Wars in the World

Several dozen Russian official media outlets reported on October 9 that a video of Last Appeal by 4 representatives of guerrillas, fighting in the Far East of the present-day Russia for freedom and independence of their country - the Amur Republic with its capital in Vladivostok - had been posted on the Youtube.

According to informal polls, the majority of the population of in Russian Far East wants to join Japan as its mainland province or to have their own independent state.

Russian media outlets suggest that the guerrillas in the Russian Far East use military experience of the Mujahideen of the Caucasus Emirate, and perhaps, at least some of them have secretly converted to Islam.

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http://www.kavkazcen … 10/10/10/12604.shtml

Somaliland President Ahmed Sillanyo accused the Eritrean government of training and arming Ogaden National Liberation (ONLF) militias then smuggling them to Somaliland so that they would clandestinely cross the border to Ethiopia and wage war there.

President Ahmed Sillanyo condemned the Eritrean government for organizing and sponsoring the landing of ONLF militants on Somaliland soil.

He said the Eritrean government’s action is an act of terrorism, a gross interference in Somaliland’s affair, and a threat to neighboring countries.

The News:
http://www.somalilan … /sl/2010/453/4.shtml

Somaliland and Puntland, once-warring territories in northern Somalia, have unprecedentedly agreed in principle to work together to tackle common security threats.

Troops from both entities have clashed over disputed borderlands in the past. They also differ over the issue of sovereignty: Somaliland unilaterally declared independence in 1991, and Puntland, while asserting a degree of autonomy, recognizes Mogadishu as its own, and Somaliland’s, capital.

“You can’t choose your neighbours, whether it is a region or state; for this reason, from now on, we are going to work with the Puntland state of Somalia, in terms of security of the [Horn of Africa] region,” Somaliland’s Interior Minister, Mohamed Abdi Gabose, said on 26 September in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa.

The News:
http://somalilandpre … te-on-security-18504

About 200 suspected rebels surrounded by Somaliland’s forces near the border with Ethiopia, a Somaliland minister has said.

Interior Minister Mohamed Abdi Gabose told the BBC the men had arrived in the territory by boat and then travelled overland to the border.

He said documents the men left behind suggest they belong to the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF).

Somaliland has declared its independence from the rest of Somalia.

Its secession has not been internationally recognised but is far more stable than the rest of the country and in July held an election which saw a peaceful handover of power.

Mr Gabose said the armed group were surrounded in the mountainous region which borders Ethiopia and Djibouti.

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http://somalilandpre … ear-the-border-18250

The Republic of Honduras has formally recognized Kosovo on Friday as an independent and sovereign state. The decision on recognition was passed on to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Skender Hyseni by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Mr. Mario Canahuati.

During a long and warm talk between Ministers Hyseni and Canahuati, they also agreed to commence without delay proceedings on establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Minister Hyseni expressed the gratitude on behalf of the people and the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo and underlined the commitment of Kosovo to building cooperation and close relations with Honduras.

The News:
http://www.newkosova … cognizes-Kosovo.html