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Cover Story
Relations between Chavez and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe reached a nadir in early November.
16-Nov-2009
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*Ugandan regional offensive claims LRA senior commander
Okello Okutti, an alleged senior commander of the Ugandan LRA, was killed on 17 November in Obo, near the Central African Republic's border with...
20-Nov-2009
*Russia and Ukraine agree revised gas contract
The deal was agreed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko during talks in the southern Ukrainian town of ...
20-Nov-2009
*Successor to Philippine president announced
Teodoro was appointed defence secretary by Arroyo in 2007. He had been a member of the House of Representatives for nine years, heading the ...
20-Nov-2009
*Kosovo government coalition collapses
Deputy Prime Minister Rame Manaj of the Democratic League of Kosovo (Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës: LDK) told Reuters that he had received a telephone ...
20-Nov-2009
*EU leaders choose low-profile candidates for top jobs
Despite fears that the process of determining who should hold the new posts would take hours if not days, the decisions were taken remarkably ...
20-Nov-2009
*Guinea at risk of greater instability
Mohamed Bedjaoui of Algeria, Françoise Ngendahyo Kayiramirwa of Burundi and Pramila Patten of Mauritius were appointed in October, following UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's announcement ...
20-Nov-2009
*Hong Kong reform proposals attract protests
The reforms were announced by Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen in the Legislative Council (LegCo), but were met with small protests of approximately 200 ...
19-Nov-2009
*Planned SCO exercises hit by Uzbek absence
The meeting of representatives from SCO member counties (China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and observer countries was held in the Kazakh city ...
19-Nov-2009
*Vetoes and disputes risk Iraqi election delay
Hashemi specifically vetoed Article 1 of the new law, which set the representation in parliament of displaced Iraqis at five per cent. The majority ...
19-Nov-2009
*Nicaragua braces for street violence
Several hundred students marched on Congress to protest at possible diversion of university funding initially proposed by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista ...
18-Nov-2009
*US anger at Israeli settlement expansion project
Gilo is located on land occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War and subsequently annexed to the Jerusalem municipality. Settlement activity there ...
18-Nov-2009
*EU-Russia summit promises little
After the fighting in Georgia, the EU condemned Russian actions as disproportionate, with some member states accusing Russia of human rights abuses. Relations were ...
18-Nov-2009
*Greek police clash with protesters after Athens march
Thousands of protesters marched through Athens to commemorate a 1973 student rising in which dozens of people had been killed by the military junta ...
18-Nov-2009
*Quetta bomb blast injures top police official
A bomb was planted on a parked motorcycle outside the deputy inspector general's office on Spini Road. No group or individual has claimed responsibility ...
17-Nov-2009
*IAEA report highlights new Iran nuclear fears
The IAEA report into Iran's disclosure about its enrichment facility near the city of Qom was leaked to the media on 16 November, just ...
17-Nov-2009
*Spy case sours Chile-Peru relations
The case of Víctor Ariza Mendoza, a Peruvian air force NCO arrested in October and accused of spying for Chile and treason, has dominated ...
17-Nov-2009
*Wiretapping scandal hits Turkish government
According to media reports the previous week, government officials had eavesdropped on the telephone conversations of several senior members of the judiciary, including the ...
17-Nov-2009
*Drought increases security fears in Argentina
The drought began in 2008 and has worsened steadily in the country's interior, leaving an estimated two million hectares without water and causing growing ...
17-Nov-2009
*Police force reform remains elusive in Jamaica
Rear Adm Lewin had been outspoken about the island's ongoing problems with serious criminality. On 15 October, he spoke about links "between organised criminal ...
17-Nov-2009
*Animosity dominates landmark Kosovo polls
An independent poll on 3 November showed just 32.7 per cent of Kosovo residents planned to vote in the local elections; perhaps reflecting distaste ...
16-Nov-2009
*Egypt opposition resists the son's succession
The unanswered question of who will succeed Mubarak continues to dominate political life in Egypt. The president is now 81 years old and has ...
16-Nov-2009
Quote corner
"[It's like] sending the signal, I'm on my way to another job. On Monday I'm back again and I didn't get it but I ...
16-Nov-2009
*Kosovo parties claim victory in local elections
Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi said that his Democratic Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Kosovës: PDK) won 20 of 36 municipalities. President Fatmir Sejdiu's ...
16-Nov-2009
Commission calls for Palestinian poll delay
Citing the divided nature of the Palestinian polity, specifically Hamas' assertion that it will not allow elections to take place in the Gaza Strip, ...
16-Nov-2009
*Security alerts - Week of 18-24 November
ARGENTINA COUNTRY RISK: LOW Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has alleged that an opposition-sponsored plot is aimed at destabilising her government as street ...
16-Nov-2009
International security events - Week of 18-24 November
Date : 18-19 November Location : Sweden, Stockholm Event : EU-Russia summit ----- Date : 18-20 November ...
16-Nov-2009
*Colombia anticipates clash with Venezuela
Relations between Chávez and Colombian President Álvaro Uribe reached a nadir in early November. Intelligence sources in Bogotá have told Jane's that Colombian officials ...
16-Nov-2009
*Canada gears up security for Winter Olympics
With the arrival of the Olympic torch in British Columbia at the end of October and the visit of Prince Charles and the Duchess ...
16-Nov-2009
Wary Israel makes moves on Syria's advances
Netanyahu was indirectly responding to Assad's statement on 28 October in which he said: "As far as it concerns us in Syria, we have ...
16-Nov-2009
*Georgia highlights its military improvement
According to Minister of Defence Bakho Akhalia, the Georgian armed forces are "more ready for defence than they were six months or a year ...
16-Nov-2009
*Pre-poll political posturing starts in Burundi
The warning may set alarm bells ringing in a country where a 15-year conflict only officially drew to a close in April 2009. That ...
16-Nov-2009
*Sri Lanka military chief resigns
His resignation is reportedly the consequence of growing tensions between the influential general and President Mahinda Rajapakse. The timing of Fonseka's move, which comes ...
13-Nov-2009
*Russo-Georgian talks continue in deadlock
The internationally mediated series of talks held in Geneva are designed to restore trust between Russia, Georgia and the separatist regions of Abkhazia and ...
13-Nov-2009
*Cote d'Ivoire election to be delayed again
Beugre Mambe pointed to a "slight delay" in the polls. Reuters quoting the election commission chief as stating: "November 29 would have been ideal ...
13-Nov-2009
*European right-wingers join in bid for EU funding
The formation of the European Alliance of National Movements (AENM) was originally announced in October, and included five right-wing parties: the BNP, the FN, ...
13-Nov-2009
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