BBC NEWS 'Nine soldiers killed' in Nigeria A Nigerian militant group says it has killed nine Nigerian soldiers during a gun battle in the Niger Delta. The...
[Interesting implications for South Ossetia and Kosovo. UJ] Georgia on everyone's mind as cold war simmers / World briefing / Simon Tisdall Tension between...
Thai rebels ready to strike a deal October 7, 2006 THE peace process in southern Thailand is much more advanced than previously admitted, with military rulers...
BBC NEWS Chechen war reporter found dead Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian journalist known as a fierce critic of the Kremlin's actions in Chechnya, has...
A sophisticated armed fight for a province's autonomy Pakistan's Baluch insurgency Serious troubles have erupted in the Pakistan province of Baluchistan since...
BBC NEWS Iraq passes regional autonomy law By Jim Muir BBC News, Baghdad The Iraqi parliament has approved a law allowing provinces to merge into regions which...
[This article is actually three months old, but is very interesting nonetheless in detailing the situation of the modern Armenian minority in Turkey. UJ] BBC...
BBC NEWS Low-caste Hindus adopt new faith Thousands of people have been attending mass ceremonies in India at which hundreds of low-caste Hindus (Dalits)...
Abkhazia: UN Extends Peacekeeping Mission 2006-10-16 The U.N. Security Council has extended the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Georgia's breakaway...
[A spot of Caucasian tit-for-tat. methinks. UJ] Circassia: Adygs Ask European Parliament to Recognize Genocide 2006-10-16 Below is an article published on the...
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons Emerges as a Rival to the PKK By James Brandon [From: Terrorism Focus (The Jamestown Foundation, USA) Vol 3, Issue 40, 17 October...
The Western Sahara and Self-determination Mohamed Ashab [From: Al-Hayat 22/10/06] http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/10-2006/Article-20061022- ...
Protest at Papeete presidential palace broken up Police in Papeete have broken up a demonstration at the presidential palace in the French Polynesian capital. ...
-- Freed oil workers tell of kidnap by Nigerian rebels / Severin Carrell For the British oilmen the ordeal began with what had been a quiet evening drink at...
BBC NEWS Serbs voting on new constitution Polls have closed in Serbia after the first day's voting on a constitution declaring the UN-run province of Kosovo an...
VIII UNPO General Assembly - A New UNPO for the Challenges of a New Century 2006-10-31 The curtain has just fallen on the VIII UNPO General Assembly, held with...
BBC NEWS Thailand 'rebels' attack schools Suspected Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand have burnt down three schools and shot and wounded a teacher. The...
BBC SPORT The alternative World Cup By Caroline Cheese What? Viva World Cup Where? Hyeres Les Palmieres, Occitania, France When? 19-25 November 2006 What with...
-- Niger Delta militants talk of all-out attack on oil / Matthew McAllester in Port Harcourt Oil wells poke out of the greasy, caramel-coloured waters of the...
BBC NEWS S Ossetia votes on independence By Matthew Collin BBC News, Tskhinvali The tiny former Soviet region of South Ossetia has held an independence...
-- Killing of Tibetan nun overshadows Beijing's Olympic plans for Everest / Ed Douglas Carrying the Olympic flame to the summit of Everest live on television ...
Here's one for you: What do you think closer Syrian and Iranian involvement in Iraqi reconstruction mean for the Kurds? One assumes that Syria and Iran, both...
It's an interesting question, and it's noteworthy that Turkey hasn't been mentioned in the same context. My guess would be that Iran and Syria would prefer the...
-- Comment / The prophecy of Saro-Wiwa / Eleven years after the Ogoni leader's hanging, violence is erupting in the Niger delta. By Ike Okonta In November 1990...
-- Kosovo awaits its final status / Christophe Chatelot listens to the views of both sides in the precariously divided Serb province In a referendum at the end...
-- Iranian authorities outraged after Google relocates city of Tabriz / Robert Tait in Tehran Google has provoked Iran's suspicious authorities by appearing to...
BBC NEWS Competing for votes in South Ossetia By Matthew Collin BBC News, South Ossetia There have been two simultaneous referendums in the tiny former Soviet ...
