BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from October 2006, page 6

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from October 2006

Kyrgyz premier's former party to discuss sociopolitical situation.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website An extraordinary congress of the Ar-Namys [Honour] party [set up by Prime Minister Feliks Kulov and used to be opposition party during...

Kyrgyz opposition members due to meet president.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website Members of the [opposition] For Reforms movement have headed for Government House to meet President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. The meeting...

Fifteen killed, thousands displaced in fresh floods in southeastern Ethiopia.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by UN regional information network IRIN on 30 October Nairobi, 30 October: Fifteen people were killed and 12,000 villagers feared displaced in southeastern Ethiopia after a...

UN Security Council to pass resolution on future of Cote d'Ivoire 31 October.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Radio France Internationale on 31 October Cote d'Ivoire will know its fate today in theory. The UN Security Council is today expected to pass the new resolution on the...

Namibia President Pohamba leaves for visit to Singapore, China.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Namibian news agency Nampa website Windhoek, 30 October: President Hifikepunye Pohamba left on Monday for a three-day state visit to Singapore. From Singapore,...

Sudan says expelled UN envoy can return to hand over duties.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Sudanese independent Al-Mashahir (Almshaheer) website on 31 October Sudan's Foreign Ministry has resolved to allow the UN special envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk, to return...

Malawi: Cleric urges rights groups to drop Madonna adoption challenge.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Malawian MBC radio on 30 October [Presenter] The founder of the Word of Faith Ministries, the Rev Timothy Khoviwa, has urged human rights activists who have gone to...

BBC Monitoring quotes from China, Taiwan press 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries carried in 30-31 October 2006 website editions of mainland Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwan newspapers available to BBC...

Malawi: Court adjourns vice-president's "resignation" case.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Malawian MBC radio on 30 October [Presenter] The High Court, sitting as a constitutional court in Blantyre, has adjourned to 23 November to start hearing arguments in...

Summary of Russian press for Tuesday 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Kommersant 1. Nataliya Grib et al. report says Valeriy Yazev, a State Duma deputy lobbying for Gazprom interests, has suggested that the CIS countries should join efforts to stand up to...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Malaysian, Singaporean press 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) NOTICE TO USERS: Following the significant restructuring of BBC Monitoring and reprioritization of its output, this is the final edition of the Malaysian and Singaporean press quotes. However,...

Kyrgyz private TV resumes broadcasting.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website Bishkek, 31 October: The Pyramid TV and radio company went on the air yesterday, 30 October, at 2200 hours [1600 gmt], Kyrgyz MP...

Zimbabwe: Ruling party set to win mayoral, town council elections.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Zimbabwean TV on 30 October [Presenter] The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says the just-ended rural district council and Kadoma mayoral elections were held in a peaceful...

Madagascar: Eleven out of 14 presidential candidates rap electoral process.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 31 October More than five weeks before the first round of the presidential election in Madagascar, things are slowly falling in place but on...

Scandinavian firm to invest about 50m euros in new Uzbek brewery.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The Scandinavian beer company Baltic Beverages Holding is planning to invest about 50m euros in the construction of a brewery in Uzbekistan, the Regnum news agency reported on 30 October. ...

Russo-Ukrainian rocket carries US satellite to orbit.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) A Russo-Ukrainian launch vehicle has successfully orbited a US satellite, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported on 31 October. The XM-4 satellite owned by a US communications company blasted...

Nepal government, Maoists make "breakthrough" on arms management.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nepalese eKantipur.com website on 31 October, by Ameet Dhakal Kathmandu, 31 October: The government and the Maoists have made a breakthrough on the issue of arms...

Bid to sack Fiji commander fails as replacement declines.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Fijilive website on 31 October Fiji's military has rejected the president's directive that army commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama be sacked and replaced by Lt-Col...

Bird flu not ruled out in Papua New Guinea poultry deaths.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Papua New Guinea Post-Courier website on 31 October Poultry in certain parts of Manus Province [islands off northern mainland PNG] are dying and the National Agriculture...

Fiji police release ammunition to military.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Fijilive website on 31 October Fiji's Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes has given the green light to the military to take a cache of ammunition that has been the source of...

Russian official urges boosting anti-nuclear initiative.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Rabat, 31 October: The Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism is fully in line with Russia's long-term interests of security, Russian...

Iranian, Russian presidents discuss Iran's nuclear case over phone.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 October: President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone talk on Monday [30...

Indian PM pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on death anniversary.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi, 31 October: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the ruling UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi led the nation in paying tributes to the late Prime...

Australia upgrades Fiji travel warning.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Australia on 31 October Australia's Foreign Affairs Department has warned Australians about increasing tensions between the government and military forces in Fiji....

Ukrainian steel tycoon comments on gas matters, party politics.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Ukrainian mining and metals tycoon Rinat Akhmetov is calm about the new gas price announced after recent talks in Russia. However, speaking in an interview, he blamed the previous government for...

Four saboteurs eliminated in Georgia's breakaway republic - Russian agency.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Tskhinvali/Tbilisi, 31 October: South Ossetian law-enforcement agencies have eliminated four saboteurs in the breakaway republic's Java...

Lawyer fears for Australian brothers held in Yemen.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Australia on 31 October [Newsreader] A lawyer representing two Australians arrested in Yemen on terrorism-related offences says he is concerned about their...

Kyrgyz minister thanks BBC for "impartial coverage".
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency Kabar Bishkek, 31 October. Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Alikbek Dzhekshenkulov has received the head of the BBC World Service's Central Asia and Caucasus...

New Zealand minister welcomes Stern report.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of news release carried by New Zealand government website on 31 October A significant new international report on the impact climate change will have on the world's economy reinforces...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Indonesian press 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in 30-31 October editions of Indonesian newspapers available to BBC Monitoring: Indonesia-China cooperation...

Chinese, Afghan defence ministers vow to strengthen cooperation.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 31 October: Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan and his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim...

Ethiopian premier said to mediate in Somali dispute.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Somali Union of Islamic Courts website Qaadisiya.com on 31 October The Ethiopian prime minister yesterday afternoon received a Sudanese government delegation in Addis...

Pakistan paper reports "new" Taleban video of war activities.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistani newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt on 30 October Karachi: The Taleban have released a new videotape showing different aspects of their latest war activities. According to a...

Togolese president to leave 31 October for China summit.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Togo on 31 October The summit of heads of state and government on China-Africa cooperation is taking place in the People's Republic of China. The head of state,...

Japan says no North Korea return to six-party talks as nuclear power.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 31 October: Japan and the four other countries involved in stalled dialogue with North Korea on its nuclear ambitions will not...

Russia's main contractor to build nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 31 October: The fact that Atomstroyeksport, the Russian closed joint-stock company, has won the tender for the construction of the...

Uzbek carmaker, Japanese firm sign cooperation deal.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Uzbek National News Agency website The Uzavtosanoat [Uzbek car industry] joint-stock company has signed a memorandum with the Japanese car producer ITOCHU Corporation on...

Chinese premier addresses Sino-ASEAN business summit.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Nanning, 31 October: The all-round growth of China-ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations]...

Azeri president visiting second city to inaugurate airport.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani website Day.az on 31 October Baku, 31 October: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today arrived in Ganca - the second largest city of the country. Aliyev is now...

BBC Monitoring quotes from the African press 31 October.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and other material published in the 31 October editions of the African press. As indicated, some material from 27, 28, 29 and 30 October is...

Uganda: Donors demand action on Global Fund report.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Jude Luggya entitled "Donors demand action on Global Fund report" published by Ugandan newspaper Daily Monitor website on 31 October, subheadings as published The...

Uganda: LRA rebels threaten to quit Juba peace talks over Museveni remarks.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Frank Nyakairu, Emmanuel Gyezaho and Samuel Egadu entitled "LRA want to quit govt peace talks" published by Ugandan newspaper Daily Monitor website on 31 October Peace...

Kyrgyz leader, opposition to meet tonight, no deal made so far.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website Bishkek, 31 October: A meeting between Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and members of the [opposition] For Reforms movement, which...

BBC Monitoring quotes from the Turkish press 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Turkey and USA Hurriyet (centre-right) "The basic reason for the confusion in Turkey about Washington is the 'intention and power dilemma'. The young generation recognizes the USA as the...

Uganda: Karimojong warriors kill 16 soldiers.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nathan Etengu entitled "Karimojong warriors kill UPDF major" published by Ugandan newspaper The New Vision website on 31 October Karimojong warriors on Sunday [29 October]...

Veteran Latvian politicians analyse parliament's role in national affairs.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Latvian newspaper Neatkariga Rita Avize on 28 October Has the Saeima [parliament] speaker turned into a kind of hammer-banging and ribbon-cutting person, a piece of...

South Ossetian leader slams Georgia as "terrorist state".
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Tskhinvali, 31 October: The president of [self-proclaimed] South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoyty, has accused Georgia of state terrorism and said that...

Ghanaian military command cautions ex-President Rawlings.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ghanaian GBC radio on 31 October The Military High Command says it has monitored with concern the statements made by former President J.J. Rawlings at his news conference...

Uganda: Information minister loses parliamentary seat.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Moses Nampala entitled "Kivejinja loses seat" published by Ugandan newspaper The New Vision website on 31 October The third deputy prime minister and minister for...

Latvian Harmony Centre MP comments on coalition's reluctance to include party.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Latvian newspaper Chas website on 28 October Harmony Centre's [SC] success in the parliamentary elections has forced the ethnic Latvian political elite to face the...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Afghan press 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials published in 31 October editions of Dari- and Pashto-language Afghan newspapers: NATO's air raids in south Cheragh (independent...

Latvian academic criticizes new foreign policy concept for lack of vision.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Latvian newspaper Diena on 28 October The Foreign Ministry has come up with the basic principles of foreign policy (hereafter, "concept") for the period until 2010....

Lithuanian Mazeikiai oil board accuses director of secret deals with PKN Orlen.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lithuanian newspaper Lietuvos Rytas on 30 October Mazeikiu Nafta [oil refinery], which has experienced a Russian blockade, an accidental fire, and the ensuing hundreds of...

Romania welcomes EU approval of new commissioner.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres Bucharest, 31 October: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu on Monday [30 October] hailed European Commission President Jose...

Ghanaian leader leaves for China, Korea.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Ghanaian GBC radio on 31 October President J A Kufuor has left Accra to attend two major summits of heads of states in China and Korea. The first is the China-Africa...

Thai army chief says emergency rule in south "no longer necessary".
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report entitled: "Sonthi backs ending emergency in South" in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 31 October General Sonthi Boonyaratglin yesterday said he...

Uganda: Parliamentary body orders minister to refund Mega FM 20m shillings.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Milton Olupot and Mary entitled "Buturo ordered to refund Mega FM sh20m" published by Ugandan newspaper The New Vision website on 31 October The Public Accounts Committee...

Romania wants common EU policy on gas imports from Russia - premier.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres Bucharest, 31 October: Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told the public television late on Monday [30 October] that...

Noth Korea says more than 200 cases of US "aerial espionage" in October.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by North Korean news agency KCNA Pyongyang, 31 October: The US imperialist warmongers committed more than 200 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK [Democratic...

Sudan's "diplomatic blunders" slammed.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of commentary by Peter Lokarlo Marsu entitled "NCP's diplomatic gaffe in Sudan, who foots the bill?", published by Paris-based Sudanese newspaper Sudan Tribune website on 31 October ...

Romanian president wants general election as soon as possible.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres Bucharest, 31 October: "Early election is necessary and, should I be allowed, I would call a snap election tomorrow," President...

Kenyan police appeal for information on Rwandan genocide suspect.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Kenyan police have appealed for information leading to the capture of Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga who is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for genocide and...

Philippines seeks Malaysia's help to revive peace talks with Moro group.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Christine Avendano entitled: "Arroyo seeks Malaysia help in talks with MILF" in English by Philippine newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer website on 31 October; subheading as...

House Speaker asks other countries to aid Liberia's post conflict development.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by independent Liberian Star Radio on 31 October House Speaker Edwin Snowe has called on countries around the world to assist Liberia in its post-conflict development. Speaker...

Extra troops deployed to Indonesia's Poso to repair damaged infrastructure.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of attributed to Andi Hajramurni and Ruslan Sangaji entitled: "Troops sent to follow up on government commitment in Poso" in English by Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post website on 31...

Visiting Sudanese minister, Ethiopian premier discuss Somalia.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Somali independent Shabeelle Media Network website on 31 October The Sudanese defence minister, Abd-al-Rahim Muhammad Husayn, yesterday made an unplanned visit to...

Vietnamese assembly vice-chairman meets UK House of Commons deputy leader.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Vietnamese news agency VNA website Hanoi: Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly [NA] Nguyen Van Yeu hailed the visit by Deputy Leader of the British House of...

Kidnapped Spanish journalist released in Gaza 30 October.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 2055 gmt on 30 October carries the following "breaking news" screen caption: "The Spanish journalist, who was kidnapped in Gaza...

NOTICE TO USERS: BBC Monitoring quotes from Polish press.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Following the significant restructuring of BBC Monitoring and reprioritization of its output, we regret to inform you that, as announced on 11 October, we will no longer be publishing the BBC...

Togo: Rights minister attends democracy conference in Doha, Qatar.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Togolese government website on 30 October Participants to the sixth "international conference on new and restored democracies" on Monday [30 October] in Doha started...

Kyrgyz war veterans protest against upcoming opposition rally.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website Bishkek, 31 October: About 100 Afghan war veterans are standing in the square with placards in protest against a rally of the...

Indonesian president to visit Japan 26-29 November.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 31 October: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will visit Japan on 26 November: Japan's Foreign Ministry said...

BBC Monitoring headlines, quotes from Palestinian press 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of headlines and quotes taken from the Palestinian press published on 31 Oct: Headlines Al-Quds: [Prime Minister Isma'il] Haniyah: there is in-depth...

Brazilian president's campaign chief becomes his special advisor.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Brazilian news agency Estado The president of the PT [Workers Party], Marco Aurelio Garcia, who also coordinated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reelection campaign,...

Russian envoy to Macedonia submits protest note over assault on diplomats.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The Russian ambassador to Macedonia has delivered a note of protest to the country's Foreign Ministry after four Russian diplomats were assaulted in the capital, Skopje, late on Saturday night....

Macedonian government regrets assault on Russian diplomats.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Macedonian news agency Makfax Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski expressed on the behalf of the government regrets over the recent incident involving...

Ethnic Albanians says MEPs to help resolve dispute with Greece.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Denion Ndrenika, "MEPs: Greek citizenship for Cams", published by Albanian newspaper Shekulli on 29 October Representatives of the Cams, ethnic Albanians expelled from...

Liberia: Press union dismisses protest over membership.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by independent Liberian Star Radio on 31 October The election commission of the Press Union of Liberia [PUL] has dismissed all protests filed against some members qualified by...

Latvian business leaders hail 'stability,' 'continuity' in government formation.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Latvian newspaper Telegraf on 27 October It turns out that many well-known businessmen surveyed by Telegraf on the subject of whom they would want to see in the next...

Thai PM, Singaporean counterpart discuss Shin Corp deal.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report entitled: "Temasek takeover: Court to rule on Shin deal, PM tells Lee" in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 31 October Surayud rules out government...

Macedonian government, World Bank discuss investment agency's reorganization.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Macedonian state news agency MIA Skopje, 30 October: Governmental delegation, led by Vice-Premier Zoran Stavrevski, had a meeting Monday [30 October] with...

Sudan: Paper says country's crises instigated by central government.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of editorial entitled "Too many dialogues", in English by Sudanese newspaper Khartoum Monitor on 31 October We had the famous South-South dialogue and then the Darfur-Darfur dialogue,...

Czech police detain four drug producers.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 31 October: Policemen from the National Anti-drug Centre detained four Czech men on suspicion of production and distribution of...

BBC Monitoring quotes from the Iranian press 31 October 2006.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in 31 October 2006 editions of Iranian newspapers available to BBC Monitoring at 0530 gmt. Nuclear issue...