Situation Reports

MENA: Curbing Terrorist Funding
September 27, 2005 0101 GMT
Officials of Arab states will take tougher new steps against terrorist financing and money... [more]
Turkey: General Defends Military Actions
September 27, 2005 0059 GMT
Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Yasar Buyukanit condemned the European Parliament's... [more]
Egypt: Emergency Laws To Be Lifted?
September 27, 2005 0042 GMT
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazef said Sept. 26 that Egypt will lift a 24-year-old state of... [more]
Egypt: Editorial Advice For Hughes
September 27, 2005 0034 GMT
The new editor of Egyptian state-owned newspaper Al Jumhouriyah, Mohamed Ali Ibrahim, said Sept.... [more]
Afghanistan: Hadley -- Cooperation Needed
September 27, 2005 0008 GMT
Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States must coordinate more closely with shared intelligence... [more]
Russia: Foreign Banks Make Railway Loan
September 26, 2005 2359 GMT
A syndicate of Western banks, including Barclays, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, HSBC and... [more]
Lebanon: 'Professionals' Behind Attacks
September 26, 2005 2342 GMT
Lebanon is facing a network of terrorist "professionals," Lebanese Interior Minister Hassan... [more]
Lebanon: Security Force Training Sought
September 26, 2005 2334 GMT
Lebanon will ask the United States and France for assistance in training Lebanese security forces... [more]
Russia: Nuclear Fuel Supply Proposal
September 26, 2005 2326 GMT
Russia wants the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to guarantee supplies of nuclear fuel... [more]
China: Jintao Meets Russian Fed. Chair
September 26, 2005 2259 GMT
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Chairman of the Russian Federation Sergei Mironov in Beijing... [more]
Venezuela: Energy Integration Discussion
September 26, 2005 2159 GMT
Energy ministers meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sept. 26 worked toward an energy integration... [more]
Venezuela: Threat To Oil Fields
September 26, 2005 2123 GMT
Venezuelan Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez threatened Sept. 26 to close the oil fields of foreign... [more]
Russia, South Korea: Maritime Cooperation?
September 26, 2005 2116 GMT
Russian and South Korean border protection forces are considering joint efforts to control... [more]
Indonesia: Fuel Costs Cause Plant Shutdown
September 26, 2005 2057 GMT
High fuel prices have forced the closure of one of the two plants of Indonesian cement firm PT... [more]
China: Yuan Market Makers
September 26, 2005 2049 GMT
China could name HSBC Holdings PLC, Bank of China and Citigroup as yuan market makers. People's... [more]
Nigeria: Two Oil Stations Reopen
September 26, 2005 2045 GMT
Chevron Corp. reopened two oil stations in the Niger Delta on Sept. 26 under the protection of... [more]
India: Iran Gas Pipeline Proceeding?
September 26, 2005 2045 GMT
India may proceed with a proposed $7.4-billion gas pipeline originating in Iran and crossing... [more]
S. Korea: New Chief Justice Sworn In
September 26, 2005 2043 GMT
In South Korea, Lee Yong-hun was sworn in Sept. 26 as the 14th chief justice of the Supreme... [more]
Uganda: DRC To Return LRA Fighters
September 26, 2005 2043 GMT
The Democratic Republic of the Congo will disarm and return a group of Lord's Resistance Army... [more]
Malaysia: ASEAN Considers Regional Treaty
September 26, 2005 2039 GMT
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members have welcomed a Malaysian proposal for... [more]
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