BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from January 2006, page 4

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from January 2006

Bulgarian minister says EU expects "concrete results" against crime.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Bulgarian news agency BTA website Brussels, 31 January: "The European Union (EU) firmly supports Bulgaria's accession to the bloc on the planned date, 1 January...

Azerbaijan buys new equipment to prevent bird flu.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Trend Baku, 31 January: Laboratory equipment for testing samples taken during a series of monitoring for bird flu has already been delivered to...

Macedonian government in breach of Ohrid accords - Albanian opposition tells EU.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Halit Ajdini entitled "Deterioriation of Albanians' situation main reason for boycott" published by the Macedonian Albanian-language newspaper Fakti on 29 January Iljaz...

NATO completes 90 day relief mission in quake hit areas of Pakistan.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Islamabad, 31 January: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces completed their 90 day relief and rescue...

Jordanian king leaves for UK, US tour.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Jordanian news agency Petra-JNA website Amman, 31 January: His Majesty King Abdallah II left Amman on Tuesday [31 January] heading to London at the outset of...

Iran: Protests in Bandar Abbas against "insulting" magazine article.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian newspaper Kayhan website on 28 January; subheadings as published A large number of objecting people of Bandar Abbas gathered in front of the administration of...

Georgian minister raps Putin's views on Abkhazia and Ossetia.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 31 January Addressing a news conference in the Kremlin earlier today, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a statement which lends itself...

British minister says PM's barrister wife acts privately in Cyprus property case.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Greek Cypriot news agency CNA Nicosia, 30 January: British Minister for Europe Douglas Alexander has said the prime minister's spouse, Cherie Booth Blair, is...

Press selection list for Afghan newspapers 31 Jan 06.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Newspapers published in Kabul Hewad (state-run daily) 31 January 1. Editorial, entitled "The International London Conference", highlights the importance of London conference and...

Kazakh opposition mulls confederation with Kyrgyzstan.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz newspaper Vecherniy Bishkek on 17 January The intriguing idea of Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan merger was proposed by one of the coordinators of foreign bureau of the...

Official downplays risk of Macedonia's destabilization following Rugova's death.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by I.K.I. entitled "Macedonia is preemptively cautious towards Kosovo" published by Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik on 28 January Even if the security situation in Kosovo...

Former journalist shot dead in Guyana.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 31 January Georgetown, Guyana: Former journalist Ronald Waddell, 57, was shot and killed Monday night [30 January] by...

Putin's annual news conference for international journalists - highlights.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) President Vladimir Putin held his annual news conference for international journalists on 31 Jan 2006. The event lasted three hours 26 minutes, of which the first two hours was broadcast live by...

Egyptian expert, former Pakistani general interviewed on Al-Zawahiri video.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Al-Jazeera Television at 2015 gmt on 30 January conducted interviews on the subject of the video message recently released by Al-Qa'idah's number two man Ayman al-Zawahiri within its live...

EU lifts ban on arms exports to Bosnia.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnia-Hercegovina Federation News Agency FENA Sarajevo, 31 January: Following examination of the passing and implementation of regulations in the area of control over the...

Bosnian minister hopes new High Representative "will not impose laws".
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Belgrade, 31 January: Bosnia-Hercegovina [B-H] Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic is expecting the new B-H High Representative Christian...

Maldives opposition party rules out attending all-party talks.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sri Lankan-based Maldivian Minivan News website on 31 January; all ellipses as received The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has ruled out attending...

British envoy to Kazakhstan pledges further support to NGOs.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Almaty, 31 January: Great Britain will continue to support nongovernmental organizations in those countries where it is possible, the...

Nepal: National TV plans to go on satellite.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Nepal on 30 January The first television broadcast agency, Nepal Television, has plans to expand its programmes and become more widespread and effective in the...

Jordan's king urges Palestinians to face reality, prove themselves peace partner.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Jordanian news agency Petra-JNA website Amman, 31 January: His Majesty King Abdallah II met on Tuesday [31 January] with President of the Palestinian National...

Bosnian Serb opposition party to propose Dodik for prime minister designate.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Banja Luka, 31 January: Nebojsa Radmanovic, chairman of the executive committee of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats [SNSD],...

Maldivian "first-ever independent radio" appeals for funds.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sri Lankan-based Maldivian Minivan News website on 31 January Minivan Radio is inviting well-wishers and those wishing to make donations to help sustain our broadcasts to...

Helsinki Committee criticizes Macedonian courts, police for human rights abuse.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Destan Jonuzi entitled "Say 'yes' under duress and you'll get a prison sentence" published by the Macedonian Albanian-language newspaper Fakti on 29 January Despite the...

Uzbek amnesty to be implemented in full in February - TV.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) As part of implementing the resolution on amnesty declared by the Senate, the upper house of the Uzbek parliament, a group of convicts have been released from prisons in central Navoiy and...

British envoy to Russia welcomes Putin's support for transparent NGO funding.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Charges of espionage laid by Russia against the British embassy in Moscow are unjust, ambassador Anthony Brenton has told Russian Ekho Moskvy radio. In a live interview on 31 January, he said...

Palestinian president arrives in Cairo.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 31 January: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (Abu-Mazin) arrived here on Tuesday evening [31 January] leading a high-ranking...

Israeli police kill Islamic Jihad's West Bank commander - Israel radio.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Israel radio on 31 January An Israeli Border Police fighter sustained serious injuries from terrorists' gunfire in the village of Arrabah in northern Samaria [northern...

Ukrainian cabinet agrees documents for setting up gas joint venture.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 31 January: At an emergency meeting on Tuesday [31 January], the Cabinet of Ministers approved the foundation documents of the joint...

Iraqi group claims credit for shooting down US drone.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 31 January Iraqi Police sources said that two members of the Interior Ministry commando forces were killed and some 40 others were wounded...

Ethiopia bans export of grains indefinitely.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by pro-Ethiopian government Walta Information Centre website on 31 January Addis Ababa, 31 January: Ethiopia bans indefinitely any exports of Teff, an indigenous...

Iraqi press highlights 31 Jan 06.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) On account of the Islamic New Year, only 3 Iraqi papers under our coverage were published today. The newspapers dated 31 January highlight the following issues: I. Iraqi elections ...

Ukrainian president, Croatian speaker discuss energy issues.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian news agency UNIAN Kiev, 31 January: Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko and Croatian speaker Vladimir Seks have discussed issues of energy security and...

Ceremony held for new Bosnia High Representative.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Sarajevo, 31 January: The newly appointed High Representative of the international community to Bosnia-Hercegovina, German Christian...

Al-Jazeera programme discusses Hamas's future course of action, ties with West.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) "Trying to understand the Western stance on Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections and the options open to the movement and the West" was the topic of Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV's...

Belarusian electoral official assures OSCE of competitive poll.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Belarusian news agency Belapan Minsk, 31 January: The Central Electoral Commission [CEC] of the Republic of Belarus would like all the presidential hopefuls, who have...

Italian commentary sees Merkel replacing Blair as EU welfare reform inspiration.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of commentary by Maurizio Ferrera entitled "Why the Left likes Angela too" published by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on 29 January During the election campaign she was...

Jordanian envoy in Gaza meets Hamas leaders, congratulates election win.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 31 January The Jordanian ambassador in Gaza has extended congratulations to the Hamas Movement for winning the Palestinian legislative...

Ukrainian cabinet approves accord with European Atomic Energy Community.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Ukrainian news agency UNIAN Kiev, 31 January: The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted resolution No 59 of 25 January 2006 approving the agreement between the...

Sudanese delegation visits northern Ethiopia.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by pro-Ethiopian government Walta Information Centre website on 31 January Addis Ababa, 31 January: A delegation from Sudan led by Qadarif province [Eastern Sudan]...

Indian Air Force gets award for quake relief work in Kashmir.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report headlined: "Kashmir honours army and IAF for relief job" by Indian newspaper The Asian Age website on 31 January Srinagar, 30 January: The Indian Air Force [IAF]...

Two districts in capital have highest prevalence of leprosy in India.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report entitled: "Two districts in Delhi have highest rate of leprosy" by Indian newspaper The Asian Age website on 31 January New Delhi, 30 January: Even as the Union...

Palestinian president asks USA via Jordanian king not to stop aid.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Amman, 31 January: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday [31 January] entrusted King Abdallah II of Jordan with a message to...

Iranian press menu on 31 Jan 06.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) AFTAB-E YAZD 1. Report: "Health and Medical Treatment Minister: Iran has necessary readiness to confront bird flu". He says the country is ready to prevent any outbreak. (page 1; 350...

Chechen premier to resume work after medical treatment, Kadyrov says.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Acting Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has said that "Chechen Prime Minister Sergey Abramov will resume his direct duties after completing a course of treatment and rehabilitation",...

Indian police arrest Nepal, one other for having revolvers, explosives powder.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Somendra Sharma headlined: "Pak-trained militant held with arms in Mumbai" by Indian newspaper The Asian Age website on 31 January Mumbai, 30 January: The Mumbai police's...

Dispute over Bosnia Federation broadcasting law threatens EU talks.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by "M-C.-R.C. entitled" "Negotiations with EU could be halted because of FB-H government", published by Bosnian Serb newspaper Nezavisne novine on 28 January The government...

WFP says school feeding programme in Ethiopia paying off.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Ethiopian news agency ENA website Addis Ababa, 31 January: The World Food Programme (WFP) said the ongoing implementation of its school feeding programme that...

Basra council leads demonstration against British forces in Iraq.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report headlined "Basra Governorate Council leads demonstration against British forces calling for release of prisoners" published by Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq...

Senior cleric in Iran's Khuzestan says people not afraid of "terrorist action".
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Khuzestan Provincial TV on 31 January Ayatollah Ka'bi, a representative of the people of Khuzestan in the Assembly of Experts,...

Iranian Al-Alam TV "Iraq Today" programme on choosing new prime minister.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) "Iraq Today" programme is hosted by Muhammad al-Kazim and the topic is the negotiations under way to choose the new prime minister in Iraq. The studio guest is a "representative" of the Supreme...

Jordanian premier reiterates support for Palestinians at talks with Abbas.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Jordanian news agency Petra-JNA website Amman, 31 January: Prime Minister Ma'ruf al-Bakhit and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas outlined on Tuesday [31...

Guyanese government condemns planned teachers' protest.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 31 January Georgetown, Guyana: The Guyana government has accused the Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) of attempting to...

Iran press: International court action to be taken for UK "crimes in Khuzestan".
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of article by Mohammad Reza Taqaddos entitled: "England's hand in measures against our national security", published by the Iranian newspaper Resalat website on 31 January Last week,...

Iran press: Editorial says USA has failed to achieve absolute power.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of Editorial by unidentified correspondent: "Message about global developments to America"report by Iranian newspaper Jomhuri-ye Eslami website on 31 January In the name of God, the...

Iran press: Commentary urges "stronger message" on nuclear issue.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of commentary by Mohammad Amin: "The need for a firm step", published by the Iranian newspaper Sharq on 31 January France, Britain and Germany called for an emergency IAEA Board of...

Putin congratulates Finnish leader on re-election.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 31 January: Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Finnish President Tarja Halonen today, the Kremlin's...

Croatia assured by Ukraine over gas supplies.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Kiev, 31 January: Croatian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Seks was received by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday [31...

Danish newspaper offices evacuated in bomb scare.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Danish radio website on 31 January Jyllands-Posten [Danish daily newspaper] is evacuating its editorial offices in Aarhus and Copenhagen following a bomb scare. The...

Iran press: Defence Minister to avoid impeachment over air crash.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report: "On Haddad-Adel's request the minority faction changed its mind about impeaching the minister of defence", published by the Iranian newspaper E'temad website on 30 January ...

Russian fleet "unlawfully" uses 96 facilities in Crimea, property agency says.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Crimea, 31 January: The Russian Black Sea Fleet is using 96 facilities in Crimea that are not listed in the appendix to the Ukrainian-Russian...

Opposition urges EU to admit Montenegro PM causing "bad headache".
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Montenegrin Mina news agency Podgorica, 31 January: The European Union (EU) should finally say that Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has been giving it a bad...

Montenegrin president says "willing" to postpone referendum session.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Montenegrin Mina news agency Podgorica, 31 January: Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic said today he was willing to postpone the extraordinary session of the...

Lebanese official quoted on border crossings with Syria, Palestinian arms.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radwan Aqil entitled "Security official: No training camps, crossings controlled. Monitoring of Jubran Tuwayni began in Paris" published on Lebanese newspaper Al-Nahar website...

Russian bird flu quarantine hits Kyrgyz pilgrims.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz Television 1 on 31 January The Kyrgyz embassy in Iran has said that some 200,000 [as heard] Kyrgyz pilgrims have stopped in Mashhad and another several dozen of...

Fatwa issued against Danish Iraq troops.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Danish radio website on 31 January The Danish battalion in Iraq has received information that a fatwa - a religious decree - has been issued against the battalion, Defence...

Iraq: Basra council emergency session follows arrests by UK forces.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report headlined "Basra Governorate Council holds emergency session following arrests by British forces" published by Iraqi newspaper Al-Manarah on 29 January Basra...

Saudi interior minister meets Iraqi counterpart.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Saudi news agency SPA website Tunis, 31 January: Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayif Bin-abd-al-Aziz [Al Sa'ud], the honorary president of the Council of the...

Spain fails to attend "Alliance of Civilizations" gathering.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has failed to send a representative to a meeting in Tunisia to discuss the basic principles and viability of an "Alliance of Civilizations", according...

Israeli paper reports left-wing parties not willing to talk to Hamas.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Sheera Claire Frenkel headlined "Leftist parties against negotiations with Hamas", published by Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post website on 31 January While...

Iran press: Revolution's values can be introduced through "free media".
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed editorial: "Pondering on consensus and a free television channel", published by the Iranian newspaper E'temad-e Melli on 29 January A brief glance at the speech made by...

Director of private Serbian TV denies tax evasion allegations.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Belgrade-based Radio B92 text website on 31 January Belgrade, 31 January: Bojana Lekic, the general director and editor-in-chief of BK TV, has denied...

Iran press: MP urges IAEA meeting on Chirac's nuclear remarks.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report: "A member of the Majlis Committee of National Security and Foreign Policy: Board of governors [of the IAEA] must hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss Chirac's nuclear...

Turkish bank governor says growth rate to exceed 5 percent in 2005.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Ankara, 31 January: "Growth rate as of the end of 2005 is expected to exceed 5 per cent under the macroeconomic programme,"...

Iraqi TV programme discusses Saddam trial under new chief judge.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Al-Iraqiyah TV's Al-Minbar al-Iraqi (The Iraqi Podium) discusses the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Husayn, which was resumed under a new chief judge on 29 January. In his opening...

Putin's remarks will not change Georgia's policy, official says.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The president's chief of staff, Giorgi Arveladze, has said that the Georgian people will not give in to what he said amounted to Vladimir Putin's "warning" against Georgia choosing an...

Georgia: South Ossetian official says Putin remarks on Kosovo a "signal".
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Regnum [No dateline, as received] Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement that the decision on the status of Kosovo should be a universal model...

Gazprom envoys reportedly come to Ukraine to sign accords.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 31 January: A delegation of Russia's Gazprom headed by Gazprom's deputy head Aleksandr Ryazanov has come to the Kiev office of Naftohaz...

Ukraine prosecutors reopen probe of opposition leader's quashed convictions.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian television TV 5 Kanal on 31 January [Presenter] The case of the quashing of [opposition Party of Regions leader] Viktor Yanukovych's convictions will be...

Kurd rebel head applies for retrial at Turkey's criminal court.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Istanbul, 31 January: Head terrorist Abdullah Ocalan launched an appeal to Ankara Criminal Court and asked that he be retried, Irfan...

Kosovo PM briefs Council of Europe official on progress, status talks.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by independent internet news agency KosovaLive Prishtina [Pristina], 31 January: Kosova [Kosovo] Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi said today that the Kosovar...

Egyptian Al-Isma'iliyah governor says governorate free of bird flu.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Al-Isma'iliyah, Egypt, 31 January: Governor of Al-Isma'iliyah Abd-al-Jalil Fakharani stressed on Tuesday [31 January] that Egypt was...

Some 30 Moscow district servicemen in hospital with suspected meningitis.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Interfax-AVN website Moscow, 31 January: Twenty-nine Moscow Military District servicemen have been taken to hospital with suspected meningitis, the...

Iran press: Columnist criticizes opponents of government's nuclear measures.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of "Point" column by Seyed Abolhassan Kashani [elder son of Ayatollah Kashani and the managing director of the Ayatollah Kashani Cultural Foundation], entitled: "Developing nuclear...

Serbian crime groups said fighting for supremacy in Belgrade underworld.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by "T.M.S." entitled "New war in Belgrade's underworld", published by Serbian newspaper Blic on 30 January Belgrade: Three major crime groups are currently fighting for...