June, 2008

• 16 June

  U.S. State Department: 1 million slaves in Russia

  Russia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for various forms of exploitation. This is stated in the US State Department’s human-trafficking report for 2008.

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• 16 June

  Extremism to be punished more severely during Medvedev

  Independent Gazette (Nezavisimaya Gazeta) reported that Russian State Duma (parliament) has drafted a bill that will make a tougher law on fight against extremism. The bill will abrogate the regulations, in accordance to which two warnings received by social organizations, mass media or ordinary citizens are annulled in one year. …

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• 16 June

  Russians vs. Caucasus nationals: major brawls continue

  A brawl between groups of youth took place in Northeastern Administrative District of Moscow in the backyard of building No. 17 on Anadyr Avenue. According to earlier reports, natives of the North Caucasus and Russian youngsters were the ones involved in the fight. Several people were hospitalized as a result. …

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• 15 June

  Isfahan to host 29th OFID ministerial summit

  TEHRAN, June 15 (MNA) – The 29th summit of the 12 member states of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) will be opened on June 17 in the city of Isfahan, Mehr reported on Sunday.

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• 15 June

  President to inaugurate Tenth olefin project

  TEHRAN, June 15 (MNA) — Jam Petrochemical Complex’s Tenth olefin project, the world’s largest of its kind, will be officially inaugurated on Tuesday in Assaluyeh region, southern Iran, in a ceremony attended by President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.

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• 15 June

  Little change as Kosovo gets new constitution

  PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s first constitution as an independent state came into force on Sunday, giving ethnic Albanians the right to executive powers held by the United Nations mission that has run the territory since 1999.

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• 15 June

  Arab League chief sees new Lebanon government soon

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon will soon form a national unity government in line with a Doha agreement to end the country’s political crisis, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Sunday.

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• 15 June

  FACTBOX: Iraq’s recent security operations

  (Reuters) – Iraq has sent army and police reinforcements to the southern city of Amara to prepare for a crackdown on Shi’ite militias. The operation will be the latest in a series of offensives by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that are intended to stamp the government’s authority over areas once …

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• 15 June

  Iraq’s Sadr movement to back candidates in polls

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The movement of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will not compete in local elections under its own name but join with other groups and ask its followers to vote for those candidates, Sadr officials said on Sunday.

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• 15 June

  FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq

  (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier was killed on Thursday in the Kadhimiya district of northwestern Baghdad, when his vehicle was struck by a bomb, the U.S. military reported.

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