Pakistan probes hardline cleric’s Taliban ties (Boston Herald) PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistani authorities are detaining for one month an Islamist cleric who brokered a failed peace deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley to investigate… Pressure forces Taliban chief into talks with Pakistan – Feature (EARTHtimes.org) Peshawar – Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, whose grim
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Pakistan – Pakistan probes hardline cleric’s Taliban ties (Boston Herald)
Pakistan unhappy with India’s nuclear-powered sub (AP via Yahoo! News) Pakistan says India’s new nuclear-powered submarine is “detrimental” to the region’s peace and stability and it will take “appropriate steps” in response. Clinton tells Iran its pursuit of nuclear arms is futile (WashingtonTV) Washington, 27 July (WashingtonTV)
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Nuclear Weapons – Pakistan unhappy with India’s nuclear-powered sub (AP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodia Angkor Air plans flights to Viet Nam (Vi?t Nam News) PHNOM PENH — Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday cut the ribbon launching the new Cambodian national airline, Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA), a joint venture between Viet Nam and Cambodia, at Pochentong International Airport in Phnom Penh.
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Asia Pacific News – Cambodia Angkor Air plans flights to Viet Nam (Vi?t Nam News)
UNIFIL emphasizes ties with southern Lebanese, despite conflict (People’s Daily) The UN Interim Forces in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Monday that it was committed to boosting excellent relations with the Lebanese residents, despite the tension raised by a conflict which broke between the two sides earlier this month, Lebanese official National News Agency reported.
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Lebanon Crisis Monitor – UNIFIL emphasizes ties with southern Lebanese, despite conflict (People’s Daily)
Six killed in suicide blast in Russia’s Chechnya (China Daily) MOSCOW: Four police officers and one civilian were killed in a suicide blast in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya Sunday evening, news agencies reported. Six killed in suicide blast in Russia’s Chechnya (People’s Daily) &$ &$A boy walks across a square, the site of
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Russian News Monitor – Six killed in suicide blast in Russia’s Chechnya (China Daily)
Somalia: 13 Government Soldiers Injured in an Armed Vehicles Accident in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com) Mogadishu At least 13 government soldiers of the transitional goverment have been injured in an armed vihecles’ accident near Sayidka tower in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on Saturday.
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Somalia – Somalia: 13 Government Soldiers Injured in an Armed Vehicles Accident in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
Canadian convicted of “terrorism” in Ethiopia (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Canadian citizen could face the death penalty in Ethiopia after a court found him guilty Monday of being a member of a rebel group fighting for autonomy for an ethnically Somali part of the country. Memo From the United Nations: When to Step In
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African News Update – Canadian convicted of “terrorism” in Ethiopia (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Worries About A Kurdish-Arab Conflict Move To Fore in Iraq (Washington Post) QARAQOSH, Iraq — Louis Khno is a city councilman whose city is beyond his control. In his barricaded streets are militiamen — in baseball caps and jeans, wielding Kalashnikov rifles, with the safeties switched off. They answer to someone else
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Iraq – Worries About A Kurdish-Arab Conflict Move To Fore in Iraq (Washington Post)
China unhappy with Uighur activist’s Japan trip – Yahoo NewsBEIJING China’s Foreign Ministry criticized Japan on Monday for allowing a visit this week by an exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for deadly ethnic riots in western China. The Chinese government “expresses strong dissatisfaction” with Obama: US-China relations to
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China – China unhappy with Uighur activist’s Japan trip – Yahoo News
Ukrainian steel group Vorskla to build plant in Hungary (Budapest Business Journal) The Ukrainian steel group Vorskla plans to build a 650 million steelworks, employing some 1,000 people, in an industrial and logistics park in Hungary near the Ukrainian border. Canada beats Hungary; Russia, Greece advance (AP via Yahoo! News) Dominique Perreault
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Eastern Europe – Ukrainian steel group Vorskla to build plant in Hungary (Budapest Business Journal)
Thai protesters urge gov’t to withdraw from Thai-Cambodian statement on Preah Vihear (People’s Daily) A group of Thai people following up the Preah Vihear dispute rallied in front of the Government House Monday morning, calling on the government to withdraw from a joint Thai-Cambodian statement issued on June 18, 2008. The joint statement, which supports
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Southeast Asia – Thai protesters urge gov’t to withdraw from Thai-Cambodian statement on Preah Vihear (People’s Daily)
Freeport staff implicated in Indonesian shootings (AP via Yahoo! News) Police say two employees of U.S. company Freeport are among a group of men facing criminal charges for a spate of deadly shootings at its gold mine in Papua, Indonesia. Thai protesters urge gov’t to withdraw from Thai-Cambodian statement on Preah Vihear (Thailandnews.net) A group
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Southeast Asia – Freeport staff implicated in Indonesian shootings (AP via Yahoo! News)
Afghan govt hails first local Taliban ceasefire (AFP via Yahoo! News) Afghan elders struck the first local truce with Taliban insurgents to smooth August elections, the president’s office said Monday, as a spike in violence widens concerns about securing the ballot. US military increases attacks on Afghan drug syndicate (News 8 Austin) KABUL
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Afghanistan – Afghan govt hails first local Taliban ceasefire (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Morocco challenges Mideast mindset on the Holocaust (The Nashua Telegraph) From the western edge of the Muslim world, the King of Morocco has dared to tackle one of the most inflammatory issues in the Middle East conflict the Holocaust. … – By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU The Associated Press Morocco name Moumen
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North Africa – Morocco challenges Mideast mindset on the Holocaust (The Nashua Telegraph)
Pakistan hits ’suicide bomb centre’, kills 20 (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News) PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistani attack helicopters on Monday killed 20 militants and destroyed four hideouts, including a training centre for suicide bombers in the northwest tribal belt, the paramilitary said. Cleric who negotiated Taliban-Pakistan peace deal is arrested (Los Angeles Times) Taliban-aligned Sufi
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Pakistan – Pakistan hits ’suicide bomb centre’, kills 20 (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
CNN – Pakistan Seizes Key Pro-Taliban Cleric (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta) A Pro-Taliban Cleric Who Helped Negotiate A Short-Lived Cease-Fire Between The Militant Organization And The Pakistani Government Was Arrested Sunday In Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province. No weapons deal with India, says Nepal PM (Gulf Times) Nepal s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal
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South Asia – CNN – Pakistan Seizes Key Pro-Taliban Cleric (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
North Korea says it is open to new talks on nukes (CTV British Columbia) North Korea suggested a new dialogue Monday to resolve tensions over its atomic weapons programs after Pyongyang bolstered its negotiating power with nuclear and missile tests. N Korea hints at ’specific’ talks (BBC News) North Korea again rejects a resumption of
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Koreas – North Korea says it is open to new talks on nukes (CTV British Columbia)
Philippines’ Arroyo to defend legacy amid protests (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was expected to defend her spotty achievements during her final state of the nation address Monday against a backdrop of widespread protests that have dogged her turbulent 8 1/2-year rule in the Philippines. Philippine Democracy in Spotlight for Arroyo
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Philippines – Philippines’ Arroyo to defend legacy amid protests (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Somalia: Top UN Envoy Calls on Somali Diaspora to Reject Violence (AllAfrica.com) Violence will not solve Somalia’s problems, the top United Nations envoy to the struggling country said today, urging the diaspora to continue supporting peace efforts in the face of rising efforts by opposition militants to topple the Horn of Africa country’s Government. Somali
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Beppu hopes to inspire more Japanese in Tour (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japan’s Fumiyuki Beppu won the Tour de France’s combative jersey on the 21st and final stage on Paris’ Champs Elysees and said he hopes he can inspire other cyclists from the land of the rising sun. China protests as Uighur leader plans Japan
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Asia Pacific News – Beppu hopes to inspire more Japanese in Tour (AFP via Yahoo! News)