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DAY OF RECKONING; How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart; by Patrick J. Buchanan, 294 pp. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press.
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January 20, 2008
2008-01-20 In Anbar, Iraq, a 13-year-old boy wearing an explosives-packed vest blew himself up among a group of tribal leaders in the western province of Anbar, killed at least three other people and wounded eight.
2008-01-20 In Serbia, results from the state election commission on the first round of Serbia’s presidential vote showed hardliner Tomislav Nikolic at 39.6 percent of the vote, while pro-Western President Boris Tadic took 35.5 percent. The decisive run-off is on Feb 3.
January 19, 2008
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Iraq
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2008-01-19 (Saturday)
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Security forces overran a mosque in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, where Shiite doomsday cultists were holed up, ending two days of clashes in two cities that killed at least 70 people.
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Kenya
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2008-01-19 (Saturday)
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In Kenya, three people were killed overnight in Baba Dogo and in Kibera slums in Nairobi by the police.
Another five people were killed in Kisumu, in the west of the country, it is uncear who killed them.
This brings to 33 the number of deaths over the past three days related to opposition protests.
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Lebanon
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2008-01-19 (Saturday)
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“If Israel launches a new war against Lebanon, we promise them a war that will change the face of the entire region.”
– Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief, in a live video broadcast that followed his surprise appearance in public in Beirut, Lebanon
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Thailand
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2008-01-19 (Saturday)
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The People Power Party, which supports ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, has established a six-party coalition PPP-led government which controls about two thirds of the 480 seats in parliament.
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Turkey - Kurdistan - Turkish Kurds in Iraq
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2008-01-19 (Saturday)
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In Turkey, David M. Satterfield, United States’ Iraq coordinator and senior adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, had talks at the Foreign Ministry and the Turkish General Staff focused on Turkey’s ongoing operations targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq.
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Iraq
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2008-01-18 (Friday)
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Shiite doomsday cultists, wearing yellow headbands sporting the Star of David, attacked police simultaneously early afternoon in the southern port city of Basra and in Nasiriyah, about 350 kilometres (220 miles) south of Baghdad.
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Kenya
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2008-01-18 (Friday)
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In Narok town, gateway to the Maasai Mara game park, six people died and homes were torched as hundreds of members of Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe armed with machetes faced pro-opposition Maasais with bows and arrows.
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Nepal
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2008-01-18 (Friday)
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A bus fire killed seven people and wounded more than 20 in the volatile southern region bordering India.
The Terai Army claimed responsibility for the blaze, saying the bus was defying a strike in the region.
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Pakistan
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2008-01-18 (Friday)
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In Dera Ismail Khan, police arrested 15-year-old Aitezaz Shah who was allegedly part of a five-man squad assigned to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto last month.
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| Global Securty Index |
2008-01-17 (Thursday) |
2005.49 |
| 2005.49 |
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0.00 |
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Nuclear Proliferation
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2008-01-17 (Thursday)
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“The international community of nations can’t and won’t allow nuclear weapons technology in this region [= Persian Gulf] to be developed.”
– Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister Germany, in Vienna ahead of a meeting with UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei
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Iraq
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2008-01-17 (Thursday)
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A female suicide bomber killed 8 and wounded 7 when she blew herself up in Diyala province near public market and Shiite mosque.
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Israel
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2008-01-17 (Thursday)
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In the Gaza Strip, Raed Abdel Foull, a commander in the Popular Resistance Committees, was killed with his wife by an Israeli missile as they drove in the northern town of Beit Lahiya.
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2008-01-17 (Thursday)
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Israel has carried out tests to improve anti-missile systems to intercept both short- and medium-range rockets, including Katyusha rockets used by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and missiles in Iran’s arsenal.
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Kenya
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2008-01-17 (Thursday)
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“Today, seven people have been killed in Kasarani constituency. Police are shooting innocent civilians at will … the government has turned this country into a killing field of innocents.”
– Raila Odinga, opposition leader in Kenya
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2008-01-17 (Thursday)
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In Nairobi police shot seven people dead as protests against the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki continued.
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Pakistan
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2008-01-17 (Thursday)
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A teenage suicide attacker opened fire with an assault rifle before detonating himself at a Shiite mosque in northwestern Pakistani city Peshawar, killing at least eight people and wounding 20.
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January 16, 2008
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| Global Securty Index |
2008-01-16 (Wednesday) |
2005.49 |
| 2005.47 |
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0.02 |
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Afghanistan
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2008-01-16 (Wednesday)
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NATO forces currently deployed in southern Afghanistan do not know how to combat a guerrilla insurgency, a deficiency that could be contributing to the rising violence in the fight against the Taliban.
– According to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates
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Iraq
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2008-01-16 (Wednesday)
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A female suicide bomber killed 8 and wounded 7 when she blew herself up in Diyala province near public market and Shiite mosque.
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Israel - Palestine
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2008-01-16 (Wednesday)
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“I am optimistic an agreement can be reached, and the reason I am is because I believe the leadership of Israel and the leadership of the Palestinians is committed to a two state solution. And I know nations in the neighborhood are willing to help.”
– President George Bush, in Egypt
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2008-01-16 (Wednesday)
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In Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak agreed to support a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Kenya
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2008-01-16 (Wednesday)
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Justice Minister Martha Karua accussed Raila Odinga that his group had planned to carry out systematic ethnic cleansing.
Raila Odinga said his supporters have not engaged in ethnic cleansing and blamed government forces for targeting certain communities.
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Sri Lanka
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2008-01-16 (Wednesday)
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Twenty-seven civilians were killed and 67 were injured in a bus bombing in the country’s southeastern Monaragala district.
Update: Most of the 27 people killed in a bus ambush were shot by rebels as the passengers tried to flee rather than in the blast that struck the vehicle.
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0.07 |
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January 15, 2008
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| Global Securty Index |
2008-01-15 (Tuesday) |
2005.47 |
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0.07 |
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Global Economy
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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US President George W. Bush urged OPEC nations to put more oil on the world market and warned that soaring prices could cause an economic slowdown in the United States.
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Iraq
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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In Iraq, U.S. and Iraqi forces had killed 60 militants, detained 193 and found 79 weapons caches containing thousands of rounds of ammunition, explosives and home-made bombs during a week-long offensive in northern Iraq against al Qaeda.
– According to U.S. military
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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Abdul Qadir, Iraqi defense minister was in the United States to discuss the two nations’ long-term military relationship, starting with how to build the new Iraqi armed forces from the ground up over the next decade and beyond, with American assistance.
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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“According to our calculations and our timelines, we think that from the first quarter of 2009 until 2012 we will be able to take full control of the internal affairs of the country. [ … ] In regard to the borders, regarding protection from any external threats, our calculation appears that we are not going to be able to answer to any external threats until 2018 to 2020.”
– Abdul Qadir,Iraqi defense minister, in an interview
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Israel - Palestine
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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“What happened today is a massacre, a slaughter against the Palestinian people. [ … ] Our people cannot keep silent over these massacres. These massacres cannot bring peace.”
– Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president, told reporters in the West Bank town of Ramallah
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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At least 15 Palestinians were killed and about 45 other Palestinians, both militants and civilians, were wounded in eastern Gaza City by Israeli forces.
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Kenya
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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Kenneth Marende of the (oppositional) Orange Democratic Movement was declared house speaker.
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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Police imposed a major security clampdown in Nairobi for the first day of parliament since the disputed presidential election.
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Lebanon
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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Four Lebanese bystanders have been killed in a bomb blast targeting a US embassy vehicle in a northern suburb of Beirut.
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Pakistan
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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400 Islamic extremists in South Waziristan, Sararogha area atacked a security forces camp and killed 7 government troopers; 40 militants were killed.
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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Troops will be ordered to shoot anyone trying to disrupt general elections due on February 18.
– Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, speaking to businessmen in Karachi
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Sudan
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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Sudanese warplanes have been bombing rebel positions near Geneina in West Darfur.
The bombing raids took place on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
– According to rebel commanders in the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem)
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Syria and Iran
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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Syria and Iran are working toward undermining the PLO and President Abbas.
Syria and Iran:
(a) encourage Hamas and other radical Palestinian groups to establish a new organization that would replace the PLO;
(b) continuing to provide Hamas and its allies in the Gaza Strip with millions of dollars and weapons;
(c) encourage Hamas to increase their terror attacks on Israel.
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UAE and France
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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France and the UAE have signed a deal to develop peaceful nuclear energy.
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2008-01-15 (Tuesday)
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France and the UAE have signed a deal allowing France to set up a permanent military base, stationing of up to 500 permanent military personnel in the UAE’s largest emirate Abu Dhabi.
This military base would be the first in the Gulf for a Western power other than the United States.
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January 14, 2008
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| Global Securty Index |
2008-01-14 (Monday) |
2005.54 |
| 2005.62 |
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0.08 |
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Afghanistan
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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In Kabul, at least six people were killed and several injured in a Taliban militant attack on the main luxury hotel in Kabul.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere was inside but stayed unharmed in the attack.
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China, Hong Kong
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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In Hong Kong, thousands of demonstrators hit the streets in the first major protest since China decided last month to delay the introduction of full democracy in Hong Kong
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Iraq
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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“According to our calculations and our timelines, we think that from the first quarter of 2009 until 2012 we will be able to take full control of the internal affairs of the country. [ … ] In regard to the borders, regarding protection from any external threats, our calculation appears that we are not going to be able to answer to any external threats until 2018 to 2020.”
– Abdul Qadir, Iraqi defense minister, in an interview
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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U.S. and Iraqi forces had killed 60 militants, detained 193 and found 79 weapons caches containing thousands of rounds of ammunition, explosives and home-made bombs during a week-long offensive in northern Iraq against al Qaeda.
– According to U.S. military
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Kazakhstan
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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Kazakhstan has ended a long-running conflict with a group of top Western oil majors (ENI, Total, ExxonMobil, Shell and ConocoPhillips) over ownership of the Kashagan oil field, one of the world’s largest new deposits.
– According to Kazmunaigas, state oil company of Kazakhstan
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Kenya
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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“Kenyans should be warned that anyone participating or organising will be held personally responsible and will have to face the law.”
– George Saitoti, Interior Minister, at a press conference
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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“If Kofi Annan is coming, he is not coming at our invitation. We won the elections so we do not see the point for anyone coming to mediate power-sharing.”
– John Michuki, Roads and Public Works Minister, a hardline member of Mwai Kibaki’s new cabinet, told reporters
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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Schools in most of Kenya have re-opened after extended holidays and some Kenyan children returned to school amid a major police deployment.
Some universities and government-run colleges, which were also scheduled to begin academic programmes, have remained closed.
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Pakistan
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2008-01-14 (Monday)
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A roadside bomb (IED) exploded, killing eght people and wounded around 40 in Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city.
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| Global Securty Index |
2008-01-13 (Sunday) |
2005.62 |
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0.03 |
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| Global Securty Index |
2008-01-13 (Sunday) |
2005.62 |
| 2005.65 |
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0.03 |
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China, Hong Kong
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2008-01-13 (Sunday)
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In Hong Kong, thousands of demonstrators hit the streets in the first major protest since China decided last month to delay the introduction of full democracy in Hong Kong
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Israel - Palestine
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2008-01-13 (Sunday)
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Three Palestinian militants died when the vehicle in which the men were travelling through the Shati refugee camp near Gaza City was struck by an Israeli Air Force missile.
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Iran - United States
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2008-01-13 (Sunday)
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“The United States is strengthening our longstanding security commitments with our friends in the Gulf — and rallying friends around the world to confront this danger before it is too late.
[Iran] seeks to intimidate its neighbours with missiles and bellicose rhetoric. Iran’s actions threaten the security of nations everywhere.”
– US President George W. Bush, in UAE capital Abu Dhabi in the keynote speech of his Middle East tour
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Kenya
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2008-01-13 (Sunday)
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Kenyan police in several cities have used lethal force, including live ammunition, to break up anti-government protests.
– According to Human Rights Watch
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2008-01-13 (Sunday)
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Kenya’s election had fallen short of being free and fair.
The presidential vote tallying was grossly mismanaged and critically undermined the credibility of the final stage of the electoral process.
– According to the East Africa Community observer mission
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January 12, 2008
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| Global Securty Index |
2008-01-12 (Saturday) |
2005.65 |
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0.05 |
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Iraq
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2008-01-12 (Saturday)
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Shiite and Sunni MPs unanimously passed the Justice and Accountability Law.
This law allowed ex-officials of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party to return to public life.
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Kenya
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2008-01-12 (Saturday)
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Up to 500,000 people will need humanitarian assistance in the weeks ahead if the country’s political crisis intensifies.
– According to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Pakistan
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2008-01-12 (Saturday)
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Pervez Musharraf ruled out a United Nations inquiry into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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Sri Lanka
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2008-01-12 (Saturday)
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59 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in the latest fighting.
– According to Sri Lanka military
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Taiwan
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2008-01-12 (Saturday)
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Taiwan’s pro-China opposition, the Kuomintang (KMT) party, crushed Democratic Progressive Party (DPP, the ruling party of President Chen Shui-bian.
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