BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from December 2006, page 164

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from December 2006

UK foreign secretary arrives in Lebanon for talks.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lebanese National News Agency website Beirut, 1 December: British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrived at Rafiq al-Hariri International Airport at 1815 [1615 gmt]...

Palestinian man dies of wounds after Israeli army operation.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website Gaza, 1 December: Palestinian medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City announced on Friday [1 December] the...

Ukraine's new interior minister to investigate corruption allegations.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) New Ukrainian Interior Minister Vasyl Tsushko has said the replacement of propresidential ministers with candidates from the coalition formed by the pro-Russian Party of Regions, the Communists...

Russian foreign minister softens stance on sanctions against Iran.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 1 December: Russia "does not oppose a ban on the export of sensitive materials to Iran but opposes sanctions and measures which could...

Iraq: Car bomb kills three in Kirkuk; clashes with gunmen reported.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Within its 1700 gmt news bulletin on 1 December, Al-Sharqiyah Television reports on security developments in various Iraqi areas as follows: The report begins by saying that "Iraqi...

Russia, Indonesia seal accord on cooperation in atomic energy.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency RIA Novosti Moscow, 1 December: Russia and Indonesia have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of the peaceful use of atomic energy,...

Austrian Foreign Ministry rejects accusations regarding US rendition flights.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report: "Foreign Ministry denies 'absurd' media reports; purpose of May EU-US summit was not weakening of human rights standards", published by Austrian newspaper Der Standard website...

Gas importer says Ukraine will pay 130 dollars per 1,000 cu.m. throughout 2007.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Konstantin Chuychenko, the executive director of RosUkrEnergo, the Swiss-registered company that imports Russian and Central Asian gas to Ukraine, has said that the price of gas for Ukraine...

Danish Democrats pledge lukewarm support to freeze on EU talks with Turkey.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Christine Cordsen: "Unenthusiastic support from the Social Democrats for freeze on Turkey talks", published by Danish newspaper Politiken website on 29 November The Social...

Ukrainian premier says parliament had right to dismiss foreign minister.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian news agency UNIAN Donetsk, 1 December: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is convinced that the Supreme Council [parliament] dismissed Foreign Minister Borys...

Former Iranian president calls on reformists to focus on serving people.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian Mehr news agency in English Tehran, 1 December: Former president Mohammad Khatami here on Friday [1 December] called on the reformists to focus on...

Georgia: Abkhaz leader backs cabinet amid criticism from opposition.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Abkhaz news agency Apsnypress Sukhumi, 1 December. [Abkhaz] president Sergey Bagapsh has said that on the whole he is pleased with the government's performance and does...

(CORR) Georgia: Russian peacekeepers complete troop rotation in Abkhazia.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) (Removing the word western from the headline. The rotation took place in eastern Abkhazia) Text of report by Abkhaz news agency Apsnypress Sukhumi, 1 December: The rotation of Russian...

UK Ambassador to Algeria discusses energy, bilateral cooperation.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of interview by Hamid Guemache and Kamel Daoud with, UK ambassador to Algeria Andrew Tesoriere, published on Algerian newspaper Le Quotidien d'Oran website on 28 November In this...

Georgian media tycoon seeks to buy country's largest wireless provider - agency.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Georgian news agency Kavkas-Press Tbilisi, 1 December: Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili is unsuccessfully trying to acquire MagtiCom, the country's largest...

Terrorism still threat to vital institutions: Interior Ministry report.
December 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ihsane El Hafidhi headlined "Results of a four-month fight against terrorism: more than 300 persons arrested and 30 of them have been brought before courts of justice",...