Queen of Hawaii demands independence from ‘US occupiers’

By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles
AP
Last Updated: 12:26AM BST 30/06/2008
 
The United States is an illegal occupying force that should hand the 132 islands of Hawaii back to the monarchy overthrown more than a century ago, according to members of a Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
For almost two months, the self-proclaimed Hawaiian Kingdom Government has peacefully occupied [...]

Visa-Waiver Agreement between Russia and Israel

The Israeli side on June 20 informed the Russian MFA of the completion of national procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the State of Israel on Mutual Abolition of Visa Requirements, signed on March 20, 2008. The Russian side had [...]

Council of Europe to investigate Kosovo organ trafficking allegations

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) [official website] announced Wednesday that it will prepare a report [press release] on allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Carla Del Ponte [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has alleged in a new book [JURIST [...]

John Bolton: Israel could strike Iran after U.S. presidential election

http://www.interfax.com/17/406278/Interview.aspx
INTERFAX (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
June 27, 2008
 
The chances that Israel will strike Iran after the U.S. presidential
election are quite high, said John Bolton, a prominent U.S. security expert.
I think that if it does happen, it will not be before November, but before
the U.S. president’s inauguration, he said in an interview with Interfax.
I do not know what is [...]

“Al-Qaeda helpers operating in Bosnia”

26 June 2008 | 12:30 | Source: Beta 
 
 
BANJA LUKA — Bosnian Deputy Anti-Terrorism Security Minister Vjekoslav Vuković says there probably are organizations operating in the country linked to Al-Qaeda.
 
“We have obtained certain information and indicators that some of these organizations are active in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but under different names. Individuals who worked in outlawed organizations are [...]

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS

THE WHITE HOUSE
 
Office of the Press Secretary
 
                                                               
For Immediate Release                             June 24, 2008
 
 
NOTICE
 
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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT
TO THE WESTERN BALKANS
 
     On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, I declared a national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 [...]

World military update

Budget cuts dog Austria’s Typhoon programme
 
As Austria’s nine new Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft prepare to take over air-policing and quick reaction alert (QRA) duties from the 12 Swiss F-5Es at the end of June 2008, budget cuts continue to plague the operability of the programme. Negotiations on the terms of specification of the remaining [...]

Bosnia: Anti-terror back and forth

http://www.isaintel.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=1
 
ISA Consulting    
 
Four terror suspects are released due to lack of evidence, but police and intelligence sources tell ISN Security Watch that the case is by no means closed, ISA Executive Director Anes Alic and 60 Minutes’ Damir Kaletovic write for ISN Security Watch.
Four Bosnian Muslims arrested in Sarajevo in March have been released from custody [...]

U.S. official diverted funds

Washinton times
By Betsy Pisik
NEW YORK | An internal U.N. investigation has sharply criticized the head of the organization’s “good governance” division, finding he has diverted funds donated by the Greek government to improperly pay contractors and mismanaged a $2.8 million trust fund meant to foster transparency and accountability.
The report by the Procurement Task Force of [...]

Συνθηκολόγηση = η άρνηση της Πολιτικής

Του Χρύσανθου Λαζαρίδη
 
5η Ιουνίου 2008
 
Πριν λίγους μόλις μήνες (πριν το Βουκουρέστι), κάποιοι υποστήριζαν ότι πρέπει να αναγνωρίσουμε τα Σκόπια με το «συνταγματικό τους όνομα», διότι 120 κράτη τους έχουν ήδη αναγνωρίσει ως «Μακεδονία»…
Σήμερα, οι ίδιοι, υποστηρίζουν ότι πρέπει να σπεύσουμε να αναγνωρίσουμε τα Σκόπια, ως «Μακεδονία», για να τα… «σώσουμε από τη διάλυση».
Περίεργη θεωρία: Όταν [...]