The October 1st elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina provided an opportunity for several NGOs to promote greater activism among citizens. The most prominent of these was the Civic Organisation for Democracy (GROZD). Established by the Centre for Promotion of Civil Society, in co-operation with NGOs and citizens’

The permanent mission of Iran to the United Nations has strongly rejected as sheer lie the claim by Fox News that Iran has given asylum to members of the Al-Qaeda group.

On Saturday afternoon, Iraqi Mujahideen fighters succeeded in capturing two other US Marines in an ambush in ar-Ramadi, 110 km west of Baghdad. The Mujahideen  trapped the invaders in the city, where fierce fighting has been going on since Saturday morning.  No further details were immediately available.