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Cover Story
The rejection by Abhisit followed a series of demonstrations during the weekend of 12 to 14 March that saw tens of thousands of protesters march...
15-Mar-2010
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*Pakistan army chief succession fires debate
In less turbulent times the appointment of Pakistan's new COAS would not attract much international attention, but the country's domestic problems and external complications ...
19-Mar-2010
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"This was an affront, it was an insult, but most importantly it undermined this very fragile effort to bring peace to that region." David...
19-Mar-2010
*Brazilian president concludes Middle East tour
In Jordan, Lula met King Abdullah II before a Jordanian-Brazilian economic forum, discussing the way ahead with peace-making efforts on the Israeli-Palestinian question. Lula's ...
19-Mar-2010
*Sanctions imposed against Malagasy officials
Rajoelina (who had risen to power a year earlier through military backing following the effectively forced resignation of former president Marc Ravalomanana in March ...
19-Mar-2010
*Nigerien transition timetable still outstanding
External pressure, precedent and personality suggest that Niger's military rulers will do so sooner rather than later, but neither the history of Niger nor ...
19-Mar-2010
*Mohammad Ali Jafari, head of the IRGC
Mohammad Ali Jafari, the head of Iran's elite Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is one of the most influential individuals in the country. As ...
18-Mar-2010
*Turkish PM threatens expulsion of Armenians
Talking to the media during a visit to London, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the presence of an estimated 100,000 Armenian ...
18-Mar-2010
*Cuban protests meet government repression
Around 30 'Damas de Blanco', female relatives of 75 dissidents detained during a government crackdown in 2003, were detained in the Havana suburb of ...
18-Mar-2010
*Settlement row puts Netanyahu on probation
Since returning to power in March 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been pulled in two opposing directions. His personal beliefs and political ...
18-Mar-2010
*Latin America suffers violent Ides of March
Latin America continues to be one of the world's most violent regions. The clichés of drug-related murders, gang violence and dangerous city streets are ...
18-Mar-2010
*French policeman 'shot dead by ETA gunman'
The incident happened when a police patrol stopped three men and a woman in what they believed to be a stolen BMW car near ...
17-Mar-2010
*Niger Delta militants claim post-amnesty talks attack
Initial accounts of the two blasts indicate that they were some 30 minutes apart, with Reuters reporting the first explosion to have taken place ...
17-Mar-2010
*Algiers hosts regional counter-terrorism conference
The foreign ministers of Niger, Mauritania, Chad, Libya, Burkina Faso and Mali attended the meeting which, according to reports in the Algerian media, was ...
17-Mar-2010
*Net closes on the Spanish butterfly hackers
The Guardía Civil arrested three Spanish citizens in an operation ícarried out in conjunction with the US FBI and two IT security companies, one ...
17-Mar-2010
*Mubarak illness sparks Egyptian leadership talk
Mubarak left Egypt on 6 March for Heidelberg in Germany, where he underwent surgery on his gallbladder. However, because Mubarak has not named a ...
16-Mar-2010
*Eurozone ministers agree Greece support package
The 16 eurozone finance ministers announced they were ready to mobilise rapid financial aid for Greece if needed, but did not proffer many details ...
16-Mar-2010
*Palestinians clash with Israeli police in East Jerusalem
Palestinian demonstrators threw rocks at Israeli police in the Shuafat and Essawiyya neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem as tensions over the reopening of the recently ...
16-Mar-2010
*Alexander Khloponin, Governor of North Caucasus Federal District
In January 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev decreed a new administrative reshuffle in the troubled Russian south, dividing the previous Southern Federal District to ...
15-Mar-2010
*Security alerts - 17-23 March
CYPRUS COUNTRY RISK: MINIMAL Cypriot President Demetris Christofias was due to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat on 16 March for talks on ...
15-Mar-2010
*Thai prime minister defiant in face of protests
The rejection by Abhisit followed a series of demonstrations during the weekend of 12 to 14 March that saw tens of thousands of protesters ...
15-Mar-2010
*US-Israeli relations plunge to a 35-year low
Oren's warning undermined Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's attempts to downplay tensions over the decision to build 1,600 homes in East Jerusalem, made public on ...
15-Mar-2010
*French opposition Socialists win regional elections
Final official results showed the PS won 29.48 per cent of the vote, ahead of the UMP with 26.18 per cent. The European Greens ...
15-Mar-2010
*Pro-Uribe parties dominate Colombian elections
With nearly 90 per cent of votes counted, candidates from three conservative pro-Uribe parties appeared set to garner a majority in the 102-seat Senate ...
15-Mar-2010
*Japan admits to secret pacts with US
The six-member panel of experts, led by University of Tokyo Professor Shinichi Kitaoka, was appointed in December 2009 by Minister of Foreign Affairs Katsuya ...
15-Mar-2010
International security events - 17-23 March
Date : 17 March Location : Israel Event : Visit by EU foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton ----- Date...
15-Mar-2010
*Size really does matter after Iraq's election
Despite this anticipated result, numerous obstacles lie ahead to hamper the formation of a new government, not only because of the intricacies of Iraqi ...
15-Mar-2010
*Somalia approaching yet another crossroads
The agreement will strengthen co-operation between the TFG and Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa by fully incorporating the militia into Somalia's existing government institutions. However, ...
15-Mar-2010
*Thailand braces for protests
The protests are probably a response to the Supreme Court's February 2009 ruling against former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The protesters will be ...
12-Mar-2010
*Swedish cartoonist plot suspects remanded in custody
The four male and three female suspects (three Libyans along with an Algerian, a Palestinian, an American and a Croat) were initially arrested on ...
12-Mar-2010
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"The demographic realities make it difficult for Israel to be a Jewish homeland and a democratic country." US Vice-President Joe Biden, 11 March. "If ...
12-Mar-2010
*Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's acting president
Goodluck Jonathan may have enjoyed a meteoric rise to the pinnacle of the Nigerian political system, but his time at the top is likely ...
12-Mar-2010
*Greek general strike ends in violence
Police estimated that some 20,000 people joined the demonstrations - other estimations put the numbers as high as 50,000 - to mark the third ...
12-Mar-2010
*Reconstruction to test new Chilean president
In a ceremony itself affected by strong aftershocks in the port city of Valparaíso, Piñera - who won elections in January for the right-wing ...
12-Mar-2010
*Turkey withdraws ambassador to Sweden
The parliamentary resolution, which the Swedish government opposed, "signifies that Sweden recognises the 1915 genocide of Armenians" and other ethnic groups during the collapse ...
12-Mar-2010
*Afghanistan's precursor chemical problem
Acetic anhydride is used in a large number of processes in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, meaning that transferring the substance for illicit purposes ...
12-Mar-2010
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