mircea

Algerian terror suspects want to go home

Four Algerians detained for up to four years without charge or trial as terrorist suspects say they will return home to face torture because they can no longer face the “cruelty” Britain has inflicted on them. In a letter to the Guardian, the four men, who are held in Long …

Read More »

IRAN DETERMINED TO CONTINUE NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Assefi said on 23 April in his weekly press conference in Tehran that the Islamic Republic will not reverse course on uranium enrichment or its other nuclear activities, Radio Farda and state television reported. “We are determined not to forfeit our rights,” he said.

Read More »

FOUR CANADIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN

An explosive device hit a Canadian patrol vehicle in Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar Province on April 22 killing four soldiers, international news agencies reported. According to a Canadian military spokesman the explosion was detonated by a technically advanced remote-controlled device, “The New York Times,” reported on April 23.

Read More »

BELARUS RECEIVES S-300 MISSILE SYSTEM FROM RUSSIA

The first of the four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems that Russia has contracted to supply to Belarus arrived in Minsk on April 21, Belapan reported, quoting Belarusian Defense Minister Leanid Maltsau. Maltsau added that the remaining three system will be delivered until the end of this year.

Read More »

NATO DELEGATION VISITS KAZAKHSTAN

Robert Simmons, special representative of NATO Secretary-General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer for the South Caucasus and Central Asia, said in the course of a NATO delegation’s visit to Kazakhstan on April 22 that it is “important for us that Kazakhstan has advanced and signed the Individual Partnership Action Plan with …

Read More »

RUSSIAN MINISTER WARNS NATO

Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told the Minsk-based daily “Sovetskaya Belorussiya” of April 20 that “in the event of a clear violation of the balance of forces near our borders [by NATO], we reserve the lawful right to take all necessary measures to ensure the [soundness] of our national security,” Interfax …

Read More »

OSAMA VORBEÅžTE DIN NOU LA AL-JAZEERA

Postul arab de televiziune Al-Jazeera a dat publicităţii o înregistrare audio cu liderul reÅ£elei teroriste Al Qaida, Osama bin Laden. ÃŽn mesaj, el acuză Occidentul că duce un război împotriva Islamului. Bin Laden cere de altfel boicotarea tuturor produselor americane ÅŸi pe cele din ţările solidare Danemarcei în scandalul privind …

Read More »