Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Balkan
Balkan Mosaic in Sofia
international.news.bg, Bulgaria - 7 hours ago
The 5th Sofia meeting of the Balkan mosaic initiative – Central and Southeast Europe security forum (CSEESF) continues today in the Princess Hotel. ...
Balkan Music Guru Goran Bregovic to Delight Bulgarian Fans
Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria - 14 minutes ago
Bulgaria: Famous film composer Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Band are to thrill Bulgarian fans at a concert to be staged in Sofia's Nai Club on ...
Austrian Airlines expands Balkan network
Car Rentals, UK - 11 hours ago
Austrian Airlines is getting set to offer passengers a more extensive network of Balkan destination, with the addition of new points of arrival in Romania. ...
EC Harris bags retail contract in Romania Building.co.uk (subscription)
News - 11/02/2008 - ECH bags record Romanian retail deal QS Week
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Russia warns against game of Balkan dominoes
Financial Times, UK - Feb 11, 2008
By Quentin Peel in Munich The annual Munich security conference is a splendid occasion that assembles the cream of the military and political establishment ...
Austrian Airlines with New Destinations and Deals to Balkan Cities
Balkan Travellers, Bulgaria - 23 hours ago
In addition, the company has announced discounted fares to a number of destinations in the Balkans for the spring and summer. The deals are for round-trip, ...
Macedonia Wants to Patent the Popular Balkan Dish Ajvar
Balkan Travellers, Bulgaria - Feb 12, 2008
12 February 2008 | Macedonia’s government is taking steps to trademark its version of ajvar, a traditional dish that exists throughout the Balkans with ...
Kosovars Prepare to Celebrate Independence
BalkanInsight.com, Serbia - 7 hours ago
“We will be ready on time,” he told Balkan Insight. Kosovo’s Gallery of Arts, has announced a 72-hour feast of cultural programmes – without giving details ...
Media Influx In Kosovo BalkanInsight.com
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Diana inquest hears of MI6 Balkan assassination plot
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 1 hour ago
An MI6 officer confirmed he drew up detailed plans to assassinate a top Balkan leader suspected of genocide to prevent him coming to power, the inquest into ...
Russian firms woo Bulgarian officials for pipeline project
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - Feb 12, 2008
Trans Balkan Pipeline BV, the company that will design and build the pipeline, is yet to decide what technology it will use for the oil terminal at the ...
Protests against Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline in Bourgas Sofia Echo
Bourgas Area Majors in Russia For 'Bourgas - Alexandroupolis' international.news.bg
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Taoiseach to visit Slovenia
The Press Association - 7 hours ago
The Balkan state joined the EU in 2004 when Mr Ahern presided over Ireland's presidency of the Union. "The Taoiseach's official visit is in the context of ...

World

Turkish Press
Australia Apologizes to Aborigines
Voice of America - 3 hours ago
By Phil Mercer Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made a historic apology to the country's Aboriginal people for past mistreatment.
Rudd Apologizes to Australia's `Stolen Generation' (Update3) Bloomberg
Australia apologises for abuses of Indigenous Amnesty International
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In Denmark, Encore for Muhammad Cartoon
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By Mike Nizza So many things to report, so little space. That’s chief reason newspapers aren’t usually in the business of reprinting things.
Danish Muhammad cartoon reprinted BBC News
Danish papers reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoon CNN International
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Xinhua
Georgian opposition leader dies in UK after complaining of plot to ...
International Herald Tribune - 42 minutes ago
AP LONDON: A Georgian tycoon who claimed he was the target of assassination plot after helping lead mass anti-government protests in his homeland has been found dead in his mansion outside London, his spokesman said Wednesday.
RussiaTodayUK Treats Berezovsky Partner's Death as Suspicious (Update4) Bloomberg
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Northern Territory
East Timor's road ahead is clouded by uncertainty
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
By Donald Greenlees DILI, East Timor: Before President José Ramos-Horta was shot outside his home on Monday, the Nobel Peace laureate was not overly concerned about his personal security in a country with a history of sudden and unpredictable eruptions ...
E. Timor Prepares Arrest Warrants in Connection with Assassination ... Voice of America
East Timor emergency state extended Aljazeera.net
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Turkish Press
Malaysian Parliament Dissolved, Elections to Be Held Soon
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By Claudia Blume Malaysia's prime minister has set the stage for early elections by dissolving Parliament. The vote will likely be held before opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is eligible to run for office.
Abdullah Dissolves Malaysian Parliament for Election (Update3) Bloomberg
Malaysia's Parliament dissolved CNN International
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BBC Afrique
ANALYSIS-Seeds of class war sprout in Kenya's crisis
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura NAIROBI, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Kenya is a land of stark contrast: the rich drive gleaming luxury cars, can afford to enrol their children in top British schools and in the case of one local magnate, send suits to London for dry ...
Kenya government anger with Annan BBC News
Annan defuses row in Kenya crisis talks AFP
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Canada.com
Roadside Bomb Wounds Pakistan Candidate
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded Wednesday as a crowd was leaving a political rally in the Swat Valley, killing one man and wounding a candidate for next week's parliamentary elections, officials said.
Nawaz Sharif derides Musharraf's US ties Reuters India
Bhutto widower, Sharif mull Pakistan coalition AFP
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Canada.com
Taliban denies kidnapping Pakistani envoy
Reuters - 3 hours ago
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban militants said on Wednesday they would not attack next week's general election and denied involvement in the disappearance of the country's ambassador to neighbouring Afghanistan.
Official: missing Pakistani ambassador still alive Xinhua
Security Forces Search for Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan Washington Post
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CBC.ca
Hezbollah: Top US Target Killed
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By Anthony Shadid and Alia Ibrahim BEIRUT, Feb.13 -- Imad Mughniyeh, a senior but shadowy Hezbollah commander accused by the United States and Israel of masterminding suicide bombings, hijackings and hostage-taking that spanned 25 years, was killed by ...
Hezbollah Commander, Wanted by US, Killed in Syria (Update2) Bloomberg
Attacks blamed on assassinated militant Imad Mughniyeh International Herald Tribune
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CCTV
Bruni apologises over interview
BBC News - 2 hours ago
France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has apologised for comparing a French magazine to the war-time pro-Nazi press. In an interview, she criticised an online report by the Nouvel Observateur about President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Sarkozy wife apologises for collaborationist slur International Herald Tribune
Carla Sarkozy forced to apologise to magazine over 'Nazi' slur Times Online
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CNN International
Infants held in Italian nursery siege
CNN International - 1 hour ago
ROME, Italy (AP) -- A man armed with a box cutter barricaded himself in a day-care center in southern Italy on Wednesday with about 11 children and a teacher, police said.
'Knife hold-up' in Italy nursery BBC News
Knife man in Italian nursery school: police ABC Online
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eFluxMedia
Iraq parliament tries again to pass key laws
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers met on Wednesday to tackle a protracted standoff over the 2008 budget and other key bills, but some legislators quit the session almost immediately in protest at voting procedures.
Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Al-Sadr Says Kidnappers Agree to Free CBS ... Voice of America
Kidnapped CBS journalist to be freed: Iraq Shiite militia AFP
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Calgary Herald
Serb PM Kostunica urges Serbs to stay in Kosovo
Reuters - 35 minutes ago
By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica called on Serbs in Kosovo on Wednesday not to leave the breakaway province after its ethnic Albanian majority declares independence.
Deployment of EU Kosovo mission is imminent, EU diplomats say International Herald Tribune
EU prepares for Kosovo independence CNN
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PRESS TV
Zimbabwe presidential candidate promises to reverse national crisis
Monsters and Critics.com - 1 hour ago
Johannesburg/Harare - Surprise candidate for Zimbabwe's presidential elections, Simba Makoni - a former top official of President Robert Mugabe's ruling party - promised Wednesday he would establish a 'national authority' if he is elected in March to ...
Zimbabwe opposition leader denounces newest presidential challenger International Herald Tribune
Mugabe challenger vows to heal Zimbabwe wounds AFP
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Peninsula On-line
South Korean Gate Destroyed in Fire
New York Times - 10 hours ago
Lee Jin-man/AP The collapse of Sungnye Gate, a 600-year-old landmark designated a top national treasure, shocked the country. By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea - The destruction in a fire of the 600-year-old southern gate to what was once the walled ...
Can Korea Protect its Historical Sites? TIME
Arrest Warrant Sought for Arsonist Korea Times
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Alalam News Network
Sri Lanka accuses international rights groups of bias
Xinhua - 1 hour ago
COLOMBO, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday accused international rights groups of bias for their alleged failure to condemn the killings of students by Tamil Tiger rebels.
Mine blast kills 2 in Sri Lanka, Red Cross concerned Reuters India
Death toll mounts as Sri Lanka pushes for Tiger territory AFP
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Javno.hr
Israel seeks international backing for Gaza campaign
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Adam Entous Israel took the ambassadors to the Erez crossing with the Hamas-controlled enclave, where they were briefed by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and military commanders.
Hamas accuses Fayyad gov't of helping Israeli offensive in Gaza Xinhua
Israel Ponders Response To Ongoing Gaza Attacks Jewish Press
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China Daily
Iraqi Parliament Passes New Budget After Delays
Voice of America - 41 minutes ago
By VOA News Iraqi lawmakers have passed the 2008 budget after weeks of delays and threats to dissolve the parliament over the deadlock.
Iraqi Lawmakers Pass 3 Key New Laws The Associated Press
Iraqi parliament meets to try to resolve crisis Reuters
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Police smash into home of 'cocaine kingpin
Times Online - 1 hour ago
Police copied a tactic used by terrorists and criminals this morning to smash their way into the luxury home of the suspected boss of a major crime syndicate.
Police smash cocaine empire in sweeping raids Telegraph.co.uk
UK Police Smash 3 Million Pounds a Week Drugs Ring (Update1) Bloomberg
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Javno.hr
Key elements of proposed tough EU external border checks plan
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
AP Key elements of EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini's proposal to boost security along the European Union's external borders.
EU Plans Biometric Border Checks TIME
EU justice chief calls for stronger measures to stop illegal ... Guardian Unlimited
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