Archive for the Politics Category
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Some Taliban commanders do not believe that their leaders have begun talks for peace with the Afghan government, and many today guarantee that they will not stop fighting, almost ten years since the war began. NATO and Afghan sources reported that preliminary contacts between the government of President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban, although it [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The U.S. government today congratulated the Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas for “deserved” it Sakharov Prize has given the European Union (EU). “We congratulate Mr. Farina to win this award and the EU for the selection of an individual who deserves it,” he told Efe spokesman for the Western Hemisphere Office of the State Department, Charles [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Osama Bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri are living close to other homes that are located in the northwest of Pakistan. He said an unnamed senior NATO official, quoted by CNN. “None of the men of Al Qaeda living in a cave,” the source said, explaining that Bin Laden lives in a situation of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
On the first day of his controversial visit to the country, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has praised the “resistance” against the Lebanese to “aggression” of Israel, its sworn enemy, and called for “unity”. “We strongly support the Lebanese people’s resistance against the Zionist regime,” he told a press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Sleiman, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The United Nations General Assembly (UN) selected Colombia, Germany, India and South Africa to take a two-year rotating seats on the Security Council of the entity. Canada withdrew from the race for fifth place, giving the victory to Portugal after two unsuccessful rounds of voting between the two countries, noted Reuters. The Security Council UN’s [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Government of Ecuador has declared a state of emergency throughout the national territory and has delegated to the military’s internal and external security of the country before the riot police and the nation lives, according to the minister pointed out, and Homeland Security Coordinator External Miguel Carvajal, has caused one death and several wounded. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday that his party, the PSUV, he received a “massive victory” in Sunday’s parliamentary and refuted the claim of the opposition alliance that MUD had more national votes than the ruling party. In a press conference with international media, Chavez stressed that the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
According to NATO, 22 people were killed Saturday: 7 civilians, 11 Afghan soldiers and policemen and four soldiers from international forces. For the head of the UN mission in Afghanistan, these laws foresee a “mixed picture”. According to the Chief Election Commission, Fazil Ahmad Manawi, 1.3 million Afghans voted 40% of the electorate. The counting [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned today who seek to impede the efforts of Guinea for a democratic transition after the postponement of the presidential election Sunday that will be held responsible. A spokeswoman said Mr Ban urged the transitional administration to quickly announce a new date for the elections and urged the people of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Wall Street marked increase in indices before Labor Day 2010. Looks like the Labor Day 2010 is special somehow. Expected strong growth in the U.S. equity markets finished with gains of more than 1%, the figures better than expected employment are offset by a rather dull ISM, before the Labor Day 2010. At the close [...]