Eurasia Press & News

Jordan’s pro-U.S. King Abdullah swore in on Sunday a reform-minded government charged with speeding up modernization of the kingdom.

A humvee of the Russian terrorist organization GRU has been blown up on a highway near  the the viilage of Vishny Vedeno in Vedeno district, severely wounding a head of a “Vostok” gang unit  and his deputy.

Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah said on Sunday that failure to reach agreement on a new president in the week ahead could leave the divided country without a head of state for a long time.

A bill that would ease curbs on former Baathists was presented to Iraq’s parliament on Sunday, but a row quickly erupted and forced postponement of debate on a draft law seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation.

Chechen Muhahideen equipped with small arms carried out sabotage operations in the villages of Vedeno, Dishny Vedeno and Shamil Kotar in the Vedeno district on October 8-9, 2006, killing 4 traitors according to a report from the Chechen Military Command. No further details of  the action were mentioned in the …

A sabotage group of Chechen Mijahideen blows up a Russian military reconnaissance patrol near the village of Ersenoi in the Vedeno district of Chechnya on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, killing and wounding several invaders according to a report from the Chechen Military Command. The exact figures of Russian casualties are …

Following are security developments in Iraq at 6 a.m. EST on Sunday.* denotes new or updated items. * MOSUL – A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded six people in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

A mobile group of Mujahideen engaged in a firefight with a Russian army special forces’ unit in a forested area near the village of  Selmentauzen last Sunday, October 8, 2006.

Serbia begins final talks on Kosovo on Monday knowing it has failed to persuade a significant number of European Union member states to oppose independence for the breakaway province.