BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from September 2006, page 207

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Benin president visits southwest China.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Guiyang, 1 September: President Thomas Yayi Boni of Benin visited southwest China's Guizhou Province...

Chinese official says drought to have no effect on grain output.
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 serious drought afflicting southwest and parts of east China will have no...

Czech Cardinal condemns Madonna's performances as offensive to believers.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 1 Sept: US pop singer Madonna's performances within her current world tour Confessions are an unacceptable offence of...

Taleban claim killing Afghan troops in bomb explosion in Helmand.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 1 September Taleban officials have claimed to have killed a number of Afghan troops in a bomb explosion in the centre of Lashkargah District...

Taiwan's security bureau apologizes for pushing women reporters.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by S.C. Chang, carried in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website Taipei, 1 September: The National Security Bureau (NSB) issued an apology to two women reporters...

Satellite service by Afghan private TV Lemar launched.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 1 September The broadcast of the new private TV Lemar can be received via satellite. The broadcast of this TV can be received via satellite on...

New Czech government might take month before facing vote of confidence.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Czech news agency CTK Prague, 1 Sept: The Civic Democrats' (ODS) [Czech] minority government led by ODS Chairman and Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek maybe...

Pakistan president chairs commanders' meeting on Baluchistan situation.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan's PTV World television on 1 September In Rawalpindi, the corps commanders [of Pakistan Army] reviewed the internal security situation with particular reference to...

Czech minority cabinet not to decide on US base in country - minister designate.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Czech newspaper Pravo website on 31 August Alexander Vondra, former Czech ambassador to the USA and candidate for foreign minister, has said that a minority cabinet...

Pakistan PM arrives in UK for three-day visit.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan's PTV World television on 1 September Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has arrived in London on a three-day visit to Britain on the second leg of his four-nation tour....

Brigades fire rockets at Ashqelon, Israelis arrests eight Palestinians in West Bank.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website has carried the following reports: At 1019 gmt it reported: "The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for...

China reportedly wants early resumption of North Korean nuclear talks.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 1 September: China, the host of the six-way talks aimed at resolving North Korea's nuclear ambitions, wants the North to...

Austrian army gets new command structure.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Austrian newspaper Die Presse website on 31 August Vienna: The Austrian Army's new command structure will come into force on Friday 1 September. The Armed Forces Command...

Kashmir leader seeks world help to end "human rights violations".
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Pakistan's PTV World television on 1 September In occupied Kashmir [Indian-administered Kashmir], Indian troops in state terrorism martyred 81 Kashmiris, including eight...

Official denies Hezbollah leader gave interview to Jordanian paper - agency.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lebanese National News Agency website Beirut, 1 September: Dr Husayn Rahhal, Hezbollah's official in charge of media relations, has denied that Hezbollah Secretary-General...

Profit-driven illegal activities threaten China's nature reserves.
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: More than a third of China's national nature reserves are sacrificing the...

Road linking China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan expected to be in service in 2008.
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: A central Asia highway corridor linking China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan is...

Radio reports US "aerial espionage" against North Korea in August.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by North Korean radio on 31 August According to military sources, the US imperialists frantically dared to commit [Korean: palgwangjo'gu'ro kamhaeng] aerial espionage acts...

UN voices concern over increase in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 1 September [Presenter] UN officials have said that signs are indicating that there has been a dramatic increase in poppy cultivation in...

Chinese delegation returns from world religious assembly in Japan.
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: A Chinese delegation has returned from the Eighth World Conference of...

Czech neo-Nazis threaten to attack synagogues, fight against Israel.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Czech newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes website on 31 August Militant extremist organization National Resistance [in Czech: Narodni odpor] is threatening attacks against...

Chinese vice-president stresses study of selected works of Jiang Zemin.
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: A senior official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Friday [1 September]...

Afghan TV says "ethnic fanaticism, dictatorship" reign in government.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan independent Aina TV on 30 August [Presenter] The priority of a democratic government is to meet the public's demands. But, according to a number of political...

UN interested in transparent presidential poll in Tajikistan.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Tajik Avesta website on 1 September Dushanbe, 1 September: The United Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-building [UNTOP] attaches great importance to the forthcoming...

New governor of western Afghan province pledges cooperation, reform.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Afghan independent Tolo TV on 1 September [Presenter] Security cannot be maintained in Farah unless the people cooperate and consider the government as their saviour. The...

Kosovo: Vitina residents protest creation of Serb-dominated municipality.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by independent internet news agency KosovaLive 1 September: Around 300 Vitia [Kosovska Vitina] residents protested today creation of Klokot municipality, and...

Azeri president, Pakistani premier to visit Turkey for Islamic forum.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Baku, September: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will go to Turkey to participate in the opening ceremony of the Islamic...

Taiwan's defence ministry defends increase in counterintelligence budget.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sofia Wu, carried in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website Taipei, 1 September: The Ministry of National Defence (MND) said Friday [1 September] that an...

India to raise budget for border development schemes.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi,StartDateStartDate 1 September: The Indian government has directed all states having international borders to prepare an action plan for...

Taiwan president hopes to hold summit meeting with African allies.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Sofia Wu, carried in English by Taiwanese Central News Agency website Taipei, 1 September: President Chen Shui-bian said Friday [1 September] he looks forward to holding a...

North Africa Roundup of Friday sermons 0n 1 Sep 06.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Algeria Today's Algeria's Friday sermon was relied live by Algerian TV from unidentified mosque by unidentified imam. The sermon was entirely religious, focusing on the acts of prophets who...

Uzbek leader says Kazakhstan bosom friend.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Kazakh Khabar TV on 1 September An unofficial summit of leaders of Central Asian states was held in Astana today. Nursultan Nazarbayev received Islom Karimov [of...

Montenegrin opposition says abolition of military draft is electoral gimmick.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Montenegrin TV on 31 August [Presenter] The decision on the abolition of compulsory military service and the full professionalization of the army has been considered...

Eldest son of Cuba's Castro visits Brazil, says Fidel "getting better".
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Mexican news agency Notimex Sao Paulo, 31 August: The eldest son of Cuban President Fidel Castro today reported during a visit to the Brazilian city of Salvador that...

Russian navy in need of "astronomical" sums, takes delivery of new warship.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax-AVN website St Petersburg, 1 September: The Russian navy requires funding to the tune of R3,700bn over the next 10 years to build and modernize...

German defence minister pledges further support for Kosovo, UN mission.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by independent internet news agency KosovaLive Prishtina [Pristina], 1 September: German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said today that Germany will support...

Ukrainian cabinet not to make Russian state language - deputy PM.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 1 September: Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk has said that the Cabinet of Ministers' draft programme contains no...

German foreign intelligence chief arrives in Lebanon - agency.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lebanese National News Agency website Beirut, 1 September: Ernst Uhrlau, head of Germany's foreign intelligence service, arrived at the Rafiq al-Hariri International...

Croatia bribery arrests due to change in attitudes - Transparency International.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Zagreb, 1 September: Transparency International Croatia (TIH) said on Friday [1 September] that the implementation of the government's...

Armenian leader pays surprise visit to southern region.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Armenian news agency Arminfo Yerevan, 1 September: Armenian President Robert Kocharyan today visited the country's Syunik Region [southern Armenia], without notifying the...

New Kyrgyz ambassador to Pakistan appointed.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz public educational TV on 1 September President Kurmanbek Bakiyev today signed a decree on appointing Nurlan Tashmurzayevich Aytmurzayev ambassador extraordinary and...

South Africa's support for Iran's nuclear program "holds firm".
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Nic Dawes entitled "SA Nuke Moves Alarm US" published by South African newspaper Mail & Guardian on 1 September; subheadings inserted editorially South African support for...

Croatian foreign minister, Turkish Economy Minister discuss EU, NATO.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Zagreb, 1 September: The Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and head of the government delegation in talks...

Iranian army holds seminar on psychological warfare.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian Fars News Agency website The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Military [Persian: Artesh] has held its first seminar on psychological operations with the aim...

Iranian official says 28 not 80 killed in plane crash.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 1 September: The TU-154 plane crash on Friday [1 September] killed 28 people and injured 43, said a reliable source on...

Romania's president calls for complete disclosure of ex-security files.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres Bucharest, 1 September: There is no half way to opening the Securitate files, the process has to be complete, Romania's President...

Kazakh MPs split over politician murder verdict.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kazakhstan Today news agency website Astana, 1 September: MPs are divided in their assessment of the verdict at the trial over the murder of [prominent politician] Altynbek...

Annan says Syria ready to demarcate border with Lebanon - Syrian news agency.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Syrian News Agency SANA website Damascus, 1 September: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan described his talks today with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad as constructive and...

Belarus refuses accreditation to Polish journalist.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Belarusian human rights group Charter-97 website on 1 September The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has denied accreditation to a Gazeta Wyborcza correspondent, Waclaw...

Ukrainian premier meets Russian first deputy premier in Crimea.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Ukraine news agency Kiev, 1 September: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev have discussed prospects for the...

India outlines "Look East" policy.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Indian news agency PTI New Delhi, 1 September: With an aim of giving a push to the "Look East" policy, the Indian government Friday [1 September] outlined a 10-point...

Kazakh president's son-in-law calls for constitutional monarchy.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev, who is the first deputy foreign minister, has mooted the idea of a constitutional monarchy in Kazakhstan. "Let us honestly...

Bulgarian minister views progress toward "European levels".
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by the Bulgarian news agency BTA Sofia, 1 September: "We have fulfilled the formal membership conditions but we have not reached European levels in three key...

"Terrorist" killed, two captures in eastern Turkey.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Turkish TRT 2 television on 1 September A terrorist was killed in a clash with security forces in Pulumur, outside Tunceli, today. Two terrorists were caught in Van's...

Bretton Woods institutions cancel Malawi's 3bn US dollar debt.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) radio on 1 September [Presenter] The International Monetary Fund, IMF, and World Bank have cancelled Malawi's debt amounting to 3bn US...

Ukrainian cabinet cannot rule on language - president's aide.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian television TV 5 Kanal on 1 September [Presenter] The president's [Viktor Yushchenko's] press secretary, Iryna Herashchenko, has said that it is not within the...

Former Iraqi MP Al-Ja'fari discusses Kirkuk, Al-Sadr movement, US relations.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report on an interview with former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari by Muhannad al-Haj Ali in London headlined "Al-Ja'fari to Al-Hayat: Sunni and Al-Sadr movements spared country...

Man shot dead by border guards in Kazakh south.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Kazakh TV on 1 September [Presenter] The death of a man has triggered a quarrel between border guards and locals in South Kazakhstan Region. A 25-year-old resident of...

Russian energy chief warns of "dramatic" energy crisis.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 1 September [Presenter] Russia is entering a very difficult and dramatic period of energy deficit, the head of Unified Energy Systems of Russia...

Summary of Turkmen TV "Watan" news programme 1600 gmt 1 Sep 06.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Presenter Dowlet Inerow 1. 0000 Presenter starts the news bulletin with congratulatory remarks on the start of the new academic year in schools and colleges all over the country. No video....

Russian Interior Ministry approves plan to withdraw some troops from Chechnya.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 1 September: The head of the Russian Interior Ministry has approved a plan to withdraw in 2007-2008 excessive Internal Troops...

Russian foreign minister off to Africa, then Middle East.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 1 September: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is leaving today for a trip to African countries. An official Foreign...

Montenegrin premier discusses EU accession with Finnish counterpart.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Montenegrin radio on 1 September [Newsreader] Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic is on an official visit to Finland where he is holding talks with his hosts on the...

Turkish police catch more than 300 illegal migrants.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Nkara, 1 September: Turkish gendarmerie captured 323 illegal migrants in northwestern city of Edirne, central city of Konya,...

Police in Kyrgyz south to guard schools.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kyrgyz public educational TV on 2 August Police have taken schools in the southern region of the country under special control. The reason for this is the growing...

Russian defence minister says safety before everything in aviation.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian external TV service NTV Mir on 1 September [Presenter] Flight safety and commercial interests have turned out to be incompatible in today's Russia, Deputy Prime...

Official lobbies for resumption of Serbian airline's flights from Pristina.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet Pristina, 1 September: The head of the Serbian government's economic team for Kosovo-Metohija and southern Serbia, Nenad Popovic, has...

Iran's senior cleric warns against 5+1 becoming 1+5 over nuclear issue.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) At 1708 gmt, Iran's radio started to broadcast a recording of Tehran Friday prayers, led by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati. The sermons were delivered at Tehran University campus. Ayatollah...

Putin hails ties with Uzbekistan in Independence Day message.
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 Dear Islom Abduganiyevich, ...

Summary of Uzbek Namangan TV "Asr" news 1430 gmt 1 Sep 06.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Presenter: Jakbarali Tillayev. 1. 0000 Video reports on festive events held in Namangan Region's towns and districts on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Uzbekistan's independence....

Iraqi Kurdish movement wants self-determination stipulated in constitution.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Sirwan Rashid Iraqi in Sulaymaniyah headlined "If the right for self-determination is not clearly written in Kurdistan constitution, Referendum Movement calls on people...

New stealth gunship to join Russia's Caspian Flotilla.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Channel One Europe TV on 1 September [Presenter] Russia's navy has a new addition. St Petersburg shipbuilders today delivered the latest gunship, named the...

Zambian opposition party leader denies signing MoU with Taiwanese in Malawi.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by George Chellah: "I won't mortgage the country - Sata" published by Zambian newspaper The Post website on 1 September; subheadings inserted editorially Patriotic Front...

Eritrean cabinet discusses food security, development plans.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Eritrean Ministry of Information's Shabait website on 1 September Massawa, 1 September: The joint meeting of the cabinet of ministers, regional administrators...

First Crimean Tatar TV goes on air in Ukraine.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Ukrainian Crimean Black Sea TV (ChTRK) on 1 September [Presenter] The First Crimean Tatar TV channel began broadcasting on the peninsula starting from today. It is called...

Lebanon's Junblatt says "public security" colludes with "Syrian intelligence".
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya TV at 1715 gmt on 1 September and within its 1700 gmt newscast, carried a live five-minute telephone interview with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Junblatt, head...

Hundreds of northern Kenya villagers flee in fear of Ethiopian militia attacks.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Kenyan KTN TV on 1 September [Newscasters] Hundreds of families from three villages in Dukana Division in Marsabit District [north of Eastern Province] are camping at...

Ukrainian president not to contest cabinet's move on powers.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Ukrainian Korrespondent.net web site on 1 September Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko does not intend to file a case with the Constitutional Court demanding the...

PLO official criticizes UN stand on Palestinians, calls for unity government.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed report from Nablus, West Bank on remarks made by Taysir Khalid, PLO executive committee member and member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation...

Kenya: Government deploys security forces to evict warring pastoralists.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kenyan KTN TV on 1 September The government has deployed security personnel to evict hundreds of Samburu and Pokot pastoralists who've been pitching tent in Ol-Moran...

Sandzak party to contest local election with Serbian president's party.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Serbian Regional RTV Novi Pazar on 1 September [Presenter] The Sandzak Democratic Party [SDP] of [Serbian National Council for Cooperation with Hague Tribunal...

Victim of plane crash in Iran describes the scene.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian TV on 1 September [Presenter] Our colleagues in Mashhad have arranged an interview with one of the victims of the crash. Let's listen to the interview: ...

Iran Speaker warns against anti-Iran action at UN.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Borujerd, Lorestan Province,1 September: Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel said here on Friday [1 September] that Iranian...

Serbia: Sandzak court rules against annulling referendum to recall mayor.
September 1, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet Sjenica, 1 September: The court in Sjenica declared unlawful the decision by the [municipal] election commission to annul the...