BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from November 2009

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from November 2009

Indian forces equipped to prevent another Mumbai-type attack - army chief.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by Indian news agency PTI Thiruvananthapuram, 29 November: The armed forces are fully prepared and equipped to ensure that Mumbai type 26/11 terror attacks do not happen again, Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said...

Swine flu toll in India reaches 573.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi, 29 November: Three deaths due to swine flu were reported from India's northern state of Rajasthan Sunday [29 November], taking the toll due to the disease in the country to 573. There...

Pakistan forces kill 24 extremists in tribal areas - website.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Pakistan's private television channel Geo News website on 29 November Peshawar: At least 14 extremists were killed and a security man was injured in action in Kurram Agency, Khyber Agency and South Waziristan Agency, Geo...

India, Pakistan foreign ministers avoid meeting at Commonwealth Summit.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Indian news agency PTI Port of Spain, 29 November: In a reflection of further chill in Indo-Pak relations, foreign ministers of the two countries avoided a meeting even though they were at the same venue here for the last...

Media persons from worldover to attend meet in India.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Indian news agency PTI Hyderabad, 29 November: Curbs on media coverage of sports and other events, challenges posed by Internet and future of journalism will be high on the agenda when media personalities from across the...

Launch of US satellite from Kazakh cosmodrome delayed for day.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Baykonur, 29 November: The launch of a US telecommunications satellite Intelsat-15 from Baykonur [cosmodrome] by Zenit-3M rocket and the DM-SLB transfer orbit stage, has been...

Pakistan minister rejects possibility of talks with Taleban.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 28 November: Minister for Interior A Rehman Malik Saturday [28 November] expressed government's resolve to flush out terrorists from the country at any cost....

Iran MP says IAEA takes orders from major powers.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report in English by Iranian news channel Press TV website on 30 November 30 November: An Iranian lawmaker says that the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors obeys the orders of the global arrogance. ...

Iran navy will fight piracy off coast of Somalia.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Iranian news channel Press TV website on 30 November 30 November: The commander of the Iranian navy says that the country's naval forces will even chase Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden if necessary. "The...

Iran: Roundup of Kohkiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province Friday prayer sermons 27 Nov 09.
November 30, 2009... Friday imams in Iran's Kohkiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province spoke mainly about Id al-Ahda holiday and the Basij Week in their sermons on 27 November, provincial Dena TV reported. The Friday imam of the provincial capital Yasuj, Hojjat ol-Eslam...

India creating problems by helping militants in Pakistan - envoy.
November 30, 2009... Text of unattributed report headlined "India flooding arms into Waziristan, Balochistan: Sadiq" published by Pakistan newspaper The Nation website on 28 November Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Muhammad Sadiq has said that India, rather...

Railway track blown up in front of arriving train in Russia's Dagestan.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Rostov-na-Donu, 30 November: A railway track has been blown up in Dagestan in front of an approaching passenger train No 374 bound from Tyumen to Baku. "The railway track was...

Canadian terror suspect denies role in India's Mumbai attacks - lawyer.
November 30, 2009... Text of report published by Indian news agency PTI Chicago: Terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, under investigation for possible links to 26/11 terror attacks in Indi western city of Mumbai's , has categorically denied any involvement in...

Iran: Roundup of Mazandaran Province Friday prayer sermons 27 Nov 09.
November 30, 2009... Friday imams in Iran's Mazandaran Province have spoken mainly about Basij Week and the Id al-Ahda holiday in their sermons on 27 November, provincial Tabarestan TV reported. The representative of supreme leader in Mazandaran, Ayatollah...

Iran: Roundup of Esfahan Province Friday prayer sermons 27 Nov 09.
November 30, 2009... The representative of the supreme leader in the province and Friday imam of Esfahan, Ayatollah Tabataba'i, called for marking the Velayat Week to be marked as enthusiastic as possible. He congratulated the people of the province on Id al-Adha...

China, EU sign energy and environmental agreements.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Nanjing, 30 November (Xinhua): China and the European Union signed five cooperative documents after the 12th China-EU summit held in eastern China city...

Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Abogo denounces partiality of poll body team.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Gabon-based pan-African radio broadcaster Africa No 1 on 29 November [Presenter] The candidate for the main opposition party, Convergence Party for Social Democracy, Placido Mico Abogo, has denounced the partiality of...

Chinese premier defends currency against EU criticism.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Nanjing, 30 November (Xinhua): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday that it is unfair that some countries demand appreciation of China's currency...

US officials, Chinese defence minister visit Japanese destroyer.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Sasebo, Japan, 30 November, Kyodo: China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie, in a rare step Monday by a Chinese dignitary, visited a Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer...

Equatorial Guinea: Incumbent President Nguema says satisfied with voting process.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Gabon-based pan-African radio broadcaster Africa No 1 on 29 November [Presenter] Expected tomorrow Monday, the results of the presidential election held today in Equatorial Guinea took place in total calm. Incumbent...

Japanese stocks rise on eased fears over stronger yen, Dubai debt.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 30 November, Kyodo: Tokyo stocks rose over two per cent on Monday morning as investors bought back export-oriented and financial issues amid eased fears over the stronger...

Iran: Roundup of West Azarbayjan Province Friday prayer sermons 27 Nov 09.
November 30, 2009... Friday Imams have focused mainly on the Basij Week, Arafeh prayer and upcoming Id al-Adha religious holiday in the Friday prayer sermons in West Azarbayjan Province, the Provincial Azarbayjan TV reported. Orumiyeh interim Friday Imam Hojjat...

Japan plans budget boost to counter rising yen.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 30 November, Kyodo: The second extra budget for fiscal 2009 will likely be bigger than the initially planned 2.7 trillion yen to meet the increasing need to cushion the...

Report says "well-known" photographer killed in Kazakh north.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by privately-owned Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Pavlodar, 30 November: A well-known Kazakh photographer, Edyge Niyazov, has been killed in Pavlodar (administrative centre of [northern] Kazakhstan's Pavlodar Region), the...

Hisb al-Islam official, Al-Shabab meet in southern Somalia over recent conflict.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November A meeting whose outcome is not yet known has been held in the outskirts of Dhoblai District, Lower Jubba [southern Somalia] between Shaykh Hasan Turki...

Iran president to appear on live phone-in programme - TV.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by state-run Iranian TV channel one on 30 November Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad will hold live dialogue with people [possibly in a phone-in programme format] today, 30 November after 2100 [1730 gmt] news programme. ...

AU troops in Somalia said demoralised over unpaid salaries.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November African Union special representative to Somalia, Nicholas Bwakira has said their forces will continue working in Somalia despite the fact that they have not...

Norways pledges to give additional humanitarian support to Somalia.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by privately-owned Somali Shabeelle Media Network website on 29 November The government of Norway has said it is going to increase the amount of humanitarian aid it has been giving to Somalia. Norway's Minister of...

Somali government, Islamists exchange harsh words over media during Idd al hajj.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November Officials of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] and those of armed opposition groups that are fighting them exchanged harsh words over the...

Kyrgyzstan appeals to Eurasian Economic Community's fund for help.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by privately-owned Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website Kyrgyzstan has appealed to the Eurasian Economic Community's stabilization fund for help, Russian Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin has said in an interview with...

Russia: Local official killed in Dagestan.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti Makhachkala, 30 November: The head of Dagestan's Magaramkentskiy District was killed in Makhachkala on Monday morning [30 November], a spokesperson for the republic's Interior Ministry...

Police seize smuggled fuel, arrests 132 smugglers in south-eastern Iran.
November 30, 2009... Police officers of Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan Province have seized 121,485 litres of smuggled fuel from smugglers. According to Fars news agency from Zahedan, deputy Law Enforcement Force (LEF) Commander of Sistan-Baluchestan, Ali Taher, has...

Somalia's Hisb al-Islam official, fighters said recieving treatment in Kenya.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November Reports reaching us from Garissa in North Eastern Province, Kenya indicate that wounded Hisb al-Islam officials and some of their fighters have arrived in...

Somali government expects donors to release pledged funds soon.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government website on 29 November Donor countries have pledged 250 Million Dollars to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG]. Most of the cash is yet to be released and the TFG has said it...

Somali farmers welcome Al-Shabab order urging WFP to buy food internally.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November Farmers in Lower Shabelle Region [southern Somalia] have welcomed recent statement by Al-Shabab in which the group urged World Food Programme to purchase the...

Somalia's Al-Shabab claims rival Islamists have crossed border to Kenya.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November Senior Hisb Al-Islam officials among them Shaykh Hasan Mahdi and Shaykh Ahmad Madobe are reported to have crossed over into the Kenyan side of the...

Al-Shabab vows to attack government forces in southwestern Somalia.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November Shaykh Fu'ad Muhammad Qalaf speaking to hundreds of people in Baydhabo on the first day of Eid has threatened to attack Transitional Federal Government of...

Somali group speaks of new plan to destabilise central Somalia town by rivals.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali pro-Puntland government Puntlandpost website on 29 November The commander for Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a security forces in southern Gaalkacyo, Mudug Region [central Somalia], Ahmad Muhammad Hasan alias Ato speaking to the...

Rwanda welcomes entry into Commonwealth.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 30 November Kigali: The Government of Rwanda has welcomed the country's entry into the Commonwealth grouping and has vowed to contribute to promote the principles of the...

Somalia: Hisb al Islam officials secretly enter Kenya.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Somali pro-Puntland government Garoweonline website on 29 November Several Hisb al Islam officials led by Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Islam (Madobe) have reportedly crossed the border into neighbouring Kenya, escaping...

Ugandan Speaker defends state's stand on homosexuality.
November 30, 2009... Text of report entitled "Uganda hits back over gay criticism" by state-owned, mass-circulation Ugandan daily The New Vision website on 30 November The government yesterday responded strongly to international criticism over the proposed...

Concern grows in Ghana over rise in piracy.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Francis Kokutse, Nation correspondent, entitled "Ghana worried as pirate raids on the rise on its coast" published by Kenyan privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation website on 29 November;newspaper subheading Accra, Sunday:...

Zanzibari president concerned over impact of climate change.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Tanzanian newspaper The Guardian website on 29 November Zanzibari President Amani Abeid Karume has expressed his fear over the fate of Unguja [Zanzibar] and Pemba islands at a time when the world has started experiencing...

New Zealand Defence Force, air force chiefs reappointed.
November 30, 2009... Text of news release carried by New Zealand government website on 30 November The Chief of Defence Force, Lt-Gen Jerry Mateparae, and the Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, have been reappointed for a further year from 1 May...

UN tribunal for Rwanda to step up tracking down of fugitives.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Gashegu Muramira and agencies entitled "ICTR to intensify tracking down fugitives" in English by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 30 November The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has reiterated...

Iran paper reports "heavy verbal clash" between Obama, Israeli PM.
November 30, 2009... Text of commentary headlined "Obama-baby, understanding or humiliation" published by Iranian newspaper Javan on 25 November A few months ago when Barack Obama, the president of the United States, in a statement at the Cairo University,...

France to support peace in Great Lakes region.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by James Karuhanga entitled "Rwanda, France restore relations" in English by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 30 November Kigali: Rwanda and France have agreed to restore diplomatic relations three years after the two...

Australia welcomes Commonwealth reaffirmation of ban on Fiji.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Radio Australia, international service of the government-funded ABC, on 30 November The Australian government says it is pleased Commonwealth leaders have reaffirmed the decision to suspend Fiji from the Commonwealth. The...

Israeli PM cancels Germany trip due to illness; link to Shalit deal denied.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report in English by privately-owned Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post website on 29 November [Report by Herb Keinon: "Virus Forces PM To Delay German Trip"] Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took ill Sunday evening [29...

Rwanda now mine free.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by James Karuhanga entitled "Rwanda declared mine-free" in English published by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 30 November Kigali: The Ministry of Defence (MINADEF) announced yesterday that Rwanda is now a mine free...

Ugandan opposition, army spokesman trade accusations over rearming in east.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by David Mafabi entitled "FDC plan to sue Kulayigye" leading privately-owned Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor website on 30 November Mbale [eastern Uganda]: [Opposition] Forum for Democratic Change supporters in Karamoja...

Religious group halts Maldives musical show.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Maldives pro-government newspaper Miadhu News website on 30 November Monday, 30 November: A local association had stopped a music show from being held in Thaa Atoll [south-central Maldives] Dhiyamigilli. This music show was...

Type of explosive device in Russian train blast established.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 30 November: A composite charge with a plastic-based explosive was used to blow up the Nevskiy Ekspress train, a source in law-enforcement agencies told Russian news...

China's Chen Zhili leaves Beijing for North Korean visit.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) - Chen Zhili, vice-chairwoman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), left here Monday for a...

China, EU issue joint statement on enhancing "comprehensive strategic partnership".
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) NANJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) - China and the European Union vowed to further enhance their comprehensive strategic partnership in a joint statement issued...

Top political advisor says China, Brazil should tap potential for cooperation.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "China, Brazil Should Tap Potential for Cooperation: Top Chinese Political Adviser"] MANAUS, Brazil, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) - China and Brazil...

Wen Jiabao hopes European integration conducive to China-EU ties.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Premier Wen Hopes European Integration Conducive To China-EU Ties"] NANJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday he...

Wen Jiabao calls for China-EU ties to be more strategic, comprehensive, stable.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Updated version: adding Urgent tag, rewriting Subject line; Xinhua: "Wen Calls for China-EU Ties To Be More Strategic, Comprehensive and Stable"] ...

Spree killing suspect caught in South China.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Spree Killing Suspect Caught in S. China"] BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) - Police in south China's Hainan Province said they had caught a man...

Military cooperation in eastern Africa lauded.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Doreen Musingo entitled "Jeje Odongo cautions Kimaka graduands against HIV" by state-owned, mass-circulation Ugandan daily The New Vision website on 30 November The defence state minister, Maj-Gen Jeje Odongo, has cautioned...

Hisb al Islam fighters surrender to Al-Shabab in southern Somalia.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by privately-owned Somali radio HornAfrik on 30 November The deputy director of information of Al-Shabab administration in Jubba regions [southern Somalia], Abdifatah Ibrahim Ali has said that more than 20 fighters from Hisb al...

Swine flu spreading in northwestern Tanzania.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by Rodgers Luhwago entitled "Swine flu continues to rock Mwanza" by Tanzanian newspaper The Guardian on Sunday website on 29 November Anxiety over the outbreak of swine flu in Mwanza Region [northwestern Tanzania] is...

Digest of reports from Eritrea's Hadas Ertra newspaper on 28 November.
November 30, 2009... The following is a selection of news reports from the 28 November edition of Hadas Ertra (which means New Eritrea in Tigrinya), the only state-owned Tigrinya-language newspaper in Eritrea. Hadas Ertra is published every day of the week apart...

Canada sticking to 2011 end date for Afghanistan combat role.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail website on 30 November [By Steven Chase] Port of Spain, Sunday 29 November: Canada is sticking to a 2011 end date for its combat mission in Afghanistan even as the United States...

Somalia's Puntland leader appoints his son as presidential media advisor.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by privately-owned Somali radio HornAfrik on 30 November The president of Puntland [regional autonomous in northeastern Somalia], Abdirahman Shaykh Muhammad Farole, yesterday issued a decree in which he appointed his son,...

Home politics likely to derail Ukrainian military contracts in Iraq.
November 30, 2009... Ukraine is stalling an arms deal with Iraq for political reasons at home, a defence industry website has reported. The author said Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's reluctance to sign a letter providing additional guarantees requested by the...

School director detained for selling heroin in Tajik north.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by privately-owned Tajik news agency Asia-Plus website Khujand, 30 November: Officers of the Sughd regional department of the [Tajik] Drug Control Agency have detained the director of a children's sports school in one of the...

French official says government to name envoy to Rwanda in "two weeks time".
November 30, 2009... Text of unattributed report entitled "New French envoy's name in 2 weeks" published in English by Rwandan news agency RNA Kigali: France will name its envoy to Kigali in two weeks time as part of efforts to restore full diplomatic relations...

Pakistan PM says Indian army chief's remarks on "limited" war irresponsible.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Pakistan's private television channel Geo News website on 30 November Islamabad: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani has said that the Indian Army chief's statement relating to the limited nuclear war was irresponsible and...

Decision on Kurils should be acceptable for Russia, Japan - president's aide.
November 30, 2009... The decision on the Kuril Islands should be acceptable both for Japan and Russia and have prospects to be approved by their parliaments and peoples, head of the Russian presidential administration, Sergey Naryshkin, has said as reported by...

Russia, Iran to agree on candidacy for GECF head - energy minister.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Tehran, 29 November: Russia and Iran are intending to formulate a common stance on the election of the secretary-general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), Russian...

Rwanda's UDPR party says will not field presidential candidate in 2010 poll.
November 30, 2009... Text of unattributed report entitled "RPF coalition partner "will not field presidential candidate"" published in English by Rwandan news agency RNA Kigali: Nine months to the presidential polls, one of the small coalition partners of the...

Australia insists not expecting call to add Afghanistan troops.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Radio Australia, international service of the government-funded ABC, on 30 November Australia's foreign minister, Stephen Smith, has again stressed he doesn't expect the United States to ask Canberra to send more troops to...

Thai king postpones birthday speech, trooping of guard.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 30 November Office of HM's Principle Private Secretary announced on Monday that His Majesty the King has ordered the indefinite postponement of many functions relating to his...

African Union admits soldiers' casualty in Somalia mission.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Somali pro-Puntland government Garoweonline website on 27 November The African Union peacekeeping troops in Somalia have for the first time revealed that it has lost 80 of its soldiers in explosions and gun battle...

President calls for greater South Korean assistance to global community.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) - President Lee Myung-bak [Ri Myo'ng-pak] urged his country on Monday to increase its support and economic aid to the international community, saying it's...

Official says South Korea to send drifted North soldier back "this week".
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) - A North Korean soldier who drifted into South Korean waters off the west coast will be sent back home later this week, officials here said Monday. The...

Burundi: Ex rebels name Agathon Rwasa as presidential candidate for 2010 polls.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by French state-funded public broadcaster Radio France Internationale on 30 November [Presenter] In Burundi, the former rebels of the National Liberation Forces, FNL are ready to battle for the upcoming 2010 presidential...

PM says Customs Union "milestone" in Kazakhstan's development.
November 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by state-owned Kazakh news agency Kazinform Astana, 30 December: The Customs Union [set up by Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan] is a milestone in our further development, Kazakh Prime Minister Karimov has said in Astana...

Iran Majlis speaker dubious about West's nuclear guarantees.
November 30, 2009... Speaker of Iran's Majlis has expressed doubts about West's nuclear guarantees in a live news conference carried by IRINN on 30 November. In a reaction to the calls by the West to guarantee Iran's need for nuclear fuel, he questioned the...

2011 Commonwealth summit "great opportunity" for Western Australia.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by Radio Australia, international service of the government-funded ABC, on 30 November [Newsreader] Planning the security arrangements for 54 heads of state and the Queen will begin immediately following the announcement that...

UNDP to open resource centre to help Kyrgyz journalists covering HIV/AIDS.
November 30, 2009... Text of report by privately-owned Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website A resource centre for media outlets covering HIV/AIDS issues will be opened in Kyrgyzstan, the UNDP specialist for public relations, Elina Karakulova, has said. It will be the...

Yet another Georgian kidnapped near S Ossetia - TV.
November 30, 2009... "Russian occupiers and Ossetian separatists" took yet another captive in the vicinity of the village of Perevi, adjacent to breakaway South Ossetia on 29 November, privately-owned Imedi TV reported at 0700 gmt on 30 November. The kidnapped...

Saudi minister receives commanders of hajj security forces.
November 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Saudi state-owned official news agency SPA website Mecca, 29 November: Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, second deputy premier and interior minister, who is also chairman of Hajj Supreme Committee, received at the...