BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from December 2010, page 168

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from December 2010

Police shoot car driver dead in Russia's North Caucasus.
December 1, 2010... Excerpt from report by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti Nalchik, 1 December: Employees of the road patrol service were forced to use their weapons and shot dead the driver of a car which refused their request to stop during a pursuit on...

Results of annual counternarcotics operation in post-Soviet bloc reported.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by the website of government-owned Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on 23 November [Unattributed report: "'Kanal' Closes Drug Channels"] The turnover of drugs in the world exceeds trade turnover in the oil and gas sphere...

Afghan politician urges successful candidates to boycott new parliament.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency Kabul, 1 December: The chairman of the Society for Peaceful Transformation [of Afghanistan]: MPs should boycott the so-called lower house of parliament. The chairman of...

Russian Far East aircraft producer working on nanotechnologies project.
December 1, 2010... Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN Moscow, 1 December: The Komsomolsk-na-Amure aircraft production association named after Gagarin (KnAAPO) is carrying out a project on the use of nanotechnologies...

Activist to lead Russian rights council group investigating death of lawyer.
December 1, 2010... Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 1 December: The group investigating the death of Hermitage Capital fund lawyer Sergey Magnitskiy in a detention centre in Moscow has received official status within...

Commentator derides Russian resurgence claims.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by anti-Kremlin Russian current affairs website Yezhednevnyy Zhurnal on 17 November [Commentary by Georgiy Satarov: "Undercooked Noodles for Big Ears: Russia Is Rising From Her Knees"] That incantation is well known to all....

Somali refugees arrive on Yemeni coast.
December 1, 2010... Text of report in English by state-run Yemeni news agency Saba website SHABWA, Dec. 01 (Saba)- About 55 Somali refugees have reached the Radoom Coast in Shabwa province where they were gathered and sent to the refugees' camp in Maifaa,...

Belarus-Lithuania oil transit talks in "dead end" - oil terminal director.
December 1, 2010... Text of report in English by Belarusian privately-owned news agency Belapan Minsk, 1 December: Talks with Belarus about the transit transportation of Venezuelan oil via the Lithuanian Klaipeda sea port have reached a dead end, Rokas Masiulis,...

Taleban report attack on internal forces in Afghan east.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 December Explosion kills local commander in Gardez city, the centre of Paktia [Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: According to the latest report from Gardez, the centre of...

Taleban report attack on supply convoy of foreign forces in Afghan east.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 December Surf vehicle and a tanker set on fire in Laghman [Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: A surf vehicle and a tanker of a supply convoy for the invading forces have been...

Taleban report fighting with US soldiers in Marja in Afghan south.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 December Four American soldiers either killed or wounded in Marja [Taleban spokesman] Qari Yusof Ahmadi: Heavy face-to-face fighting has taken place between the American soldiers...

Taleban report fighting with US forces in Afghan south.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 1 December American tank destroyed in fighting in Zheray [Taleban spokesman] Qari Yusof Ahmadi: Heavy fighting took place between the American forces and the mojahedin of the...

UN urges Haitians to await official election results.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 1 December Port au Prince, Haiti: The United Nations has called on Haitians to ignore unofficial results of Sunday's presidential and legislative elections and to wait for...

Russia's Reserve Fund, National Wealth Fund shrink.
December 1, 2010... Text of report in English by Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 1 December: The overall volume of Russia's Reserve Fund stood at R1,279.85bn (equivalent of 40.88bn dollars) and the National Wealth Fund at R2,761.96bn (equivalent of...

Senior Russian senator talks up inter-parliamentary ties with Israel.
December 1, 2010... Excerpt from report by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti Moscow, 1 December: The chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Mikhail Margelov, has noted great prospects for inter-parliamentary cooperation...

Russian NGO names winners of human rights prize.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by privately owned Russian television channel REN TV on 1 December Ten winners were chosen out of 45 candidates for a new Russian human rights prize, it was announced today. The prize is awarded by the Moscow Helsinki Group,...

Kazakhstan: Turkish, Russian presidents discuss Caucasus stability.
December 1, 2010... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia Astana, 1 December: Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday [1 December] that Turkey nominated Ersin Ercin as candidate for Organization for Security and...

Russia: two deputy ministers sacked.
December 1, 2010... Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has removed from post State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Stanislav Naumov, RIA Novosti news agency reported on 1 December. RIA said the decision was made at Naumov's request. Putin...

Algeria paper on rumours surrounding president brother's power ambitions.
December 1, 2010... Text of report by Said Rabia headlined: "Test balloon or a real project for the president's brother? These days, we talk here and there about the setting up of a political party for the president's brother, Said Bouteflika," published by...

Turkish president issues festival greetings to Jewish citizens.
December 1, 2010... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia Ankara, 1 December: Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday [1 December] celebrated Hanukkah festival of Jewish citizens. "All of our citizens, whatever their...