News for December 2009
MOGADISHU/SANAA (Agencies)
Somalia’s hard-line Shabab insurgents Friday said they will send fighters to Yemen to help al-Qaeda there in its fight against government forces, as the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh appealed for reason from those …
The Sri Lankan government is expected to name ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra as adviser, his brother-in-law and former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has said.
Somchai called on the government not to be overly concerned about the move, …
Photo: UNICEF/CAR/2008/Holtz
Soldiers on patrol: There is no official curfew in N’délé but most residents are off the streets at dusk – file photo
N’DELE, 31 December 2009 (IRIN) – Quartier Sultan in N’délé, a town …
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that the relationship between his country and North Korea did not improve much this year, but that the South was making significant progress in establishing a foundation for …
China will perform its duty in an objective and fair manner and work with other members to maintain international peace and security when it assumes the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council next month, …
JERUSALEM (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed an Egyptian-hosted summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a possible way to resume stalled peace talks, Israeli officials said late on Thursday.
The offer was the latest …
Photo: MohamedAmin Jibril
Abdi Abdillahi Mohamed, the director of planning in Somaliland’s Ministry of Education
HARGEISA, 31 December 2009 (IRIN) – School enrolment has risen sharply in Somalia’s self-declared independent region of Somaliland since 1991, raising …
by Bevan Springer
Following recent visits to Africa and the Caribbean, more and more the Africa-Caribbean connection appears to me to be worth serious exploration.
Bevan Springer is a New York Amsterdam News columnist who writes frequently …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Intense efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture to increase Guyana’s fresh agriculture and forest products exports to Trinidad and Tobago have resulted in the finalization of a Trade Protocol between the …
TEHRAN (Agencies, Al Arabiya)
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Friday Iran was in “serious crisis” and offered a five-point initiative to end the political gridlock in the Islamic republic.
“Arresting or killing Mousavi, Karoubi …
By Abiola Inniss, LLB , LLM, ACIarb
The use of arbitration across the Caribbean has been largely within the context of Trade Union disputes and is still something of a novelty in resolving commercial and private …
Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN
A woman showing her daily dose of medicines for tuberculosis treatment (file photo)
MONROVIA, 30 December 2009 (IRIN) – More tuberculosis sufferers in Liberia are seeking testing and treatment, which health officials say …
By Sharon Turner
NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) — The Bahamas has successfully concluded Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with 23 countries to date, and expects to exceed by the OECD’s March 2010 deadline, the Organisation’s required …
Phivolcs: Lull âvery unusual’
Although the anticipation of a major eruption is still there, resident volcanologist Eduardo Laguerta said Wednesday that based on the past 16 daysâ activity of Mt. Mayon, the possibility of a powerful …
Ramadi, IRAQ (Reuters)
The police chief of Iraq’s western Anbar province was fired on Thursday and authorities imposed a curfew in its capital Ramadi, after bombings killed 27 people and wounded the provincial governor, police said.
The …
BELGRADE, Serbia — President Boris Tadic insisted on Tuesday (December 29th) that authorities are capable of arresting former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic. In an interview with the RTS, Tadic stressed that Mladic should …
