BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from September 2006, page 206

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China publishes agricultural technology books for farmers.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 1 September: China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and China Agricultural...

Pakistan, Cuba to increase links in higher education in biotechnology field.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistani newspaper Dawn website on 1 September Islamabad, 31 August: Pakistan and Cuba are deliberating on a plan to increase links in higher education particularly in the...

French and Italian premiers discuss Iran, Lebanon, energy at Rome talks.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 1 September We start with the meeting this morning between the French and Italian prime ministers in Rome. Dominique de Villepin and Romano...

Ukraine to pay off oil debt to Azerbaijan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Baku, 1 September: By the end of this year, Ukraine will pay off its debt of 5.3m dollars to Azerbaijan for supplies of oil products. This...

Indian defence minister likely to sign "major agreement" in Germany - paper.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian newspaper The Asian Age website on 1 September New Delhi, 31 August: Just ahead of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Germany starting from 3 September,...

Kazakh leader notes need to enhance civil servant's image.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has noted the need to bring honest civil servants into the limelight. In his address to the Kazakh parliament on 1 September, the text of which was...

Water levels in middle, lower reaches of China's Yangtze River hit record low.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 31 August: The water level in the Yangtze River's [Chiang Jiang] middle and lower reaches...

Kurdish minister says court has right to call Kurds involved in Al-Anfal war.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lina Siyawish headlined "Kurdish justice minister to 'Al-Hayat': Kurds who took part in 'Al-Anfal' campaign occupy important official positions Today", published by...

Canadian minister urges more cooperation between Pakistan, Afghanistan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Islamabad, 1 September: Canadian Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor Friday [1 September] lauded Pakistan's role for doing...

US commander, ministers review security in north Afghanistan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website Mazar-e-Sharif, 1 September: The US top commander in Afghanistan Lt Gen Karl Eikenberry and three cabinet...

Chinese official outlines five aspects of work for harmonious socialist society.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Chinese President Hu Jintao's policy of a "united front" for building a harmonious socialist society concentrates on five aspects, a party official has said. These are: relations between...

Iran: Leader urges Assembly of Experts to avoid factionalism, undermining trust.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamene'i addressed the members of the Assembly of Experts, which appoints and supervises the leader, on 31 August. He said the importance of the...

Iran's enrichment plan not to be linked to talks resumption - Friday imam.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Iranian news agency IRNA Tabriz, 1 September: The leader's representative in East Azarbayjan Province and the Friday imam of Tabriz has said: The suspension of our...

Mexico's Pemex reports positive seven-month trade balance.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Mexican newspaper El Financiero website on 28 August Mexican Petroleum (Pemex) reported that in the first seven months of this year, the trade balance for crude oil,...

Chinese agency comments on rural land rights issue.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 1 September: When Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck published the Grapes of Wrath in 1939,...

Serbia unlikely to take any radical steps over Ahtisaari's remarks - agency.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of Beta commentary entitled "Ahtisaari under fire" published in English by Serbian news agency Beta's Beta Week service The authorities in Serbia launched a strong campaign against the...

German spymaster to discuss intelligence cooperation in Lebanon.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by German news agency ddp on 1 September Berlin: According to information given by the German Intelligence Service (BND), BND President Ernst Uhrlau will not hold...

Firearms amnesty in effect in Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Papua New Guinea Post-Courier website on 1 September Security forces in Southern Highlands Province expect to collect a lot of illegal firearms during the state of...

Solomon Islands: Speculation former Guadalcanal militants regrouping dismissed.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation text website on 1 September Former commander of the disbanded Isatabu Freedom Movement Joseph Sangu has condemned speculations...

Solomon Islands urged to improve communication to tackle HIV/AIDS.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation text website on 1 September The Ministry of Health and Medical Services warns that Solomon Islands will have a serious problem...

Fiji issues typhoid alert.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Fijilive website on 1 September Fiji's Health Ministry has placed a health alert after an outbreak of typhoid fever cases reported in the Northern Division. Health...

Indian PM envisages six-fold increase in power generation in 25 years.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI Solapur (Maharashtra),StartDateStartDate 1 September: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday [1 September] said there is a need to increase...

USA to support Turkey in fight against terror.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Mersin 31 August: US Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson indicated on Thursday [31 August] that recent acts of terror in Turkey...

Afghan MPs condemn police action against demo in north, moot ethnic motives.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Afghan independent Aina TV on 31 August [Presenter] A number of Afghan MPs strongly condemned the way police treated demonstrators protesting against the disbandment...

Germany to give Lebanon extra 22m euros in reconstruction aid.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by German newspaper Die Welt on 1 September Stockholm: The federal government has decided to give Lebanon another 22m euros in addition to the 5m in emergency aid which...

Chinese TV discusses campaign against Taiwan president.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Hsieh Chi-ta, former chairwoman of Taiwan's New Party, and Prof Mao Zhongwei, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Taiwan Research Institute, discuss why more and more...

Nigerien journalists' lawyer reacts to severe sentence.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 1 September Two journalists in Niger have been sentenced to eighteen months of imprisonment and handed a fine of 10m Central African francs -...

Rebel region offers to restore rail link with Moldova.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The Dniester region railway company is ready to resume the movement of trains on the Kuchurhan-Bender railway stretch [from the Ukrainian border across Moldova's breakaway Dniester region into...

Pakistan court sentences Shi'i militant to death over 2004 blasts.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Multan, 1 September: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) No 2 Multan on Friday [1 September] announced the verdict in Rasheedabad car...

Minor official shot in Dagestan, Russia.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Interfax Makhachkala, 1 September: The deputy head of the Novolakskiy District of Dagestan, Aliomar Khamzatov, was wounded in the early hours of...

(Corr) French and Italian premiers discuss Iran, Lebanon, energy at Rome talks.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 1 September [correcting date in editorial insert para 2] We start with the meeting this morning between the French and Italian prime...

Ukraine's propresidential bloc wants new coalition with premier's party.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 1 September: [The propresidential] Our Ukraine bloc is going to initiate the signing of a new coalition agreement with the Party of...

Slovene president slams proposed tax reform.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by ds entitled: "Drnovsek about the tax reform: The reform is not fair!", published by the Slovene newspaper Dnevnik website on 1 September Ljubljana: The president [Janez...

Guyana's Jagdeo to be sworn in on 2 September after "best elections ever".
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 1 September Georgetown, Guyana: Incumbent Bharrat Jagdeo will be sworn into office on Saturday [2 September] as Guyana's...

Agency analyses political implications of Serbia's National Investment Plan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of BETA commentary entitled "A propaganda offensive" published in English by Serbian news agency Beta's Beta Week service The National Investment Plan, which envisages the spending of...

Pakistani, Canadian defence ministers discuss Afghanistan, terrorism.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) news agency Islamabad, 1 September: Pakistan and Canada have underscored the need for closer cooperation in their struggle against the...

Thailand seeks Jamaica's support for UN bid.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 1 September Kingston, Jamaica: Thailand is seeking Jamaica's support for its former foreign minister and deputy Prime...

Nepal MPs differ over king's powers.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Nepal on 1 September MPs at the House committee on state affairs today were divided over the king's power of endorsement of directives or documents like the...

Ruling party wins Guyana elections.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 1 September Georgetown, Guyana: The ruling People's Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) won its fourth consecutive electoral...

Iranian president urges inquiry into plane crash, condoles with victims.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 1 Sept: President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad on Friday [1 Sept] extended condolences to the Iranian nation, notably the...

Egypt's FM says Israel acted "foolishly" in Lebanon, Iraq sliding into civil war.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 1 September: Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu-al-Ghayt said Israel had acted foolishly in Lebanon. Egypt has sent letters to...

Serbian president, acting CGS to pay official visit to USA 6-8 September.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet Belgrade, 1 September: Serbian President Boris Tadic will pay a working visit to USA on 6-8 September on an invitation by US State...

Indian defence minister embarks on visit to France, Germany.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi,StartDateStartDate 1 September: Heading a high-level delegation, Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee embarks on a week-long visit to...

Nepal disallows entry for Ukrainian plane carrying weapons.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nepalese newspaper Kantipur on 1 September Kathmandu, 31 August: The government of Nepal has not given permission to an aircraft carrying arms purchased in Ukraine to enter...

Croatian president, Chinese state councillor discuss bilateral relations.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Zagreb, 1 September: Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Friday [1 September] received State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan of the Chinese...

Chinese legislative chief addresses Brazilian parliament.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency); subheadings as carried Brasilia, 31 August: China's top legislator Wu Bangguo delivered a keynote...

Iran crash - 97 survivors, says official.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 1 Sept: Some 97 of the passengers and crew aboard the TU-154 plane are alive, said an informed source on Friday. ...

BP names its new representative in Azerbaijan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan Baku, 1 September: The British oil company BP today named the new president of its branch in Azerbaijan. Beginning from 10 November, the new...

India names new naval chief.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi,StartDateStartDate 1 September: Senior most naval officer and fighter pilot, Vice-Adm Sureesh Mehta was Friday [1 September] named as...

Poland sends documents on shipyards to Brussels.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP Brussels, Warsaw, 1 September: The EC said it had not received the Polish shipyard restructuring programmes, although they were to reach...

Azeri court fines opposition editor for insulting interior minister.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan Baku, 1 September: The court hearings on the lawsuit filed by Interior Minister Ramil Usubov against Realnyy Azerbaydzhan newspaper ended at...

Bush's "black and white" world - Portuguese paper.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of editorial by Joao Morgado Fernandes: "Bush's world" by Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias website on 1 September George W. Bush yesterday justified the American presence in...

Russia: Kommersant editors fear change, paper.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Moscow Times website, on 1 September Senior Kommersant editors Thursday cast doubt on Alisher Usmanov's claim that he would not tamper with the newspaper's...

Finnish FM Errki Tuomioja on EU Iran statement.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Swedish SVT Europa TV on 1 September [Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, speaking at informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Lappeenranta, Finland] This is...

Asian Development Bank official praises cooperation with Tajikistan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Tajik Avesta website on 1 September Dushanbe, 1 September: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) should seriously consider the issue of providing assistance in the development...

Baluch leader's killing "beginning of the end" of Pakistan president's rule.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times website on 1 September Quetta: The Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Dawood, said on Thursday [31 August] that the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti...

Iran: Ardabil war games include anti-riot exercises.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The final part of the Muhammed Rasullulah (the messenger of God) war games was steged in Ardabil's Sumarin region. Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] and Basij Resistance Force have...

Niger: Journalists' lawyer reacts to severe sentence.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 1 September Two journalists in Niger have been sentenced to eighteen months of imprisonment and handed a fine of 10m Central African francs...

UK official discusses Iraq's sectarian violence, British troops' presence, Iran.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report Samir Nasif headlined "British defence ministry official at meeting with Arab press in London: We will withdraw from Dhi Qar at the end of the month and from southern governorates...

Uzbek envoy hails fraternal relations with Turkmenistan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Turkmen government website on 1 September Today, the friendly people of Uzbekistan are marking the 15th anniversary of the [Uzbek] state independence. On the occasion...

India pledges to help Maldives reform legal system.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian newspaper The Asian Age website on 1 September New Delhi, 31 August: After lending a helping hand to Sri Lanka by offering a devolution formula based on the Indian...

Georgia: British academic urges Abkhazia to be more open to the West.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Abkhaz news agency Apsnypress Sukhumi, 1 September: The Sukhumi Media Club has hosted a meeting with academic and Caucasus researcher George Hewitt of the University...

Bosnian Serb premier describes police reform as debacle.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Banja Luka, 1 September: [Bosnian] Serb Republic Prime Minister Milorad Dodik said today that the police reform in B-H was experiencing a...

Syria's Al-Asad, UN's Annan discuss situation in Lebanon.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Syrian News Agency SANA website Damascus, 1 September: President Bashar al-Asad this morning received UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the delegation accompanying him....

Serbia: Vojvodina should be granted wider autonomy, says senior EU official.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Subotica, 1 September: A senior European Union official said on Friday [1 September] that the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina...

Belarusian president well disposed to plans for nuclear plant.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Belarusian news agency Belapan Minsk, 1 September: Belarus needs a nuclear power station but the issue of its construction should not be rushed. The decision will take...

Stockholm conference pledges 500m dollars' aid to Gaza.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Swedish SVT Europa TV on 1 September [Presenter] After yesterday's international conference in Stockholm on aid for Lebanon there was another conference today on...

Rockets fired from Pakistan hit Afghan school.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website Sharan, 1 September: Several rockets, fired from the Pakistani side of the border, hit a school in southeastern...

Tajik parties, election body discuss presidential poll.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Tajik Avesta website on 31 August Dushanbe, 31 August: The Central Electoral Commission accepted most of suggestions by political parties on the holding of Tajik...

Ukraine may transit Kazakh oil "in two-three years", minister says.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 1 September: It will be possible to use the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to pump light Caspian oil to Europe no earlier than in two-three...

Government wants people to forget Beslan - Russian politician.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 1 September [Presenter] The Federal Security Service [FSB] has banned a Beslan commemoration event in Ulyanovsk. The leader of the local branch...

Pakistan-US naval exercise to start in northern Arabian Sea 4 September.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan's PTV World television on 1 September Pakistan and US Navy are conducting joint exercise - Inspired Union 06 - from Monday [4 September]. The exercise would be...

Iranian president says US "biggest censor" in world.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian Fars News Agency website Maku, 1 September: Commenting on America's opposition to the free propagation of information in the United States and the world, President...

Iranian air force to start next phase of military exercises.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian Fars News Agency website Another phase of the Zarbat-e Zolfaqar exercises will begin on 2 September by the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Military...

Afghanistan: New website for state radio and television.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) National Radio Television Afghanistan (NRTA) has a new website at www.nrta.org.af. The website is mainly in Dari and appears to be still under construction, with many inactive or incorrect...

Syrian foreign minister, UN chief discuss Lebanon, UN resolution.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Syrian News Agency SANA website Damascus - Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu'allim conferred Thursday [31 August] with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the...

Electricity price raised by quarter in Ukraine.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian television NTN on 1 September The price of electricity for consumers in Ukraine rose by 25 per cent today. This is already the second stage of increasing the...

Belarusian opposition party gets reregistered.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Belarusian news agency Belapan Minsk, 1 September: The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) has been reregistered by the Belarusian Justice Ministry. On 1...

Bangladesh police arrest 24 opposition activists during strike.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star website on 31 August Sporadic clashes including an impromptu attack by picketers on Communications Minister Nazmul Huda's car with...

Caribbean and international security officials meet in Trinidad.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website Port of Spain, Trinidad: Caribbean and international security experts will meet in Trinidad from Monday [4 September] to...

Afghan observers sceptical about Pakistani president's visit.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 1 September [Presenter] Kabul will host Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf next week. Some observers believe that it could be a fruitful...

Turkish police arrest party officials for "promoting terrorist organization".
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Diyarbakir, 1 September: Police arrested 11 executives of Democratic Society Party (DTP), including DTP Siirt Chairman Murat Avci,...

Bush says USA supports Uzbekistan's sovereignty.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Uzbek newspaper Xalq Sozi on 1 September To His Excellency, Mr Islom Abduganiyevich Karimov, the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan Your Excellency, Please...

China: Drought spreads, drinking water shortage worsens.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 1 September: The worst drought to hit China in 50 years is spreading to more areas after...