Update on the Former Moldavian SSR Dispute

By Michael Averko
The on again/off again former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) settlement talks were restarted with last week’s (Dec. 24) meeting in Tiraspol between the leaders of Moldova and Pridnestrovie (also referred to as Transnistria, Transdniestria, Transdnestr and Trans-Dniester). This meeting resulted in both sides agreeing to hold further talks on “confidence-building measures,” as [...]

As Bosnia revives, so do Muslim faithful

International Herald Tribune    December 26, 2008
By Dan Bilefsky 
 
SARAJEVO: As several thousand worshipers streamed into the imposing King Fahd Mosque on a recent Friday, a young man sat outside selling a popular conservative Muslim magazine with President-elect Barack Obama’s image on the cover.
“Hussein, Will Your America Kill Muslims?” the headline asked, using Obama’s middle name, a [...]

Serbs murdered for their organs in Kosovo – new evidence

Russia Today    December 26, 2008
 
 
Serbian war crime prosecutors have received new evidence that hundreds of Serbs had their internal organs removed and sold by ethnic Albanians during the Kosovo war. The UN document obtained through unofficial channels contains photographs of what are believed to be mass graves of the victims.
Film-maker Ninoslav has put his life [...]

A Mosque for Slovenia’s Muslims?

Written by www.daily.pk
Slovenian authorities continue to procrastinate over authorizing the construction of the first mosque in Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital, despite that the Muslim community of Slovenia, which consists of 100,000 people, has been pushing for a mosque to be built for over 40 years.
The Catholic Church called for a referendum on [...]

Iran called upon to halt winter deportations

Afghan government officials and aid agencies are calling on the Iranian authorities to halt the deportation of Afghans from Iran during the winter for humanitarian reasons.
“Large-scale expulsions during the cold season will push our country into a humanitarian crisis,” said Abdul Matin Edrak, director of the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA).
Mass deportations [...]

Mumbai chief operated in Chechnya, Bosnia and Iraq before India

Lashkar chief Hafeez Saeed remains defiant
Saturday, December 13, 2008
New Delhi: The UN Security Council has declared Lashkar-e-Taiba and its key men as terrorists, but who exactly are these men and more importantly what motivates them.
Hafeez Saeed may be one of the wanted men in the world, but on the day the UN banned the [...]

Security Mission to Kosovo Faces Local Reluctance

Wall Street Journal
Βy IAN JOHNSON
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Civilian law-enforcement officials from the European Union, the U.S. and a handful of other countries began working in Kosovo Tuesday to bolster shaky police, courts and customs systems.
This unprecedented mission in a country recognized as a major conduit for smuggling drugs and weapons into Europe faces steep challenges. A [...]

Security Mission to Kosovo Faces Local Reluctance

Wall Street Journal
Βy IAN JOHNSON
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Civilian law-enforcement officials from the European Union, the U.S. and a handful of other countries began working in Kosovo Tuesday to bolster shaky police, courts and customs systems.
This unprecedented mission in a country recognized as a major conduit for smuggling drugs and weapons into Europe faces steep challenges. A [...]

WORLD MILITARY UPDATE

New BMP-2 IFV upgrade rolls out
Russia’s Kurganmashzavod has completed development of the latest upgrade for its Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The upgrade covers all three main areas of armour, mobility and firepower, and is designed to enable end users, in most cases, to tailor vehicles by selecting elements to their requirements. Older [...]

Bosnian Wahabis planning assassinations, expert

Bosnian Wahabis are currently planning to assassinate Bosnian politicians who are alerting the public of this growing terror movement that may soon become the dominant political force among Bosnian Muslims, warns Bosnian Muslim terror expert Dzevad Galijasevic.
“Today, the number of Wahabis [in Bosnia] is around 100,000 and this movement threatens to become a real peoples [...]