News for October 2009
RIYADH (Agencies)
Saudi authorities have discovered an arms cache near the capital linked to an al-Qaeda cell dismantled in August, an interior ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
The spokesman, quoted by the SPA state news agency, said …
WASHINGTON, USA — The Second Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (known by its Spanish acronym, MISPA II) was described on Friday by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States …
The latest sign of a thaw in tension between China and Australia was not an agreement reached at the bargaining table or a handshake between politicians but some much cuter diplomacy.
China has agreed to send …
TEHRAN (Agencies)
Iranian police will confront any “illegal” gatherings on Nov. 4, when the Islamic Republic marks the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, a semi-official news agency reported on Sunday.
Mehr …
ABU DHABI (Noureddine Fridhi)
NATO asked Gulf States to help with its war in Afghanistan and called for cooperation in shared interests and said Arab and Muslim countries have an advantage of added cultural value over …
Seoul on Friday announced its decision to dispatch military forces to Afghanistan to augment Korean civilian operations, but said the troops would be strictly noncombat.
Korea will send about 300 troops and police officers as …
Photo: Celeste Hicks/IRIN
A child receiving polio vaccine in the Chad capital N’djamena (file photo)
GOZ BEIDA, 30 October 2009 (IRIN) – A three-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign began on 30 October throughout Chad, including in …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominica Republic (AFP) – Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant PDVSA has agreed to buy nearly half of the government-owned Dominican Oil Refinery for 131.5 million dollars, Dominica’s finance minister said.
Talks to sell 49 percent of …
The Office of the Attorney-General will file the first of 20 embezzlement charges against Rakesh Saxena, the man allegedly instrumental in bringing about the collapse of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce, immediately after the police …
âThe worst is over,â according to an official of the state-run weather bureau after forecasting that âSantiâ (international codename: Mirinae) has crossed over Southern Luzon and was headed towards the South China Sea.
Nathaniel Cruz, spokesman …
By Jean H Charles
Next November (2010) the people of Haiti will go to the poll to elect a brand new leader. Coming January 1, the whole country will position itself into a frenzy of maneuvering …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies)
Israel savored a victory on Sunday after U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton hailed his “unprecedented” position on settlements and back tracked from a previous call for a complete freeze to settlement construction …
Photo: Sarah Simpson/IRIN
A market vendor in N’zérékoré (file photo)
DAKAR, 30 October 2009 (IRIN) – Local civil society activists say Guinea’s latest political crisis has taken on an ethnic dimension in N’zérékoré – junta leader …
Three professional baseball players, all of the Brother Elephants team, confessed to prosecutors of playing fake games Friday (October 300 and returned their illegal payment as evidence.
With qualms of conscience, Elephants pitchers Li Hao-jen and …
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik announced on Friday (October 30th) that he is withdrawing from talks on constitutional reforms aimed at speeding BiH’s EU and NATO accession. …
ZAGREB, Croatia — The cabinet approved an arbitration agreement with Slovenia on Friday (October 30th) that should result in solution to the year-long border dispute between the two states. The agreement was forwarded to parliament …
