BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from January 2006, page 6

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from January 2006

Number of illegal refugees arrested crossing Slovak border falling - 2005 figs.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Presov, East Slovakia/Bratislava, 31 Jan: Slovak police detained 8,049 illegal refugees last year, compared to 16,000 in 2001, police...

Malawi government said preventing Islamic body from role in food distribution.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Malawian independent Capital Radio on 31 January The Muslim Association of Malawi, MAM, has accused government of snatching away the distribution role of maize...

Beirut paper reports Syrian leader's conditions for UN meeting.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Abd-al-Karim Abu-al-Nasr headlined "Reciprocal conditions for interrogating the first man in Damascus; how the Syrian leadership lost the battle of securing Arab immunity for...

Iraq summons Danish envoy over Muhammad cartoon.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV on 31 January Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today summoned Danish Ambassador to Iraq Christian Oldenburg and informed him of the Iraqi...

Russian foreign minister says Kosovo talks may take longer.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS London, 31 January: Russia "is against establishing an artifical deadline for completion of talks on the status of Kosovo", Russian...

Danish bomb threat proves to be hoax.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK website on 31 January; subheadings as published: The bomb threat to Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten turned out to be a hoax and the...

Profile of Belarusian Liberal Democratic leader Haydukevich.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Syarhey Haydukevich, is one of the most controversial figures on the Belarusian political scene. Despite his opposition rhetoric as a candidate in the...

Economic experts warn Serbia's debt exceeded 15bn dollars in 2005.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Serbian news agency Beta Belgrade, 31 January: Mladjen Kovacevic, an associate of the Economics Institute, said today that Serbia's total debt rose by 1bn dollars and...

Sudanese companies ordered to stop dealing with Danish companies.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Sudanese news agency Suna website Khartoum, 31 January: President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces FM Umar al-Bashir Tuesday [31...

We share common stance with China on Iranian nuclear issue - Russian minister.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Interfax London, 31 January: Russia and China have a common position on the Iranian nuclear problem, Sergey Lavrov, the head of the Russian Foreign...

Crown prince grants 1m dollars to US-Saudi business group.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Saudi news agency SPA website Riyadh, 31 January: Vice-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Sultan Bin-Abd-al-Aziz received here today the Kingdom's Friends...

Palestinian president, Hamas leader to discuss government in Cairo.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Salah Mutawalli, Sawsan Abu-Husayn and Jamal Shahin from Cairo entitled "Sources speak of US and Israeli guarantees to Egypt to deal with Hamas if the latter accepts the...

Former DRCongo army chief denies links with dissident general.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by DRCongo's UN-sponsored Radio Okapi website on 31 January Gen Kpama Baramoto, former commander of the Zairean Armed Forces under the Mobutu regime, has strongly denied his...

Turkish opposition insists on declaration of assets by premier.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Turkish TRT 2 television on 31 January [Announcer] The opposition is insisting that Prime Minister Erdogan declare his assets. The [opposition] CHP [Republican People's...

Iranian MP cites administrative problem as cause of C130 plane crash.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 January, IRNA: A lawmaker said here Tuesday [31 January] that administrative problem was the major cause for the...

DRCongo: Soldiers from dissident general's unit surrender to UN troops.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by DRCongo's UN-sponsored Radio Okapi website on 31 January Forty-six soldiers have turned their backs on [dissident army general] Laurent Nkunda. The soldiers belonged...

Russian foreign minister concerned at Taleban efforts in Afghanistan.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS London, 31 January: Russia "is concerned that former Taleban officials are trying to get into power in order to undermine the...

Agency: Kyrgyz president, foreign minister to visit Turkey for boosting ties.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Ankara, 31 January: Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Minister of Foreign Affairs Alikbek Jekshenkulov will pay visits to...

Islamist group: Threats to Sweden were a mistake.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Swedish radio Ekot website on 31 January Threats made against Sweden on the basis of the publication of images of the Prophet Muhammad were founded on a mistake, a...

Islamic Jihad leader rejects calm, talks with Israel.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nida al-Quds correspondent, headlined "Brother Al-Batsh: no place for talking about calm, the resistance will react to the assassination crime", carried by Islamic Jihad...

Demo against Danish newspaper held in Somali capital.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Somali Radio HornAfrik on 31 January [Presenter] A demonstration condemning a Danish newspaper's caricature of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, was today held in...

CoE says drug trafficking in Slovenia is increasing.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Slovene news agency STA Strasbourg, 31 January: Drug trafficking in Slovenia has been on the increase in the last few years, according to the latest report of...

Slovak imprisoned in Tunisia released, back in Slovakia.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Slovak commercial Radio Twist on 31 January [Announcer] A young Slovak, Norbert Ficza sentenced in Tunisia to 14 years in prison, is back in Slovakia after spending...

Former Malawian president discharged from London hospital.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) radio on 31 January [Presenter] Former President Bakili Muluzi has been discharged from a London private hospital where he had an...

Avalanche kills 15 people in northeastern Afghan province.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency Kabul, 31 January: The deputy governor of Badakhshan Province says that an avalanche struck five villages last night. He...

Macedonian Albanian opposition deputies to rejoin Assembly.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Macedonian news agency Makfax Tetovo: The Assembly deputies of the Democratic Party of Albanians [DPA - PDSh in Albanian] will return to the Macedonian...

Taleban say three Afghan army soldiers killed in attack on vehicle.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency Peshawar, 31 January: The Taleban claim to have blown up a national army vehicle, killing three soldiers. Qari Mohammad...

Rebel region not to exchange military information with Moldova.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Moldovan news agency Infotag Tiraspol, 31 January: [Moldova's breakaway] Dniester region has no plans to hand over to Moldova data about its armed forces and will not...

Algeria condemns Danish cartoons, EU position; calls for UN action.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Algerian radio on 31 January The Muslim nation is celebrating the new Hegira year amid mixed feelings of anger and disapproval over the insolence of the Danish and...

Austrian firm to start producing armoured vehicles for Czech Army in spring.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 31 Jan: New armoured personnel carriers (ACPs) Pandur made by Austria's Steyr will be manufactured in the Czech Republic in...

Turkish premier focuses on Cyprus plan in address to nation.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Ankara, 31 January: "All the world now knows that Greek Cypriot administration is the responsible party for insolubility of the...

Taleban say two US petrol tankers destroyed in south Afghan province.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency Peshawar, 31 January: The Taleban claim to have burnt two petrol-tankers belonging to the American forces in Kandahar...

Taleban say they killed one for spying in Afghan province.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency Peshawar, 31 January: The Taleban executed a person on charges of spying in Urozgan Province today. Speaking by a...

Russia to build more radars on southern borders - defence minister.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russia TV on 31 January [Presenter] Russia's air defence was today strengthened by another radar. It was built in the village of Lekhtusi in Leningrad Region. After the...

Montenegro recognition depends on referendum standards - French envoy.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Ndj.R. entitled "Opposition dare not boycott" published by the Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti on 31 January Podgorica: "Considering the great importance of this issue...

DRCongo: Martial court charges soldiers, militiamen for various offences.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by DRCongo's UN-sponsored Radio Okapi website on 31 January The Bunia [northeastern DRCongo] military court has convicted two FARDC [DRCongo Armed Forces] soldiers and three...

Sudan: Official tours Darfur locality said attacked by rebels.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Sudanese TV on 31 January The southern Darfur deputy governor has inspected the Marshanj [phonetic] administration unit, in Nyala locality, after it was attacked by...

Official reports Hamas's Arab tour plans; rules out MPs for government.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Al-Quds special correspondent, headlined "PLC member Yahya Musa to Al-Quds, headlined "Possibility of forming a government most of whose members are from outside PLC", carried...

Slovak Army plans to buy new transport planes by 2010.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Bratislava, Jan 31 (CTK) - The Slovak military intends to buy new transport aircraft by 2010, army spokesman Milan Vanga said today....

Beirut reports Israeli "violation" of airspace.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lebanese National News Agency website Beirut, 31 January: The Guidance Directorate of the Army Command has issued the following statement: "An Israeli enemy...

Romanian Democrats propose Liberals to merge within half year.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres website Bucharest, 31 January: The ruling Democratic Party (PD) will propose the ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) to carry out...

Liberia announces audit of all government agencies.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Liberian private DC 101.1 FM radio on 31 January The Liberian government has announced a comprehensive audit of all government agencies and public corporations, and...

Interior Ministry condemns killings of two Palestinians.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Palestinian news agency Wafa website Gaza, 31 January: Ministry of Interior and National Security condemned today the cowardly assassination of two citizens on the hands...

Russian Public Chamber members hear both sides in army bullying row.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian external TV service NTV Mir on 31 January [Presenter] Members of the Public Chamber arrived in Chelyabinsk today and confirmed that Pte [Andrey] Sychev had...

Czech ombudsman criticizes both police, ravers.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Czech radio on 31 January During a clash between participants in last year's techno rave CzechTek in [the Czech village of] Mlynec in the Tachov region and policemen...

Romanian premier to visit Turkey for bilateral talks with top officials.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres website Bucharest, 31 January: Romanian Premier Calin Popescu-Tariceanu will pay an official visit to Turkey over 1-2 February,...

Russian official opposes opening up of "closed" cities.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory), 31 January: We will not hurry to open the "closed" cities of Rosatom [Russian Federal Atomic Energy...

Islamic Jihad wing claims rocket attacks on Israeli targets.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report "The Al-Quds Brigades fire rockets at Zionist towns in retaliation for commander assassination, carried by Islamic Jihad Movement website on 31 January Gaza, 31 January:...

Israeli settlers say PM wants to dismantle outpost without delay.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Israel radio reported at 1700 gmt: "Some 150 settlers are blocking the road at the Shilo junction in Binyamin. The settlers punctured the tires of a military truck and attacked its driver. Army...

Turkish woman released after questioning on ties with Al-Qa'idah.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Istanbul, 31 January: A Turkish woman who was detained in Istanbul on charges of having ties to Al-Qa'idah terrorist organization,...

Danish illustrator speaks out about Muhammad cartoons.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Danish radio website on 31 January One of the 12 illustrators broke the silence recommended by the Police Intelligence Service earlier today. The illustrator - who wishes...

Albanian Assembly commission approves new ambassador to US.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Albanian news agency ATA Tirana, 31 January: The Assembly Commission on Foreign Affairs approved on Tuesday [31 January] the candidacy of Aleksander Sallabanda...

Russian soldiers' mothers say defence minister must go.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 31 January Sergey Ivanov should go as defence minister, the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia said today [31 January]. The...

Talks on setting up Ukrainian gas joint venture continue.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 31 January: [State oil and gas company] Naftohaz Ukrayiny and [Swiss-registered gas trader] Rosukrenergo are continuing talks on...

US conservatives mobilizing "counter-boycott" in support of Denmark.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Danish radio website on 31 January; subheading as published: Conservative and neo-conservative Internet sites and web logs in the USA have begun mobilizing a...

Three found guilty of provoking mass unrest in Russian republic.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 31 January The Blagoveshchensk district court has found three people guilty of instigating disturbances and a fight with policemen in December...

Afghan paper urges government to revive air force.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of editorial entitled: "Will revival of the air force be discussed in London Conference?" by Afghan newspaper Arman-e Melli on 31 January One of the major challenges facing the Afghan...

Afghan paper says government needs to do more to avert spread of bird flu.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of editorial entitled: "Afghanistan is facing another threat" by Afghan newspaper Rah-e Nejat on 30 January After the occurrence of avian flu in the region and in countries with which...

Afghan paper urges government, parliament to tackle "daunting" corruption.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English article by Mojtaba Nasir entitled "Official corruption, a menace to future stability" by Afghan state-run newspaper The Kabul Times on 29 January One of the...

Ukraine's chief prosecutor defends hearing journalist murder case in camera.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Ukrainian news agency UNIAN Kiev, 31 January: Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Oleksandr Medvedko sees nothing unusual in hearing the case of the killers of [journalist...

Czech cabinet not to be blamed over Unipetrol tender, says parliament report.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Czech radio on 31 January [Announcer] The Chamber of Deputies [the lower house of Czech parliament] will have to decide whether a commission formed to investigate the...

Minister says Iran to cease voluntary suspension if nuclear case referred to UN.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian TV on 31 January Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki has said that if Iran's nuclear case were to be "reported" or "referred" to the UN Security Council, the...

Seven Iraqis reported killed in Ba'qubah.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV on 31 January Iraqi security sources have announced the martyrdom of seven Iraqis. Four of them were soldiers, who were martyred in armed clashes in...

Another case of army bullying leads to criminal proceedings in Russia.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 31 January The prosecutor's office of the Kazan garrison is examining two criminal cases after a regular serviceman went AWOL from the Kazan...

Russian envoy fears for future of Kaliningrad Region transit agreement.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Berlin, 31 January: Russia fears that the multiformat admission of Lithuania into the Schengen zone may "devalue a very important...

Iraqi woman killed; TV chief survives attack - Sharqiyah.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV on 31 January The director general of the Al-Zawra Television Channel this evening escaped an assassination attempt in the Al-Ghazaliyah area in...

Poland's decision to veto EU's VAT changes problematic - Czech minister.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Czech CT24 TV on 31 January [Presenter] Poland has blocked European [EU] agreement on extending the reduced VAT. [Passage omitted] Prague has thus lost exceptions...

Afghan culture ministry to publish newspaper in five local languages.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan state TV on 30 January The Information, Culture and Tourism Ministry is working on a publication named Watandaran [compatriots] which will be published in five...

Saudis flock to Bahrain to buy book banned by Riyadh.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Jennifer McWatt, headlined "Banned book has become a bestseller", carried in English by Bahrain newspaper Gulf Daily News website on 31 January A book banned in Saudi...

Danish politician calls for boycott of Muslims.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Danish radio website on 31 January Louise Frevert of the Danish People's Party has called for a boycott of Muslims operating businesses in Denmark in a text message...

Jordan report hints at king's differences with Blair on Mideast.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Jordanian news agency Petra-JNA website London, 31 January: His Majesty King Abdallah II held talks on Tuesday [31 January] in London with British Prime...

Group threatens to kill two Germans in Iraq within 72 hours.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 31 January Ansar al-Tawhid wa al-Sunnah [supporters of monotheism and the prophet's tradition] Brigade claimed responsibility for...

Iraq leader, Shi'i cleric Al-Sistani condemn Prophet cartoons.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV on 31 January [Shi'i] Religious Authority Al-Sayyid Ali al-Sistani has condemned the caricatures offending Messenger Muhammad, may God's peace and...

Bahrain MPs demands apology over Prophet cartoons, urge protests.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Mohammed al-'Ali, headlined "Outrage at insult to Islam", carried in English by Bahrain newspaper Gulf Daily News website on 31 January Bahrain's parliament lashed out in...

Philippine rebel bases weakened by road building.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report entitled: "Road-building is counter-insurgency, MILF says", published in English by Moro Islamic Liberation Front website Luwaran.com on 28 January Not all so-called...

Danish illustrator expresses "astonishment" over Islamic cartoon row.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is the text of a report of a telephone interview with an unidentified Danish cartoonist in an unspecified location, headlined "We only wanted to engage in satire: Their wrath is...

Albanian leader wants direct talks on Kosovo, Serbian president says.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Belgrade-based B-92 TV on 31 January [Presenter] Serbian President Boris Tadic said in Athens that he and the Democratic Party of Kosovo chairman [PDK], Hashim Thaci,...

Slovaks ask Italian firm for report on completing nuclear power station.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Slovak commercial news TV station TA3 on 31 January [Presenter] The Italian company ENEL will assess the completion of the third and forth block of the Mochovce nuclear...

Ukraine's anti-monopoly chief says gas trader disclosed ownership structure.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The head of the Anti-Monopoly Committee Oleksiy Kostusev has said that the Swiss-registered gas trading company Rosukrenergo disclosed its ownership structure to the committee so that it could...

Russia to start building its largest ship in post-Soviet era.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 31 January: The new-generation frigate Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov - its keel-laying ceremony will take place at...

Serbian president, Greek PM agree bilateral relations good.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Belgrade-based private BKTV on 31 January [Presenter] Solution for Kosovo-Metohija should be accepted by both Serbian and Albanian side and it must not be imposed or...

Opposition politician reportedly mobbed in western Ukrainian city.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 31 January: A group of activists from the [liberal] Pora-Reform and Order bloc led by the head of the bloc's regional HQ and Ternopil...

Danish daily: Opponents of freedom of expression have won.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Danish radio website on 31 January The editor-in-chief of Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Carsten Juste, has now thrown in the towel and declared that the opponents of...

Ukrainian gas official lobbied joint venture agreement - web site.
January 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The deputy board chairman of state oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrayiny, Ihor Voronin, appears to have coordinated the drafting of the statute of a proposed joint venture with Swiss-registered...