BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from July 2006, page 5

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Montenegrin PM hints post-election coalition with opposition not excluded.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by B.C. entitled "Djukanovic ever so more openly on new political alliances after elections - Why not even with the SNP?" published by the Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti website on...

Croatia judge releases men charged with stoning Serb returnees' houses.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Benkovac, 31 July: Three of four men indicted for attacking houses of Serb returnees in Biljani Donji in the Zadar hinterland on 25...

Vietnam, Venezuela leaders hold talks, energy cooperation accord signed.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Vietnamese radio text website on 31 July Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong...

China bans medical ads, sale of corpses from 1 Aug.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 31 July: A number of new regulations will go into effect on Tuesday [1 August], involving...

Ukraine's pro-Russian party leader hopes unity pact will be signed on 1 August.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian television TV 5 Kanal on 31 July [Presenter] Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych hopes that the declaration of national unity will be signed tomorrow....

Iraqi Kurdish press highlights 31 Jul 06.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Khabat, Arbil, daily newspaper in Sorani Kurdish published by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP 1. Report: Kurdistan regional government Ministry of Martyrs' Affairs and Anfal...

Vietnamese PM appointed secretary of government's party leadership.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Vietnamese radio text website on 31 July The Political Bureau has agreed to nominate, replace and supplement a number of new members to the government's party...

Croatia to offer Middle East humanitarian aid.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Zagreb, 31 July: The Croatian government decided on Monday [31 July] to grant humanitarian aid worth 1.5m kuna for civilians affected...

Georgia to set up eight police checkpoints in Abkhazia's Kodori Gorge.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Georgian Public Television Channel 1 on 31 July Police checkpoints will be set up on the administrative border between the Kodori Gorge and the self-declared republic...

Vietnamese nationals to leave Lebanon 2 August.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Vietnamese radio text website on 31 July Seventy Vietnamese nationals in war-torn Lebanon are eligible to return to the homeland and they are waiting for buses...

Iranian press menu on 31 July.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) AFTAB-E YAZD 1. Editorial: "Back to the age of Decius" The daily observes that the country's immense bureaucracy and thousands of government advisers should ensure that all public affairs...

Iraqi Kurdistan President's Office denies Turkish newspaper report.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) satellite TV on 31 July A spokesperson from the Kurdistan Region President's Office has said: "The Turkish Gunes newspaper issued a...

Russian Central Bank stops issuing dollar credits over US currency weakening.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Centre TV on 31 July The Russian rouble continues to strengthen. During today's trading session at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, the rouble's mean...

Japan opposition, China's Communist Party to hold 1st meeting of dialogue body.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 31 July: Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan [DPJ], agreed Monday [31 July] with Chinese...

Iraqi deputy PM, ministers discuss upcoming reforms.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Baghdad Al-Iraqiyah Television in Arabic at 0920 gmt on 30 July 06 carries 45-minute live press conference by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Ahmad Salih and a number of ministers in Baghdad...

Iran's new attempt to privatize state-owned enterprises.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Introduction: According to economic experts, 90 per cent of the Iranian economy is run by the state. During the past 18 years, different governments have tried to downsize the government...

Polish, Norwegian premiers discuss natural gas supplies to Poland.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Polish radio on 31 July The prime ministers of Poland [Jaroslaw Kaczynski] and Norway [Jens Stoltenberg] have confirmed in a telephone conversation the will of both sides...

Afghan chief justice, Supreme Court members gain confidence vote.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website Kabul, 31 July: The Chief Justice (CJ) and six members of the Supreme Court (SC) have obtained vote of confidence...

French defence minister pledges to equip Afghan army.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan state radio on 30 July Afghan Minister of Defence Gen Abdorrahim Wardag met French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie in Kabul today. According to Bakhtar...

Britain affirms support for Sudanese peace process.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sudanese radio on 31 July The British government has affirmed, through the spokesman of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr Barry Marston, its support for the...

Ukrainian, Polish presidents discuss bilateral relations, NATO.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP Kiev, 31 July: Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday [31 July] discussed political situation in Ukraine with his Ukrainian...

Afghan president condemns Israel for killing civilians in Lebanon.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website Kabul, 31 July: President Hamed Karzai has strongly condemned the killing of 57 civilians in Israel's attack...

Israeli forces express regret for injuring Lebanese soldiers.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Israel radio on 31 July The Israel Air Force [IAF] attacked a vehicle north of Tyre because it suspected that a senior Hezbollah activist was driving in it. After the...

Georgievski nominated as new Macedonian Speaker.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Macedonian radio on 31 July Ljubisa Georgievski is the VMRO-DPMNE's [Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity]...

Uzbek land privatization law amended.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Regnum The Uzbek president has issued a decree "On privatization of land plots occupied by buildings and facilities belonging to corporate bodies...

Venezuela's Chavez urges Third World to back Iran's nuclear programme.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged the Third World and OPEC to back Iran's nuclear energy programme. Speaking in a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart Mahmud Ahmadinezhad...

Russia: North Ossetia orders gambling facilities out of city.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by The Caucasus Times web site on 31 July North Ossetia, 31 July: In North Ossetia, the fight against gambling facilities, which were banned under a special order by...

China's hydropower projects slammed for impact on own, neighbours' environments.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by William Boot published in English by Thailand-based Burmese publication Irrawaddy website on 1 August Strange things are happening along the mighty Mekong, Southeast...

Bosnia must become more engaged on Middle East, party says.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bosnia-Hercegovina Federation News Agency FENA Sarajevo, 31 July: With regard to the tragic situation in the Middle East, the Council for International Relations of...

Taiwan court upholds bail ruling on president's son-in-law.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Sofia Wu carried in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website Taipei, 31 July: The Taipei District Court upheld its second ruling Monday [31 July] on allowing...

Defence minister says China committed to peaceful development of Taiwan ties.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 31 July: Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan said here Monday [31 July] that China will promote...

Bosnian Croat coalition wants Federation TV to be transferred to Mostar.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bosnia-Hercegovina Federation News Agency FENA Mostar, 31 July: The candidates of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) of Bosnia-Hercegovina Djapic Dr Jurisic and the...

Lebanese foreign minister, Hezbollah official on multinational force.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sana al-Jak in Beirut headlined: "The proposal to deploy an international force triggers heated discussion; [Lebanese Foreign Minister] Sallukh expresses reservation about its...

Bosnian NGO urges Bush to protect Lebanese children, condemn Israel.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Sarajevo, 31 July: The "Medjasi" Children's Embassy NGO today sent a letter to US President George Bush, in which it expressed concern about...

Speaker urges Iranian nation to offer cash aid to Lebanese people.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 July: Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel on Monday [31 July] called on the Iranian people to offer cash aid to the...

Kazakh-Russian commission to discuss rocket crash.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The next meeting of the Kazakh-Russian government commission on studying the consequences of a rocket crash will be held on 4 August, Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency reported on 31 July...

Iraqi Kurdish paper says PKK mobilizing guerrillas, strengthening positions.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report entitled: "PKK gathers its forces on slopes of Qandil, Asos mountains" published by independent Iraqi Kurdish newspaper Jamawar on 31 July The [Kurdistan Workers Party] PKK...

Iranian foreign minister makes a stop-over in Damascus.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Damascus, 31 July: Iran's Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki heading a delegation arrived in Damascus Monday [31 July] and was...

Pakistan president condemns Israeli "aggression", urges ceasefire.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Pakistan's PTV World television on 31 July The president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and a peaceful resolution of the...

Iraqi Shi'i cleric Al-Sadr slams US, UK stances over Lebanon.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lebanese Hezbollah TV Al-Manar on 31 July [Presenter] [Iraqi Shi'i leader] Muqtada al-Sadr has said that anyone whose land is occupied must resist. In an interview...

Iranian children express solidarity with Lebanese children.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 July: A number of children from Tehran's day care centres representing their fellow schoolmates from 10,600 nursery...

Editorial says Hezbollah defending Lebanon's "dignity".
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of article by editor-in-chief Abd-al-Bari Atwan headlined "Revenge is coming and painful"; published by London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi website on 31 July It is not Israel...

North Korea party paper slams South-US drill as "virtual declaration of war".
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of North Korean party newspaper Nodon Sinmun commentary by Jon Jong-ho entitled: "Grave military provocation", carried by North Korean Uriminjokkkiri website on 31 July and broadcast as...

Venezuela's Chavez hails technology transfer with Iran, Russia, Belarus.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in Tehran on 30 July that technology transfer between nations is key to securing political and economic independence from the "empire", his term for the...

Iranian ex-president condemns Qana incident.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 July: Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani on Monday [31 July] described the Qana massacre as...

South Korea paper warns US force training pilots abroad may be only first step.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean newspaper Choson Ilbo website on 31 July US Air Force pilots in [South] Korea have started training abroad because they lack a bomber training...

Yemen, Qatar discuss "rising Israeli aggressions".
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Yemeni news agency Saba website Sanaa, 31 July: President Ali Abdallah Salih returned to Sanaa on Sunday [30 July] evening following a few hours visit to Qatar,...

Sudan, Eritrea boost ties.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sudanese radio on 31 July Vice-President Ali Uthman Muhammad Taha has reiterated the importance of strengthening and promoting relations between Sudan and Eritrea in all...

Azeri editor charged with illegal possession of arms.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Trend Baku, 31 July: Criminal proceedings have been instituted against the editor-in-chief of Ganca-based newspaper Huquqi Yollarla [Through Legal...

Gaza-Egypt crossing to be reopened for students, foreigners, patients.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Palestinian Ramattan News Agency website Gaza, 31 July: A senior Palestinian official reported on Monday [31 July] that Rafah crossing on borders between...

SAfrica condemns Israel's "collective punishment" in Lebanon.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by South African news agency SAPA website Pretoria, 31 July: Israel's attack on Qana in Lebanon on Sunday was "humanity gone mad", South African Deputy Minister of Foreign...

Iran minister slams Israeli attacks on Lebanon, calls for nuclear-free mideast.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 July: Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said here Monday [31 July] that nuclear disarmament is the best...

Somali Islamists accept Egyptian invitation.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Somali Union of Islamic Courts website Qaadisiya.com on 31 July The government of Egypt has invited the Council of Somali Courts to visit its country. A letter of...

Georgian president leaves for Poland.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Georgian news agency Prime-News Tbilisi, 31 July: President Mikheil Saakashvili has left for a working visit to Poland. The president's press service told Prime-news...

Zimbabwe: UK-based youth petition Blair to keep pressure on Mugabe.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Zimbabwean newspaper Financial Gazette on 31 July Zimbabwean youth living in the United Kingdom yesterday presented a petition to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's...

Russia to pay damages caused by rocket crash - Kazakh agency.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Astana, 31 July: The Russian side has undertaken to compensate Kazakhstan for the damages caused by the Dnepr space rocket crash,...

Lebanese press highlights 30 Jul 06.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following lists selected items from the Lebanese press on the Internet on 30 July. 1. Al-Anwar newspaper website a. Report on statements by Deputy Husayn al-Hajj Hasan, member of...

Chechen PM upbeat on surrender of rebels, promises end to bandits this year.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Interfax Groznyy, 31 June: Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov regards highly the results of the first two weeks since the address by the...

Russia: Website analyses forthcoming launch of RBK Daily paper.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Alina Rebel, published by Russian Gazeta.ru website on 26 July; subheadings inserted editorially This fall, a new socio-political newspaper will appear on the Russian...

Visiting US official approves of Georgia's police operation in Kodori.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Georgian Public Television Channel 1 on 31 July [Presenter] US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza has described the [special police] operation [against rebel...

Heroin confiscated from drugs control agency employee in Russian region.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Yekaterinburg, 31 July: Over 7 kg of heroin have been confiscated in Novyy Urengoy from a senior member of staff of the town's drugs control...

Iran's key cleric council condemns "Zionist regime crimes" in Qana.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Qom, 31 July: The Assembly of Experts on Monday [31 July] condemned brutal attacks of the Zionist regime on the oppressed...

Croatia, Montenegro presidents describe bilateral relations as exemplary.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Umag, 31 July: Croatia and Montenegro have been successful in dealing with outstanding issues and they set an example in the region,...

Egyptian press highlights 31 Jul 06.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following lists selected items from the Egyptian press on 31 July. Al-Ahram newspaper website 1. Editorial describes the Qana massacre as a crime against humanity. (Page 11; 400...

Palestinian ministry says over 10,000 prisoners in Israeli jails.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Palestinian Ramattan News Agency website Ramallah, 31 July: Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official report about the number of Palestinians...

German government sees Israeli suspension of attacks as positive sign.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by German news agency ddp on 31 July Berlin: The federal government sees the Israeli suspension of attacks in Lebanon as a "positive sign". This must now be used for coming...

Iraqi armed groups release videos of attacks on US vehicles - Al-Jazeera.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV on 31 July Two armed groups in Iraq, the Al-Rashidin Army and the Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance, have issued video claims - the...

Syrian press highlights 31 Jul 06.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following are highlights of the Syrian press on the Internet on 31 July 2006. Israel/Lebanon/US Al-Thawrah describes the killing of civilians in the south Lebanese village of Qana...

Saudi press highlights 31 Jul 06.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following are highlights of the Saudi press on the Internet on 31 July 2006: I. International issues Lebanon and the Qana "massacre" a. Arab News newspaper website in English...

Iranian embassy in Beirut said housing Hezbollah HQ - German paper.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Jacques Schuster entitled "Hezbollah takes refuge in Iranian embassy; Intelligence Service: Extremists set up headquarters in Teheran's mission in Beirut" published by German...

Press selection list of Afghan newspapers 31 Jul 06.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Newspaper published in Kabul Hewad (State-run daily) 31 July 1. Editorial entitled: "NATO's momentous mission" says NATO will take the lead of Coalition Forces in Afghanistan...

Drafts of new Kyrgyz constitution made public.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Kyrgyz television on 27 July [Presenter] The working group on drafting new versions of the country's constitution has completed its work. The head of the group,...

Japan Post plans service expansion after privatization.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 1 August: Japan Post Corp. submitted to the government on Monday [31 July] outlines of its 10-year postal privatization road...

Iraqi press highlights 31 Jul 06.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) I. Political developments and comments Al-Mashriq carries on the front page a 240-word report on the Turkish forces entry into the Iraqi territories in Kurdistan. Al-Mashriq carries on...

Iran appoints consul-general to Hong Kong.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian Fars News Agency website Tehran, 31 July: Upon the suggestion of the foreign minister and the endorsement of President Ahmadinezhad, Abdollah Nekunam Qadiri was...

Main Muslim party declines ruling Montenegrin party's offer of coalition.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Montenegrin Mina news agency Podgorica, 31 July: The head of the public relations office of the Bosniak [Muslim] Party (BS), Safet Kurtagic, today denied allegations about...

Jordanian relief planes arrive in Beirut.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Jordanian news agency Petra-JNA website Beirut, 31 July: Two Jordanian relief planes carrying 40 tons of medical and food supplies arrived in Beirut Airport on...

Legal uncertainties fuel Ukraine government crisis.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko has until midnight on 2 August to decide whether to accept the nomination by parliament of his erstwhile election rival Viktor Yanukovych as prime...

Hezbollah reports Israeli planes bombing of "civilian" car.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Beirut Al-Manar Television in Arabic at 1537 gmt on 31 July carries the following "breaking news" as a screen caption: "Al-Manar correspondent: Israeli enemy warplanes bomb civilian car at...

Four Lebanese wounded in Israeli bombing - Al-Jazeera.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 1531 gmt on 31 July carries the following "breaking" news as screen captions: "Al-Jazeera correspondent: Violent clashes between...

German foreign minister praises "largely peaceful" course of DRCongo election.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by German news agency ddp on 31 July Cologne/Berlin: Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Social Democratic Party of Germany) has paid tribute to the largely...

Russian defence minister thinks stronger rouble to cut arms exports.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Kaliningrad, 31 July: With the strengthening of the exchange rate of the rouble against the dollar, Russian defence enterprises will be...

Kyrgyz Baptists complain of Muslim persecution.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency Kabar Bishkek, 31 July: Evangelical Christian Baptists in Kyrgyzstan are seriously alarmed at the religious situation in the country, saying it is...

Al-Jazeera reports Hezbollah destroyed Israeli warship off Tyre coast.
July 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV at 1703 gmt carried the following breaking news screen caption: "Al-Jazeera correspondent: Hezbollah says it destroyed an Israeli warship off Tyre coast." ...