Turkish PM in push for Israel-Hamas truce (AlertNet) Source: Reuters ANKARA, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew to Syria on Wednesday as part of a four-country diplomatic push in the region to end hostilities between Israel and the Islamist … Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan see anti-Israel rallies (AlertNet) Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Dec…
Read More
Dec
31
Middle East News – Turkish PM in push for Israel-Hamas truce (AlertNet)
Dec
31
Eastern Europe – Slovakia 16th country to adopt euro (AP via Yahoo! News)
Slovakia 16th country to adopt euro (AP via Yahoo! News) Slovakia’s church bells will ring out at midnight as the country joins the euro, putting it under the shared currency’s protective umbrella amid a world financial downpour and underscoring the former Soviet bloc nation’s rapid economic progress. (AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-31 15:27 Czech publisher bidding…
Read More
Dec
31
Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Lebanon observes mourning day over Gaza, as alert is high in south (EARTHtimes.org)
Lebanon observes mourning day over Gaza, as alert is high in south (EARTHtimes.org) Beirut – Lebanon observed a national day of mourning Wednesday to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, as a high- state of alert at the Lebanese-Israeli border was registered. Most government institutions were closed, but private businesses rem… Israel targets relief…
Read More
Dec
31
Iran News – Volunteer Iranian bombers ask to go to Israel (KHQ Spokane)
Volunteer Iranian bombers ask to go to Israel (KHQ Spokane) Associated Press – December 31, 2008 3:33 AM ET TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Hard-line Iranian student groups are asking the government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight… Iran’s Parliament approves Ahmadinejad subsidy bill (Payvand Iran News) The Iranian Parliament has approved…
Read More
Dec
31
Asia Pacific News – Vietnamese national football team to begin training for Asian Cup (Philippine News Agency)
Vietnamese national football team to begin training for Asian Cup (Philippine News Agency) HANOI, Dec. 31 (PNA/Xinhua) — The Vietnamese national football team will begin preparation for the Asian Cup qualifiers on Jan. 6, local newspaper Vietnam News reported on Wednesday. Cambodia: Court Suspected Killers (Sin Chew Jit Poh) PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodia’s highest court…
Read More
Dec
31
Terrorism and Insurgency – Iraqi guerrillas store their weapons in piles of dung (UPI)
Iraqi guerrillas store their weapons in piles of dung (UPI) By RICHARD TOMKINS MOUSTACHE ISLAND, Iraq, Dec. 31 (UPI) — On Moustache Island, on the Tigris River, close to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, American soldiers slowly worked their way through the groves and orchards, map grid by map grid, pulling apart piles of fallen…
Read More
Dec
31
Pakistan – Pakistani forces cut NATO supply route (Detroit News)
Pakistani forces cut NATO supply route (Detroit News) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Backed by helicopter gunships, tanks and artillery, Pakistani security forces on Tuesday shut down a crucial supply line for NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan as they launched an offensive against Taliban militants who dominate the Khyber Pass region. Kasab could be a Pakistani, says…
Read More
Dec
31
Kosovo Crisis Watch – Kosovo guerillas given 30-day detention – PR Inside
Kosovo guerillas given 30-day detention – PR InsideBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – A judge has ordered a group of former Kosovo guerillas held for 30 days while Serbian authorities investigate them for alleged murder, rape and torture of Serb civilians. War crimes court spokeswoman Ivana Ramic said Monday … Stabbed Serb boy saved, Albanians arrested –…
Read More
Dec
31
South Africa Politics and News Monitor – Cricket: South Africa wrap up Australia series win (CNN)
Cricket: South Africa wrap up Australia series win (CNN) South Africa inflicted the first home series defeat on Australia in almost 16 years as they wrapped up a nine-wicket win over the world’s number one ranked Test nation in Melbourne on Tuesday. South Africa ends year with a victory that demonstrates Australia’s fall (International Herald…
Read More
Dec
31
African News Update – Libya orders oil cuts of 270K bpd (Boston Herald)
Libya orders oil cuts of 270K bpd (Boston Herald) TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya has asked oil companies to slash production by 270,000 barrels per day from Jan. 1, the latest such reduction by an OPEC member as the producer group… Ghana: Election Goes Into Second Run-Off Ghanaians still have to wait till Friday, and perhaps…
Read More
