January, 2009

• 21 January

  Burglary At Macedonia War Crime Judge Office

  Unknown persons broke into the office of Vesna Bosotova, a judge in charge of a high profile war crime case dating from Macedonia’s armed conflict in 2001, local media reported late on Monday citing police sources. Bosotova leads one of the four cases of alleged war crimes that was returned …

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• 21 January

  Karadzic Says NATO Attacked His Family

  War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic said NATO forces conducted a “Gestapo-like attack against his home and family” in December last year as part of the search for the two remaining fugitives, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic. Karadzic, indicted on two counts of genocide for his role in the 1992-95 Bosnia …

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• 21 January

  Macedonia, Greece Court Case Starts In Hague

  The first hearing in the case of Macedonia versus Greece is due to start on Monday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The hearing will cover procedural issues that should determine the future course of the case that is expected to last no less than three years. …

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• 21 January

  Petraeus on Afghan visit after supply routes deal

  KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. General David Petraeus met Afghan President Hamid Karzai overnight, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, after the regional military chief said deals had been made on new transport routes into Afghanistan from Central Asia. The U.S. military has had to look at new ways to help supply …

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• 21 January

  FACTBOX: Afghan supply routes: problems and possibilities

  (Reuters) – Agreements have been reached for new transport routes for Western Forces into northern Afghanistan through Central Asian states and Russia, the Chief of the U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday General David Petraeus said those routes could supplement the shipment of supplies for Western forces in Afghanistan through …

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• 21 January

  Israel completes Gaza troop withdrawal

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said it completed a troop pullout from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday, starting its relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama by quitting Palestinian land devastated by its 22-day offensive. “As of this morning, the last of the Israel Defense Forces soldiers have left the Gaza …

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• 21 January

  Gas deal threatens Ukraine’s crisis-hit economy

  KIEV (Reuters) – An abrupt rise in Russian gas prices will undermine Ukraine’s economic and energy security and leave some enterprises on the brink of insolvency, officials and analysts said Tuesday. Its economy already in a tailspin due to the global financial crisis, Ukraine will now pay $360 per 1,000 …

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• 21 January

  FACTBOX: Russia and Ukraine sign 10-year gas supply deal

  (Reuters) – Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom and Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz have signed 10-year gas supply and transit deals, ending a contract row which left part of Europe without the supplies in midwinter. The contracts, signed in the presence of the prime ministers of both countries on Monday, allowed …

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• 21 January

  Conflict costs Israelis, Palestinians dear: study

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israelis and Palestinians could all be twice as rich as they are today if conflict had not continued throughout the peace process of the past two decades, an international think tank said on Wednesday. The Strategic Foresight Group, an India-based body that says it has advised governments, …

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• 21 January

  Hamas still standing, but some Gaza districts gone

  SALATIN, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Palestinian families returned to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday but many found there was nothing recognizable left standing. Women and children gazed around in dismay as they came in sight of Salatin, trundling slowly along on overloaded donkey carts or packed …

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