Police have searched several locations across Serbia looking for its most-wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, a source in the war crimes prosecutor’s office said.
[ Radio Free Europe ]
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KazSat, Kazakhstan’s first communications satellite, was launched on June 18 amid huge fanfare. Symbolically it was a big event, since the large country located in the heart of the Eurasian continent has big aspirations for its future — ambitions all sparked by Kazakhstan’s vast oil reserves.
KazSat was intended to serve Kazakhstan’s communications needs but space agency ...... [Show More]
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Spain: Russia Tightens Europe’s Energy Noose
From the desk of Soeren Kern on Wed, 2008-12-03 08:59
A leaked intelligence document issued by Spain’s CNI spy agency in October warns that Russia is aggressively pursuing a plan to “monopolize access to energy supplies to Europe.” The report validates what many analysts...... [Show More]
In a bid to strengthen ties with its former Soviet neighbors, and possibly replace Russia as the dominant player in the region, the European Union has unveiled an ambitious plan to spend 350 million euros on aid to Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, and Belarus.
[ Radio Free Europe ]
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Reuters is reporting that Kazakhstan is pushing foreign companies to learn Kazakh. “A U.S. Chevron-led oil venture, developing Kazakhstan’s biggest oil deposit, said on Friday it had received a note from the authorities accusing it of neglecting Kazakh as a language of business communication.
The accusation is part of a broader trend in the resource-rich nation to revive Kazakh ̵...... [Show More]
A brief world news roundup for 3 December 2008.
United States & the Americas
ABC - U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack “from the sea against hotels and business centers in Mumbai,” a U.S. intelligence official tells ABCNews.com. A second government source says specific locations, including the Taj hotel, were listed in t...... [Show More]
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Firemen near the Taj Mahal hotel.
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A memorial in Mumbai for victims of the attacks .
The Internet has played a role in the coverage and understanding of the recent attacks on Mumbai , as Worldfocus previously reported: Tweets, texts and chats change coverage of Mumbai .
Bloggers from all corners of the globe have weighed in on the attacks from a variety of an...... [Show More]
Gov. Henry: Whetsel was ‘icon’ for Oklahoma’s Democratic Party - McAlester News-Capital & Democrat
When the names of prominent Democrats in Oklahoma’s history are listed, Elizabeth Whetsel’s name will surely be near the top of the list. When Whetsel, 92, of McAlester, died on Friday, she left behind an historic legacy in Oklahoma Democratic
Swingers: The New Voting Bloc That Cou...... [Show More]
With Hamid Karzai’s presidential term set to end next year, the deteriorating security situation in parts of Afghanistan appears to be harming his chances for reelection. Although a date has yet to be set for Afghanistan’s next presidential election, skeptics are already questioning whether they should be held at all.
Most observers believe the vote will be held in the fall of 2009, ...... [Show More]
For nearly three decades, Iran and the United States have traded accusations and threats. But when Barack Obama is inaugurated as U.S. president on January 20, that long-standing status quo could finally begin to change. During his election campaign, Obama vowed to talk to Iran without preconditions, something the administration of George W. Bush has refused to consider.
As a result, analysts s...... [Show More]
Before we get into the best posts of the week, some blog news:
The Power Vertical is a new blog by Brian Whitmore and Robert Coalson, two jouranlists at RFE/RL. Brian and Robert have only been blogging for a couple of weeks, but already they’re packed TPV with excellent content . This definitely looks like a blog to bookmark / add to your RSS reader.
Da Russophile has moved and rena...... [Show More]
A Baku-based charity, Kosmos Galaktika, is in hot water in Azerbaijan, after around 300 people have claimed they have fallen victim to fraud by the organization. So incensed, those claiming the fraud protested in front of parliament on November 25.
They allege that the president of the company, Sevda Khalilova, collected between $3,000 and $160,000 from people as a bribe to employ them in differ...... [Show More]
ENERGY:
Tax on oil to range from 5 to 18 percent
(SRI) - The new Tax Code which was approved by the Kazakh parliament on Wednesday sets new tax rates for oil production, ranging between 5 and 18 percent in 2009 and 6 and 19 percent in 2010.
LUKoil eyes bigger stake in CPC pipeline
(The Moscow Times) - LUKoil is in talks to buy BP’s stake in the Caspian Pipeline...... [Show More]
Kazakh lawmakers pass controversial religion bill, surprising OSCE
(RFE/RL) - Kazakhstan appears to have wrong-footed the human rights and security organization shortly after agreeing to coordinate with it on controversial legislation on freedom of worship.
Kazakh senate ratifies memorandums with U.S. on use of airports for operation in Afghanistan (Interfax)
Kazakh-Br...... [Show More]
A suicide bomber killed four people near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on November 27, underscoring Afghanistan’s deteriorating security, but a UN Security Council delegation said the situation was not out of control.
[ Radio Free Europe ]
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The section of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) directorate that is responsible for domestic spying on Pakistani politicians has been quietly been shut down.
Sources in Pakistan suggest the implications are entirely domestic and will have little bearing on Pakistan’s foreign policy or the ISI’s role in the counter terrorism effort, but Western experts note t...... [Show More]
A new day has begun in shattered Mumbai. Despite thousands of media reports , it remains hard to get a clear picture of the many-pronged terror attacks that have shaken the world’s maximum city and reportedly left at least 80 dead and hundreds injured.
So the following thoughts on what these atrocities mean should be taken as very preliminary indeed:
The fact tha...... [Show More]
U.S.-led coalition forces killed 10 militants in two separate operations aimed at wanted Taliban commanders in southeastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military has said.
[ Radio Free Europe ]
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world news Post Source: www.dysnomia.us Posted: Nov 26 2008 01:45:49
I’m busy packing tonight, so here’s a quick crawl through the post-soviet periphery and a couple other things.
Russia says U.S. mercenaries, others fought for Georgia
The Return of ‘White Tights’: Mythical Female Snipers Stalk Russians
Alleged Shooting Fuels Tensions Between Moscow And Tbilisi
Three Germans detained related to attack on EU office in Kosovo
K...... [Show More]
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