BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from October 2006, page 8

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Gabonese president arrives in Beijing for China-Africa summit.
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: Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba arrived here on Tuesday [31...

Vietnamese president greets Japanese delegation.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Vietnamese news agency VNA website Hanoi: President Nguyen Minh Triet asserted that Vietnam has been working hard to improve its investment environment in order...

China strengthens banking watchdogs' supervision powers.
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: China's top legislature adopted a law amendment Tuesday [31 October] to allow...

Albanian premier urges opposition to cooperate on local election.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Valentina Madani, "Berisha: Let opposition cooperate with us over election", published by Albanian newspaper Albania on 28 October The Berisha government guarantees that...

Russia to sell more arms than planned in 2006 - military official.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Interfax Zhuhai, 31 October: The plan for the export of Russian arms and military hardware abroad will be fulfilled or even overfulfilled,...

Indonesian diplomats help North Korean farmers.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by North Korean news agency KCNA Pyongyang, 31 October: Indonesian Charge d'Affaires a.i. [ad inyerim] here, Bambang Irawan K., and staff members of the Indonesian...

Nepal Maoists occupy closed textile factory.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nepalese state-owned newspaper Gorkhapatra on 31 October Makwanpur [central Nepal], 30 October: Maoists have seized control of the Hetauda Textile Factory and used it as...

Farm product safety, deceptive adverts regulated under new Chinese laws 1 Nov.
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: A series of new laws and regulations will go into effect on Wednesday that...

Hamas sources say deal on Israeli captive "not finalized".
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website Nablus, 31 October: Why is the prisoners' deal taking so long to finalize? The reason, according to sources close to...

Press selection List: Bosnia-Hercegovina in vernacular 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Sarajevo Dnevni avaz in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian - leading independent daily in B-H Federation 1. SDA deputy chairman Dzaferovic calls on Tihic to resign. (p 2; 200 words) 2. SNSD's...

Business group downplays impact of Stern report in Hong Kong.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio TV Hong Kong Radio 3 audio website on 31 October [Presenter] A local business group has played down the potential impact of a major British report on climate change...

Turkish militant group closes office in Belgium.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Belgian newspaper De Standaard website on 31 October The Turkish far-left nationalist movement DHKC is closing its office on Stevin Street in Brussels. The movement says...

Over 80 kg more heroin seized in Uzbek south after smuggler tip-off.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Regnum Over 80 kg of heroin has been seized in Uzbekistan, a Regnum correspondent was told at the press service of the Uzbek National Security Service...

Kazakh minister says OSCE chairmanship bid backed by majority of member states.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Astana, 31 October. Kazakhstan's candidacy for the OSCE chairmanship in 2009 is supported by the majority of organization's member...

Local MP escapes attack in Russia's Dagestan unscathed.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Makhachkala, 31 October: An attempt on the life of a deputy of the Dagestani People's Assembly, 37-year-old Shamil Chartayev, was committed...

Jailed Belarusian opposition party leader taken to hospital.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The jailed leader of a Belarusian opposition party and former presidential candidate, Alyaksandr Kazulin has been taken to hospital, Belarusian Prosecutor-General Pyotr Miklashevich has said....

South Korean unification minister says summit with North needed.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 31 October: South Korea's point man on North Korean affairs on Tuesday [31 October] said he believes a second inter-Korean...

US envoy says Nepal Maoists have "negligible popular base".
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nepalese newspaper Annapurna Post on 31 October New Delhi [India], 30 October: US Ambassador to Nepal, James F. Moriarty, has claimed that the Communist Party of Nepal...

Iran press: Editorial views foreign "media attacks" on experts election.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of editorial by Saleh Eskandari: "The order's spiritual reserve fund", published by the Iranian newspaper Resalat on 30 October The election of the Assembly of Experts is one of those...

Amman paper says Iraq reconciliation conference delayed.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Faysal Malkawi in Amman headlined "Contacts between US officials and armed factions 26 and the postponement of the reconciliation conference. The Iraqi government meets...

Political troubles not to change Czechs' relation to NATO - premier.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 30 October: The current turbulences on the Czech political scene will not change the country's relation to NATO, outgoing...

Kuwaiti emir Receives Iraqi officials.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Kuwaiti news agency Kuna website Kuwait, 31 October: His Highness the emir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah received on Tuesday [31 October] at his...

South Korea advises against travel to Bangladesh.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 31 October: South Korea advised its nationals on Tuesday [31 October] to refrain from travelling to Bangladesh, citing...

Nepal Maoists attack political party function, abduct party workers.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Nepalese newspaper Kantipur on 31 October Kathmandu, 30 October: The Maoists attacked a Nepali Congress [NC] meeting in Kalikot district [midwestern Nepal], abducted...

Hong Kong journalist's Beijing appeal postponed.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio TV Hong Kong Radio 3 audio website on 31 October An appeal hearing for Hong Kong reporter Ching Cheong, jailed on the mainland on espionage charges, has been...

Iranian leader's representative outlines duties of IRGC, Basij in elections.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian newspaper Kayhan website on 31 October Active and maximal participation is among the general aims and the organizational and individual duties of the Basij and the...

UN envoy reiterates Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technology.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website UN, New York, 31 October: Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN here on Monday [30 October] said that the pursuit and development...

Some 200 people gather in Kyrgyz capital to join opposition rally.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency 24.kg website Bishkek, 30 October: About 200 people have gathered on the central square in the Kyrgyz capital at present. Many of them are carrying...

Belgian minister supports continuation of Turkey's EU entry talks.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Belgian newspaper De Standaard website on 31 October On Monday [30 October], Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht assured his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul in Ankara that...

Kosovo opposition seeks restoration of rule of law in parliament.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Kosovo Albanian television KohaVision TV on 30 October [Presenter] Kosova [Kosovo] political parties in opposition have agreed to create a joint body to represent...

US "wary" of Shanghai Cooperation Organization - Iranian envoy.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 31 October: An Iranian diplomat said here Tuesday [31 October] that the United States has become wary of the Shanghai...

Croatian war crimes suspect Glavas transferred to prison hospital.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Zagreb, Osijek: 31 October: Independent member of Parliament Branimir Glavas, who has been on a hunger strike since last Thursday [26...

Chinese spokesman says US arms sale to Taiwan violates communiques.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 31 October: Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao said on 31 October that the US weapons' sales to...

Azeri ex-official gets six years in prison.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Azerbaijani TV station ANS on 31 October The trial of the former official in charge of the president's affairs, Akif Muradverdiyev, ended at the Serious Crimes Court...

Iran press: Editorial says UN nuclear resolution to be ineffective.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of editorial: "What avid, overambitious should realize", published by the Iranian newspaper Jomhuri-ye Eslami on 29 October In the name of god, the compassionate, the merciful. ...

Six-party North Korea talks to be held "soon" - Chinese FM "source".
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: The six-party talks on the Korean Peninsular will be held soon, according to...

Egypt's Mubarak denies he said Putin should stay in power.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Egyptian news agency MENA website Cairo, 31 October: Egyptian presidential spokesman Sulayman Awwad denies the press reports published by the Russian newspaper Vremya...

Thai Council for National Security members asked not to join political party.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report entitled: "Politics a no-go area, CNS told; Somsak's new party 'drawing them in'" in English by Thai newspaper Bangkok Post website on 31 October The Democrats...

BBC Monitoring Quotes from Israel's Hebrew Press 31 Oct 06.
October 31, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials published in 31 Oct editions of Hebrew-language Israeli newspapers available to BBCM. Avigdor Liberman Ha'aretz [left-of-centre,...

Chinese official meets New Zealand National Party delegation.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 30 October: Li Guixian, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's...

China says 3.34m criminal cases reported January-September 2006.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Shenyang, 30 October: China's police authority said on Sunday [29 October] that the number of...

Russian paper speculates on new party's presidential candidate emerging.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian newspaper Moskovskiy Komsomolets on 30 October The regime has taken another step towards forming a two-party system. This is how the creation of A Just Russia [SR]...

Kyrgyz leader warns troublemakers ahead of opposition rally.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has said that he is ready to meet opposition MPs on 31 October. Speaking in parliament, Bakiyev warned that he would deal severely with anyone who would try to...

Iraq: Trial of Saddam Husayn and co-defendants resumes in Baghdad.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Al-Iraqiyah Television at 0754 gmt on 30 October interrupts its programmes to carry the 19th session of the trial of former President Saddam Husayn and six co-defendants in the Al-Anfal case....

Bosnian Serbs file war crimes charges against ex-Croatian army members.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Banja Luka, 30 October: The Public Security Centre (CJB) of Banja Luka has submitted to the B-H [Bosnia-Hercegovina] Prosecutor's Office a...

Sanctions against Iran will be ineffective - leader's advisor.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian Mehr news agency in English Tehran, 30 October: On Monday [30 October], former chief nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani warned the West about a likely UN...

India, Russia to add new dimension to energy cooperation.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Vinay Shukla, carried by Indian news agency PTI Moscow, 30 October: India and Russia Monday [30 October] agreed to add new dimensions in their energy cooperation by...

Military spokesman: Bajaur strike by Pakistan forces; no women, children killed.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Pakistan's PTV World television on 30 October, passages within slantlines in English [Presenter] Eighty miscreants were killed in an operation by security forces in...

Somalia: Islamic courts arrest people accused of killing war wounded.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Somali independent Shabeelle Media Network website on 30 October Some of the militia of Col Barre Adan Shire Hirale are reported to have been killed in Bu'aale, Middle...

Palestinian killed by shell; Israeli unit arrests two.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Israel radio on 30 October An IDF [Israel Defence Forces] undercover unit has arrested two Palestinians involved in terrorism. One of the Palestinians is suspected of...

Police in Ukraine's Crimea report drug finds.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian news agency UNIAN Simferopol, 30 October: The Crimean directorate for combating drug-trafficking found and confiscated over 80,000 hryvnyas' [over 15,000...

Iran: Some 250 students protest against lack of welfare, dismissal of lecturers.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian news website Advar on 30 October Students residing at Allameh Tabataba'i University's Tarasht (Hemmat) dormitory staged a protest gathering on Monday night [30...

Community of Sahel-Saharan States condemns fighting in Chad.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Libyan TV on 30 October The General Secretariat of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States [Comessa] today issued a statement on the latest developments in Chad, a Comessa...

New Bosnian Presidency to be inaugurated on 6 November.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Sarajevo, 29 October: A ceremony to inaugurate new members of the B-H [Bosnia-Hercegovina] Presidency - Nebojsa Radmanovic, Haris...

BBC Monitoring News Diary for Monday 30 October 2006.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Main stories at 0200 gmt IRAQ: Trial resumes of former President Saddam Husayn and six other defendants on charges of genocide against Kurds during 1980s Anfal campaign; adjourned from 19th...

Somali militia commander surrenders to Islamists with over 150 fighters.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Somali website Somaaljecel on 29 October Abbas Muhammad Gurey, who was recently appointed overall commander of the Jubba Valley Alliance [JVA] militia forces by Col Barre...

Somaliland denies taking side in Somalia's conflict.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Somali newspaper The Somaliland Times website on 28 October Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin denied on Thursday [26 October] that his government was...

Russia demands thorough probe into attack on its diplomats in Macedonia.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russia TV on 30 October The Russian embassy in Macedonia has demanded that the country's law-enforcement agencies conduct a thorough investigation into an incident in...

Expert gets at reason for Islamic group's "equivocal" policy in Central Asia.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) An expert Arman Ahmad suggests that the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) is carrying out a contradictory policy in Central Asia. He says, to achieve its main goal of returning to Uzbekistan,...

Yemeni Speaker discusses situation in Somalia, Iraq with ambassadors.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Yemeni news agency Saba website Sanaa, 29 October: Shaykh Abdallah Bin Husayn al-Ahmar Speaker of Parliament met here on Sunday [29 October] ambassadors of...

One killed, three injured in DRCongo poll violence.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by DRCongo's UN-sponsored Radio Okapi web site on 30 October The elections in DRCongo were generally calm, radiookapi reports. This is also the opinion of several poll...

Somali peace talks to kick off in Sudan 30 October.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sudanese radio on 30 October The third round of Somali peace talks between the [transitional] government and Union of Islamic Courts [UIC] will begin in Khartoum today...

Blast rocks cement plant in Russia's Urals, one worker missing.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Channel One TV on 30 October A blast has occurred in Chelyabinsk. The incident happened yesterday [29 October] at a cement plant, the city emergency service...

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

Kenya: Armed gang strikes at security minister's rural home.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Wilfred Muchire and Fred Mukinda entitled " Armed gang strikes at Michuki's rural home" published by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation website on 30 October Gunmen raided...

Kyrgyz premier, Aga Khan discuss policy, economy.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz news agency Kabar Bishkek, 28 October: Kyrgyz Prime Minister Feliks Kulov has met Prince Aga Khan IV. Aga Khan has said that the aim of his visit to Kyrgyzstan...

Summary of Russian press for Monday 30 Oct 06.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Kommersant 1. A new party, A Just Russia: Motherland-Pensioners-Life appeared on 28 October, says Yuriy Chernega in his article headlined "Life is Everywhere". Its leader, Federation...

(Corr) Israeli figures meet with Hamas officials in London, truce discussed.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Correcting source from Voice of Israel radio to Israel TV Text of studio discussion between presenter Hayim Yavin and Arab affairs correspondent Oded Granot; broadcast by Israel TV on 29...

Yemen arrests eight on suspicion of smuggling arms to Somalia.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by opposition Yemeni Alliance for Reform newspaper Al-Sahwah website on 29 October Sunday, 29 October: Authorities today confirmed that eight people from different...

Baghdad blast in Shi'i district kills 25 - Al-Jazeera TV.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) "Iraqi Interior Ministry: 25 Iraqis killed and 60 wounded in an Al-Sadr City explosion," said a breaking news screen caption broadcast by Al-Jazeera TV on 30 October. Source: Al-Jazeera TV,...

Georgian cable TV channel taken off air in Moscow Region.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 30 October A cable TV channel broadcasting news and programmes in the Georgian language has been taken off the air in the town of Lobnya, in...

Foreign minister in Syria to visit Iran-operated project in Aleppo.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Damascus, 30 October: Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki Sunday [29 October] afternoon visited a water-management...

Iranian minister tells Indian envoy ties of "great importance".
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI Dubai, 29 October: Iran has said it gives great importance to consolidation of ties with India as both the countries can together ensure peace and...

Kyrgyz leader rebuffs opposition demand.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website It is my constitutional right to force the Kyrgyz government to resignation and I will resolve it, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...

Australians held in Yemen "facing very serious charges".
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Australia on 30 October Australia's foreign minister, Alexander Downer, says three Australians arrested in Yemen are facing very serious charges. The Australians...

BBC Monitoring quotes from Malaysian, Singaporean press 30 Oct 06.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries carried in 28-30 October 2006 website editions of Malaysian and Singaporean Malay, Chinese and English-language newspapers...

Woman discusses why she wears veil in interview with London-based paper.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Since the comments on the veil by British Premier Tony Blair and Leader of the House of Commons Jack Straw, Umm Abu-Bakr, who lives in Southall London, says that she has felt that people are...

Reelected president promises "justice" for Brazilian people.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Portuguese TV on 30 October [Presenter] The Brazilian people made their choice: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was reelected with 60 per cent of the vote. Geraldo...

UK national attacked in Russian city.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Yaroslavl, 30 October: A UK citizen was attacked in Yaroslavl on Saturday [28 October], the press department of the region's main interior...

Armenian president off to Moscow.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Armenian news agency Arminfo Yerevan, 30 October: Armenian President Robert Kocharyan left on a two-day visit to Moscow today. Robert Kocharyan will hold talks with...

Kyrgyz leader to meet opposition members 31 October.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website At a session of the Kyrgyz parliament, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has invited members of the Za Reformy [For Reforms] movement...

Pakistan army attack said kills "most of" 70-80 "miscreants" in northwest.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Dubai-based Pakistani television GEO TV on 30 October Security forces, acting with the support of gunship helicopters, have killed several miscreants in Khar area of...

Russian Chernobyl veterans go on hunger strike to demand arrears paid.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Staryy Oskol (Belgorod Region), 30 October: A group of eight Chernobyl veterans from Staryy Oskol has begun a warning hunger strike demanding...

Geneva talks on Sri Lanka end without agreement - Tiger statement.
October 30, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by the TamilNet website on 30 October The talks in Geneva ended Sunday [29 October] without any agreement between the parties, the government of Sri Lanka [GoSL] and the...