BBC Monitoring International Reports articles from September 2006, page 7

BBC Monitoring International Reports archives from September 2006

Saudi daily says Hezbollah leader plans visit to thank king for "support"'.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of "exclusive report" by Muhammad al-Manna in Beirut headlined "Hezbollah Secretary-General Nasrallah to Al-Jazirah: I will visit the Kingdom soon to thank it for its support for Lebanon"...

Zambia vote count continues; "final" results from Lusaka "may be" known by noon.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Zambian radio on 29 September Counting of votes in yesterday's general elections has continued. However, no official results have been released as yet by the...

Meeting of Russian, Georgian deputy foreign ministers in Moscow cancelled.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 29 September: A meeting between Russian and Georgian Deputy Foreign Ministers Grigoriy Karasin and Giorgi Manjgaladze due to take...

Afghan minister urges increase in domestic TV programmes.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian radio from Mashhad on 29 September Afghan Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Abdol Karim Khoram has urged officials of government and private TV channels to pay...

USA: Kazakh leader raps "unjust" nuclear proliferation order.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency Washington, 29 September: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has proposed reconsidering the issue of nuclear non-proliferation under the...

NATO summit to ties with Russia at summit in Slovenia.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Slovene news agency STA Portoroz, 29 September: The informal meeting of NATO defence ministers in Portoroz will close on Friday [29 September] with debates...

Radicals pledge to defend Bosnian Serb institutions.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Bijeljina, 28 September: The chairman of the Serbian Radical Party of the [Bosnian] Serb Republic [SRS RS] and leading candidate for the RS...

DRCongo: Campaigns for provincial deputy polls kick off.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Kito K entitled "Launch of electoral campaigns for provincial deputies" published by Congolese newspaper L'Avenir website on 29 September Electoral campaigns for the...

Zimbabwe ruling party youth wing queries increasing military role in government.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by South Africa-based Zim Online website on 29 September Mutare: The youth wing of Zimbabwe's ruling party earlier this week openly questioned increasing military...

Russian peacekeepers record Georgian military aircraft over South Ossetia.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Russian news agency Interfax-AVN website Moscow, 29 September: Another illegal flight of a combat aircraft has been registered in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict...

Albanian leader, Croatian defence minister discuss NATO bid.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Croatian news agency HINA Tirana, 28 September: Albanian President Alfred Moisiu held talks with Croatian Defence Minister Berislav Roncevic in Tirana on...

Outline of Japan PM's policy speech to parliament.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 29 September: The following is the gist of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy address delivered at parliament on Friday [29...

EU's Solana quoted reporting "important progress" on some issues with Iran.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by German news agency ddp on 28 September Berlin: The efforts of the European Union (EU) to reach a settlement of the nuclear dispute with Iran have not yet brought the...

Russian shipyard transfers second destroyer to China.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Russian news agency Interfax-AVN website Moscow, 28 September: A second Project 956EM destroyer built at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St Petersburg has been...

Iran Press: Guards commander tours Khuzestan border fortifications.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian newspaper E'temad website on 12 September Maj-Gen Seyyed Yahya Safavi, the chief commander of the IRGC, visited the border line in Khuzestan Province and the...

BBC Monitoring quotes from the Turkish press 29 Sep 06.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in 29 September editions of the Turkish newspapers: EU Reforms Hurriyet (centre-right) "Keeping...

Bosnian Serb president's party vows to defend Serb entity.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Banja Luka, 29 September: The candidate of the Serb Democratic Party [SDS] for president of the [Bosnian] Serb Republic [RS], Dragan Cavic,...

Iran says will not use oil weapon over nuclear row.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian TV news channel on 29 September The foreign minister [Manuchehr Mottaki] has referred to Iran's cooperation [with international bodies] over its nuclear case,...

Japan finance minister, US treasury secretary to meet in November.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 29 September: Finance Minister Koji Omi said Friday [29 September] he plans to hold his first bilateral meeting with US...

Iran Press: Petrol rationing plan "under consideration".
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Iranian newspaper Hemayat on 11 September "Iran is considering a package of proposals to reduce gasoline imports. This package includes increasing the price and rationing...

Germany extends military observer mission to Sudan until 8 Oct.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by German news agency ddp on 28 September Berlin: The Bundestag [lower chamber of the German parliament] has given the green light for an extension of the UNMIS [United...

Uganda government, LRA peace talks should continue, Sudanese paper says.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of unattributed commentary entitled "LRA's Otti wants indictment dropped" published by Sudanese newspaper Khartoum Monitor on 29 September Kony's number two, Vincent Otti, is on record...

Germany extends Afghan mission by one year.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by German news agency ddp on 28 September Berlin: The Bundeswehr involvement in the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan will be extended by...

Two people, one soldier killed, six hurt in southern Thailand.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 29 September Three people, including one soldier, were killed and six others injured in a wave of bombings and shootings in...

Parties reach consensus on new Serbian draft constitution.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Serbian news agency Beta Belgrade, 29 September: Last night political parties in Serbia reached a political consensus on the content of the new Serbian draft constitution,...

Thai coup leader hints at new PM's identity.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 29 September The new prime minister is somebody we know well, Gen Sonthi Bunyaratglin, leader of the military council said...

Putin, Merkel to attend dialogue forum in October.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by German news agency ddp on 28 September Berlin/Dresden: Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union [CDU]) have...

Iraqi Kurdish youths leave in large numbers for Europe.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Amanj Khalil headlined "Young people trek hundreds of miles to fulfil their aspirations", published by independent Iraqi Kurdish newspaper Hawlati on 27 September In...

Thai military reshuffle announced.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 29 September The annual military reshuffle involving 612 senior military officers has won a royal command and was announced...

Blast in southern Turkish town shatters windows.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Mersin, 28 September: A blast occurred at an ATM near the municipality building in southern city of Mersin tonight. The...

German minister urges MPs to back extended Afghan mission.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by "nik/ade", entitled "Steinmeier pushes for continued Afghanistan mission of the Bundeswehr", published by German news agency ddp Berlin: Despite all the problems, Foreign...

China's Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju make public appearance.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report entitled: "Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee, Hong Kong and...

France's Chirac "in absolute despair" about situation in Cote d'Ivoire.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) French President Jacques said yesterday that he despairs of the situation in Cote d'Ivoire , in an interview on Radio France Internationale last night. He said the situation there was...

Plastic explosives, fuses seized in southeast Turkey.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Sirnak, 28 September: Turkish police seized 14.6 kilograms of plastic explosives in southeastern city of Sirnak, Governor's Office...

Indonesian report says autopsies reveal men tortured prior to execution.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report attributed to Ari Saputra: "Autopsies indicate Tibo and Riwu were tortured prior to being executed"Indonesian Detikcom website on 29 September Jakarta: The question as to...

Chinese army to add psychological test to recruitment process.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 29 September: Chinese citizens, starting from this year, will need to pass psychological...

China replaces Mao's portrait in Tiananmen Square with new one.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 29 September: The giant portrait of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square was...

Neighbours will benefit from Turkey's EU membership - EU negotiator.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Rome, 28 September: Turkey's EU membership will contribute to the development of neighbouring countries, said Turkish State Minister...

Commentary urges Montenegro to consider cost of NATO candidacy.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of commentary by Bojica Boskovic entitled "NATO, how much does it cost?" published by Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti on 28 September [US Secretary of Defence] Donald Rumsfeld's arrival...

Police disperse protest in Azeri village.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan Baku, 29 September: Police dispersed a peaceful rally held by local residents in [Baku's] Zabrat village today. The protesters demanded that...

BBC Monitoring quotes from the African press 29 Sep 06.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and other material published in the 29 September editions of the African press. As indicated some material from 27 September is also...

Explosion on Iranian part of Iran-Turkey natural gas pipeline reported.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia Dogubeyazit, 28 September: A blast occurred on the Iranian part of the Iran-Turkey natural gas pipeline tonight, said Rauf Ulusoy,...

Chinese capital not to ease restrictions on birth of second child.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 29 September: Beijing will not ease restrictions on the birth of a second child for people...

China sees Namibia as "most reliable" friend - envoy.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Windhoek, 28 September: China has all along viewed Namibia as one of the most reliable friends and...

Thailand reform council urged to appoint national broadcasting commission.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by Usani Mongkhonphon: "Broadcasting Panel: Additional doubt over NBC future", published by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 29 September The National...

Brazilian mining giant to start joint venture steel plant in China.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Rio De Janeiro, 28 September: Brazilian mining giant Compania Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) in a Thursday...

Sudan: Pro-government militia leader joins ex rebel movement.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report in English by Sudanese newspaper Khartoum Monitor on 29 September A prominent member of the Southern Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) [government-aligned southern militias],...

Georgian envoy says Russia's UN Security Council move a "diversion".
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Georgian TV station Rustavi-2 on 29 September [Presenter] The UN Security Council has postponed until tomorrow consideration of Russia's proposals. Russian diplomats had...

Russian MPs, pundits call for tough measures against Georgia.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Russian State Duma deputy Gennadiy Gudkov has described the arrest of Russian servicemen in Georgia on 27 September as a "provocation" orchestrated by Tbilisi, and called for Russia to take...

Columnist says former Thai army chief has credentials to be interim PM.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of "Burning Issue" column in English by Chintana Panyawut entitled: "Surayud has the right credentials", published by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 29 September As interim prime...

Two Montenegrins held over human trafficking.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by S. Blagojevic entitled "On horseback across Piva and on to the West" published by Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti on 28 September Pluzine/Podgorica - Hills surrounding...

Saudi commentary calls for Arab "national resistance" movements to unite.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of article by Yusuf Makki headlined "Regarding the stances on the US hegemony schemes", published by Saudi newspaper Al-Watan website on 27 September It is no longer a secret that the...

China's booming textile industry leads to record cotton imports.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 29 September: China's booming textile industry continues to set records for importing...

Bosnian Serb PM promises to help returnees to Federation.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Prijedor, 29 September: The chairman of the Alliance of Independent Democrats [SNSD] and leading candidate in the election unit 1 for the...

Latvian daily questions LPP, TB/LNNK leaders on tax policies, naturalization.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Latvian newspaper Diena website on 27 September [Interview with Ainars Slesers, leader of the First Party of Latvia, and Roberts Zile, member of the European...

Afghan TV pessimistic about Karzai-Musharraf talks in view of continuing spats.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of commentary by Afghan independent Aina TV on 28 September [Presenter] The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan are still blaming and criticizing each other despite US efforts to...

China to open 300 drug needle exchange centres to curb HIV infections.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Wuhan, 29 September: China will open 300 new drug needle exchange centres by the end of the year...

Iranian Bushehr provincial TV debates "young people rejecting religion".
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Bushehr TV BBC Monitoring observed Iranian Bushehr provincial TV on satellite for the first time on 13 September 2006. Bushehr TV is the 11th Iranian provincial TV channel on satellite....

Papua New Guinea warns Australia not to interfere over mining site.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio Australia on 29 September [Newsreader] The Papua New Guinea government says Australia has more important issues to worry about than mining taking place along the...

Vice-premier urges more Sino-Norwegian cooperation in energy, environment.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Stockholm, 28 September: Entrepreneurs from China and Norway should further their collaboration in...

Two Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling of Bayt Hanun.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya TV at 0733 gmt on 29 September carries the following "urgent" report as a screen caption: "Two Palestinians killed in Israeli artillery shelling of Bayt...

Central Europe/Former Yugo media roundup of Roma related issues 29 Sep 06.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Bosnia-Hercegovina Roma draft requests and recommendations on eve of elections Roma have identified problems of their national minority in Bosnia-Hercegovina regarding the 1 October...

Security personnel deployed to Kenya-Somalia border to screen refugees.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Bozo Jenje and Agencies entitled "25,000 Somali refugees enter Kenya" published by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation website on 29 September, subheadings as published The...

Russia not to hand over to Georgia officer in Tbilisi army headquarters.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Tbilisi, 29 September: The Russian ambassador in Tbilisi, Vyacheslav Kovalenko, has confirmed that Lt-Col Konstantin Pichugin is on the...

Chinese official warns localities against defying property market controls.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 29 September: A senior government official has warned defiant local governments that they...

Russia urges UN response to events in Georgia.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Russian Channel One Europe TV on 29 September [Presenter] Also today the UN Security Council is to give its assessment of the latest events in Georgia. It is planning to...

Security tightened in Armenia ahead of French leader's visit.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Regnum 29 September: Officers of the Armenian police and National Security Service are taking security measures in Yerevan because of French...

Russian environmental watchdog to bring charges over Sakhalin-2 pipeline.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian news agency RIA Novosti Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 29 September: Part of the pipeline built as part of the Sakhalin-2 project goes through a nature reserve, the deputy...

Kazakh PM tells CIS police chiefs of importance of drugs fight.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Kazakhstan Today news agency website Astana, 29 September: Kazakh Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov received members of the CIS council of interior ministers today, a news...

South Korean official says Japanese PM to visit mid-October.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 29 September: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to visit Seoul in the middle of next month for a summit with...

Britain to support return process to Kosovo - official.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio-Television Kosovo TV website on 28 September Head of the British office in Prishtina [Pristina] David Blunt today visited Kline and Istog where he welcomed the...

China not aware of North Korea's stance on South-US initiative - minister.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, 29 September: China has not received any response from North Korea on a fresh initiative by South Korea and the US to...

BBC Monitoring Quotes from Israel's Hebrew Press 29 Sep 06.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials published in 29 Sep editions of Hebrew-language Israeli newspapers available to BBCM. Ehud Olmert "[Prime Minister] Ehud Olmert...

North Korean agency reports formation of international investment group.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by North Korean news agency KCNA Pyongyang, 29 September: Talks took place here between the Korean Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation with Foreign...

Portuguese navy officer suspected of corruption kept on remand.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Portuguese newspaper Publico website on 29 September The Lisbon criminal court today ruled that one of the three servicemen arrested on Wednesday [27 September], with...

Unacceptable for Iran not to live up to commitments - France's Villepin.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said today that it was unacceptable for Iran not to respect its commitments regarding nuclear proliferation. When asked if sanctions would be...

Kosovo PM brands Serbia "enemy" of independent Kosovo.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Radio-Television Kosovo TV website on 28 September Kosova [Kosovo] citizens have to be careful not to fall for provocations, Kosova Prime Minister Agim Ceku said after a...

North Korean committee denounces South "dangerous weapon" development.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by North Korean news agency KCNA Pyongyang, 29 September: We, on behalf of the whole nation, desirous of the country's peace and reunification, bitterly denounce...

BBC Monitoring quotes for Middle East Arabic press 29 Sep 06.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) The following is a selection of quotes from editorials and commentaries published in the 12 June 2006 editions of Arabic language newspapers in the Middle East and North Africa, as available to...

First press briefing for 2008 Olympic Games held in China.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 28 September: The first world press briefing for the 2008 Olympic Games Thursday [28...

Georgian police maintain cordon around Russian military HQ.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Georgian civilian and military police are maintaining their cordon around the Tbilisi headquarters of the Group of Russian Troops in the Transcaucasus, Georgian Imedi TV has reported. Police...

Kenyan anti-graft body seeks 125m dollars to fight corruption.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Text of report by Lucas Barasa and Tony Kago entitled "Ringera seeks nine billion shillings to fight graft" published by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation website on 29 September The Kenya...

Russia might use force to resolve conflict with Georgia, says Russian TV.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Russian Centre TV "Sobytiya" news on 29 September [Presenter] Today it will become known how far Georgia is going to get in its attempt to spoil relations with...

UN slams Zimbabwe's Mugabe over police "brutal attack" endorsement - paper.
September 29, 2006... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Excerpt from report by Ray Matikinye and Loughty Dube entitled "UN slams Mugabe" published by Zimbabwean newspaper Zimbabwe Independent website on 29 September The United Nations yesterday...