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Bolivia and US plan to get closer...again?
Bilateral relations between Bolivia and US has been sweet and sour lately. Accusations of sponsoring separatist prefects in the Media Luna has limited it. During the Evo Morales´ administration US has been unveiled an unwelcome partner in regional initiatives. However, there...
South Ossetia 'on alert' after Georgian attack on shelling
Georgia break aways regions- Abkhazia and South Ossetia- continue to rebel against Tblisi control. With the backing of Russia, these separatist regions have not managed to get international recognition. According to... Bolivia: Morales loses at Chuquisaca
Caracas, Venezuela, 29 June 2008. Pro Evo Morales candidate lost in Prefect- governor- local elections held today at Chuquisaca. Opposition candidate,45 year old Savina Cuellar from Alianza Comité...Bolivian separatist prefects refuse to confront recall referenda
Caracas, Venezuela, 24 June 2008. Bolivian separatist prefects from Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, Cochaanba and Tarija decided not to attend the recall referenda due on 10 August 2008. On the contrary, they...Bomb Blast in Northern Spain
Following an anonymous warning, a bomb exploded at a construction company in northern Spain. Nobody was killed, though there were a few injuries resulting from the blast in Zarautz." Two police officers suffered...Bolivia: Beni and Pando to celebrate illegal separatist consultation tomorrow
Caracas, Venezuela, 31 May 2008. Tomorrow, both Bolivian regions of Beni and Pando intend to celebrate private consultations- called "referenda" - in an attempt to justify their...OAS envoy arrives at Bolivia to mediate in separatist crisis (updated)
Caracas,Venezuela, 30 April 2008. The Organization of American States (OAS) has sent its Secretary for political affairs, Argentinean Dante Caputo, to mediate in the secession crisis. After failing to... OAS warns Bolivian separatists (updated III)
Caracas, Venezuela, 26 April, 2008. The 34 member Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) warned separatist forces in Bolivia over their planned referendum on 4 May 2008 and its possible... China speaks out against torch disruptions
China has spoken out against the distuptions to the Olympic torch relays in London and Paris, saying that this is not going to impede the Olympic spirit."Officials in Paris on Monday were forced to extinguish...China Confirms Protests by Uighur Muslims
More protests against Chinese rule, this time from Uighur Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang. "SHANGHAI — Chinese officials said Wednesday that they were grappling with ethnic unrest on a second front, in...Deported US freelance journalist leaves Aceh
"Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - Deported US freelance journalist William Nessen left Aceh province for Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.Nessen who was barred from entering the province for having allegedly violated immigration...World leaders praise stability Suharto gave Indonesia
""Former President Suharto was one of the longest-serving heads of government of the last century and an influential figure in Australia's region and beyond," Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was quoted by Reutersa as saying in a statement."The former president was also a... Thailand hit by holiday blasts
"Twenty-seven people have been injured in at least three separate explosions in Thailand's insurgency-hit south.
The blasts took place on Sunday night at entertainment venues in the town of Sungai Kolok in Narathiwat province, as people celebrated the holiday season.
Devices... US Military Not Told of Turkey Bomb Plan
I'm not sure what to make of this. From Drudge, via MyWay: WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. military commanders in Iraq didn't know Turkey was sending warplanes to bomb in northern Iraq until the planes had already crossed the border, said defense and diplomatic officials, who were...Indonesian rights body may reopen cases under Soeharto
"Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission wants to reopen six cases of human rights violations during former president Soeharto's era that had been put on hold, a senior commission official said on Saturday. Achmad Baso, the commission's research coordinator on cases...
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