Top Russian mobster shot (Straits Times) MOSCOW – ONE of the Russian criminal underworld’s most notorious figures was in intensive care on Wednesday after being shot in the stomach by unknown assailants while leaving a Thai restaurant, officials said. The snipers shot Vyacheslav Ivankov – known universally in Russia as ‘Yaponchik’ or Little Japanese –
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Russian News Monitor – Top Russian mobster shot (Straits Times)
Afghan officials reach truce with Taliban (The Globe and Mail) Insurgents agree not to attack election candidates in Badghis province, allowing them to set up campaign offices Japan PM frontrunner would end Afghan support: media (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japan’s opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, seen as the likely next premier, said Wednesday he would early
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Afghanistan – Afghan officials reach truce with Taliban (The Globe and Mail)
Nigerian troops seek to flush out Islamic militants – Channel NewsAsiaMAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Nigerian troops were on Wednesday tracking down remnants of an Islamic fundamentalist sect who went on a violent spree killing more than 250 people in the Muslim-dominated north. The offensive came after soldiers shelled the Nigerian troops battle Islamic militants in
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Mongolian government reinstates Centerra operating licences at Boroo (Canadian Business) TORONTO – The Mongolian government has reinstated the main operating licences at Centerra Gold Inc.’s (TSX:CG) Boroo mine, overturning an earlier Pakistan, Tajikistan pledge to fight militants (AFP via Yahoo! News) The presidents of Pakistan and Tajikistan on Wednesday pledged to step up efforts to
Musharraf shuns Pakistan court hearing on misrule (The Times of India) A Pak SC hearing into allegations of misrule by former president Pervez Musharraf resumed on Wednesday, without any lawyers present to defend the ex-army chief. Taliban trained teens as suicide bombers, Pakistan authorities say (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) MINGORA, Pakistan
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Pakistan – Musharraf shuns Pakistan court hearing on misrule (The Times of India)
Australian And New Zealand Dollars Plunge To 6-day Low Against Yen (INO News) (RTTNews) – During early deals on Wednesday, the Australian and New Zealand dollars plunged to a 6-day low against the Japanese yen and a 2-day low versus the US currency as the weakness in most Asian stocks reduced demand for higher-yielding currencies.
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Asia Pacific News – Australian And New Zealand Dollars Plunge To 6-day Low Against Yen (INO News)
Israeli warplanes enter Lebanese airspace: report (China Daily) BEIRUT: Six Israeli warplanes made their way right up to the north of Lebanon on Tuesday, in a serious violation of Lebanon’s airspace, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported. ‘Brand Lebanon’ aspires to be tourist hotspot (Zawya) 29 July 2009 A national rebranding effort by Lebanon
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South Africa: Rights to the River (AllAfrica.com) Cape Town — Millions of litres of water are being unlawfully diverted into dams set up by South Africa’s major industries, big mining companies and commercial farmers – with potentially devastating consequences for management of the resource. Pan African film program showcases South Africa (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Pan African
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South Africa Politics and News Monitor – South Africa: Rights to the River (AllAfrica.com)
Minn. Somali pleads guilty to terrorism charge (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) A Minnesota Somali man has pleaded guilty to a terror-related charge for traveling to Somalia to fight with Islamic militants. Somalia: Somali MP Opposes Somali Parliament’s Decision (AllAfrica.com) Somalia Ali Bashi Haji Mohamed, a Somali MP has Tuesday opposed
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The Airbus A380, the worlds largest commercial aircraft, touched down at Wittman Regional Airport for the first time EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI this afternoon at 3:15 PM CT. MSN004 arrived in the skies over Oshkosh to perform a seven-minute flying display for the assembled crowd that showed off the aircraft’s envelope protection and slow speed handling qualities. The aircraft’s landing on runway 36, which is 8,000 ft long, was made significantly more challenging as there is only one taxiway able to accommodate the A380 5,500 ft down the runway
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Video: Challenging crosswind greets A380 in Oshkosh
Philippines sets price ceilings on ‘essential’ drugs (AFP via Yahoo! News) The cost of a number of essential drugs will be slashed in the Philippines after the government said Tuesday it had imposed price ceilings on them. UPDATE: Thai PM’s Myanmar Trip Postponed Over Suu Kyi Trial (Nasdaq) (Updates with trip postponement from Suu Kyi
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Terrorist threat to Sacha Baron Cohen over Br no ridiculeSacha Baron Cohen has stepped up his security after being threatened by a militant Palestinian group angered at its portrayal in the film Br no. India abolishes the army batman as ‘abhorrent’ relic of British RajTo the Indian army officer, it has always been an
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World News – General – Terrorist threat to Sacha Baron Cohen over Br no ridicule
Iran hard-liners warn Ahmadinejad he could be deposed (Chicago Tribune) The warning over the president’s defiant actions highlights the rift among Iran’s conservatives. Meanwhile, the government denies a request for a rally by Mousavi’s supporters. Political hard-liners warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday that he could be deposed like past Iranian leaders if he continued
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Iran News – Iran hard-liners warn Ahmadinejad he could be deposed (Chicago Tribune)
Egypt refers Hezbollah case to emergency court (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Adds background, details, lawyer quote) CAIRO, July 26 (Reuters) – Egyptian prosecutors have referred 26 men suspected of links to Lebanon’s Hezbollah to an emergency state security court, accusing … Reg states should help Pak fight terror: Qureshi (INDOlink) Phuket (Thailand), Jul 23 (PTI) Saying
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Terrorism and Insurgency – Egypt refers Hezbollah case to emergency court (AlertNet)
INDICATORS – Lebanon – July 28 (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) BEIRUT, July 28 (Reuters) – Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics. Lebanon gains fashion reputation (The News Journal) BEIRUT — The gowns are cut low in the front, slashing down to the navel, or low in the back, swooping below
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Lebanon Crisis Monitor – INDICATORS – Lebanon – July 28 (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Skype Singled Out as Threat to Russia’s Security (PC Magazine) Russia’s most powerful business lobby moved to clamp down on Skype and its peers this week, telling lawmakers that the Internet phone services are a threat to Russian businesses and to national security. Russia eyes power, LNG deals with GDF Suez – Putin (Reuters via
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India s Singh to Counter Criticism on Pakistan Ties Tomorrow (Bloomberg) July 28 (Bloomberg) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will tomorrow counter in parliament opposition claims he offered too much to his Pakistani counterpart when they met to discuss stalled peace moves between the neighbors. Pakistan Seeks New Chapter
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India – India s Singh to Counter Criticism on Pakistan Ties Tomorrow (Bloomberg)
Somalia: Amisom Officials Deny Deployment of AU Troops in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com) Mogadishu Major Brigye Bahuko, the spokesman of AMISOM troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu has denied the deployment of AU troops into the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday as reports indicate that more African forces brought there. Somalia: Initiative To
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Somalia – Somalia: Amisom Officials Deny Deployment of AU Troops in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
Turkish Student Dies in Bulgaria Traffic Accident (Novinite.com) The accident happened soon after midnight on Tuesday when a minivan collided with a car. Photo by BGNES Romanian-Moldovan students attended the US Presidential Classroom (Moldova.org) Fifteen Romanian and Moldovan high-school students from the cities of Bucharest, Falticeni, Turda, Calarasi, Onesti and Grigoriopol (in the Transnistrian enclave
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Eastern Europe – Turkish Student Dies in Bulgaria Traffic Accident (Novinite.com)
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)