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Hizbullah's shot at crossing the divide backfires
The indefinite suspension of an 18 August memorandum of understanding between Hizbullah and the Belief and Justice Movement, a Salafist group, has larger implications for...
04-Sep-2008
The bear in the Balkans
While Moscow's adventures in the Caucasus have dominated recent headlines, Russian influence in the Balkans has been steadily escalating in recent years. Moscow's support for...
04-Sep-2008
Government finds PAD Thai difficult to digest
Clashes in Bangkok in the early hours of 2 September between supporters and opponents of the government shifted Thailand's seemingly endless political crisis onto a...
04-Sep-2008
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"Russia was, is and will continue to be the last country in the world that would want a repeat of the Cold War." Russian ...
04-Sep-2008
Ukraine's Georgian fright
Of all the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, Ukraine was the most vocal in its support of Georgia during its August 2008 conflict with...
02-Sep-2008
Angola awaits first post-war poll
Angola is due to hold its first legislative election since 1992 - and the end of its civil war in 2002 - on 5-6 September....
01-Sep-2008
Nicaragua poll to test Ortega's office politics
Re-electing a controversial former revolutionary leader 16 years after he left power was always going to be a recipe for political confrontation. And so it...
28-Aug-2008
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"In the 21st century, nations do not invade other nations." United States presidential candidate John McCain denounces Russia's military action in Georgia on 13 ...
21-Aug-2008
Paraguay takes the third way
It was an eagerly awaited speech from South America's newest president, a sandal-clad former bishop who ended 61 years of Colorado party rule in Paraguay....
26-Aug-2008
After Myanmar's cyclone
Three months after Cyclone Nargis ripped through Myanmar's lower Irrawaddy Delta and Yangon Division, the situation has largely returned to normal by the country's standards....
27-Aug-2008
Georgia counts misfortunes of war
After weeks of growing tension and exchanges of fire between their security forces, Georgia launched a full-scale military assault on the separatist region of ...
26-Aug-2008
Third-time lucky for Guinea-Bissau premier?
Carlos Correia was appointed prime minister of Guinea-Bissau on 5 August. He becomes the country's 13th premier since the position was restored 17 years ago...
19-Aug-2008
Lebanon up in arms
"Despite some of the sharp criticisms expressed by some of the MPs... we are determined to turn over a new page in our relations," said...
20-Aug-2008
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"I have decided to finish the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace. The safety of our peacekeeping forces and civilian population has ...
12-Aug-2008
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"The imperialist plan to globalise the world has failed. That is why we are facing a moral, financial and food crisis, and this axis ...
08-Aug-2008
No total recall for Bolivian president
Bolivian President Evo Morales's gambit in pushing ahead with a recall referendum on 10 August - in which he, his vice-president and eight of the...
15-Aug-2008
Pakistan to end Musharraf's long goodbye
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and its junior partner in the coalition government, Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), are fond of entering into formal...
15-Aug-2008
Condemnation follows Mauritania coup
A military coup led by General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, former head of the presidential guard and a member of the previous military regime (2004-2007), took...
15-Aug-2008
Gilani's poor show in the US
The much-anticipated visit by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to the United States in July exposed the weaknesses in Pakistan's leadership and the limited options...
12-Aug-2008
Somalia does the splits
The resignation of nine cabinet ministers on 2 August has highlighted deep divisions within the Somali government. However, and fortunately for the government, the opposition...
08-Aug-2008
Russia re-enters race for Africa
As the UN Security Council (UNSC) prepared a draft resolution condemning the conduct of President Robert Mugabe's government during the second round of the presidential...
07-Aug-2008
Constitutional tinkering in Latin America
July in Latin America was a busy month for executive attempts to tinker with fundamental laws of state. In Ecuador, the Constituent Assembly beholden to...
07-Aug-2008
Colombia's president in the crosshairs?
It would not currently be the time of year for President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia to go fishing in the southern jungles of his country...
07-Aug-2008
Can Ethiopia and Eritrea keep the peace?
The UN Security Council voted unanimously on 30 July to bring the eight year lifespan of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to...
05-Aug-2008
Thailand's stand over temple of gloom
Thailand's political crisis, now well into its third year, may be entering a cathartic phase as domestic and foreign pressures converge. Few days pass without...
04-Aug-2008
Liberia's mid-term blues
As Africa's oldest republic, but one of its newest democracies, Liberia celebrated its 161st anniversary in unorthodox style on 26 July. Rather than surround herself...
31-Jul-2008
Belarus courts trouble with Gazprom
Natural gas has long had differing effects on Russo-Belarus relations. Generous price subsidies have, at times, helped tug Belarus closer to Russia. At other times,...
31-Jul-2008
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"Cambodian soldiers do not want to fight with Thai soldiers. We are like brothers. But if commands are given, we have to obey." A ...
31-Jul-2008
Obama cuts teeth in Middle East
"There will be minor changes if Obama is elected, but he will never side with the Palestinians against the Israelis. He knows he cannot afford...
28-Jul-2008
West Africa's burgeoning cocaine economy
Despite four years of relentlessly bad publicity, there is no sign that West Africa's attractiveness to cocaine traffickers is waning. Statistics published by the UN...
25-Jul-2008
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"The murder, killing, destruction, dishonouring and insecurity in Afghanistan is carried out by the intelligence administration of Pakistan, its military intelligence institutions." Afghan President ...
22-Jul-2008
Is Argentina's lady now for turning?
Argentina's famously combative president has had a rude awakening. On 17 July, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner suffered the first serious reversal of her seven-month-old presidency...
24-Jul-2008
Georgia's long hot summer
The summer months from June to August have been the fighting season in the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia since the region's 12-year truce...
23-Jul-2008
South America's distant dream of union
South American unity is a project with historical pedigree. Back in the early 19th century, Latin America's 'Great Liberator' Simon Bolívar waged war for independence...
17-Jul-2008
Nigeria's bloody mess
Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has called for international support in tackling illegal oil bunkering. His request on 7 July highlights the economic impact of...
21-Jul-2008
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