April 13, 2009 Eurasia Press, Romania Press, Special Reporters
Dan Dungaciu „Orice cerere pentru organizarea de noi alegeri pentru reexaminarea rezultatului votului care a avut loc este fără fundament” (Ministrul rus de Externe Serghei Lavrov) S-a spus de nenumărate ori că grila principală prin care trebuie developate orice evenimente de la Chişinău trebuie să fie geopolitică. Însă nu doar …
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April 12, 2009 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban gunmen on motorbikes gunned down a woman provincial legislator in Afghanistan Sunday as authorities said they had killed 40 more Taliban in their battle to defeat the extremists. Legislator Sitara Achikzai, a high school teacher and women’s rights activist in her 50s, was shot dead outside …
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April 12, 2009 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A female provincial official known for fighting for women’s rights was gunned down in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, following a day of fighting in the region that left 22 militants dead, officials said. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmedi, claimed responsibility for the attack.
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April 11, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina
Two new mass graves containing the bodies of Bosnian Muslims who had been killed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been discovered in the east of the country, the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute (INO) reported. The mass graves were discovered on Thursday and Friday on Mount Romanija and near Tuzla. …
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April 11, 2009 Eurasia News
Russia successfully test-fired a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday as part of checks needed to extend its service life for up to 22 years, Russian media reported. The Topol was fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, nestled among the forests of northern Russia, and successfully hit the test site on …
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April 11, 2009 Balkan News, Bosnia Hertegovina, Eurasia News
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign ministers of the EU Troika, consisting of past, current and future EU presidency holders, urged the BiH authorities on Thursday (April 9th) to speed up key reforms aimed at moving the country closer to the EU. The call was issued as the Czech, French …
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April 11, 2009 Albania, Balkan News, Eurasia News
PRISTINA, Kosovo Kosovo is ready to defend its 2008 independence declaration before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), media reported on Friday (April 10th). British expert Michael Wood will lead Kosovo’s legal team at the ICJ to debate Serbia’s motion questioning the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence in February …
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April 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News, Romania News
BUCHAREST, Romania The prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen, Radu Duda, son-in-law of former King Mihai I of Romania, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday (April 9th). The election will be held in November.
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April 11, 2009 Balkan News, Eurasia News
ATHENS, Greece Unknown attackers planted explosive devices in three cathedrals across Greece on Thursday (April 9th). One went off inside the church of Agia Triada in Piraeus but caused no injuries.
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April 11, 2009 Albania, Balkan News
TIRANA, Albania Parliament has decided to send a unit consisting of 63 commandos to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, media reported on Thursday (April 9th). The defence ministry says the Albanian troops will be in charge of security at the UN headquarters in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. The unit …
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