report details Hamas' election options
The poll decree has provoked bitter exchanges between Hamas and Fatah and re-entrenched divisions between the groups. It has also further damaged Egyptian-mediated efforts...
02-Nov-2009
Japan's new prime minister snubs fleet review
Rather than attend the review, held in Sagami bay, Hatoyama decided instead to be present on the last day of the 15th Association of ...
02-Nov-2009
*Guinea junta to face African Union sanctions
A communiqué following a meeting of the AU's Peace and Security Council requested "all the necessary measures towards the implementation of targeted sanctions, including ...
30-Oct-2009
*Pakistani army focuses on Uzbek stronghold
The town of Kaniguram, surrounded by mountains, is where many Uzbek fighters belonging to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) are believed by the ...
30-Oct-2009
*UN Security Council renews Côte d'Ivoire embargo
In adopting Resolution 1893 (2009), the Security Council emphasised "the continued contribution to Côte d'Ivoire's stability, in particular in the context of the planned ...
30-Oct-2009
*Syria ready to resume peace talks with Israel
"As far as it concerns us, in Syria, we have national support to continue talks with Israel," Assad said after a meeting with Croatian ...
30-Oct-2009
Prime minister's sacking risks Haiti stability
The vote to censure Pierre-Louis was approved by 18 out of 29 senators, and will also require cabinet to dissolve. She faced cricitism from ...
30-Oct-2009
*US brokers a compromise in Honduras crisis
A team of United States diplomats brokered the deal with support from the Organisation of American States (OAS). It paves the way for the ...
30-Oct-2009
*US official visits Russia for talks on arms reduction
During his visit to Moscow, Gen Jones held talks with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, who stated that Gen Jones' visit was ...
29-Oct-2009
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