December 28, 2004

NEWS

EUFOR: Operation Althea
http://www.apisgroup.org/apis/althea.pdf
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dpa: Three-week blackout hits 4,000 Kosovo Serbs
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/8ab805984fd9bedc49256f78000b359c?OpenDocument

Government urges UNMIK to provide Kosovo Serbs with electricity
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=7653&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D7653

Urgent appeal of the Diocese of Raska and Prizren: Turning off electrical power to Serbian enclaves leads to humanitarian catastrophe
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2004/December_28/1.html


Jedinstvo: Interview: Serbian PM: Decentralisation of power most important issue in Kosovo-Metohija
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=7662&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D7662


Solve this if you can (by Gunduz Aktan)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/gunduz.HTM

Romania's Centrist Alliance Secures Parliamentary Majority (by Gelu Trandafir)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2004/12/27/feature-02?print=yes

More Difficult Days Ahead for Europe (by Stefania Bianchi)
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/print.asp?idnews=26804


Regulatory Intelligence Data: U.S. treasury designates two individuals with ties to  Al Qaida, UBL
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/rid122104.htm

Defense & Foreign Affairs' Strategic Policy: Bosnian Terrorist Build-Up Targets US Embassies
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/dfasp11-1204.htm

The "Spanish Inquisition" Made in America (by Michel Chossudovsky)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412B.html


AMBO: Plans Finalized For American Trans-Balkan Oil Pipeline
http://www.onlinebg.com/BOL_ENG.ASP?media=48&artdate=2004/12/27&artno=38&dMode=7

NYT: Armenia's isolation grows deeper (by Susan Sachs)
http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/28/stories/2004122800991000.htm


Assembly Line of Deceit: The Western Media and the Ukraine Poison Story (by I. Bykov, J. Israel & S. Criscione)
http://emperors-clothes.com/ukr/poisonous.htm

Yushchenko claims victory in Ukraine presidential election (by J. Leicht & P. Schwarz)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/dec2004/ukrai-d28_prn.shtml

US and Ukraine (by Mark Almond)
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=6926%20§ionID=72


Czech's wary of Gripen costs (by Tamás S Kiss)
http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId={257EE76E02BB4591B570C80D59D2463E}&From=News

Russia joins China in first war games (by Claire Bigg)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5092716-103610,00.html

Taiwan to become the largest client of American arms in next four years
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/28/print20041228_168952.html

China Daily: White paper maps military's future
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/28/print20041228_168913.html


International politics in 2004: Catch up or stay away!
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200412/27/print20041227_168857.html