BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from August 2011, page 188

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Bosnian TV sees former general's release as triumph over Serbian judiciary.
August 1, 2011... Excerpt from report by Bosnia-Hercegovina Federation public TV, on 29 July [Report by Vlado Maric and Jasenka Isovic, with statements by former B-H Army General Jovan Divjak, Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister Fikret Music, Sarajevo film director...

Oil firm in Nigeria offers jobs to 40 former Niger Delta militants.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Nigerian newspaper This Day website on 1 August [Report by Davidson Iriekpen: "40 Ex-Niger Delta Militants Get Job Placement"] An oil and gas servicing firm, Century Group at the weekend offered 40 ex-Niger Delta...

Bosnian paper says compromise necessary to form cabinet.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Bosnian Serb privately-owned centrist newspaper Nezavisne novine, on 27 July [Commentary by Dragan Jerinic: "Merhaba, Minister"] The clear position of the presidency of the Croat Democratic Union [HDZ] 1990 to firmly...

Kyrgyz security forces detain group involved in illegal arms trade.
August 1, 2011... Excerpt from report by privately-owned online news agency Kyrgyz Telegraph Agency (KyrTAg) Bishkek, 1 August: A criminal group involved in the illegal trade in arms and ammunition has been detained in Kyrgyzstan. Police officers were members...

Iran Supreme Leader to lead daily prayers during Ramadan.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Iranian official government news agency IRNA Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamene'i will lead afternoon and evening prayers at Imam Khomeyni Hoseyniyeh in Tehran during the month of Ramadan, as he has in previous years,...

Kurdish rebels kill three, injure four Turkish soldiers - agency.
August 1, 2011... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia Van, 1 August: Three Turkish troops, including a noncommissioned officer, were killed and four others wounded when PKK terrorists opened fire and threw a hand grenade on...

Nigerian police confirm two bomb explosions in troubled Plateau State.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust website on 1 August [Report by Mahmud Lalo: "Two Blasts Rock Jos"] Tension and anxiety returned to the Plateau State capital, Jos yesterday when two separate explosives were detonated by...

Libya rebels hunt "pro-Qadhafi infiltrators" in Benghazi.
August 1, 2011... Text of report entitled: "Libya rebels hunt 'pro-Qadhafi infiltrators'," published in English by Qatari government-funded aljazeera.net website on 1 August Opposition leaders say they arrested dozens of armed men loyal to Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi...

Programme summary of Iranian Gorgan radio news 1600 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... 1. News headlines. 2. President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad, in separate messages, congratulates leaders of Muslim nations on the start of Ramadan. 3. A number of construction projects, total cost of which is 6.2bn dollars, are currently being...

Programme summary of Iranian TV news 1630 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... A. Headlines B. Home and world news: 1. 1631 Video report on start of the fasting month of Ramadan as of tomorrow. Vox pops on the same issue. A cleric talks about blessings of Ramadan. 2. 1636 The cabinet announced that working hours...

Moroccan king renews call to mend ties, reopen borders with Algeria.
August 1, 2011... Text of report entitled: "Morocco renews call to mend ties with Algeria," published in English by Qatari government-funded aljazeera.net website on 1 August Morocco's King Mohammed has renewed calls to normalise ties and reopen borders with...

Programme summary of Afghanistan National Television news 1530 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... A. News headlines B. Home news 1. 07000 President Hamed Karzai sends congratulatory messages to the president of Maldives and its embassy in Kabul on the occasion of the independence day of that country. No video 2. 0750 President Hamed...

Caucasus "bloodbath" has only made Russia stronger - Putin.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Seliger (Tver Region), 1 August: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that Russia needs the consolidation of its society. "The consolidation of all kinds of people with...

Filling of presidential nominations in Zambian polls set for 7 - 10 August.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Zambian privately-owned daily newspaper The Post website on 31 July [Report by Speedwell Mupuchi: "ECZ Sets Aug 7 to 10 for Presidential Nominations"] The ECZ has set August 7 to 10 for nominations for presidential...

Programme summary of Radio Afghanistan 1530 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... A. News headlines B. Home news 1. President Hamed Karzai congratulates the president of Maldives and its embassy in Kabul on the occasion of the independence day of that country 2. Afghan foreign minister sends separate messages to...

Russian delegation in Nigeria urges transition to nuclear power.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by private Nigerian newspaper The Guardian website on 31 July [Report by Emeka Anuforo: "Russia Woos Nigeria on Nuclear Power Plant"] Undeterred by growing global concern over the application of nuclear technology for power...

Hungarian commentary urges "sincere discussion" on Muslim immigration to Europe.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Hungarian privately-owned conservative newspaper Magyar Nemzet, on 1 August [Commentary by Csaba Lukacs: "Knife behind the smile"] On Friday [29 July] evening in Oslo' inner city, near the central railway station and at...

Bosnian envoy says domestic unity required for EU accession.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Bosnian Serb state RT RS Radio, on 1 August [Report by Milan Stojic - recorded] The EU conditions for Bosnia-Hercegovina are known, harmonized: to form the Council of Ministers, to solve the Sejdic-Finci case, and to pass...

Taleban report fighting with US forces in Maywand in Afghan south.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 August Kandahar: Two tanks of American forces destroyed in Band-e Timor. [Taleban spokesman] Qari Yusof Ahmadi: Two military tanks of the American forces have been destroyed in...

Israel's Baraq comments on 31 July Lebanese border "incident"; Syria "killings".
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Israeli public radio station Voice of Israel Network B on 1 August Defence Minister Ehud Baraq [has] said that the reasons for the incident on the northern border last night were unclear and that it appears that there is no...

Taleban report attack on security post in Afghan east.
August 1, 2011... Text of report headlined "Three soldiers killed in attack on security post near centre of Maydan Wardag", carried by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 August [Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: According to a report from Maydan...

Taleban report attack on government forces in Afghan east.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 August Five soldiers killed or wounded in clash in Tagab. [Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: According to a report by the mojahedin of the Islamic Emirates from Parwan...

Programme summary of Somalia's Radio Mogadishu news 1600 gmt 01 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... 1. Headlines. 2. President Sharif arrives in Khartoum. 3. Somali premier appeals to Somalis abroad to assist their brothers and sisters affected by drought. 4. Minister of information says Somalia's national TV can be watched in Europe...

US president urges leaders of Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Nigeria to fight corrupt.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Ivorian newspaper L'Inter website on 30 July [Report by Tra Bi Charles: Promotion of Democracy: Ouattara and Three Heads of African States Received at the White House Yesterday] US President Barack Obama received four...

Putin Says Russia Does Not Need Totalitarian Rule Because It Is "Inefficient"
August 1, 2011... Russia does not totalitarian rule because it is inefficient and destroys freedom and creativity, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said. Gazprom-owned Russian NTV showed him talking to participants in the pro-Kremlin Seliger-2011 youth forum in...

Macedonian minister upbeat on EU accession talks, name row settlement.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik on 30 July [Interview with new Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki by Antonio Spasev; place and date not given: "Name Dispute Could Be Overcome If There Is Goodwill" - first paragraph is Dnevnik...

Zambia police return equipment confiscated from private Radio Lyambai.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Zambian privately-owned daily newspaper The Post website on 31 July [Report by Roy Habaalu in Mongu: "Police Hand Back Broadcast Equipment to Radio Lyambai"] POLICE have handed back equipment it confiscated from Radio...

Taleban report more attacks on US forces in Nawzad in Afghan south.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 August Helmand: Four more American tanks destroyed by mines in Nawzad. [Taleban spokesman] Qari Yusof Ahmadi: According to a report from Helmand Province, four military tanks...

Syrian Agriculture Ministry, UN food agency in aid deal for Hasaka flood victims.
August 1, 2011... Text of report in English by H Sabbagh entitled "Agriculture Ministry, FAO sign agreement to provide aid to flood victims in Hasaka" by state-run Syrian news agency SANA website Damascus, (SANA) -The Ministry of Agriculture and the United...

Taleban report attacks on US military convoy in Afghan south.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 August Helmand: Seventh American tank destroyed in Greshk District. [Taleban spokesman] Qari Yusof Ahmadi: A military convoy of the American forces is trying to reach the centre...

Programme summary of Russian Channel One "Vremya" news 1700 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... Presenter: Yekaterina Andreyeva. 1. 0056 Headlines over video: appraisals among officers as part of police reform are over; management of troubled Kontinent airline are suspected of fraud; US debt ceiling crisis resolved; Prime Minister Putin...

Zimbabwe opposition, media watchdog call for probe into violence in Parliament.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by privately-owned Zimbabwean weekly Financial Gazette website on 29 July [Report by Levi Mukarati: "Latest on Parly Disturbances"] The two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) are exerting pressure on the...

(Corr) Programme summary of Iranian Khorasan Razavi Province TV news 1145 gmt 1.
August 1, 2011... (Corrected, changing the source code from Rasa TV to IRIB Khorasan Razavi Province TV) A. Headlines B. Provincial news: 1.1146 Announcement on the beginning of the month of Ramadan on 2 August. Some 400,000 pilgrims are expected to...

Gaza foreign minister urges setting up national unity government prior to UN bid.
August 1, 2011... The website in Arabic at 1244 gmt on 1 August carries a report on statements by Muhammad Awad, minister of foreign affairs and planning in Gaza, at a workshop under the title "Human Development Policies in Palestine After 2011." Awad described...

Pilots of Ukrainian airline resume flights after industrial action.
August 1, 2011... Excerpt from report by commercial, news-based 5 Kanal TV on 1 August [Presenter] Flights delayed due to protests by pilots of [Ukrainian airline] Aerosvit have started departing from Boryspil Airport [near Kiev]. Most of them have already...

Russia's current course may lead to collapse - MP.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by the website of Russian business newspaper Vedomosti on 1 August [Commentary by Sergey Petrov, State Duma deputy, member of Just Russia faction, founder of Rolf group of companies: "'Unnatural Selection' of Bureaucracy"...

Bosnian Serb leader speaks about conditions for new cabinet formation.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Bosnian Serb privately-owned centrist newspaper Nezavisne novine, on 29 July [Interview with Milorad Dodik, chairman of SNSD and president of Serb Republic, by Borjana Radmanovic-Petrovic, in Banja Luka; date not given:...

Programme summary of Iranian Ardabil Province TV news 1445 gmt 31 Jul 11.
August 1, 2011... A. Headlines B. Provincial news: 1.1446 Report on a ceremony awarding people who used the services of the Imam Reza Fund to create jobs. Video shows the awards ceremony. 2. 1447 Report over video on preparations for the holy month of...

Guinean soldiers reportedly in violent roadblock incident with Russian.
August 1, 2011... Excerpt from report by Mamadou Bailo Barry entitled "Various: Road blocks in Conakry: A Russian expatriate who refuses to submit himself to search by soldiers beaten to death" published on Guineenews website based in Canada but with editorial...

Turkish paper looks into impact of top brass resignations.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Turkish newspaper Milliyet website on 1 August [Column by Asli Aydintasbas: "Is it Wrong to Say 'the First Republic Has Ended'?"] When the commanders resigned one after another, I was very far from the country, in London....

Programme summary of Iranian Al-Alam TV news 1700 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... 0031 Headlines over video clips 1. 0145 Large-scale protests staged in Bahraini capital, other places. Man dies after inhaling gases in Al-Sitrah. Video showing protests, funeral, Bahraini activists on developments 2. 0440 Bahraini...

Programme summary of Ukrainian TV "Pidsumky Dnya" news 1800 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... Presenter Oleksandr Prosyanyk. 1. 0010 Headlines. 2. 0035 The reasons for the blast at the Sukhodilsk-Skhidna mine in Luhansk Region have not been identified yet. All Ukrainian mines are being checked. Presenter-read report. 3. 0128...

Programme summary of Iranian Ardabil Province TV news 1445 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... A. Headlines B. Provincial news: 1. 1446 A flag belonging to the shrine of the third Shi'i Imam, Husayn, has arrived in Ardabil Province. Video shows a ceremony for saluting the flag, Col Mota'ad Hasari, the deputy head of Abbas regiment...

Programme summary of Afghan Arzu TV news in Dari 1530 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... Presenter: Mohammad Homayun Salimi A. News headlines B. Home news: 1. 0140 Iranian ambassador to Kabul says Western countries are making efforts to raise tension between Kabul and Tehran. In his interview with IRNA, the ambassador said...

Kosovo security council says government steps in border dispute legitimate.
August 1, 2011... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA Pristina, 1 August: The Kosovo Security Council said at a special session on Monday that all the steps taken by the Kosovo government in the north of the country were legitimate and...

Turkish paper criticizes media responce to top brass resignations.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Turkish newspaper Star website on 1 August [Column by Mustafa Karaalioglu: "My Helpless Media!"] Did you notice how low the media sank following the resignations of the chief of the General Staff and his colleagues? They...

Iranian official denies halt in oil exports to India.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Iranian conservative news agency Mehr Tehran, 1 August: The managing-director of the National Iranian Oil Company [NIOC] said that at present Iran's crude oil exports to India continue like in the past. He said: "The report...

Programme summary of Dniester Moldovan republic TV "Den" news 1740 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... Presenter Olga Osipova.1. 0020 Headlines over video.2. 0130 Day of Memory and Grief is marked in the Dniester region as the end of the 1992 armed conflict with Moldova. In his message read out by the presenter, president Igor Smirnov speaks...

Fifteen people killed by radical nationalists in Russia this year - rights group.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 1 August: According to human rights campaigners, 15 people have been killed by radical nationalists in Russia since the start of 2011. "Altogether, since the start of...

Russia: Strategic Initiatives Agency director defines goals, tasks.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by the website of government-owned Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on 29 July [Interview with Andrey Nikitin, general director of Strategic Initiatives Agency, conducted by Taras Fomchenkov: "Packaging the Strategy"...

(Corr) Iranian official denies halt in oil exports to India.
August 1, 2011... [Correcting the file identifier in the sign off] Text of report by Iranian conservative news agency Mehr Tehran, 1 August: The managing-director of the National Iranian Oil Company [NIOC] said that at present Iran's crude oil exports to...

Rebel region foreign ministry slams Moldova's new draft border-crossing rules.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Moldovan news agency Infotag Chisinau, 1 August: The foreign ministry of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region has accused Moldova of "misunderstanding the principles of neighbourly relations and mutual respect". The...

Russian website flays court decision not to grant parole to jailed businessman.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Russian political commentary website Politkom.ru on 28 July [Article by Tatyana Stanovaya: "Not Released on Parole"] Yesterday Velskiy Rayon Court Judge Nikolay Raspolov, "out of conviction," as he himself admitted,...

Programme summary of Rossiya 1 TV "Vesti" news 1556 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... Presenters: Mariya Sittel and Andrey Kondrashov. 1. 5650 Headlines: requalification as part of police reform in Russia is completed; hundreds are reported killed in clashes in Syria; Prime Minister Putin attends youth forum on Lake Seliger;...

Mauritanian, Qatari leaders discuss relations over phone.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Mauritanian independent news agency Al-Akhbar website Nouakchott, 1 August, Al-Akhbar On the advent of the blessed month of Ramadan, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz this Monday morning, 1 August 2011, held talks...

Russian pundit sees threat of civil war in Syria.
August 1, 2011... The current violent clashes in Syria could lead the country into a civil war, as it may split into at least five separate parts without tough authoritarian control from the centre, state-controlled Russian Channel One TV showed pundit Yevgeniy...

Programme summary of Egyptian Nile News TV 1600 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... 0000 News headlines. 1. 0040 Armed forces re-open Al-Tahrir Square after sit-in which lasted more than three-week. 2. 0122 Former President Husni Mubarak receives notification of date of his trial which he initially refused to sign, then...

Iran not receiving India's oil debt through Turkey - central bank chief.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by Iranian conservative news agency Mehr The Central Bank governor [Mahmud Bahmani] has talked about efforts to resolve the oil dispute between Iran and India, saying Turkey does not play any role in collecting our country's...

Libyan security minister urges employees in east to arrest "armed gangs".
August 1, 2011... Text of report by state-owned Libyan news agency Jana Tripoli, 1 August 2011: The secretary of the General People's Committee for Public Security, Maj-Gen Al-Sanusi Sulayman al-Wuzri, has appealed to public security employees in the eastern...

Mild earthquake registered in north-western Iran.
August 1, 2011... An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale has been registered in Muchesh region of the north-western Kordestan Province, IRNA reported on 1 August. IRNA quoted Tehran University's Seismological Centre as saying that the earthquake took...

Libyan leader's son tells Russian chess chief of critical humanitarian situation.
August 1, 2011... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 1 August: FIDE [International Chess Federation] president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov held talks by telephone on Sunday [31 July] with Libyan leader Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi's eldest...

Programme summary of Iranian Esfahan Province TV news 1200 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... A. Provincial news:1. 1201 Report on new working hours for government workers during Ramadan. 2. 1201 Report over video on an appreciation ceremony for industrial units in Esfahan which have acted in accordance with industrial foodstuff...

Programme summary of Libyan TV news 1930 gmt 1 Aug 11.
August 1, 2011... Default note: Please note that Al-Jamahiriyah TV did not broadcast the 1930 gmt news bulletin due to live coverage of evening Ramadan prayers from Mulay Muhammad Mosque in Tripoli. Source: Al-Jamahiriyah TV, Tripoli, in Arabic 1930 gmt 1 Aug...