BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from November 2010, page 8

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Pakistan forces arrest Taleban militant in Swat.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by staff correspondent headlined "Militant commander arrested in Swat" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 28 November Mingora: An important militant was arrested in Bodigram area of Matta tehsil in Swat valley...

Five civilians killed in Somali capital fighting.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by privately-owned Somali Shabeelle Media Network website on 28 November Up to five civilians have been killed and many more wounded in mortar attacks that were exchanged by government forces and those of Al-Shabab in northern...

Subsidy cut saves Iran 20 per cent on budget - vice-president.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian news channel Press TV website on 28 November Iranian Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Reza Mir-Tajoddini says the country's subsidy reforms would save 20 per cent of the country's budget....

Sri Lanka, Pakistan sign four agreements.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence website on 29 November Sri Lanka and Pakistan signed four agreements in the presence of President Mahinda Rajapakse and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidential Secretariat...

AU welcomes ratification of new Somali cabinet.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by privately-owned Somali Shabeelle Media Network website on 28 November The African Union has welcomed the move in which Members of the Federal Somali Parliament endorsed Prime Minister Muhammad Abdullahi Farmajo's...

Pakistan minister denies government's plan to include Musharraf in Bhutto case.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Imran Mukhtar headlined "Malik takes U-turn on quizzing Musharraf" published by Pakistani newspaper The Nation website on 28 November Islamabad - Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday [27 November] backtracked his...

Afghan ministry launches project on reinforcing river banks.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Afghan privately-owned Shamshad TV on 28 November [Presenter] The Ministry of Water and Energy has signed contracts on the construction of river walls with eight construction companies. Officials of the ministry said that...

Somali president urges new cabinet to work with parliament, address security.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by privately-owned Somali Shabeelle Media Network website on 28 November The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] president has asked the newly appointed cabinet to work hard and address the difficult situation the...

Ugandan opposition president candidate says polls body is biased, incompetent.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-run Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) Radio on 29 November Inter-Party Cooperation, IPC, presidential flagbearer Col Kiiza Besigye has said the campaigns are on schedule, but expressed concerns over media coverage....

Bangladesh opposition rejects request to find alternatives to general strike.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Bangladeshi privately-owned English-language newspaper The Daily Star website on 29 Nov BNP [Bangladesh Nationalist Party] Secretary-General Khandker Delwar Hossain yesterday sharply rebuffed a request by business leaders...

UN court postpones trial of two former Rwandan ruling party officials to January.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Gashegu Muramira entitled "MRND leaders' trial adjourned" published by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 29 November The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), last week, postponed to early...

USA gives Afghanistan 38m dollars to develop agriculture.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Afghan privately-owned Shamshad TV on 28 November [Presenter] The USA has announced that it will provide 38m dollars of assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock. Officials say that the donation...

Iran ready to help Tajik development - speaker.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian news channel Press TV website on 28 November Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has expressed the Islamic Republic's readiness to help Tajikistan to achieve progress and development. "Iran has a...

Ivorian opposition candidate votes in run-off election.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 28 November Alassane Ouattara, the Rally of Republicans' candidate also voted. The team of reporters dispatched by the Abidjan Television Chaine Une was able to get the images which are presented to...

Ivorian presidency statement says curfew remains in effect.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 28 November [Statement issued on 28 November in Abidjan by the Ivorian Presidency, read out by Sylvere Nebout, President Gbagbo's special adviser for communication - Decree from the Presidency of...

Petition filed against Pakistan government on allotting land to US forces.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by staff correspondent headlined "Land to US forces challenged" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 28 November Lahore: A Local lawyer has filed a writ petition in the Lahore High Court challenging federal...

Sudan withdraws from participating in Afro-European summit in Libya.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-owned Sudanese radio on 29 November The presidency of the republic has issued a statement announcing Sudan's withdrawal from participating in the Afro-European summit scheduled to be held in the Libyan capital,...

Rwanda: Commission to table rights report in House 30 November.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Edwin Musoni entitled "Rights report to be presented to parliament" published by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 29 November Kigali - The chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, Sylvie...

Afghan ministry says Russian arms help police to improve security.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Afghan privately-owned Shamshad TV on 28 November [Presenter] The Ministry of Interior Affairs has said that it will soon receive 20,000 different types of weapons from Russia to equip the police forces. Officials say that...

Pakistan frontier province minister urges military operation in Karachi.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by staff correspondent headlined "Bilour for military operation in Karachi" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 28 November Daggar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister and Awami National Party (ANP) leader...

Iran Names OIC Satellite "Volunteers"
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian news channel Press TV website on 28 November Iran's Telecommunications Minister Reza Taqipur says Turkey, Pakistan and some Arab countries have volunteered to collaborate with Iran on design and launch of...

Fourteen suspects arrested during search operation in northwest Pakistan.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by staff correspondent headlined "Forces launch search in Darra" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 28 November Kohat: The security forces launched a search operation in Akhorwal area in Darra Adamkhel on...

US war crimes envoy scheduled to visit Bangladesh Jan 2011.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Bangladeshi privately-owned English-language newspaper New Age website on 29 Nov [Report by David Bergman] The US War Crimes Ambassador-at-large, Stephen Rapp arrives in Dhaka in the new year to provide the government...

Ivorian official says voting irregularities target incumbent president.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 28 November [Communique by Zoguehi Gnahoua Auguste, the deputy chief of staff in the Interior Ministry in charge of territorial administration, in the studios of the Abidjan Television Ivorienne...

Cote d'Ivoire: Chief of army staff gives reasons for curfew.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 27 November [Statement made by Chief of Army Staff, Gen Phillipe Mangou, explaining reasons for Curfew on state televsion in Abidjan on 27 Nov] [Gen Mangou recording] The head of state issued the...

Pakistan: Extra forces to be deployed in northwest province during Muharram.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Farzana Shah headlined "30 more FC platoons for KP approved" published by Pakistani newspaper The Nation website on 28 November Peshawar - To deal with any untoward incident during Muharram, the federal government has...

Ivorian army spokesman urges respect for curfew hours during polls.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 28 November [Message read by Col Babri Gohourou, the spokesman of the Ivorian Defence and Security Forces, in the studios of the state-owned government controlled Abidjan Television Une in French on...

Ivorian leader president reaffirms curfew after casting vote in run-off polls.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-run Ivorian TV on 28 November [From a special election news programme. As I was telling you at the beginning of the newscast, the two candidates have obviously voted. We have the footages. Maxime Zogbo was with the...

Afghan ministries, departments seek ways to improve traffic in capital.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-owned National Afghanistan TV on 28 November [Presenter] Ministries of Interior Affairs, National Defence, Transport, Public Works, the Kabul Municipality, the National Directorate of Security and the National...

Some Chadian former combatants lay down arms, return home.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by state-owned Chadian radio on 9 November Thousands of men from various rebel factions have laid down their arms and returned to legal life. This happened yesterday during a return-home ceremony organized at the military...

Former Ghanaian leader attends global peace talks in Geneva.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Ghanaian Joy FM radio website owned by the Multimedia Broadcasting Corporation on 27 November Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra Friday [26 November] night for a three-day visit to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend...

Kashmir separatist leader links talks with India to Pakistan's participation.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Salman Ghani headlined "Talks with India linked to Pakistan's participation" published by Pakistani newspaper The Nation website on 28 November Lahore - Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party Chief Shabir Shah has clarified...

Russia to study wording of Wikileaks cables before reacting - Putin's spokesman.
November 29, 2010... The press secretary of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Dmitriy Peskov, has reacted cautiously to the Wikileaks publication of secret US diplomatic cables, in which Putin is described as an "alpha dog". "At the moment it is impossible...

Death toll in Mi-8 helicopter crash in Siberia rises to eight.
November 29, 2010... Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Omsk, 29 November: Specialists of the inter-state aviation committee have started checking the crashed Mi-8 helicopter in Omsk Region. The bodies of the casualties have been...

DRCongo minister rejects international NGO's report on country.
November 29, 2010... minister Text of report in English by James Karuhanga entitled "DRC rejects latest ICG report" published by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 29 November The Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected the content and conclusions in a...

Moldovan ruling alliance fails to win enough votes to elect president.
November 29, 2010... With 89.4 per cent of the votes counted in the early parliamentary election in Moldova, the opposition Communist Party has won 41.2 per cent of the votes, the Moldova One television has reported, quoting the Central Electoral Commission. ...

Somali rebel group said recruiting Kenyans.
November 29, 2010... Text of report entitled ''Police admit al-Shabaab recruiting Kenyan youth'' published by Kenyan privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation website on 29 November Somalia-based insurgent group Al-Shabab is recruiting Kenyans to join its ranks....

ICC prosecutor to visit Kenya, meet president, premier.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Oliver Mathenge entitled ''Ocampo to meet Big Two this week'' published by Kenyan privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation website on 29 November International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is expected in Kenya...

Ivorians anxiously await run-off poll results.
November 29, 2010... Excerpt from report by French state-funded public broadcaster Radio France Internationale on 29 November [Presenter] It is not yet known exactly when the results of the 28 November presidential run-off between President Laurent Gbagbo and...

Report says Kenya is significant transit country for cocaine, heroin.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Patrick Mayoyo entitled ''Revealed: US dossier on Kenya drug lords'' published by Kenyan privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation website on 29 November A report prepared by the US Department of State details drug trafficking...

Failed Afghan candidates say final results of polls illegal.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Afghan privately-owned Shamshad TV on 28 November [Presenter] Some unsuccessful parliamentary candidates have said that some foreign countries were involved in the elections. They have also said that the final election...

Cover price of Kenyan newspapers to rise.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Morris Aron entitled ''Cover price of newspapers set to rise'' published by Kenyan privately-owned daily newspaper The Standard website on 29 November; subheading inserted editorially The cover price of your favourite daily...

Pakistan: Commentary proposes US-Taleban-Al-Qa'idah talks to establish peace.
November 29, 2010... Text of commentary by Salim Yazdani headlined "Admission of Failure" published by Pakistani newspaper Jang on 25 November Most of my friends tell me that I have repeatedly written that the Pakistan Army has swiftly carried out military...

Chinese plane makes emergency landing at Kazakh airport.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by privately-owned Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Astana, 29 November: A Boeing 747 plane of the Safey [transliterated] Pacific Chinese airline made an emergency landing at an airport in Karaganda (the administrative centre of...

Two professors killed in Tehran - Al-Alam TV.
November 29, 2010... At 0645 gmt on 29 November, the Iranian Arabic language news channel Al-Alam TV carried the following urgent caption: "Al-Alam TV correspondent: Two university professors assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran." Source: Al-Alam TV,...

Belarusian Premier Expects No Rise in Russian Gas Price in 2011
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Belarusian privately-owned news agency Belapan Minsk, 28 November: Belarus expects the price of Russian natural gas for Belarus to remain next year at the same level as this year, Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski...

Iranian president, Lebanese prime minister discuss ties.
November 29, 2010... The Iranian president and the visiting Lebanese prime minister have discussed bilateral ties, Iranian news channel IRINN reported on 29 November. "The two sides discussed ways to develop bilateral ties between Tehran and Beirut", TV said....

Nepal: Top politician expresses concern over Maoist leader's foreign trips.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by privately-owned Nepalese newspaper Kathmandu Post via eKantipur website on 29 November Constituent Assembly Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang has expressed concern over the foreign trips of the senior CPN-UML leaders saying...

Australian attache observes US-South Korea naval exercise.
November 29, 2010... Text of media release carried by Australian Department of Defence website on 29 November A representative from the Australian Defence Force has today observed the United States-Republic of Korea naval exercise in the Yellow Sea. This naval...

Saudi minister says king "doing extremely well".
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Saudi state-owned official news agency SPA website New York, Dhu Al-Hijjah 22, 1431, 28 November: Minister of Health Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah reassured everyone about the health of the Custodian of the...

Three staff of Afghan election commission banned from travelling abroad.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 27 November [Presenter] The Attorney-General's Office has banned two employees of the Independent Election Commission [IEC] and an international election observer on charges of cheating in the...

US embassy in Yemen condemns Jawf, Sa'dah attacks.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by state-run Yemeni news agency Saba website Sanaa, 28 November: Embassy of the United States of America in Sanaa denounced on Sunday [28 November] the two attacks in the governorates of Jawf and Saada on 24 and 26...

Explosion rocks southern Afghan city.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 29 November An explosion has taken place in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand Province [southern Afghanistan]. Security officials of this province say that the explosion took place near a...

Professor killed, another injured in Tehran - Al-Alam TV.
November 29, 2010... At 0705 gmt, on 29 November, the Iranian Arabic language news channel Al-Alam TV carried the following urgent screen caption: "An assistant university professor assassinated in a blast caused by an explosive device targeting his car and another...

Text of South Korean president's address to the nation 29 Nov.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap ["Full Text of President Lee's National Speech"] SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) - The following is the full text of President Lee Myung-bak's address to the nation on Monday. Fellow...

Belarusian presidential candidate Nyaklyayew defies incumbent in TV address.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Belarusian privately-owned news agency Belapan Minsk, 26 November: A poet can make as good a president as the director of a Soviet-era farm, opposition presidential candidate Uladzimir Nyaklyayew said in his live...

Afghan election body to issue confirmation letters to successful candidates.
November 29, 2010... Excerpt from report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 29 November The [Afghan] Independent Election Commission has started the process of issuing confirmation letters to the parliamentary candidates who had succeeded in the parliamentary...

Belarusian president waives right to TV election address.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Belarusian privately-owned news agency Belapan Minsk, 26 November: [Belarusian President] Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who is running for a fourth presidential term, passed up an opportunity to deliver a live televised...

US urges North Korea to stop provocations prior to reopening of six-party talks.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap [Yonhap headline: "US Urges N. Korea to Stop Provocations Prior to 6-way Talks Reopening"] WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) - The United States Sunday [28 November] urged North Korea...

US, South Korea stage "high-intensity" naval drills in Yellow Sea.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap ["(LEAD) S. Korea, US Stage 'high-intensity' Naval Drills in Yellow Sea"] SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) - South Korean and US forces on Monday [ 29 November] staged "high-intensity"...

Lebanese prime minister, Iran's foreign minister discuss ties.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian official government news agency IRNA website Tehran, 29 November: Visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'd al-Hariri held separate meetings with senior Iranian officials Sunday saying he felt Iran was his...

Defeated candidates in Afghan west ask for annulling election results.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 27 November [Presenter] Defeated candidates in [western] Herat Province have formed a council and ask for annulling the latest election. They said that unless their demands were met, they would...

Iran: One professor killed, another wounded in separate attacks in Tehran.
November 29, 2010... One professor of Shahid Beheshti University was killed and another one was wounded in Tehran, the Iranian news agency Fars has reported. It said that Professor Shahriyari had been killed and Professor Ferudin Abbasi and his wife had been...

Legislature hears Hong Kong "has fully recovered from financial crisis".
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Radio TV Hong Kong Radio 3 on 29 November The financial secretary, John Tsang, says Hong Kong has fully recovered from the financial crisis, with the territory showing strong domestic consumption and improved job and income...

South Korean president decries North "crime against humanity".
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap ["(3rd LD) Lee vows retaliation for N. Korea over 'inhumane' attacks"] SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) - President Lee Myung-bak [Yi Myo'ng-pak] on Monday condemned North Korea's deadly...

Iraqi Sunni groups dispute with Al-Qa'idah over targeting Christians.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Hayat website on 28 November [Unattributed report from Baghdad: "Iraq: Targeting Christians Stirs Up Differences Between Al-Qa'idah And Sunni Groups"] The Iraqi Interior Ministry has announced...

SAfrica, Mozambique set up single border facility for passengers' transport.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by influential, privately-owned South African daily Business Day website on 29 November [Report by Julius Baumann: "Single Border Facility for SA, Mozambique"] Plans to create a one-stop border post between SA and Mozambique...

Zimbabwe: Mugabe, Tsvangirai to resume "critical" meetings.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by influential, privately-owned South African daily Business Day website on 29 November [Report by Dumisani Muleya: "Mugabe, Tsvangirai to Resume Meetings"] Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan...

Number on North Korean shells strengthen Chonan evidence - South military.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean newspaper Chungang Ilbo website on 29 November ["Markings connect artillery shells, Chonan torpedo - Hand-written numbers refute North's denials: Defence Ministry"] [Source caption: "Left: A...

Ugandan army told to steer clear of "politicking".
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Nicholas Kajoba entitled "Army warned on politicking" state-owned, mass-circulation Ugandan daily The New Vision website on 29 November The deputy chief of defence forces, Gen Ivan Koreta, has warned army officers against...

South Korean military to revise rules of engagement - minister.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap ["Military to Take Measures Enabling Swift Counterattack By Navy, Air Force: Defence Minister"] SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) - South Korea will revise its rules of engagement to allow...

Ugandan court ready to try 11 July bombing suspects.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Ephraim Kasozi and Juliet Kigongo entitled "City bombing probe complete" leading privately-owned Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor website on 29 November Inquiries into the 11 July twin bomb attacks on Kampala are...

Iran's vice-president, Malaysian minister discuss ties.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Iranian official government news agency IRNA website Kuala Lumpur, 29 November: Visiting Iranian Vice-President for Management Development and Human Resources of Iran Lotfollah Feruzandeh held talks with Malaysian...

Kuwaiti official says US report on human rights status "unfair".
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Kuwaiti government-owned news agency Kuna website ["Us Report on Kuwait"s Human Rights" Status "Exaggerated, Unfair" Al-Jarallah" - KUNA headline] Kuwait, 28 November: The US State Department's latest report on...

China may send special envoy to North Korea "soon" - Yonhap.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap ["China's Top Foreign Policymaker May Visit N. Korea: Source"] HONG KONG, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) - China's top foreign policymaker could possibly visit North Korea soon amid rising...

Russian deputy nuclear envoy to visit South Korea for talks on North.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) - Russia's deputy nuclear envoy will visit South Korea later this week for discussions on tensions over North Korea's deadly artillery shelling and six-party...

Ukrainian police check DNA of unidentified male corpses in search of journalist.
November 29, 2010... The following is the text of the article by Larysa Salimonovych, entitled "One hundred days without an answer" and published by the Ukrainian newspaper Ukrayina Moloda on 27 November: One hundred days will have passed next week since the...

India "interested" in knowing content of WikiLeaks documents - minister.
November 29, 2010... Text of report by Indian news agency PTI On Board Special Aircraft, 28 November: India is not really concerned about a new potentially embarrassing release of classified US diplomatic documents by WikiLeaks but is certainly interested in...

Somalia: Ten killed in Mogadishu clashes.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Somali pro-Puntland government Garoweonline website on 28 November Heavy clashes between Somali government troops backed by African Union forces and Al-Shabab fighters have left at least 10 people dead and 20...

Six-party talks possible only if North Korea apologizes - South official.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap ["Military to Take Measures Enabling Swift Counterattack By Navy, Air Force: Defence Minister"] SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) - South Korea will revise its rules of engagement to allow...

Nearly 70 per cent of South Koreans supports military action against North.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by South Korean newspaper Choson Ilbo website on 29 November Nearly 70 per cent of the South Koreans support limited military actions in response to North Korea's shelling of Yonpyong Island last Tuesday. This...

Ugandan president accuses naval forces of "having a nice time in Indian Ocean".
November 29, 2010... Text of report entitled "President makes surprise visit to Somalia" by leading privately-owned Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor website on 29 November;subheadings inserted editorially In Summary - The Visit: At about 12.30 p.m. [local...

Somali Islamist group recruits women soldiers in southern port city.
November 29, 2010... Text of report in English by Somali pro-Puntland government Garoweonline website on 27 November Hundreds of Somali women are recruited and trained in the southern port city of Kismaayo by the Al-Shabab, a Somali insurgent faction embracing a...

Ugandan aspirant pledged to reinstate presidential term limit.
November 29, 2010... Text of report entitled "Kony war caused by poor governance'" by Patrick Okino state-owned, mass-circulation Ugandan daily The New Vision website on 28 November [Opposition] Uganda Federal Alliance (UFA) presidential candidate Beti Olive...