BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from December 2011

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Iran scuba divers clear marine mines during seventh day of naval drills.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Iranian news channel Press TV website The seventh day of Iran's naval drills involved the detection and neutralizing of mines by navy scuba divers. An Iranian naval commander says the country's scuba divers have...

Envoy urges Syrian regime to continue efforts for release of kidnapped Iranians.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Iranian official government news agency IRNA website Damascus, 30 Dec, IRNA: Iran's Ambassador to Syria Mohammad Reza Ra'uf-Sheybani called on the Syrian government to continue efforts to secure the release of the kidnapped...

Two reformist ex-MPs register for Iran Majlis polls - agency.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Iranian conservative news agency Mehr Tehran, 30 Dec (MNA): Mohammad Ali Kuzegar and Asghar Eslamdust, two reformists who served as lawmakers in the sixth Majlis (2000-2004), registered for the parliamentary elections on...

North Korea reiterates warning to South president's office into "sea of fire".
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA website Pyongyang, 31 December: The joint calls of the CC [Central Committee] of the Workers' Party of Korea and its Central Military Commission were published on Saturday...

UN chief expresses hopes for easing tensions on Korean Peninsula.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap United Nations, 30 December: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday [30 December] he hopes to see tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia ease next year,...

US urges North Korea to improve ties with South.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Washington, 30 December: Responding to the new North Korean leadership's threats to eschew dialogue with South Korea, the United States called on Friday [30 December] for Pyongyang...

South daily publishes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's profile.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by South Korean newspaper Choson Ilbo website on 31 December North Korean leader Kim Jong-ils death suddenly put his untested son Jong-un in charge of the Stalinist country. But little is known about the podgy 29-year old. Even...

South Korea's anti-dictatorship "champion" dies at 64.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by South Korean newspaper JoongAng Daily website on 31 December Kim Geun-tae [Kim Ku'n-t'ae], a political heavyweight among Korean liberals and a champion of the pro-democracy, anti-dictatorship movement, died yesterday, his...

North Korea to issue gold, silver coins in honour of late leader.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 31 December: North Korea said Saturday it will issue gold and silver coins to mark the 20th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il ascension to the supreme commander of the...

Full text of top North Korean official's speech at Kim Jong-il's memorial rally.
December 31, 2011... Pyongyang Korean Central Broadcasting Station via Satellite in Korean 0150 gmt 29 Dec 2011 "Memorial address" by Kim Yong Nam [Kim Yo'ng-nam], Presidium member of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee (CC) Political Bureau and...

Iranian navy begins third phase of war games on eighth day of drills.
December 31, 2011... The Iranian navy has begun the phase of power on the eighth day of the Velayat-90 naval war games, IRNA reported. This phase will continue till Monday 2 January with the launch of long- and short-range, coast-to-sea, surface-to-surface and...

Full text of North Korean party's statement on future strategy.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA website Pyongyang, 31 December: The Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea published joint calls on Saturday [31 December] on...

Iran top commander says US has nothing but "collapsed" economy.
December 31, 2011... Head of Iran's Basij (volunteer) Organization Brigadier-General Mohammad Reza Naqdi has said the Iran has been the absolute political power in the world since 32 years, however, the content of political science books in Iranian universities is...

North Korean servicepersons vow to "settle accounts" with South.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA website Pyongyang, 30 December: Upon receiving a statement released by the DPRK National Defence Commission (NDC) on Friday [30 December], servicepersons have renewed their...

Daily hails Afghan government consulting civil society on rights body reform.
December 31, 2011... Text of an editorial in Pashto entitled: "Complete overhaul of the Independent Human Rights Commission is a welcome step", published by pro-government Afghan newspaper Weesa on 28 December President Karzai has met a number of civil society...

"Hundreds" stage protest in northern Lebanon against Syria's Al-Asad.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by privately-owned Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 December ["Rallies in North Blast Asad regime"] Tripoli, Lebanon: Hundreds of protesters hit the streets in north Lebanon Friday [30 December] to...

Blast in Pakistan's Quetta kills 13, injures 30.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Quetta, 30 December: At least 13 persons were killed and 30 others injured in a car bomb blast occurred near house of the son of former state minister on Arbab Karam...

North Korea issues stamps with image of new leader Kim Jong-un.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 30 December: North Korea said on Friday [30 December] it has issued stamps with the image of Kim Jong-un, as the communist nation steps up efforts to build a cult of...

President condemns Pakistan's Quetta blast.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 30 December: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday [30 December] condemned the bomb blast in Quetta which resulted in loss of precious lives. The president...

Lebanese interior minister reiterates country not sanctuary for Al-Qa'idah.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by privately-owned Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 December ["Sharbil: Lebanon not sanctuary for Al-Qa'idah"] Beirut: Interior Minister Marwan Sharbil denied again Friday [30 December] that...

PM expresses shock at Pakistan's Quetta blast.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 30 December: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani has expressed his deep sense of shock and grief over the loss of precious lives, caused by a bomb blast...

South Korea, US defence ministers say power transition in North "stable".
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 30 December: Defence ministers of South Korea and the United States stated on Friday [30 December] that North Korea's latest father-to-son power transition has been stable to...

Dubai Airport police foil human trafficking attempt by Chinese travellers.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by Dubai newspaper Gulf News website on 30 December; subheadings as published [Report by Dina Abul Husn: "Alert Emirates staff foil bid to traffick four children"] A human trafficking operation was foiled at Dubai...

Paper reminds "colonialist army" that Afghanistan is "graveyard of empires".
December 31, 2011... Text of an editorial in Pashto: "Afghanistan: graveyard of empires", published by state-owned Afghan newspaper Hewad on 27 December The arrogant forces of the Soviet Red Army began the direct and brutal attack on the brave nation of...

Chinese interest in Afghan natural resources exploitative, paper.
December 31, 2011... Text of an editorial in Pashto: "China, the country which seeks big profit and little loss", published by independent Afghan newspaper Cheragh on 28 December Reports suggest that the cabinet of Afghanistan has approved an oil and gas...

"Flash blast" destroys house in China's Xinjiang.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Urumqi, 31December: Rescuers are trying to reach a three-year-old child trapped in the debris of a house torn down by a flash blast Saturday morning in...

China's central bank stresses on prudent monetary policy for 2012.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 31 December: China's central bank said on Saturday [31 December] it will continue the prudent monetary policy and maintain the continuity and...

Former Ivorian leader celebrates Christmas with family members.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Ivorian newspaper L'Inter website on 27 December [Report by Anasse Anasse: ICC: Gbagbo Celebrates Christmas with his Family Nady Bamba and her son Settled in The Hague] Laurent Gbagbo did not celebrate Christmas alone in...

Ivorian minister urges those in exile to return, take part in development.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire radio ONUCI FM on 29 December AdamaBictogo, the minister of African integration,has asserted that 50 per cent of Ivorians in exile have returned home. He said this during a news conference in his...

Iraq's Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq chief says ties with US to be political after pullout.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by privately-owned Aswat al-Iraq news agency website ["The leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haqq, AAH, says: Following the departure of US Troops, the relationship [with the Americans] will be political and diplomatic"] Al-Najaf, 26...

Cote d'Ivoire: ONUCI expresses concern over prevailing insecurity situation.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire radio ONUCI FM on 29 December ONUCI [UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire] is concerned about the ongoing insecurity situation in Cote d'Ivoire. The issue was at the centre of the mission's weekly news...

Ivorian regional radio returns to Bouake after 10 years of interruption.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 29 December The residents of Bouake in the [word indistinct] region celebrated a happy event today. It was the return of Radio Bouake after the interruption of its transmissions for 10 years due to...

Cote d'Ivoire: Radio, television authority warns against cession of frequencies.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 29 December Before continuing, here is a communique: Reports repeatedly reaching the Radio and Television Broadcasting Authority [HACA] say that some promoters of radio stations have been suggesting...

Ivorian inter-communal clashes result in deaths, casualties at Sikensi.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Ivorian newspaper L'Inter website on 27 December [Report by H. Ziao: "Tension Build-up at Sikensi Yesterday: Inter-Communal Clashes Result in Deaths and Casualties"] What caused all this? Minister Paul Koffi acts as...

Ivorian commentary stresses necessity to confine soldiers to barracks.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Ivorian opposition Rally of Republicans (RDR) newspaper Le Patriote website on 28 December [Commentary by Lacina Ouattara: The Necessity To Confine the Republican Forces to the Barracks] The supreme head of the army, the...

China builds new airport on Tibet Plateau.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Xining, 31 December: China began building a new civil airport in northwestern Qinghai province on Friday to link the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau closer with...

Iraqi foreign minister, US ambassador discuss bilateral relations; update 30 Dec.
December 31, 2011... Al-Iraqiyah Satellite Television in Arabic, in its morning newscasts on 30 December, reports on a meeting between Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and US Ambassador to Baghdad James Jeffery; a statement by National Alliance MP Ihsan al-Awwadi...

Al-Jazeera's director general appoints executive director of development.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Qatar newspaper Al-Sharq website on 30 December [Report by Lubna Sha'lan: "Ihab Sahawnah appointed executive director of development, adviser to Al-Jazeera's director general"] Within the framework of Al-Jazeera Network's...

Programme summary of Pakistan's AVT Khyber News 1200 gmt 29 Dec 11.
December 31, 2011... The summary of the 1200 gmt bulletin consisting of news from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), aired by Islamabad-based private Pakistani television news channel AVT Khyber News, was not broadcast on 29 December due to a...

Kim Jong-un takes charge of North Korean military as "supreme commander".
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 31 December: North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, has risen to the supreme commander of the communist nation's massive armed forces, state media reported Saturday, a strong...

Programme summary of Pakistan's AVT Khyber news 1200 gmt 30 Dec 11.
December 31, 2011... The following is a summary of the 1200 gmt bulletin consisting of news from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), aired by Islamabad-based private Pakistani television news channel AVT Khyber News on 30 December. A. News...

Iran journalist related to BBC registered for Majlis poll candidacy - paper.
December 31, 2011... Text of report headlined "Friend of Shafiq Shahram comes on behalf of BBC" published by Iranian newspaper Keyhan on 29 December A friend of Shafiq Shahram Jazayeri and the BBC's special representative in the chain newspapers [reference to...

Riot police descend on peaceful protesters in China's Guangdong.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Minnie Chan headlined "Riot police descend on peaceful protesters" published by Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post website on 31 December At least 30 villagers were detained and many others injured when riot police...

China, US agree to enhance dialogue, properly handle disputes.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 30 December: Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon held a telephone conversation on China-US...

Palestinian official urges Quartet to prevent fresh Israeli "aggression" in Gaza.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Palestinian presidency-controlled news agency Wafa website ["Urayqat meets with Quartet envoy Tony Blair"] Jericho, 28 December (WAFA) - Sa'ib Urayqat, Fatah Central Committee member and head of Palestinian delegation for...

Ethiopian-backed government forces clash with Al-Shabab in central Somali town.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by privately-owned Somali Shabeelle Media Network website on 31 December Fighting involving government forces backed by Ethiopian troops and Al-Shabab fighters in Beled Weyne town, Hiiraan Region [central Somalia], is under...

China supports better relations between South, North Koreas.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 30 December: China on Friday [30 December] said it supports the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to...

Senior Chinese leaders urge officials to step up anti-graft fight in 2012.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 30 December: Senior leaders have warned that despite remarkable progress and achievements, members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) should...

Paper slams Afghan government for "interfering" in rights body.
December 31, 2011... Text of an editorial in Dari: "Take the recent appointments seriously", published by Afghan independent secular daily newspaper Hasht-e Sobh on 28 December President Karzai made some changes to the Independent Human Rights Commission and the...

At least 33 killed as cyclone hits south India.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Indian news agency PTI Chennai, 30 December: A severe cyclone dumped heavy rain and sent wind gusts up to 140 kmph after it hit the south Indian state Tamil Nadu coast on Friday killing at least 33 persons and left a trail...

Iran cyber police warns websites against leading users to "specific direction".
December 31, 2011... Iran Cyber Police has issued a warning to the designers and administrators of web sites against using unrelated key words for attracting the viewers to a specific direction, IRNA reported. Cyber police or FATA Police (Persian: Polis-e Faza-ye...

Pakistan minister says parliament best forum for political issues.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 30 December: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Friday [30 December] that Parliament was the best forum to...

Programme summary of Somalia's Radio Voice of Mudug news 1130 gmt 30 Dec 2011.
December 31, 2011... 1. Headlines. 2. Galmudug regional administration accuses Al-Shabab of blocking trucks carrying aid to areas under its control. 3. Somali government condemns killing of aid workers in Mogadishu. 4. AU-backed government troops and...

China properly handled diplomatic ties in 2011 - foreign minister.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 30 December: Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei on Friday [30 December] summed up China's diplomatic achievements in 2011, and said China will...

Iran's southeast province holds exhibition on "epic" of 30 December.
December 31, 2011... An exhibition of "Along with the epic of compliance with Khamene'i" has been held in Kerman Province on occasion of the anniversary of 9 Dey (30 December) pro-government rallies on 2009, Fars reported. Head of Culture and Islamic Guidance of...

Programme summary of Somalia's Radio Shabeelle news 0500 gmt 31 Dec 11.
December 31, 2011... 1. Headlines. 2. Fighting involving Ethiopian-backed government forces and Al-Shabab is under way in Beled Weyne, Hiiraan Region, central Somalia. 3. Kenya claims to kill five Al-Shabab fighters in Qooqaani, southern Somalia. 4. MSF...

Pakistan ex-envoy's counsel says order in memo case "disappointing".
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 30 December: Asma Jehangir advocate said that the order passed by the nine-member bench of the Supreme Court here on Friday [30 December] was "disappointing"...

Security tightened in Kenya over possible attack by Somalia's Al-Shabab.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by privately-owned Jowhar news portal The Kenyan government has warned that Al-Shabab has been planning to launch attacks to coincide them with the 2012 New Year and Christmas celebrations and has now tightened security at...

Afghan government asks NATO for evidence to prove aid embezzlement claim.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 30 December [Presenter] The government of Afghanistan has asked NATO to present evidence of the embezzlement of millions of dollars at Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Hospital [in Kabul]. The decision...

Divisions emerge among Somali MPs opposed to Speaker as some boycott session.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by privately-owned Jowhar news portal We have received reports that Somali MPs have a short while ago left the parliament building after a meeting they had earlier planned failed to take place because they were unable to get a...

Somali MPs in support of Speaker warn rivals against holding of sessions.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by privately-owned Jowhar news portal MPs in support of Speaker of Parliament, Sharif Hasan Shaykh Adan have cautioned against parliamentary session that is planned for this morning and threatened if it goes ahead, the conflict...

Somali president said considering parliament dissolution over ongoing conflict.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by privately-owned Jowhar news portal Recent meetings between President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmad and Somali MPs opposed to the Speaker have ended in failure and serious concerns have been raised over its implications for the...

Seven soldiers killed in attacks in Thailand's Pattani, Yala provinces.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in the "News" section headlined "Soldiers, rangers hurt in gunfights, bomb blasts" published by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on 31 December Seven soldiers and paramilitary rangers were injured in bomb, grenade and...

Five terrorism suspects arrested at refugee camp in northeastern Kenya.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by state-owned KBC (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) Radio on 31 December Five people have been arrested at the UNHCR Dadaab refugee camp as the government crackdown against suspected Al-Shabab activists intensifies in the...

USA bank said shut down accounts of Somali money transfer agencies.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website Somali money transfer agencies across the Untied States of America and particularly in cities with large Somali population have yesterday [Thursday 29th of December]...

Analyst accuses Afghan human rights body of protecting warlords.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Afghan privately-owned Shamshad TV on 29 December [Presenter] Representatives of civil society have said if the government appoints warlords and members of political groups to be commissioners for the Afghanistan Independent...

Leader's aide says people "disappointed" Iran's "enemy" forever on 30 December.
December 31, 2011... Gholamali Haddad-Adel, senior adviser to the Supreme Leader, has said that after months of tolerating the "seditionists", people reached their patience level on 30 December 2009 and came on the streets and brought this day to its peak, Fars...

Burma to hold by-elections on 1 April - report.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Yangon, 30 December: Myanmar will hold by-elections to fill the vacant parliament seats on 1 April 2012, state-run TV reported Friday, quoting an announcement by the Union...

Pakistan: Saudi Radio starts broadcasting of news in Urdu.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 30 December: State-run Saudi Radio Service has commenced the airing of news in Urdu language to cater for needs of 1.8 million expatriate Pakistanis in Saudi...

Iran: Velayat-90 military drills enter final phase - agency.
December 31, 2011... The final phase of the ongoing Velayat-90 military exercises began in Iran in the small hours of 31 December. The phase is codenamed Power Phase. It will last until 2 January 2012, Fars news agency reported on 31 December. Long- and short-...

Article says Japan needs to boost regional ties amid uncertainty in North Korea.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 30 December: Japan's diplomacy somewhat stabilized since Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's government was formed in September, but the real challenge - whether it can play a...

Pakistan national security body to summon ex-envoy to US in memo case.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 30 Decem 30 (APP): Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Friday decided to summon former Ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, Director General,...

Russia Stable Economically, "In Middle of Political Cycle", Putin Says
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Gazprom-owned Russian NTV on 31 December [Presenter] Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has congratulated Russians on New Year and said he wanted that the financial problems, which Europe and the USA are fighting against, would...

Thailand to work on reconciliation, boost economic growth in 2012 - PM.
December 31, 2011... Text of report headlined "PM: Govt will bring about reconciliation" published by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on 31 December Prime Minister Yinglak Shinawatra said on Saturday [31 December] that she wishes the coming New Year to be the...

Pakistan PM says ruling party to work for deprived communities.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Multan, 30 December: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani said on Friday [30 December] that PPP would continue to extend support to deprived communities at all forums...

Analyst says US talking to Taleban to "hide its failure" in Afghanistan.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by state-run Iranian radio external service from Mashhad on 29 December [Presenter] Some media outlets have reported the removal of the name of Taleban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar from the US FBI's list of the most...

National Alliance sources say absentee Al-Iraqiyah List ministers "replaced".
December 31, 2011... Al-Iraqiyah Satellite Television in Arabic, in its evening newscasts on 29 December, reports on the statement made by some National Alliance sources saying that the Al-Iraqiyah List ministers, who have not been attending Council of Ministers'...

Iraqi brigades official, MP comment on reconciliation conference.
December 31, 2011... Text of report by Qatari government-funded, pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 29 December [Telephone interview with Abd-al-Rahman al-Hayyani, official in charge of the media office of the Iraqi 20th Revolution Brigades, in...

Defence Ministry advisor says Iraq keen to implement US withdrawal agreement.
December 31, 2011... Al-Iraqiyah Television in Arabic, in is morning newscasts on 28 December, reports on the meeting held by the political commission of the National Alliance, NA, yesterday; Al-Ahrar Bloc's call for early elections; the Council of Ministers'...

Iraqi commander comments on tasks, US withdrawal.
December 31, 2011... Dubai Al-Arabiyah Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 1506 GMT on 24 December carries within "Iraq After Withdrawal" programme a 22-minute interview with General Muhsin al-Ka'bi, commander of the Border Guard Forces in Iraq," "within a...

Programme summary of Yekaterinburg's Yermak TV "Den" news 1230 gmt 30 Dec 11.
December 31, 2011... (Please note that the next programme summary from this source will be published on 10 January 2012) Presenter of "Den" news: Alena Vasilyevykh and Yaroslav Borodin. 1. 0105 Headlines over video: achievements of Urals regions in 2011;...

Afghan leader welcomes change in US stance on Taleban.
December 31, 2011... Afghan President Karzai has said that he is "very pleased" that the US announced that the Taleban are not its enemies, and he hopes that this will bring peace to Afghanistan. He was addressing a seminar held on 31 December on the 40th...

Protesters in Iraqi capital call for trial of "terrorist attack" perpetrators.
December 31, 2011... Al-Iraqiyah Satellite Television in Arabic, in its morning newscasts on 30 December, reports on the protests that broke out in Baghdad to demand revealing the perpetrators of the recent terrorist attacks and putting them on trial, Parliament...

Chinese court accepts case of oil-spill compensation claims.
December 31, 2011... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 30 December: A maritime court in the northern coastal city of Tianjin on Friday [30 December] accepted a case of compensation claims from the...