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Semáforo is a fortnightly collection of news from around the world, classified by geographical area - Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, and the Middle East. Semáforo also includes a section which monitors international organisations and the subjects on the international agenda for peace building.
Daily monitoring of news items is based on more than 60 sources and includes areas related to armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, international behaviour, unresolved conflicts, forced displacements, human rights, sustainable development, gender, governability and economic and political crises, militarisation and disarmament, peace processes and post-war rehabilitation and gender.
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Semáforo 206
Fortnight's newsletter 10.10.08 - 23.10.08
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01: Africa
- • The main leaders of the Chadian rebellion meet in Khartoum to organize a common political leadership, aiming to relaunch the opposition to Idriss Déby regime.
- • Serious clashes take place between the Congolese armed forces and the Ugandan armed group LRA in north-eastern DR Congo.
- • DR Congo accuses Rwanda of supporting general Nkunda's revel movement CNDP, in parallel to a rise of clashes between this group and the Congolese armed forces.
- • According to a report by the UN mission in Central African Republic, the security forces of the State are the main responsible agents for serious human rights violations committed in the north of the country in total impunity.
- • Human Rights Watch states that the Ethiopian Parliament must reject the bill over control of NGOs activities.
- • NATO announces the deployment of a warship fleet to protect the movement of ships in Somali waters.
- • The International Criminal Court has given prosecutors a month to submit additional information in relation to their request for an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.
02: America
- • The Bolivian Government and the opposition reach an agreement that envisages a referendum on the new Constitution and early elections in 2009, while the prefects of two departments have boycotted the accord.
- • The UN special rapporteur on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism states that it is probable that US military commissions are not adjusted to international law on fair trials.
- • The Chilean Supreme Court convicts five former army officials for their participation in the so-called Caravan of Death.
03: Asia
- • The Nepali Government and Terai armed groups express their willingness to hold peace talks.
Clashes between the Taliban insurgency and Pakistani security forces cause hundreds of deaths in the northeast of the country.
- • Sri Lankan Armed Forces consolidate their advance towards LTTE armed group strategic positions in the north of the country.
- • Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was the focus of last months protests and who is in exile in London, is sentenced in absentia to two years of prison.
- • Two soldiers die and ten others result wounded during the clashes between Thai and Cambodian armed forces caused by a territorial dispute.
- • The US and North Korea reach an agreement by which Korea will increase transparency on its nuclear activities and will be withdrawn from the list of organizations that promote terrorism.
04: Europe
- • International talks on the Georgian-Russian conflict are postponed due to procedural disagreements.
- • The Serbian Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina insists on its right to launch a referendum over its status and asks for a review of all transfers of responsibilities to the central authorities.
- • The Turkish National Security Council announces measures to restructure the fight against the PKK, while tension increases over the accusations of negligence of the army.
05: Middle East
- • An unprecedented wave of violence against Christian communities in the Iraqi area of Mosul forces the displacement of 11.000 people in two weeks.
- • A report by the UN Secretary General acknowledges a worsening in the situation of Gaza and the West Bank in the last year and a death toll of 35 Israelis and 600 Palestinians.
- • Syria and Lebanon resume diplomatic relations for the first time in 60 years.
06: International Organizations
- • The European Union reminds that half of the world countries have abolished death penalty in their legislation or in practice, but its use continues to be widely extended.
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