Yearly Archives: 2008

(INTERVIU – Sursa: www.stelapopa.unimedia.md) Vasile Botnaru despre politică, jurnalism şi alegeri în R. Moldova

Sursa: www.stelapopa.unimedia.md Am dorit de multă vreme să realizez un interviu cu Vasile Botnaru, şeful biroului Radio Europa Libera de la Chişinău şi unul dintre cei mai cunoscuţi ziarişti din R. Moldova. Nu am avut norocul să îl am pe Vasile Botnaru ca profesor, în schimb a avut o contribuţie …

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14 students die in bombing at Afghan school

KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber tried to attack a meeting of tribal elders and blew himself up near an Afghan primary school on Sunday, killing 14 children and wounding 58 people, the U.S. military said. The suicide blast went off near the entrance to a police and army post, …

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Turkey To Back Kosovo In International Arena

urkey will support Kosovo within the United Nations when it becomes a temporary member of the Security Council in January 2009, a senior Turkish official said. “From the beginning of 2009, Turkey will be a temporary member of the UN Security Council … and wishes that Kosovo become a member …

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US Convicts Brothers Of Foiled Attack Plot

A United States court found the three brothers Dritan, Shain and Elvir Duka, ethnic Albanians born in western Macedonia, guilty of a conspiracy to kill U.S. soldiers at the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey last year, local media said on Tuesday. A Jordanian-born and a Turkish-born U.S. citizen …

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Czechs Might Pull Troops From Kosovo

The Czech Republic is considering withdrawing its troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, due to opposition objections in Prague over the country’s presence in military missions abroad. The some 400 Czech soldiers serving in Kosovo play a major role in KFOR operations as they operate along the border …

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Cause of Fire in Bosnia Mosque Disputed

n independent expert has disputed the conclusion of the official investigation, saying the mosque in the village of Fazlagica Kula was not razed by accident but in “professionally planed and executed” arson attack. “Our suspicions have been confirmed because the findings of this expert are completely different from the findings …

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Serb Politicians Flaunt Presence in Kosovo

Two Serbian ministers cut the ribbon in a post office in the Kosovo town of Gracanica on Monday, a move meant to showcase Belgrade’s hold on Serb areas of its former province. Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo, Goran Bogdanovic, and minister for Local Government Milan Markovic, did not inform Kosovo’s Albanian …

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Hamas offers to study fresh Gaza truce with Israel

GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas would consider renewing a lapsed truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, but wants guarantees the Jewish state will halt incursions and keep border crossings open for supplies of aid and fuel, a spokesman said on Tuesday. Gaza’s Islamist leaders had initially ruled out extending the …

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Russia demands changed mandate for OSCE in Georgia

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe can only patrol in Georgia next year if their mandate is changed to take account of Moscow’s concerns, Russia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. The OSCE said on Monday it would start shutting down its mission in …

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India wants Pakistan action, not “war hysteria”

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India asked Pakistan on Tuesday to avoid “war hysteria” and simply act to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure operating in its country. “The issue is not war, the issue is terror and territory in Pakistan being used to promote, aid and abet this terror,” Prime Minister Manmohan …

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