BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from October 2009, page 10

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Croatian government calls election for Christmas time to boost HDZ chances.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Croatian independent website Index.hr, on 30 October [Report by I.C.: "Government Decided: We Elect New President on 27 December"] At its session today, the Government decided to call the presidential election for 27...

China's bank credit to rise in fourth quarter - central bank.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["China's Bank Credit To Rise in Q4: Central Bank"] BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) - China's bank loan demand is predicted to increase steadily, and the...

Too late for candidates to pull out - Afghan election body.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 30 October [Presenter] The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says that it does not accept the withdrawal of any candidate in the runoff vote in Afghanistan. The head of the IEC secretariat...

Greek, Macedonian premiers discuss name issue during Brussels meeting.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by government-affiliated Greek news agency ANA-MPA website BRUSSELS: Prime Minister George [Yeoryios] Papandreou clarified Greek positions and Greece's stance on the issue of the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic...

China, Poland mark 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) - China and Poland on Friday marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties in Beijing. Addressing a...

Chinese vice-premier, Australian PM meet on relations.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Chinese Vice-Premier, Australian Prime Minister Meet on Relations"] CANBERRA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) - Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met here...

China's government, trade unions help workers recover 66.54bn in wage arrears.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) - Chinese government and trade unions at all levels had helped workers recover more than 66.54 billion yuan in wage arrears by...

Turkish foreign minister goes to Iraq to open consulate.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia Ankara, 30 October: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan left for Iraq on Friday to have various talks and attend...

Serbian economy minister "optimistic about reaching agreement" with IMF.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Serbian private independent news agency FoNet Kragujevac, 30 October: The economy and regional development minister, Mladjan Dinkic, told FoNet today that the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were...

Turkey, Iraq to set up joint industrial project in city of Basra.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia Basra, 30 October: Turkey and Iraq will collaborate to set up an organized industry zone in Iraq's second largest city Basra, Turkish state minister for foreign trade...

Iraqi Kurdish press highlights 28 Oct 09.
October 30, 2009... Alay Azadi, Sulaymaniyah, weekly newspaper in Sorani Kurdish published by Kurdistan Toilers' Party 1. Report: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, PM Nuri al-Maliki and parliament Speaker Iyad al-Samarra'i meet to discuss amendment of Iraqi...

Croatian assembly to discuss Slovene border arbitration deal 2 Nov.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA Zagreb, 30 Oct - The Croatian parliament (Sabor) will convene on Monday [2 Nov] to discuss giving its approval to the government to sign an agreement on arbitration in the border...

Chechen leader says terrorism can't be defeated by harsh measures alone.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 30 October: The problem of crime cannot be resolved by the death penalty alone, President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov believes. [passage omitted] "A...

Israeli PM meets US envoy Mitchell, praises UN's Iran initiative.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report in English by privately-owned Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post website on 30 October [Report by Herb Keinon: "Netanyahu to Mitchell: UN Iran Initiative 'Positive First Step'] In yet another push for Middle East peace,...

Russia rehabilitates 52 members of last tsar entourage.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 30 October: The Prosecutor-General's Office has satisfied an appeal from the House of Romanov and rehabilitated servants who together with the members of the Imperial...

Ethiopia, World Bank sign 480m dollar grant, loan agreement.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by state-owned Ethiopian news agency ENA website Addis Ababa, 30 October: Ethiopia and the World Bank (WB) here on Friday [30 October] signed grant and loan agreement amounting to 480m US dollar. According to the...

More on Honduran agreement between Zelaya and Micheletti - agency.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Argentine news agency Telam website [Telam headline: "Zelaya will transfer the mandate to the next president, says deposed leader's aide"] "Within a matter of hours the two parties will sign the agreement, with (US...

Turkey's foreign minister hopes cooperation with Iraq to flourish.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia Basra, 30 October: The Turkish foreign minister said on Friday that the Turks and Iraqis would shape up the future together. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu...

Haitian senate dismisses premier; urges president to name replacement.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by Haitian Radio Kiskeya on 30 October [Report on the session held at the Senate of the Republic of Hati in Port-au-Prince on 29 October on the interpelation of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis] The Senate of the...

Iraqi Kurdish press highlights 29 Oct 09.
October 30, 2009... Aso, Kirkuk Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) funded daily newspaper in Sorani Kurdish. 1. Editorial by editorial manager Soran Ali entitled: "Injustice towards an ambitious work plan": Says the MPs of the political entities did not vote for...

Russian TV shows young officers' drill in Nizhniy Novgorod Region.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by Russian Zvezda TV, Defence Ministry controlled, promotes patriotic values, on 30 October [Presenter] More than 500 military academy graduates are demonstrating their skills at a firing range in Nizhniy Novgorod Region...

Sudanese preacher says renewed US sanctions meant to serve Israel.
October 30, 2009... The Friday prayer sermon on 30 October was broadcast live on Sudan TV from Al-Shahid Mosque in Khartoum starting at 1030 gmt. The preacher was Shaykh Abd-al-Jalil Nazir al-Karuri. The first sermon lasted 14 minutes and dealt exclusively with...

Russia's top military prosecutor deplores draft-dodging, corruption.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by the website of government-owned Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on 21 October [Interview with Sergey Fridinskiy by Yuriy Gavrilov in Moscow, date not given: "The call is heard: Chief Military Prosecutor Sergey...

Leader of ex-rebel group optimistic about victory, vows not to return to war.
October 30, 2009... The leader of the former rebel National Liberation Forces, Agathon Rwasa, has expressed optimism over victory in the 2010 elections, Net Press said on 30 October. He said the ruling National Council for Defence of Democracy-Forces for Defence...

Croatian premier expects deal with Slovenia to be inked next week.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA Brussels, 29 Oct - Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has expressed optimism about mustering support for a draft agreement on arbitration as an instrument to settle the border...

Egyptian radio says "internal compromise" way for peace in Darfur.
October 30, 2009... A commentary on the Egyptian radio by Muhammad Abd-al-Basir on 30 October tackled the situation in Darfur, Sudan. The commentary stressed that "internal compromise is the way for peace in Darfur". It highlighted Egypt's efforts to bring in...

SAfrican minister says Chinese, Indian investment to underpin African recovery.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by influential, privately-owned South African daily Business Day website on 30 October [Report by Linda Ensor: "Nepad Stagnant, but Trade Will Lead African Recovery"] CAPE TOWN - Chinese and Indian trade and investment in...

Croatian PM says outgoing deputy premier "acted wisely".
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA Zagreb, 30 Oct: At the start of her cabinet's session on Friday [30 Oct], Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said that she had accepted the resignation offered by Deputy Prime...

China bans overseas waste smuggling.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) - China's customs authority said Friday that all the solid wastes imported from overseas will undergo electronic inspections to...

Fall in China's 2009 foreign trade to be lower than 20 per cent - ministry.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) - The fall in China's foreign trade would be lower than 20 per cent in 2009 compared with the previous year, the Ministry of...

Agency views Sino-US trade meeting's "achievements" in opposing protectionism.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["The 20th Session of the China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Makes Important Achievements in Opposing Trade Protectionism and Other Respects"] ...

Croatian ruling parties confident deputy PM's resignation good for coalition.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA Zagreb, 30 Oct: Leaders of Croatia's ruling coalition parties in parliament on Friday [30 Oct] expressed confidence that the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Economy...

Palestinian Islamic Jihad holds mass rally, urges end to division.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website ["Tens of Thousands of Islamic Jihad Supporters Commemorate Al-Shiqaqi Martyrdom Anniversary" - Ma'an headline] Gaza, 30 October: Shaykh Nafiz Azzam,...

Passports linked Madrid bombings found in Pakistan's South Waziristan.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by privately-owned Pakistani Dawn News TV on 30 October Security and intelligence agencies are trying to figure out how the travel documents of some Al-Qa'idah operatives reached the Sherwangai area of South Waziristan. ...

Two Palestinians hurt in anti-wall rally in West Bank.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Palestinian presidency-controlled news agency Wafa website ["Two Injured, Suffered Gas Inhalation at Weekly Demo in Bil'in" - WAFA headline] Two injured and several demonstrators suffered from tear gas...

Turkish civil society organisations rally against alleged army coup plot.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Turkey's English-language newspaper Today's Zaman on 30 October [Report by Fatih Vural and Cihan Yenilmez: "Civil Society Kicks Off Three-Day Rally Against Army Plot"] Turkey's prominent civil society...

Ukraine to ask for humanitarian aid to fight flu epidemic - security supremo.
October 30, 2009... The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine has agreed to ask countries that have medicines to counteract the A(H1/N1) virus for humanitarian aid, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on 30 October. The council's secretary,...

Russia: 14 members of "extremist" group detained for murder and robbery.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Tyumen, 30 October: Employees of the centre for combating extremism of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs [GUVD] for Tyumen Region together with colleagues from the regional...

Iran president says conditions ripe for nuclear cooperation.
October 30, 2009... Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad has said that conditions are ripe for nuclear cooperation. Delivering a speech in Mashhad, north-eastern Iran, on 29 October, Ahmadinezhad said:" Thankfully, today the conditions are ripe for nuclear...

Statistic Bureau says Croatia's foreign trade deficit reduced by third.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA Zagreb, 30 Oct - After the first nine months of this year, Croatia's foreign trade has continued to be marked by imports falling at higher annual rates than exports, with the...

Russian expert downbeat on prospects for resolving Iranian nuclear problem.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Russian Centre TV, owned by the Moscow city government, on 29 October [Presenter] Yevgeniy Yanovich [Satanovskiy, president of the Middle East Institute], good evening. Today's statements by the Iranian president, do they...

Tajik leader, Ukrainian regional head discuss cooperation.
October 30, 2009... On 30 October, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received the chairman of Ukraine's Kharkiv Region state administration, Arsen Avakov, who was accompanied by a delegation of Kharkiv industrial companies, the Tajik Television First Channel reported...

Turkish foreign minister says Turkey, Iraq to form significant axis in region.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Turkish semi-official news agency Anatolia Basra, 30 October: The Turkish foreign minister said on Friday that Turkey and Iraq would form a significant axis in their region. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet...

Burundi takes security measures following Somali insurgents' threats.
October 30, 2009... Burundi has taken security measures in "sensitive places in Bujumbura" following Somali insurgents' threat" against the Burundian and Ugandan capitals, Net Press said on 30 October. The measures include parking restrictions around the popular...

Ruling One Russia party plans to take part in election debates.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Novo-Ogarevo, 30 October: Members of One Russia will be taking part in debates as early as during the coming elections, the secretary of the presidium of the General Council of...

Passport of Spanish wife of Madrid bombings-linked Islamist found in Pakistan.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Spanish newspaper ABC website, on 30 October Madrid: The discovery has been a surprising one. Among the material seized by the Pakistani army in its latest offensive against the Taleban in the area of Waziristan is the...

Burkinabe president arrives in Sudan on official visit.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by state-owned Sudanese news agency Suna website The president of the Republic of Burkina Faso, Mr Blaise Compaore, arrived in the country this afternoon on a two-day official visit. He was received at Khartoum Airport by...

Czech president not to set more conditions for signing Lisbon treaty - spokesman.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Czech national public-service news agency CTK Prague, 30 October: Czech President Vaclav Klaus will not raise any more conditions before he ratifies the Lisbon treaty, his spokesman Radim Ochvat wrote in a press...

Croatian president denies involvement in Podravka food company scandal.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Croatian state news agency HINA Zagreb, 30 Oct - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Friday [30 Oct] dismissed claims that it was at his insistence that the management of the Podravka food company granted a loan...

China "strongly dissatisfied" with EU statement on death sentences.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["China Strongly Dissatisfied With EU Statement"] BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) - China on Friday voiced its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to...

Turkmen leader orders to set up e-government.
October 30, 2009... Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has ordered setting up an electronic government, Turkmen TV reported on 30 October. Speaking at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers the same day the president ordered his deputies to work on...

Palestinian minister says dealing with settlement products violates security.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website ["Economy Minister: Those Dealing With Settlements' Products Breach Palestinian Security" - Ma'an headline] Nablus, 30 October: Dr Hasan Abu-Libdah,...

Russian military says no plans to use Bolivian airfield as base.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by the website of heavyweight Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta on 26 October [Viktor Litovkin report: "Bolivia is replacing the United States with Russia: a centre for the maintenance of our aircraft will be appearing in...

Uzbek leader praises farmers for harvesting 3.4m tonnes of cotton.
October 30, 2009... Uzbek farmers harvested over 3.4m tonnes of cotton this year, Uzbek TV's flagship "Axborot" news programme reported on 30 October, quoting the Uzbek President Islom Karimov's congratulatory message to the farmers. "Dear friends, today, I...

Kidnappers of British couple demand ransom.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Somali Holy Koran Radio on 30 October Somali pirates have demanded an undisclosed sum of money as ransom to release a British couple whom they recently hijacked outside Somalia waters. One of the pirates by the name of...

Three opposition activists fined in Belarus for raising historical flags.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Belarusian privately-owned news agency Belapan Minsk, 30 October: Three activists of an opposition group, European Belarus, were sentenced to fines on Friday over the planting of Belarusian historically national...

Sudanese vice-president returns home after attending AU summit in Nigeria.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by state-owned Sudanese radio on 30 October The vice-president, Al-Ustaz [honorific] Ali Uthman Muhammad Taha, and the accompanying delegation returned to the country this afternoon after taking part in the African Union [AU]...

Palestinian president arrives in Abu Dhabi.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Palestinian presidency-controlled news agency Wafa website ["His Excellency the President Arrives in Abu Dhabi" - WAFA headline] Abu Dhabi, 30 October: His Excellency President Mahmud Abbas arrived this evening in Abu...

Iran has given no response to draft nuclear agreement - informed source.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Iranian official government news agency IRNA Since yesterday, Western media have started creating a negative atmosphere against what they describe as Iran's response to the Vienna draft agreement. However, Iran's message to...

Four Ethiopian parties sign election code of conduct.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by state-owned Ethiopian TV on 30 October [Presenter] Four political parties [with seats in parliament], who have been discussing the election code of conduct and its implementation for the past two months, today officially...

Sudan: African Union council endorses report of high-level panel on Darfur.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by UN sponsored Radio Miraya FM, Juba on 30 October The African Union Peace and Security Council endorsed the report of the High Level Panel on Darfur in Nigeria on Thursday [29 October]. The Panel, headed by...

Yemeni opposition leader says president's amendments rejected.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by opposition Yemeni Alliance for Reform newspaper Al-Sahwah website on 29 October [Unattributed report: "Yemeni Opposition Refuses any Constitutional Amendments"] The main Yemeni opposition parties, the Joint...

Iran commander accuses West of creating rift among Muslims.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Iranian conservative news agency Mehr Tehran, 30 October: Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Hasan Firuzabadi has said that the West has adopted the new policy of Wahhabi terrorism to create rift among Muslims. ...

Russian president says Stalin purges cannot be justified - new video blog entry.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Russian presidential website on 30 October, this posting entitled "Memory of National Tragedies is as Sacred as the Memory of Victories" PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRIY MEDVEDEV: Today is Remembrance Day for Victims...

Russia, Georgia discussing reopening of border crossing - source.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 30 October: Moscow and Tbilisi have expressed interest in the soonest possible resumption of the operation of the Verkhniy Lars - Qazbegi border crossing, a source in the...

UN appeals for speedy resolution of political impasse in Haiti.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 30 October Port-au-Prince, Haiti: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (Minustah) Friday appealed to all sides to cooperate in ensuring stability and to speedily...

Ethiopian political parties express commitment to abide by new election code.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by state-owned Ethiopian news agency ENA website Addis Ababa, 30 October: Chairperson of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Meles Zenawi said the agreement signed by four political parties...

Russian independent radio praises Medvedev for condemning Stalin.
October 30, 2009... Independent radio Ekho Moskvy's prominent commentator Matvey Ganapolskiy on 30 October welcomed President Dmitriy Medvedev's latest videoblog entry posted on the Kremlin's website as "brave" criticism of purges under former Soviet dictator Iosif...

Russian pundit sees anti-Putin feeling growing among elite.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Russian Grani.ru website on 26 October [Article by Andrey Piontkovskiy: "Simulacrum will not bear the weight of two"] Putinism, which was consciously intended by his PR men to be a simulacrum of a big ideological style,...

Three killed in land mine explosion in Somali capital.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by privately-owned Somali Radio Simba on 30 October Three people including two government soldiers were killed after insurgent groups planted a land mine targeting a government pickup car near Mogadishu's main airport. ...

Russian foreign minister extol Ulyanovsk Region's achievements.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on 30 October Transcript of Remarks by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov at the Ulyanovsk Oblast Presentation, Moscow, October 28, 2009 1625-29-10-2009...

Iranian Friday Imam bans crab and shark fishing - news.
October 30, 2009... Text of News item: "Khorramshahr Friday prayers' Imam objects to selling religiously forbidden marine creatures", published by Iranian newspaper Khorasan on 27October. The sale of products including shark, crabs and certain other religiously...

A'zam Taleqani: Green movement not looking for conflict - Iran paper.
October 30, 2009... Text of News item: "A'zam Taleqani: Green movement is not looking for conflict and hollow slogans", published by Iranian newspaper Khorasan on 27October. The general secretary of Islamic women's association was the guest of ILENA's stand on...

Belarusian president tells chief-of-staff to prepare government reshuffle.
October 30, 2009... Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has ordered the head of the presidential administration, Uladzimir Makey, to prepare proposals for a government reshuffle, the Belarusian First TV Channel reported on 30 October. Lukashenka was shown...

Eritrean ruling party in talks with Sudanese opposition party.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Eritrean Ministry of Information's Shabait website on 30 October Asmara, 30 October: The [ruling] People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and the [opposition] Sudanese Democratic Alliance Party held a...

SAfrica's Zuma appoints new national security special advisor, envoy.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by press release service of South African Press Association (SAPA) news agency [Statement Issued by the Office of the South African Presidency on the SAPA PR Wire Service] 30 OCTOBER 2009 The Presidency wishes to announce...

CORRECTION: Iranian Friday Imam bans crab and shark fishing - news.
October 30, 2009... Text of News item: "Khorramshahr Friday prayers' Imam objects to selling religiously forbidden marine creatures", published by Iranian newspaper Mardom Salari on 27 October. The sale of products including shark, crabs and certain other...

CORRECTION: A'zam Taleqani: Green movement not looking for conflict -Iran paper.
October 30, 2009... Text of News item: "A'zam Taleqani: Green movement is not looking for conflict and hollow slogans", published by Iranian newspaper Mardom Salari on 28 October. The general secretary of Islamic women's association was the guest of ILENA's...

Iraqi Kurdish press highlights 26-29 Oct 09.
October 30, 2009... Al-Ta'akhi, Baghdad, daily newspaper in Arabic published by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP (26 October) 1. Report: Iraqi president receives General David Petraeus. (210 words, p 1) 2. Report: Kurdistan Region president receives...

Ukraine introduces special border crossing measures amid flu outbreak.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS Kiev, 30 October: The Ukrainian cabinet has ordered "special measures of border crossing" to be introduced with immediate effect, Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has said. "Control...

Russian deputy foreign minister interviewed on US missile shield.
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on 30 October Interview of Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov on Missile Defence, Vremya Novostei, October 29, 2009 29-10-2009 Question: The...

Medvedev's press statements after Russian-Ecuadorian talks.
October 30, 2009... Excerpt from report by Russian presidential website on 30 October Press Statements Following Russian-Ecuadorian Talks October 29, 2009 The Kremlin, Moscow PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Ladies and gentlemen, media representatives, ...

Serbian analysts argue new army bill depriving officers of constitutional rights.
October 30, 2009... Text of report by Serbian newspaper Blic website on 24 October [Report by Z. Jevtic: "Officers Not Entitled to Opinion on Situation in Army"] Professional members of the Serbian Army including the chief of the General Staff will be barred...

Russia describes US blockade of Cuba "anachronism".
October 30, 2009... Text of report in English by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on 30 October PRESS RELEASE Adoption of a Resolution in Support of Lifting the US Blockade of Cuba 1634-30-10-2009 As part of the 64th UN General Assembly, a...