01: Africa
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The general strike in Guinea provokes the death of 45 people and threatens to destabilise completely the country and Mano River subregion. |
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The death of the historical leader of the MFDC raises concerns about the peace process in the Senegalese region of Casamance, which is suffering new clashes and displacements. |
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The Somali Transitional Federal Government dismisses the president of the Parliament, in a move that implies further difficulties for the dialogue with the Islamic courts as he is seen as a compromise figure. |
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The LRA abandons the peace talks with the Ugandese Government accusing the Sudanese mediation of not being impartial. |
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The Tutsi dissident Congolese general, L. Nkunda, and the Congolese Government reach a preliminary peace agreement facilitated by Rwanda with the aim of ending the violence in the East of the country. |
02: Americas
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Serious clashes take place in Bolivia between partisans and detractors of the autonomy in Cochabamba. |
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Social organisations threaten to mobilise in Ecuador if the plebiscite on the Constituent Assembly is not approved. |
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The most visible Colombian paramilitary leader, S. Mancuso, recognises its responsibility in the killing of 336 people, and points out the complicity of the security forces in these crimes. |
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F. Galan, speaker for the last 16 years of the Colombian ELN guerrilla, obtains parole after serving three fifths of 24 years in prision. |
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USA accepts the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Human Rights in the Fight Against Terrorism. |
03: Asia and Pacific
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A police operation in which 16 people die increases the tension in the Indonesian region of Poso. |
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The coalition of pro independence parties in Kashmir, APHC, demands that the armed struggle ends with the aim of reaching a sustainable peace agreement. |
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The Maoists appoint their MPs for the interim Parliament in Nepal. |
04: Europe and Central Asia
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The PKK armed group leader makes a new appeal to the Turkish Government to resolve the Kurd conflict, while the army increases its military offensive in the Southeast of the country. |
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The United Nations Special Envoy presents in a close meeting its proposal for the Kosovo status, with emphasis in the creation of multiethnic and democratic Kosovo. |
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Russia announces several measures to normalise its relations with Georgia and to go beyond the crisis of the last months. |
05: Middle East
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United Nations states that the exodus from Iraq constitutes the main population movement in the Middle East since the creation of Israel in 1948. |
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The Palestinian Prime Minister reports that Israel and the USA are trying to intensify a civil war in Palestina, after both countries have promised its economic support to the PNA, M. Abbas. |
06: International Organizations
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The European Fundamental Rights Agency is established in Vienna to replace the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia. |
