April, 2009

• 12 April

  Afghan female provincial legislator gunned down

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  – Taliban gunmen on motorbikes gunned down a woman provincial legislator in Afghanistan Sunday as authorities said they had killed 40 more Taliban in their battle to defeat the extremists. Legislator Sitara Achikzai, a high school teacher and women’s rights activist in her 50s, was shot dead outside …

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• 12 April

  Female official killed in southern Afghanistan

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A female provincial official known for fighting for women’s rights was gunned down in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, following a day of fighting in the region that left 22 militants dead, officials said. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmedi, claimed responsibility for the attack.

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• 11 April

  Bosnia. Two New Mass Graves Found

  Two new mass graves containing the bodies of Bosnian Muslims who had been killed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been discovered in the east of the country, the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute (INO) reported. The mass graves were discovered on Thursday and Friday on Mount Romanija and near Tuzla. …

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• 11 April

  Russia Test-Fires Intercontinental Missile

  Russia successfully test-fired a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday as part of checks needed to extend its service life for up to 22 years, Russian media reported. The Topol was fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, nestled among the forests of northern Russia, and successfully hit the test site on …

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• 11 April

  EU Troika urges BiH to speed up reform efforts

  SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign ministers of the EU Troika, consisting of past, current and future EU presidency holders, urged the BiH authorities on Thursday (April 9th) to speed up key reforms aimed at moving the country closer to the EU. The call was issued as the Czech, French …

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• 11 April

  Kosovo prepares to defend independence before ICJ

  PRISTINA, Kosovo Kosovo is ready to defend its 2008 independence declaration before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), media reported on Friday (April 10th). British expert Michael Wood will lead Kosovo’s legal team at the ICJ to debate Serbia’s motion questioning the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence in February …

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• 11 April

  Prince joins Romania’s presidential race

  BUCHAREST, Romania The prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen, Radu Duda, son-in-law of former King Mihai I of Romania, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday (April 9th). The election will be held in November.

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• 11 April

  Explosives planted in three cathedrals across Greece

  ATHENS, Greece Unknown attackers planted explosive devices in three cathedrals across Greece on Thursday (April 9th). One went off inside the church of Agia Triada in Piraeus but caused no injuries.

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• 11 April

  Albania to send troops on six-month mission to Chad

  TIRANA, Albania Parliament has decided to send a unit consisting of 63 commandos to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, media reported on Thursday (April 9th). The defence ministry says the Albanian troops will be in charge of security at the UN headquarters in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. The unit …

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• 11 April

  Georgia protesters again press president to resign

  Tbilisi, Georgia – About 20,000 demonstrators Friday kept up the pressure on Georgia’s president to resign, with some pelting his residence with cabbages and carrots on a second day of protests. President Mikheil Saakashvili rejected their demands and called for talks. The crowd was smaller than on Thursday, a national …

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