August, 2008

• 2 August

  Patriarhia rusa vrea in UE

  Patriarhia Rusa a facut apel la gasirea unor noi modali­tati de participare a Rusiei si fostelor republici sovietice, cu populatie majoritar orto­doxa, la procesele de inte­grare in structurile UE, informeaza Interfax. Demersurile bisericii conduse de Patriarhul Alexei al II-lea, ofiter al fostelor servicii secrete sovietice KGB, vin dupa o recenta …

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• 2 August

  Rusia se remilitarizeaza si formuleaza o noua doctrina militara

  Noile realitati geopolitice impun Moscovei mai multe aspecte cu care guvernantii de la Kremlin nu sunt de acord. Printre acestea se numara probleme legate de instalarea scutului antiracheta american pe teritoriul european, bazele militare americane de la Marea Neagra din Bulgaria si Romania, eventuala aderare la NATO a Georgiei si …

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• 1 August

  Hamas arrests Abbas representatives in Gaza

  GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas security forces arrested Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s top Fatah representatives in the Gaza Strip on Friday, ratcheting up tensions between the rival factions.

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• 1 August

  Peace push with Syria should go on: Israel’s Mofaz

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s peace efforts with Syria should continue, without preconditions, after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert steps down, a candidate to succeed him said on Friday.

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• 1 August

  Medvedev starts corruption battle with new plan

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Calling graft a threat to Russia’s security, President Dmitry Medvedev released on Friday his national plan to fight red tape and corruption.

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• 1 August

  Russian court finds Yukos boss guilty of murders

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – A top manager of the now defunct YUKOS business empire was sentenced on Friday by a Russian court to life in prison for ordering a series of high profile murders, a verdict he dismissed as the result of a show trial organized by the Kremlin.

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• 1 August

  Egypt police kill African migrant at Israel border

  ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian police shot dead an unidentified African migrant and detained two others while they were trying to cross illegally into Israel on Friday, a security official and a medical source said.

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• 1 August

  Rising Afghan violence threatens aid effort: NGOs

  KABUL (Reuters) – Violence in Afghanistan has reached its worst level since 2001 with more than 260 civilians killed in July alone, a group of 100 aid agencies said on Friday, calling on all sides to do more to protect the lives of non-combatants.

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• 1 August

  U.S. Bosnia negotiator dismisses Karadzic deal claim

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former U.S. peace mediator for Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke, on Thursday dismissed a claim by Radovan Karadzic that the United States had offered a deal that would spare him prosecution for war crimes.

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• 1 August

  Abbas orders release of Hamas prisoners: Wafa

  NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered his security services on Thursday to release all pro-Hamas activists arrested in the occupied West Bank this week, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.

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