Monday, December 14, 2009
“We are not preparing ourselves to launch another armed struggle. The accusations that we had abducted minors from Vavuniyaa camps are baseless,” Sitharathan, the leader of People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) said in a press meet held Saturday in PLOTE office in Jaffna. He further said that after the talks held with Sri Lanka President, Mahinda Rajapakse, his party has decided to support him in the forthcoming presidential election, sources in Jaffna said.
The News:
http://www.tamilnet. … catid=13&artid=30788
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Rwanda has finally been admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday evening (November 29 2009) confirmed Rwanda’s entry into the 53-nation group mainly composed of former British colonies.
“We haven’t received all the details, but it is confirmed that the Heads of State summit admitted Rwanda into the Commonwealth,” Rwanda’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Claver Gatete, told The Sunday Times from Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.
The News:
http://allafrica.com … es/200911290003.html
Saturday, December 12, 2009
A presidential election has begun in Abkhazia, the first poll in the breakaway Georgian region since Russia recognised its independence last year.
All five candidates support strong ties with Moscow, including the incumbent Sergei Bagapsh. Russia now provides security and 60% of Abkhazia’s budget.
Most of the region’s ethnic Georgians, who constitute almost one third of the population, are not eligible to vote.
Georgia, which disputes Abkhazia’s independence, says the poll is illegal.
Correspondents say the challenge for the winner will be to persuade Western countries to recognise Abkhaz independence without isolating Georgia.
The News:
http://news.bbc.co.u … i/europe/8409325.stm
Thursday, December 10, 2009
At 62 years by independence of India, is born its 29th State. Telangana and it is formed by division of biggest Andrha-Pradesh. Prime indian minister P. Chidambaram has annunced it. The costitution effective of Telangana, among other things ‘will steal’ capital Hyderabad to Andrha-Pradesh, will require years, because……….
The News:
http://www.hindustan … Article1-485211.aspx
http://www.repubblic … ws-dettaglio/3739866
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Hundreds of Somali refugees have fled to Kenya after rebels suspected of links to al Qaeda seized a Somali town near the border, residents said.
Al Shabaab insurgents, who Washington says are a proxy for Osama bin Laden’s group in Somalia, took control of Dhobley on Saturday after chasing rival Hizbul Islam rebels out of town.
Al Shabaab said a number of Hizbul Islam leaders had also sought shelter across the border in Kenya after the fighting.
The News:
http://www.puntlandp … e.php?articleid=9738