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Pakistani sect leader says violence against community enjoys "legal sanction".
May 31, 2010... Text of report headlined "Violence against Ahmedis enjoys legal sanction" published by Pakistani newspaper The News on 31 May Lahore [Punjab Province]: Ahmediyya Community Director Mirza Ghulam Ahmed has alleged that all violent acts against...

Police disperse protest rally in Russia's Siberia.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 31 May: A representative of Other Russia has said that the police dispersed a rally in support of Article 31 of the constitution in Kemerovo on Monday [31 May]. "Police...

Portugal to sell medicine, set up pharmaceuticals factory in Venezuela.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias website on 27 May [Lusa report: "Portugal Sponsors Factory in Venezuela and Sells Antibiotics"] Venezuela and Portugal are finalizing a 27m dollars agreement on the construction of...

Czech president starts coalition talks with election winners.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Czech national public-service news agency CTK Prague, 31 May: President Vaclav Klaus started post-election talks with the leaders of all parties that entered the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech...

Australia welcomes direct China flights to Queensland.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) SYDNEY, May 31 (Xinhua) - The first direct flights between China and Australia's Queensland since 1997 will open the door to a potential 3,600 extra...

Israeli army says flotilla activists "prepared a lynch" for soldiers - paper.
May 31, 2010... Excerpt from report in English by privately-owned Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post website on 31 May By Yaakov Katz and Jpost.com staff ["IDF says soldiers were met by well-planned lynch, concealed handguns, knives, bats, metal pipes in...

Daily urges US to devise strategy based on Afghans' values, demands.
May 31, 2010... Text of editorial entitled "Problem that needs to be properly examined" published by pro-government Afghan newspaper Weesa on 29 May The US Senate has ratified an additional 33bn dollar budget for military expenditures in Afghanistan. This...

New Ethiopian opposition television station jammed.
May 31, 2010... Text of press release issued by management of new Ethiopian opposition satellite television station, ESAT, published in English by Ethiopian opposition website Ethiopian Review on 30 May For the past three days and intermittently before that,...

Turkey says Israel raided flotilla outside territorial waters.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia ["TURKEY'S MARITIME UNDERSECRETARY SAYS ISRAEL INTERCEPTED AID SHIPS ABOUT 70 NAUTICAL MILES FROM MAINLAND" - AA headline] ANKARA (A.A) -31.05.2010 -Turkey's Maritime...

Israel attack on Gaza aid convoy "terrorist banditry" - Iran security chief.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Iranian conservative, privately-owned Fars News Agency website Tehran, 31 May: The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has said that the Zionist regime's attack on the Gaza aid convoy was a barbaric act and...

Turkish army chief returning early from Egypt after flotilla, PKK attacks.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia ["TURKISH TOP GENERAL CUTS VISIT TO EGYPT SHORT, RETURNING HOME" - AA headline] ANKARA (A.A) -31.05.2010 -Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug cut short...

Uganda oil production said unlikely to commence until 2014.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Michael Wakabi entitled ''Tullow far from earning petrodollars for Uganda and EA'' published by Kenyan newspaper The EastAfrican website on 31 May; subheadings inserted editorially Uganda and East Africa may have to wait a...

US has completed "dry exercises" for strike in Pakistan - sources.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Anwar Iqbal headlined "US rehearses strikes inside Pakistan: diplomats" published by Pakistan newspaper Dawn website on 30 May Washington: The US military has already completed 'dry exercises' for a unilateral strike in...

Israeli deputy foreign minister regrets loss of life, blames "armada of hate".
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by privately-owned Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post website on 31 May by Tovah Lazaroff, Yaakov Lappin and Jpost.com staff ["PM updated in Canada; police, IDF on high state of alert."] The flotilla of ships on...

Indian warships visit Haiphong, Vietnam.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by state-run Vietnamese news agency VNA website Hanoi, 30 May (VNA): Indian naval ships INS Ranjit [destroyer] and INS Kulish [corvette] anchored at the northern port of Haiphong in the city of the same name on May...

Iran: Roundup of Khuzestan Province Friday prayer sermons 28 May 10.
May 31, 2010... Friday imams in Iran's Khuzestan Province focused on the 17 May Tehran Declaration, the death anniversary of Imam Khomeyni on 4 June, Fatemeh Zahra's (daughter of Prophet Muhammad) birthday on 3 June, the anniversary of the establishment of...

Iraqi PM to visit Kurdistan's capital for talks.
May 31, 2010... Nuri al-Maliki, the incumbent Iraqi prime minister, is expected to arrive in Kurdistan Region's capital, on 31 May, to hold meetings with the Kurdish leadership on the suspended issues between Arbil and Baghdad, pro-Kurdistan Democratic Party...

China cuts gasoline, diesel prices.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) - China will cut gasoline prices by 230 yuan (33.7 US dollars) per tonne and reduce diesel prices by 220 yuan per tonne from...

China puts final death toll from Qinghai quake at 2,698.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) XINING, May 31 (Xinhua) - The final death toll from the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted Yushu of northwest China's Qinghai Province on April 14 was...

Chinese party names new provincial chief.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) - Zhang Baoshun, former secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has been appointed as...

Israeli Arab leaders call general strike, police on high alert.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by privately-owned Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post website on 31 May ["Top cop in North orders state of high alert, calls for restraint."] The IDF and police were preparing for the possibility of violence among...

Italian imam's terror conviction confirmed, refugee status revoked.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Italian leading privately-owned centre-right newspaper Corriere della Sera, on 29 May [Unattributed report: "Former Imam Loses Refugee Status"] Abu Imad, a former imam of the Islamic Cultural Institute in [Milan's] viale...

High-level Chinese party delegation visits Zimbabwe.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "High-Level Chinese Party Delegation Visits Zimbabwe"] HARARE, May 30 (Xinhua) - A high-level delegation headed by Wang Gang, vice-chairman...

China's He Guoqiang to visit five European, Asian nations.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Senior CCP Official To Visit Five European, Asian Nations"] BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) - He Guoqiang, a Standing Committee member of the...

Kazakhstan a "super important diplomatic objective" for Israel - comment.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by privately-owned Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post website on 28 May [Commentary by Herb Keinon: "As One Door Closes..."] Good-bye Turkey; hello Kazakhstan. Well, not exactly. Turkey is an Islamic country of some...

FARC calls on citizens not to vote in Colombian presidential elections.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by independent New Colombia News Agency (Anncol) website ["Colombian Elections" Communique issued by the FARC in the Mountains of Colombia, dated May 2010: "Forty-six Years Fighting for a New Colombia"] It has been 46 years...

Taleban report attack on Polish forces in Afghan east.
May 31, 2010... Text of report "Polish forces' tank blown up by mine in Andar" by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 31 May [Taleban spokesman] Zabihollah Mojahed: An explosion has been carried out on the invading Polish soldiers in Andar District of...

Kyrgyz-Uzbek border situation tense as road to Uzbek town blocked.
May 31, 2010... Excerpt from report by state-owned Kyrgyz Television 1 on 31 May [Presenter] Residents of [southern Kyrgyzstan's] Batken Region have blocked a road to the Uzbek town of Rishton. The Batken regional state administration has confirmed this...

Palestinian president criticizes Israeli "pre-emptive" action.
May 31, 2010... At 0607 gmt on 31 May, Ramallah Palestine Satellite Channel Television in Arabic conducts live a five-minute phone interview with PNA President Mahmud Abbas on the Israeli army's takeover of the "Freedom Flotilla". The following is the full...

Al-Jazeera female presenters quit over "clothes, decency" spat.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Dubai newspaper Gulf News website on 30 May Manama: Five female presenters at Al-Jazeera satellite channel have resigned over conflicts with management over "delicate issue", including their looks and dresses. ...

Israel gives members of flotilla option of detention or exile - Nile News.
May 31, 2010... At 0945 gmt Egyptian Nile News ran an urgent caption quoting its reporter that said: "Israel leads members of the international convoy to Ashdud and gives them the option of detention or removal." Source: Nile News TV, Cairo, in Arabic...

Taleban report fighting with US forces in Afghan south.
May 31, 2010... Text of report "American offensive pushed back in Nad-e Ali" by Afghan Taleban Voice of Jihad website on 31 May [Taleban spokesman] Qari Yusof Ahmadi: An offensive by the American forces was pushed back by the hero mojahedin of the Islamic...

Russian experts in South Korea to review results of sunken ship probe.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap ["Russian Experts to Review Results of Cheonan Probe"] SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) - A team of Russian navy experts started its own inspection Monday [ 31 May] of a multinational...

Pakistan paper slams Indian stance on banned charity chief.
May 31, 2010... Text of editorial headlined "Indians Unfounded Outcry Over Hafiz Sayeed's Release" published by Pakistan newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt on 27 May The Supreme Court has discharged the appeals submitted by the federal government and Punjab Government...

Eight Somalis caught by Indian Navy remanded to judicial custody - agency.
May 31, 2010... Text of report published by Indian news agency PTI Kochi: Eight Somalians, who were taken into custody by Indian Navy off Kavaratti coast, have been remanded to 14 days judicial custody. The Somalians were produced before the Judicial...

Maldives, China sign grant agreement.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Maldives pro-government newspaper Miadhu News website on 31 May Maldives and China have signed a 7.3m US dollar (93m rufiyaa) grant agreement on Sunday [30 May]. Foreign Ministry's Additional Secretary Dr Hussein Niyaz and...

Politicians' support for Hezbollah's arms endangers Lebanon -Saudi writer.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Saudi-owned leading pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 29 May [Commentary by Abd-al-Rahman al-Rashid: "Lebanon: Who Is truthful Among Them?"] The only Lebanese leader who stepped forward and openly rejected...

Jordanians protest against Israeli action on Gaza-bound ships.
May 31, 2010... Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 0731 gmt on 31 May interviews Yasir Abu-Hilalah, its correspondent in Amman, via satellite. The correspondent speaks about the popular and official reactions in Jordan to the Israeli...

Pakistan aims to collect over 19.5bn dollars in taxes.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Mehtab Haider headlined "FBR fixes 1,667bn rupees as tax collection target" published by Pakistani newspaper The News on 31 May Islamabad: The government has finalised FBR [Federal Board of Revenue]'s tax collection target...

Head of Islamic movement in Palestin not definitely killed- Nile News.
May 31, 2010... At 0937 Nile News interviewed spokesperson for Islamic movement within green line Zahi Nujaidat to ask him about a confirmation of the injury of head of movement. He said that Israeli sources contacted him on the personal level and assured...

Russian president appoints heads of regional interior ministry bodies.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 31 May: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev has signed a decree on appointments in Russian Interior Ministry bodies. Police Col Zhaudat Akhmetkhanov has been appointed interior...

North Korea holds mass rally to condemn "anti-DPRK smear campaign".
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA website ["Mass Meeting Held to Condemn Anti-DPRK Smear Campaign"] Pyongyang, May 30 (KCNA) - A Pyongyang mass meeting was held at Kim Il Sung Square on Sunday [ 30 May]...

Pakistan accounts for 10 per cent of UN peacekeepers - paper.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Riazul Haq headlined "Terror-Hit Pakistan Still Tops List in International Peacekeeping" published by Pakistan newspaper Jang on 28 May Lahore - International day for UN Peacekeepers is being observed throughout the world...

Iran: Roundup of West Azarbayjan Province Friday prayer sermons 28 May 10.
May 31, 2010... In their sermons on 28 May, Friday prayer imams in Iran's West Azarbayjan province focused on Imam Khomeyni's death anniversary, the Tehran declaration on nuclear fuel swap and religious issues, provincial TV reported. Orumiyeh's Friday...

Pakistan air raid reportedly kills 30 militants in Orakzai tribal area.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by private Pakistani television channel Geo News website on 31 May Peshawar [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, formerly North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)]: Thirty militants including a key militant commander were killed during...

Colombian regional police commander unhurt in FARC attack in Cauca.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Colombian RCN radio text website on 29 May ["General Gustavo Adolfo Ricaurte Comes Out Unhurt of Attack"] Two new incidents occurred in Cauca Department on the eve of the presidential elections. The vehicle carrying...

Case of "apostate" seen major worry for Maldives government.
May 31, 2010... Excerpt from report by Sri Lankan-based independent Maldivian Minivan News website on 31 May [By J.J. Robinson] 30 May: The Islamic Foundation has called for self-declared apostate Mohamed Nazim to be stripped of his citizenship and sentenced...

Two US helicopters reportedly enter Pakistani airspace.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Ashrafuddin Pirzada headlined "US copters intrude into Khyber Agency" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 31 May Landi Kotal [Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas]: Two US gunship helicopters...

Turkish defence minister leaves Macedonia's NATO conference.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Macedonian independent news agency Makfax [Report by Aleksandar Cocevski: "Turkey's Minister Leaves Bitola Conference"] Bitola - Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul left the regional NATO-integration...

Iran government stopped sending approved plans to parliament - website.
May 31, 2010... Iran government has stopped sending its approved plans to the Majlis, conservative website Alef reported on 31 May. According to Alef which is affiliated to the conservative MP, Ahmad Tavakkoli, Iran's government stopped sending its approved...

Paraguayan police arrest alleged FARC member.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by prominent Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color website on 25 May [Unattributed article: "Alleged FARC Militant Arrested in Paraguay"] The Anti-terrorist Police detained the Colombian citizen Esney Dier Home Losada and a...

Kyrgyz drivers end rally after authorities agree to their demands.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by privately-owned Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website Lorry drivers, who held a rally in the Kyrgyz capital, have left the square because the authorities have agreed to their demands. "The work to transport check-weighing...

Pakistan TV show discusses sectarianism in country.
May 31, 2010... Dawn News TV in Urdu at 1500 gmt on 29 May carries live regularly scheduled "In Focus" program. The program discusses the questions and the debates raging in the country. Host Kamran Yousaf asks tough questions from the leaders who are shaping...

No information on Pakistani journalist on board Gaza aid flotilla.
May 31, 2010... Text of unattributed report headlined "Twenty dead in Israeli attack on aid flotilla" by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 31 May Jerusalem: At least 20 people were killed and over 50 others injured on Monday [31 May] when the Israeli...

Afghan daily urges security agencies to prevent subversive activities.
May 31, 2010... Text of article by S Shahin entitled "Security departments should foil subversive activities of miscreants" published by state-owned Afghan newspaper Hewad on 29 May Some neighbouring and Arab countries, in particular their intelligence...

Kazakhstan ratifies tax agreement with Finland.
May 31, 2010... Excerpt from report by privately-owned Kazakhstan Today news agency website Astana, 31 May: Kazakhstan has ratified an agreement on avoiding double taxation with Finland, the [Kazakhstan Today] news agency has said citing the Kazakh...

Maldives NGO dismisses "feminist" complaints about scholar's visit.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Sri Lankan-based independent Maldivian Minivan News website on 31 May [By Ahmed Nazeer] 30 May: Religious NGO Jamiyyathul Salaf has hit back at feminist movement Rehendhi and the "Enough is Enough" group after they called on...

Egypt condemns Israeli attack on "Freedom Flotilla," offers condolences - TV.
May 31, 2010... "Egypt condemns the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla and offers condolences to the families of the victims," the state-owned Egyptian TV's Nile News quoted the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry as saying on 31 May at 1000 gmt. The...

Iran plenipotentiary envoy to UAE appointed.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian official government news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 May: Mohammad-Reza Fayyaz was appointed here on Monday [31 May] as Iran's plenipotentiary Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The...

Pakistan TV show discusses Lahore attacks.
May 31, 2010... Karachi Geo News television in Urdu at 1800 GMT on 29 May carries live regularly scheduled program "Meray Mutabiq." The popular current affairs television show is based on the analysis of Pakistan's pressing issues by Dr Shahid Masood. The...

US congressman urges support for opponents of Ethiopian premier.
May 31, 2010... Text of press release issued by US Congressman Ed Royce on 28 May, published in English by Ethiopian opposition website Ethiopian Review on 28 May Our real allies are Ethiopians who are fighting Meles - Ed Royce May 28th, 2010 By Ed Royce,...

Iran Musavi's wife calls for release of political prisoners.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian pro-reform, English-language website The Green Voice of Freedom on 31 May Green Voice of Freedom, 31 May: Zahra Rahnavard, wife of former Prime Minister Mirhoseyn Musavi, has issued a statement for the...

Attack on peace flotilla made under US support - Iran MP.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian official government news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 May: A Majlis representative said Monday [31 May] that the Zionist regime's latest fatal attack on a flotilla of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip...

People in western Afghan province pessimistic about peace jerga.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by state-run Iranian radio external service from Mashhad on 29 May [Presenter] Some residents in the western provinces of Herat, Farah and Ghowr describe the security situation in their provinces as worrying and believe that...

Paper slams Karzai for failure to form Cabinet.
May 31, 2010... Text of editorial entitled "Afghanistan's 11th ministries with no ministers" by Eqtedar-e Melli weekly, affiliated with the National Empowerment party, part of the opposition National Front, on 29 May Six months have passed since the Election...

Pakistan article flays media coverage of Lahore attacks.
May 31, 2010... Text of article by Ismail Khan headlined "Lahore carnage: Punjab still in state of denial" published by Pakistan newspaper Dawn website on 30 May Punjab is still in a state of self-denial. As gunmen, lobbing hand grenades and firing automatic...

IAEA chief to submit "secret reports" on Iranian, Syrian activities - paper.
May 31, 2010... Excerpt from report by Saudi-owned leading pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 31 May [Report by Buthaynah Abd-al-Rahman in Vienna: "IAEA Sources to 'Al-Sharq al-Awsat': Amano Will Submit Two Secret Reports on Iran and Syria Today....

One border police killed, six injured in mine explosion in Afghan east.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency Kabul, 31 May: One border police has been killed and six others injured. Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement today, 31 May, that a border police armoured...

Disqualified Iraqi candidate Al-Mutlaq attends seminar in Jordan.
May 31, 2010... Amman Al-Arab al-Yawm in Arabic on 26 May carries a report by Hisham Zahran on a seminar held at the Jordanian Society for Science and Culture under the heading of "The Iraqi Affliction," moderated by former minister Abdallah Uwaydat. The...

Russia doesn't see reasons for reviewing Katyn case - prosecutor.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 31 May: Russian Chief Military Prosecutor Sergey Fridinskiy doesn't see any grounds for resuming the investigation of the criminal case concerning the execution of Polish...

Iran: Roundup of Kohkiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province Friday prayer sermons 28 May 10.
May 31, 2010... In their prayer sermons on 28 May, the Friday imams of Iran's Kohkiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province mainly focused on the 17 May declaration issued by Iran, Turkey and Brazil on a nuclear fuel swap deal, the birthdays of Prophet Muhammad's daughter...

Macedonian activists on aid convoy attacked by Israeli navy.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Macedonian independent news agency Makfax [Report by Aleksandar Cocevski: "Macedonian Activists on the Attacked Convoy of Aid Ships"] Skopje - Macedonian Ambassador to Israel Pajo Avirovic was called on a...

Croatian PM receives Bulgarian foreign minister.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA ZAGREB, May 31 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Monday received the visiting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, the government's public relations office...

Two police injured in blast in Russia's Ingushetia.
May 31, 2010... Two police officers have been injured at a market in Ingushetia, in Russia's North Caucasus, Interfax reported on 31 May. The blast occurred in a cafe at a market in the town of Ordzhonikidze, the injured police officers were taken to...

Terrorist attack prevented in Groznyy - Chechen president.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Groznyy, 31 May: A militant wearing an improvised explosive device on his waist has been destroyed in Groznyy, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has told journalists. "A tip-off...

Yemen condemns Israeli raid on Gaza bound aid convoy.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by state-run Yemeni news agency Saba website SANA'A, May 31 (Saba) - Yemen condemned on Monday [31 May] the Israeli raid on Gaza-bound ships that killed, according to reports, more than 10 pro-Palestinian activists...

Late Bosnian leader's son supports Sandzak mufti's ticket in Serbian ethnic poll.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Serbian local TV from Novi Pazar [Presenter] The chief whip of Party of Democratic Action [SDA, headed by Sulejman Tihic] of Bosnia-Hercegovina, and the son of the late president of that country, Bakir Izetbegovic, has lent...

One dies in cafe attack in Russia's Dagestan - rebel website.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Chechen rebel internet news agency Kavkaz-Tsentr A roadside cafe selling alcoholic drinks in the settlement of Botayurt in Dagestan's Khasavyurt District came under fire on Monday night. As a result, a man, who received...

Hong Kong government insists public broadcaster must have advisory board.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Radio TV Hong Kong Radio 3 on 31 May [Newsreader] The government says it intends to amend the draft charter for RTHK to strengthen provisions ensuring its editorial independence. However, the permanent secretary for commerce...

South Sudan decentralizes issuing of national identification cards.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by privately-owned Sudanese newspaper Juba Post on 31 May Torit - The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has decentralized the issuing of national identification cards, commonly known as Jensia, to Sudanese citizens on...

Government delegation visits Ghanaian refugees in Togo.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by state-owned Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) Radio 1 on 29 May A high-powered government delegation from Ghana and Togo has visited Gbaduak in Togo where temporary refugee camps have been set up to accommodate people...

Pakistan TV show discusses 12th anniversary of country's nuclear tests.
May 31, 2010... Dawn News TV in Urdu at 1500 gmt on 28 May carries live regularly scheduled "In Focus" program. The program discusses the questions and the debates raging in the country. Host Kamran Yousaf asks tough questions of the leaders who are shaping...

Haitian police probe gunshots heard near presidential residence.
May 31, 2010... Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website PORT-AU-PRINCE,Haiti, CMC - Haitian police said that they are investigating gunshots that wereheard near the Presidential residence."Wewere informed about it (the shots) and...

South Sudan governor says will not protect any official involved in corruption.
May 31, 2010... Text of report in English by privately-owned Sudanese newspaper Juba Post on 31 May Turalei - The first woman elected as governor of Warrap State during the April general elections, Nyandeng Malek Deliech, has warned that she would not...