INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 688 Global Politics Online B.RAMAN ( Based on open source information ) Q.What materials for assembling an improvised explosive device (IED) have been recovered by the authorities of the Dubai airport and the East Midlands airport of the UK from the cargo planes of the FedExpress and the UPS respectively which [...]
Iran Security Monitor – Iran Nuclear Program: Iran says it is ready to restart nuclear talks
October 31, 2010 By
Iran Nuclear Program: Iran says it is ready to restart nuclear talks Iran Nuclear Program: The move, following a hiatus of more than a year, was anticipated in the wake of an invitation to the Iranian leadership last month by chief EU envoy Catherine Ashton and following repeated statements by Tehran officials that they were [...]
South Africa Headlines – Chidzambwa back in South Africa
October 31, 2010 By
Chidzambwa back in South Africa BARELY a month after he quit South African Premiership side Free States Stars, former Warriors coach Sunday “Mhofu’’ Chidzambwa has made a quick and yet surprise return to that country. South Africa win toss and bat in second one-dayer Stand-in South African captain Johan Botha won the toss and decided [...]
Somalia Update – Somalia: Hawiye Elders Call for Businessmen to Withdraw Properties From Bakara And Suk Ba’ad Markets in Mogadishu
October 31, 2010 By
Somalia: Hawiye Elders Call for Businessmen to Withdraw Properties From Bakara And Suk Ba’ad Markets in Mogadishu Hawiye traditional elders have Thursday called for the Somali businessmen to withdraw their properties from Bakara, the biggest market in Somalia and Suk Ba’ad market in Mogadishu to save their lives and properties, spokesman said on Thursday. Somalia: [...]
Lebanon Update – Lebanon Wins Record For Largest Glass Of Wine
October 31, 2010 By
Lebanon Wins Record For Largest Glass Of Wine Lebanon has claimed the record for the world’s biggest wine glass which can hold an incredible one hundred bottles. LEBANON: In Yugoslavia experience, parallels and threats for Hariri tribunal Conspiracies, false witnesses, flaming rhetoric and meddling outsiders have characterized the United Nations-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon in [...]
Middle East Political Update – Egypt’s Mubarak postpones ruling party conference
October 31, 2010 By
Egypt’s Mubarak postpones ruling party conference Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has decided to postpone the ruling party’s annual conference until after next month’s legislative elections, newspapers reported on Sunday. Egyptian Stocks: Egyptian Resorts Co. Falls; National Co. for Maize Gains Egypt’s benchmark EGX30 Index slipped less than 0.1 percent to 6,693.23 at 11:52 a.m. in [...]
MIDEAST: Could Have Danced All Siege
October 31, 2010 By
Global Politics Online / IPS By Eva Bartlett DEIR AL-BALAH, Oct 31, 2010 (IPS) – "I’d planned to have my wedding party on a Thursday night, when more people could come, and stay later. But because the Dabke dancers weren’t free then, I held it on a Tuesday," says Mohammed Ghronaim, 27, from Deir al-Balah, [...]
Biodiversity Pact Begins With the Genes
October 31, 2010 By
Global Politics Online / IPS By Stephen Leahy* NAGOYA, Japan, Oct 31, 2010 (Tierramérica) – The delegates to the 10th Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity ended up with a relatively weak plan for the Herculean task of halting the disappearance of species. The exception was a pact on the [...]
Terrorism Monitor – Al-Qaeda group in Yemen suspected in attempted terrorist attacks
October 31, 2010 By
Al-Qaeda group in Yemen suspected in attempted terrorist attacks The discovery of potential bombs found on U.S. bound cargo jets on Friday led authorities to quarantine and search three UPS jets in Philadelphia and Newark. Friday night, national reports say the al-Qaeda group based in Yemen could be responsible for the attempted terror attack. That’s the [...]
Yemen Update – Mail bomb investigators push on with Yemen manhunt
October 31, 2010 By
Mail bomb investigators push on with Yemen manhunt SAN’A, Yemen — Their first suspect in custody, Yemeni police continued to search for the terrorists believed responsible for mailing a pair of powerful bombs to attack the United States. US and Yemeni officials were increasingly seeing al-Qaida’s hand in the failed plot. Yemen arrests suspect, parcels [...]
