BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from November 2005

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from November 2005

South Korea, Japan to hold regular finance ministers' meeting.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 30 November: South Korea and Japan have agreed to hold annual meetings of finance ministers to discuss outstanding...

Kenya: Sacked 1,600 medics urge President Kibaki to intervene.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Mike Mwaniki entitled "Sacked health workers seek Kibaki's help" published by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation website on 30 November The more than 1,000 sacked health...

South Korean firm says developed new way to make bird flu drug.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 30 November: South Korean drugmaker Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp said Wednesday [30 November] it has developed a new...

North Korean officials attend Laos embassy reception.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by North Korean news agency KCNA Pyongyang, 30 November: Lao Ambassador to the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] Chanpheng Sihaphom hosted a reception...

Former Namibian broadcast chief charged with fraud.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Namibian newspaper The Namibian website on 30 November Former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Director-General Gerry Munyama was quietly arrested yesterday...

BBC Monitoring quotes from the African press 30 November.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and other material published in the 30 November editions of the African press. As indicated some material from 28 and 29 November is also...

India test-fires short-range supersonic missile.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI Balasore (Orissa), 30 November: India's supersonic cruise missile Brahmos was on Wednesday [30 November] flight tested from the Integrated Test...

Nauru president urges "national shift in attitude".
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Australia on 30 November The president of Nauru has told a donor roundtable meeting that the people of Nauru have to accept the harsh reality that they can no...

Namibian denies refusing reparations offer from Germany.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Christof Maletsky "Reparations deal stumbles", published by Namibian newspaper The Namibian website on 30 November Namibia says it did not reject a 20m euro (about 160m...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Turkish press 30 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Turkey's Kurdish issue Yeni Safak [liberal, pro-Islamic) "Prime Minister Erdogan says everyone who lives in this country must be able to express their ethnic identity comfortably within the...

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November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by North Korean news agency KCNA Pyongyang, 30 November: DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] Foreign Minister Paek Nam-sun sent a congratulatory message to...

Bangladesh officials say political will needed to stop terror.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 November Left at a loss by twin suicide blasts in Gajipur and Chittagong, the law-enforcers yesterday said only a...

Uzbek Senate session to open 2 December.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Uzbek newspaper Narodnoye Slovo on 30 November An announcement on the convening of the Senate of Uzbekistan's Supreme Assembly [parliament] for its fourth plenary session:...

Bangladesh government said mulls army-led drive against Islamist militants.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 November The government is mulling over going for a combing operation similar to the Operation Clean Heart to net the...

Kazakhstan denies closing border with Kyrgyzstan.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Russian news agency Interfax-AVN website Bishkek/Astana, 30 November: The Kazakh National Security Committee has denied a claim by Bishkek stating that Kazakh...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Middle East Arabic press 30 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and comment published in the 30 November 2005 editions of Arabic language newspapers in the Middle East and North Africa, as available to...

US invites leaders of Iranian "separatist" group for talks - Daily.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report, from "What else is new" column, entitled: "America invites leaders of an Iranian separatist group to meet for talks in the USA"; published by Iranian newspaper...

Ukraine defence minister says Russian naval base no threat to security.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 30 November: Ukrainian Defence Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko has told journalists in Moscow that Ukraine does not view the Russian Black...

Armenian minister, British official discuss cooperation.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Armenian news agency Arminfo Yerevan, 29 November: Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan today had a meeting with Martin Dinham, Director of Europe, Middle East and...

Palestinian negotiator urges US to stop Israeli interference in elections.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Palestinian radio Voice of Palestine on 30 November Head of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department, Dr Sa'ib Urayqat, has called on the US Administration to force Israel...

Russia: Commission announces multi-frequency regional TV tender.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report byRussian newspaper Kommersant on 18 November, subheadings as published As Kommersant has learned, on 25 January 2006, within the context of a session of the Federal...

Bosnian Serb parties comment on PDP's decision to act as opposition.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnian Serb Television (Banja Luka) on 28 November [Announcer] Everything that was not running smoothly in the coalition between the SDS [Serb Democratic Party] and the...

Russian premier considers accountability of company officials.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency RIA Novosti Moscow, 30 November: Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov believes that the accountability of state representatives in companies' boards...

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November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio TV Hong Kong Radio 3 audio website on 30 November [Newsreader] The chief executive, Donald Tsang, will make a television broadcast to the Hong Kong public this...

Former senior Chechen official in charge of funds arrested over abuse of office.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Groznyy, 30 November: The head of the Chechen government committee for the payment of monetary compensation for destroyed housing and lost...

Bangladesh lawyers call 1-day nationwide strike to protest bombings.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 November The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday decided to enforce tomorrow a countrywide dawn-to-dusk...

Nepal government ordered not to ban FM news.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nepalese Kantipuronline.com website on 30 November Kathmandu, 30 November: The Supreme Court (SC) Wednesday ordered the government not to ban any FM radio station from...

UNMIK is hiding graves of Serb victims, Kosovo Serb association says.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Serbia-Montenegrin radio Kontakt Plus on 29 November [Announcer] Milorad Trifunovic, the coordinator for northern Kosovo of the Association of Families of Kidnapped...

Ethiopia to set up body to probe recent street violence in capital.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by pro-Ethiopian government Walta Information Centre website on 30 November Addis Ababa, 30 November: The House of Peoples Representatives endorsed yesterday a...

Over 40,000 HIV-positive people registered in Russia's Siberia.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Kemerovo, 29 November: Almost 42,800 HIV-positive cases have been registered in the Siberian Federal District, which accounts for some 0.2...

Man arrested in Moscow with 1 kg of TNT and a grenade.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 30 November: Police seized 1 kg of TNT at the Moscow-Rizhskaya [railway] station, ITAR-TASS learnt today from law enforcement bodies...

Al-Jazeera TV calls for release of UK memo on possible military action.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Editorial analysis by Alistair Coleman of BBC Monitoring Media Services on 29 November Wadah Khanfar, Director-General of the Qatar-based Arabic satellite TV station Al-Jazeera has called...

Czech news agency schedule of events for 30 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) [This schedule of events has not been edited for content, nor have personal names and party names, abbreviations, etc. been amended.] Text of report in English by Czech news agency CTK ...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Hungarian press on 30 Nov 2005.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in the 30 November 2005 Internet editions of the main Hungarian newspapers: Hungarian premier's reaction to...

Nepal Maoists pressurize communities to return schools to government.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Nepalese daily newspaper Nepal Samacharpatra on 30 November; subheading as published Nepalgunj [mid-west Nepal]: Ten schools have been returned to government care...

Bangladesh opposition leader alleges government links to bombings - paper.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 November Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the ruling coalition bears direct links to...

Nepal's NGO code ordered by Defence Ministry - paper.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Nepalese daily newspaper Nepal Samacharpatra on 30 November Kathmandu: It has been disclosed that the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare had issued the...

British official says Montenegrin referendum must meet criteria - daily.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by by Ndj. Rudovic: "EU prepared to mediate" published in Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti on 29 November London and Podgorica The EU might act as a go-between during the...

Bangladesh Islamic party head links opposition to blasts.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 November Dhaka: Jamaat-e-Islami amir and Industries Minister Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami condemned yesterday's deadly...

Commander says Papua New Guinea army wives turning to prostitution.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Papua New Guinea newspaper The National website on 30 November, by Philip Dowa Wives of low-ranking PNG Defence Force soldiers were engaging in...

Radical daily says US needs Iran's help to exit Iraq.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed editorial in English, entitled: "The US Catch 22"; published by Iranian newspaper Keyhan International on 30 November In an article titled: "The New Way Out" published...

BBC Monitoring quotes from the Iranian press 30 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in the 30 November 2005 editions of Iranian newspapers available to BBC Monitoring at 0530 gmt Nuclear...

Azeri agency says 17 opposition members still in custody.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan Baku, 29 November: Seventeen opposition members, who were detained during the dispersal of the 26 November rally, are being held in police...

Lebanese MP Junblatt says Syrian "agents" still operating in Lebanon.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of telephone interview with Lebanese MP and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Druze leader Walid Junblatt, in Al-Mukhtarah by presenter Ali al-Zufayri in the Doha studios,...

Spouse of Uzbek opposition leader wounded in Kazakh south - website.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Ferghana.ru news agency website The chairman of the unregistered Human Rights Protection Committee of Uzbekistan, Marat Zohidov, has said that the spouse of Nigora...

Bangladesh militant attacks kill 17 since August blasts.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star website on 30 November Fifteen people, including judges, lawyers and police, have been killed since banned Islamist militant outfit...

Nepali Congress chief urges Maoists to extend cease-fire.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Nepalese daily newspaper Rajdhani on 30 November Kathmandu, 29 November: President of Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala has called upon the Maoists to extend the...

Summary of Turkmen TV Military Programme 0505 gmt 27 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Summary of "Garassyz, baky bitarap Turkmenistana gulluk edyarin" ("I serve independent and neutral Turkmenistan") military programme 1. 0000 Presenter-read quotes of Turkmen President...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Afghan press 30 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials published in 30 November editions of Dari- and Pashto-language Afghan newspapers: Karzai in Kandahar Hewad (state-run daily):...

Iran Daily predicts wave of US-Israeli "psychological warfare" against Syria.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Dorafshani, entitled: "Israeli Provocations"; published by Iranian newspaper Iran Daily website on 30 November Recent aerial attacks by Israel on Lebanon's...

Nigeria: Government to spend 350m dollars on communications satellite.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nigerian newspaper This Day website on 28 November Federal Government yesterday said it is spending about 350m dollars on building Nigeria's first ever communication...

European Commission will facilitate visas for Albanians - vice-president.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Albanian news agency ATA Tirana, 29 November: Prime Minister Sali Berisha had a working dinner in Belgium today with the vice-president of the European...

Pakistan president to decide on military leadership before 2007.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 30 November Islamabad: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have held a one-to-one meeting at the Army House,...

South Korean minister denies plan to withdraw troops from Iraq.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 30 November: Defence Minister Yoon Kwang-ung dismissed the possibility Wednesday [30 November] that South Korea might...

Minister says aid agencies trying to "discredit" Niger over famine.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 30 November [Presenter] Niger is facing another food crisis and just like the previous year. The World Food Program says three million people...

Turkish opposition leader criticizes premier over unrest in southeast.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Turkish NTV television's NTV Online website on 29 November CHP [Republican People's Party] Chairman Deniz Baykal has sharply criticized Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...

European official condemns police violence at Azeri demo.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan Strasbourg, 29 November: President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rene van der Linden has expressed his concern at...

Nepal: Journalists from raided FM station released.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Nepalese newspaper Kantipur on 29 November Kathmandu, 28 November: Political parties, civic society, rights activists and journalists have strongly condemned the...

Rocket attack kills Afghan army soldier in southeastern district.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website Kabul, 30 November: One soldier was killed and two others suffered injuries in an overnight rocket attack in the...

Italy concerned at Croatia's restitution deal with Austria - foreign ministry.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Rome, 29 November: The Italian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday [29 November] expressing concern over "increasingly...

European Parliament head welcomes Albania's progress in reforms.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Albanian news agency ATA Tirana, 29 November: Prime Minister Sali Berisha, during his visit in Brussels, met on Tuesday (29 November ) with the chairman of the...

Russia: St Petersburg media highlights 14-20 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following are media highlights from the Interfax-Northwest, ITAR-TASS St Petersburg, and Rosbalt news agencies, NTV St Petersburg, RTR St Petersburg and pro-governor's TRK Channel 5 TV...

No South Korea, Japan leaders' meeting at ASEAN summit - minister.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 30 November: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is not considering a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister...

Cyprus spokesman says Turks actions are "flagrant status quo violation".
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Greek Cypriot news agency CNA Nicosia, 27 November: Spokesman Kipros Khrisostomidhis has said today that the Cyprus government does not accept intrusion on the...

Pakistan PM launches power plant, says "back-door" talks with India to continue.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Ziaullah Niazi entitled: "Back channel diplomacy with India to continue: PM"; published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 30 November Lahore: Prime Minister...

US Undersecretary of State Burns to attend OSCE summit in Slovenia.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by T.B./STA entitled: "Burns instead of Rice in Slovenia", published by the Slovene newspaper Delo website on 30 November Washington: According to the US State...

Albania takes "meaningful steps" to progress, democracy - president.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Albanian news agency ATA Tirana, 29 November: During a ceremonial reception held on Monday [28 November] evening on the occasion of the national day, President...

Over 1,000 participants expected at OSCE summit in Slovenia.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Slovene television website on 30 November All 55 members, 11 delegations from partner states and several international organizations will attend the OSCE ministerial...

Iraqi president urges Kurds to participate in elections.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has said that the future parliament will represent all Iraqi constituents including the Sunnis Arabs, who will be participating in the process. He urged the people...

Iranian government spokesman's website to be revived.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) website Tehran, 30 November: The government spokesman has reported that the government spokesman's website is to be revived. Speaking...

Iranian police placed under interior minister's direct command.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian Fars News Agency website Tehran, 30 November: The interior minister's acting command over the Law Enforcement Force in the place of the eminent leader and...

Russian court overrules London demand for Yukos to repay foreign creditors.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 30 November: The Court of Arbitration has rejected the validity in Russia of a London High Court ruling that ordered Yukos to...

Russian premier urges devolving powers of taxation to the regions.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Channel One TV on 30 November [Presenter] The development of the taxation system in Russia has been discussed at a conference which Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov...

Germany rejects demands Iraqi hostage-takers' demands.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by German news agency ddp on 30 November Berlin: Politicians of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) have rejected the demands put forward...

Nepal army helicopter kills Maoist commanders - rebel leader.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Nepalese Kantipuronline.com website on 30 November Kathmandu, 30 November: At least two senior Maoist military commanders were killed in aerial firing by the Royal...

Rwandan president discuses regional security with visiting Burundi counterpart.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Rwandan newspaper The New Times web site on 30 November Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has said that the persistent civil wars and conflicts that...

Al-Qa'idah implicated in kidnapping of German in Iraq.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by German news agency ddp on 30 November Berlin: After the kidnapping of the German archaeologist Susanne Osthoff in Iraq there are further clues indicating the involvement of...

BBC Monitoring headlines, quotes from Palestinian press 30 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of headlines and quotes taken from the Palestinian press published on 30 November: Headlines Al-Quds: 32 prisoners at Ofer [Israeli detention centre]...

Syria: Improvements in state-run satellite TV - Lebanese paper.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lebanese newspaper Al-Safir website on 18 November It is as if Syrian Arab Television, both terrestrially and via satellite, was, for years, out of the competition and...

NATO asks Pakistan if forces needed beyond 90-day term.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Mariana Baabar entitled: "Should we stay or leave, NATO asks government", published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 30 November Islamabad: The North...

Russia: Leningrad Region media highlights 11-26 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following are highlights from the Delovoy Peterburg and Vesti St Petersburg newspapers, Severinform and Prime-TASS - Northwest news agencies, Business News Agency, and Fontanka.ru website...

Bangladesh TV reports bomb attack near Dhaka.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bangladeshi ATN TV on 29 November [Presenter] People wounded by the blasts in Gajipur [near Dhaka] were brought to different hospitals in Dhaka. Political leaders rushed...

Russia: Afghanistan on agenda as collective security states seek wider role.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency RIA Novosti Moscow, 30 November: The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization [CSTO] are concerned about the situation in...

BBC Monitoring Quotes from Israel's Hebrew Press 30 Nov 05.
November 30, 2005... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) A selection of quotes from editorials published in 30 Nov editions of Hebrew-language Israeli newspapers available to BBCM. Israeli election campaign Ma'ariv [centre-right] [From...