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AFGHANISTAN/AFRICA/EAST ASIA/EU/FSU/MESA - BBCM World Media Review:

22 August 2011 (times gmt) -

IRAN/DPRK/RUSSIA/CHINA/JAPAN/MONGOLIA/ISRAEL/TURKEY/KAZAKHSTAN/UKRAINE/AFGHANISTAN/OMAN/PAKISTAN/PNA/GERMANY/ROK/SYRIA/THAILAND/ETHIOPIA/NORWAY/IRAQ/PHILIPP



BBCM World Media Review: 22 August 2011 (times gmt)



The following is a round-up of the latest reports available to BBC

Monitoring as of 0645 gmt



PAN-ARAB TV HEADLINES



Al-Jazeera:



(0300) Al-Jazeera TV did not air usual news report but showed a

presenter who interviewed a reporter from Libya The following are some

of the TV captions on current developments there: "Al-Jazeera reporter

says revolutionaries have changed name of Green Square to Martyrs

Square, say none of Qaddafi's guards were at the entry of Bab

al-Aziziyah as they approached it ... Obama says Qaddafi should

completely leave power ... US Secretary of State says looking forward to

a democratic transformation in Libya ... NATO says ready to cooperate

with Libya's National Transitional Council ... Al-Jazeera reporter says

British PM has said that recent developments in Libya confirm that

Qaddafi's regime has ended ... US urges National Transitional Council to

prepare well for post-Qaddafi phase ... French leader Sarkozy: Libya has

reached a decisive point ... Al-Jazeera reporter says over 900 prisoners

form Ayn Zirah have been freed, most of them political detainees"



Al-Arabiya:



(0400) Libyan revolutionaries enter Tripoli without resistance ...

Revolutionaries announce taking control of the country except

Bab-al-Aziziyah region ... National Transitional Council says Muhammad

Qaddafi is well, was not attacked ... National Transitional Council says

Sayf al-Islam surrendered himself and has been taken to a safe place ...

Brigade that has been protecting Qaddafi have surrendered ... Obama

urges Libyan revolutionaries to protect state institutions ...

Journalist in Tripoli says revolutionaries take over most of Tripoli,

says Qaddafi is in Tajura region hospital ... Interview with Muhammad

Ali Abdallah from Libya's National Salvation Front in Misratah who says

total liberation of Tripoli will be complete in a matter of hours or

days, says Qaddafi supporters giving themselves up ... Obama says future

of Libya in the hand of the people, US will continue working with Libya

... ICC chief says he will call for handing over of Sayf al-Islam Qadd!

afi for prosecution ... Report on Libya's National Transitional Council

and its role in the revolution ... Bashar Assad in interview with Syrian

TV says state is going through a transitional phase, reforms will take

place soon, says dialogue should continue ... Demonstrations in Syrian

streets immediately after President Bashar Assad's TV interview ...

Syrian activists says fierce raids, gunshots fired in Homs region



Syrian TV:



(0430) President Assad holds interview with Syrian TV, discusses current

developments says people protected the nation, that is what we are

reassured about says we have started making security progress but will

not announce that at the moment, says there is no security alternative

but to maintain peace



Al-Alam (0500) :



Libyan revolutionaries announce taking over Tripoli except

Bab-al-Aziziyah which is Qaddafi's headquarters ... Qaddafi's sons Sayf

al-Islam, Muhammad arrested ... Celebrations in Libya after

revolutionaries take over Tripoli ... Qaddafi urges his brigade to

resist revolutionaries, protect the country, not to surrender ...

Libya's National Transitional Council spokesman says Qaddafi's end is

near ... Washington, Paris urge Qaddafi to step down ... Benghazi,

Misratah cities celebrate end of Qaddafi's regime ... Hundreds of Libyan

citizens in Egypt gather around their embassy to celebrate fall of

Qaddafi's regime, call on Egyptian authorities to hand embassy over to

them ... Syrian president says in TV interview that his govt chose

political solution right from the beginning, says will not bow down to

West's demands ... Syrian president says any operation against state

will have grave consequences ... Demonstrations in Bahrain condemning

arrests, prosecution of c! itizens, calls for release detained of

doctors, nurses ... Israeli forces continue raids on Gaza, Palestinian

resistance retaliate, thousands injured, killed ... Arab League condemns

Israeli attack on Gaza, along Egyptian borders, calls it a war crime ...

Hundreds of Jordanians attempt to raid Israeli embassy in Amman, call

for expelling of Israeli ambassador ... Iran begins humanitarian

campaign to collect aid in support of Somalia's famine struck families

... Iran marks martyrdom anniversary of first Shiite Imam Ali on 21

Ramadan ... Thousands commemorate Jerusalem Day in London



PAN-ARAB PRESS HEADLINES



Al-Hayat :



[pan-Arab, Saudi-owned]: Libyan revolutionaries enter streets of

Tripoli, Mu'ammar Qaddafi to remain "to the end" ... Head of executive

team of National Transitional Council Mahmud Jibril urges

revolutionaries not to seek revenge, confirms there are still pockets of

resistance by Qaddafi forces in Tripoli ... Muhammad Qaddafi: I am under

house arrest ... Internet services restored in Tripoli for first time in

six months ... Libyan revolutionaries enter Green Square in central

Tripoli ... Libyan state TV broadcast recorded programmes, says its

transmission has been jammed ... Libyan regime says 1,300 killed within

24 hours in Tripoli ... Syrian President Bashar Assad: We are not

worried about security situation, political solution includes review of

the constitution ... Cease-fire, no cease-fire and Israel maintains

silence ... At least 73 new "Google" ambassadors in Arab universities

... Seven Iraqis killed in Turkish airstrikes, planes continue

bombardment of! Kurdistan areas



Al-Quds Al-Arabi:



[indep, Arab nationalist]: Violent clashes between revolutionaries,

Qaddafi forces in Tripoli Abd-al-Salam Jalud [Qaddafi's former number

two] calls on Qaddafi's tribe to keep away from this tyrant Israeli

writer: Libyan uprising was very well planned for months ... Violent

clashes near hotel where journalists are staying in Tripoli ... Syrian

President Bashar Assad rejects calls to step down, warns West of

consequences attacking Syria Damascus deploys modern defence planes near

Turkish border ... Damascus regime continues to jam Syrian opposition

channel ... Kuwaiti MP detained on charges of threatening Syrian

ambassador ... Ahmad al-Shzhat is Egyptian people's first hero after he

pulled down Israeli flag from embassy Confusion in govt's response on

Israeli attack, Military Council rejects any interference in Sinai's

security



Al-Sharq al-Awsat:



[pan-Arab, Saudi-owned] Libya, the end of a tyrant ... Syrian towns

continue protests Opposition postpones announcement of national council

... Syria ignites tension with Turkey in new operation on border ...

Observers: Ankara before real opportunity to severe links with Assad's

regime ... Syrian journalist A'mir Mattar to Sharq al-Awsat: I am a

criminal according to the regime because I write about the reality ...

Assad refuses to step down warns Ankara: If Turkey wants to play the

guardianship role then this is rejected ... Syria reaches point of no

return, its isolation will push silent majority to revolt ... Libya

draws curtain on Qaddafi's rule ... Libyan Transitional National Council

moves fast to contain revenge attacks, violence, riots ... Yemen: Ruling

party official to Sharq al-Awsat: Parliament was born dead ... Huthi

representative in Yemen to Sharq al-Awsat: Our links with Iran are based

on consensus with views of Khamenei revolution ... Higher M! ilitary

Council: Sinai's security is a sole Egyptian affair and we will not

accept any interference in this ... Egypt's Human Rights Council demands

international probe into killing of Egyptian officers ... Egyptian

military official: We will pursue those involved in helping any foreign

groups who caused violence in Sinai ... Egypt's spiderman climbs 17

floors to pull down Israeli flag from its embassy ... Arab League

condemns Israeli attack on Egyptian forces, Gaza Strip ... Efforts to

prevent crisis in relations between Egypt, Israel ... Israel accepts

Hamas' cease-fire proposal ... Israeli plan to settle crisis with Egypt,

save peace agreement



Al-Arab al-Alamiyah:



[indep, pan-Arab, pro-Libyan] Libyan revolutionaries in Tripoli,

Qaddafi's regime collapses and Sayf al-Islam arrested ... Libyan

revolutionaries enter Green Square, raise independence flag ... Libya's

National Transitional Council gives Muhammad Qaddafi security ... ICC

says Sayf al-Islam Qaddafi has been arrested in Tripoli ... Commander of

Libyan revolutionaries: Tripoli will fall before Monday [22 August] ...

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Mu'ammar Qaddafi's regime

is clearly collapsing ... NATO offers help to ensure peaceful transition

of power in Libya ... London, Washington say end of Qaddafi is "close"

... Qaddafi's bodyguard surrenders to revolutionaries ... Internet

services restored in Tripoli for first time in six months ... Libyan

revolutionaries isolate Qaddafi, rumours that he is on his way to border

with Algeria ... Syrian President Bashar Assad says Western calls for

him to step down "worthless" ... Tunisia recognizes National T!

ransitional Council as legitimate representative of Libyan people ...

Syrian opposition keen to form united front in Istanbul ... Osama bin

Laden's wife, children still being held in Pakistan ... Two suicide

attacks kill 11 tribesmen in southern Yemen ... Egypt says Israeli

apology not enough to silence public anger



MIDDLE EAST



Libya/Tripoli:



Euphoric Libyan rebels move into centre of capital Tripoli overnight as

Muammar Qaddafi's defenders melt away ... thousands of jubilant

civilians rushed out of their homes to cheer long convoys of pickup

trucks packed with fighters shooting in air ... rebel advance took place

over a few dramatic hours (Al-Jazeera 0254) ... Heavy shelling heard

near Qadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound ... no word yet on Qadhafis's

whereabouts ... opposition source said pro-Qadhafi forces still

resisting in Al-Mansoura area of Tripoli (Al-Jazeera 0614) ... rebel

military council say clashes between pro-Qadhafi forces and rebels under

way in Bab al-Aziziya ... rebel sources say rebels control 95% of

Tripoli ... rebel sources say tanks left Bab al-Aziziyah and shelled

locations in Sidi Khalifa area (Al-Jazeera TV 0607)



Qadhafi/sons:



Rebels arrest Qaddafi's eldest son Seif al-Islam, according to rebel

Libya TV ... Seif handed over to National Transitional Council in

Tripoli and will probably be transferred to Benghazi today (Libya TV

0400) ... National Transitional Council says Muhammad al-Qaddafi under

arrest and unharmed after being captured in his house ... earlier

Muhammad Qaddafi tells Al-Jazeera in "live" interview that house he was

in is under attack before interview comes to abrupt end ... gunfire

could be heard in background during interview ... phone line went dead

after Qaddafi said "they are inside the house" (Al-Jazeera TV 0023) ...

Muhammad Qaddafi held second telephone interview with channel a few

minutes later in which he confirmed his house had been attacked and he

was now outside his house (Al-Jazeera 0120)



Qaddafi:



Qaddafi spoke twice last night on state Al-Jamahiriyah TV, for about 10

minutes each ... says "we will never surrender" and tells Libyans to

"march on Tripoli from inside and outside" (Al-Jamahiriya TV)



Libya/TV:



BBC Monitoring has lost reception of Al-Libiyah TV, national channel

owned by Seif al-Islam Qaddafi ... reception lost from two usual

satellite sources: Libyan-controlled Rascom QAF 1R and Egypt's Nilesat

... main national channel, Al-Jamahiriya TV, continues to be received

from both Rascom and Nilesat (BBC Monitoring 2248/21) ... as of 0630,

channel showing footage of unknown date of demonstrators waving green

flags and of frequently-appearing presenter Yusuf Shakir (BBC Monitoring

0630) ... Libyan opposition Libya TV 's presenter said Halah al-Misrati,

a presenter on Seif al-Islam's Al-Libiya TV channel arrested in

Qirqarish ... being kept in house of Muhammad Walu, one of rebels (Libya

TV 0400)



Libya/officials:



PM Baghdadi al-Mahmudi in Park Inn hotel in Djerba in Tunis and Tunisian

army preventing crowds of Libyans from entering (Al-Jazeera



Syria:



Syrian President Bashar al-Asad warned West his nation would not

tolerate any outside interference ... said anti-government unrest

sweeping country had become more militant ... Activists said dozens of

people arrested yesterday during raids in northern Idlib province while

military and security forces stormed an area of Homs (Israel radio 0430)



Syria/UN:



UN Human Rights Council to pressure Syria today to halt attacks on

protesters and allow in independent probe in alleged violations during

crackdown ... council to meet in emergency session to consider draft

resolution that deplores "continued indiscriminate attacks on Syrian

population" and seek immediate stop to all acts of violence ... also

highlights need to dispatch independent international committee of

inquiry to investigate violations of international human rights law in

Syria since July (Israel radio 0430)



Yemen:



Warplanes hovering over Yemeni city of Ta'izz since morning, breaking

sound barrier (Suhayl TV 0534)



ISRAEL, PALESTINIAN



Gaza/rockets:



Militants in Gaza fired barrage of Qassam rockets at Israel's south

yesterday evening just 20 minutes after ceasefire declared by Hamas went

into effect at 9 pm ... two rockets fired at Ashkelon during night and

intercepted by Iron Dome anti-missile system ... two more rockets fired

from Gaza at southern Israel and landed in Sderot area, causing no

injuries or damages ... IDF retaliated with air strike against militant

cell making its way through northern Gaza Strip, injuring several ...

earlier Hamas official in Gaza said all of Gaza's armed groups had

agreed to cease-fire brokered by Egypt (Israel radio 0430)



Israel/Egypt:



President Shimon Peres has apologized to Egypt for killing of Egyptian

soldiers on border in Sinai that has caused tensions between the country

... expressed condolences to families of victims and Egyptian people ...

in telephone call with Egyptian ambassador Yasir Rida last night, Peres

said incident not deliberate and Israel keen on good relations with

Egypt (MENA 0616) ... US Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman

arrived in Cairo last night to discuss tension with Israel and

developments in Libya with senior Egyptian officials ... arrived on

special flight from Benghazi (Israel radio 0430)



Hamas/Iran:



Iran has cut back or even stopped funding of Hamas after movement failed

to show public support for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad ... diplomats

said Hamas refused to hold rallies in support of Tehran's ally in

Palestinian refugee camps in Syria ... Hamas has denied it is in

financial crisis but says it faces liquidity problems stemming from

inconsistent revenues from tax collection in Gaza Strip and foreign aid

... one unnamed diplomat said intelligence reports showed Iran reduced

funding for Hamas (Israel radio 0430)



West Bank:



Makeshift bomb exploded near security fence in Ramallah ... explosives

were attached to a gas tank placed in tyre ... two Molotov cocktails

pelted at Israeli vehicle driving north of Ramallah ... missed target

and hit road instead ... no one hurt (Israel radio 0430)



Jerusalem/alert:



Jerusalem police have raised alertness level and putting reinforced

units on streets around city due to general terror attack warnings

received ... they stressed this not a specific warning (Israel radio

0430)



Israel/Egypt border:



Israeli troops spotted suspicious figures near military base on

Israel-Egypt border last night and fired warning shots in air to deter

them ... forces searched area for the suspects (Israel radio 0430)



Israeli press headlines



Ha'aretz:



Hamas announced truce but firing continues - Despite reports of a

ceasefire, rockets were fired at Ashkelon last night Air Force attacked

in Gaza Rebels' leaders: We caught Qaddafi's sons - rebels in Libya

occupied Tripoli last night, claimed that Qaddafi's sons were in their

hands



Yedioth Ahronoth :



Truce put to the test - Two hours after truce took effect, rockets were

fired from Gaza at Israel yesterday IDF general sent to Egypt - Against

backdrop of crisis with Egypt, Maj-Gen. Amir Eshel went there yesterday

for special meeting with decision makers, other security elements

Palmer's report on flotilla expected to be published tomorrow - Suspense

in Israel on eve of publication of UN report on Gaza flotilla events



Ma'ariv:



End of Qaddafi's era - Historic reports from Libya speak of surrender of

the presidential guard and capture of two of Qaddafi's sons Israel:

"This morning we will know whether Hamas is serious" - Hamas declared

ceasefire yesterday but rockets were fired at Israel in the evening



Palestinian press headlines



Al-Quds:



[privately-owned, Jerusalem-based, pro-Fatah]: PM Salam Fayyad denies

there are US threats to PNA - His office denied report that US Secretary

of State Hillary Clinton made threats to PNA during her phone

conversation with him President Mahmud Abbas urges international

community to protect civilians in Gaza Strip - He met head of security

apparatuses and briefed them on developments in peace process Israel

arrests 120 citizens in Hebron and Bethlehem mostly Hamas activists -

Detainees included Palestinian Legislative Council member Muhammad

Abu-Juhayshah



Al-Hayat al-Jadidah [Ramallah-based, Palestinian Authority-owned]: Libya

free without Qaddafi - Rebels celebrated in Green Square in Tripoli

Factions agree to "enhance" calm, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Baraq

threatens "to sever heads off" - Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades

announced that they are not committed to calm Diplomats: Iran stopped

funding Hamas - They said Iran decreased or even stopped funding

movement following its rejection to support Syrian President Bashar

Assad



Al-Ayyam :



[privately-owned, Ramallah-based, pro-Fatah]: Jerusalem: Palestinians

injured in clashes with [Israeli occupation forces] in Damascus Gate,

Al-Aqsa Mosque closed after Israeli officer is stabbed - Demonstration

against aggression in Gaza was held in city



Filastin Online :



[Website of Hamas-run, Gaza-based Filastin newspaper]: Gaza: Health

sector on brink of collapse - Crisis in health sector stems from siege

Seven injured in Israeli bombardment in Gaza - Israeli warplanes bombed

police station



SOUTH ASIA



Afghanistan:



Office of Paktika Province governor in east says armed Taleban killed

director of Ume District with two tribal elders on his way to work also

says two members of one family killed in mine blast planted by Taleban

in Yahyakhel District also says five women and one child injured when

missile fired by Taleban hit their house in Yahyakhel District (Tolo TV

0230)



Pakistan:



Shia community to hold traditional processions in Karachi today to mark

death of Prophet's son-in-law bombers have targetted Shia processions in

the past (BBC)



Afghan TV



Tolo TV (0430) :



Ten people killed or injured in three separate incidents in eastern

Paktika Province Paktika Province governor's office said in statement

that armed Taleban killed director of Ume District with two tribal

elders when he was on his way to work statement said two members of one

family were killed in mine blast in Yahyakhel District of this province,

five women and one child injured when missile fired by the Taleban hit

their house in Yahyakhel District Western Herat Province National

Directorate of Security reports detaining three terrorists in this

province NDS office reported that these men were detained while they

were trying to transfer a quantity of weapons and Afghan National Army

uniforms, placed in their car, from Enjil District to a refugees camp

named Shedai Ramadan Foreign news: Rebel forces claim taking control of

some areas of Libyan capital Pakistani minister injured in unidentified

armed men's attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Syrian p! resident

says elections will be held in next six months



Pakistani TV



Dawn TV (0400):



Rebels capture parts of Libyan capital Tripoli, claim to have arrested

one of al-Qadhafi's sons Al-Qadhafi's spokesperson urges rebels to end

fighting and begin talks, rebels also propose dialogue celebrations

across the country America says al-Qadhafi's rule has ended NATO says it

will remain in the country PM Yusuf Raza Gillani to review situation in

Karachi today Dawn News obtains pictures of suspects in attack on police

van in Karachi "Day of Martyrdom" of Shi'a imam Hazrat Ali being

observed today



Geo News (0500):



Rebels claim to have captured parts of Libyan capital, Tripoli

celebrations in the streets US President Barack Obama says "cruel"

al-Qadhafi must step down number of flood-affected people in relief

camps in Sindh province's Badin district reaches 140,000 Water level

rises in river Sutlej Processions carried out in different cities on

"Day of Martyrdom" of Shi'a imam Hazrat Ali, strict security measures in

place One more body recovered from Karachi's PIB Colony, four more

killed in the city since midnight Britain's Andy Murray wins Cincinnati

tennis tournament Rain expected in some parts of the country today



EUROPE



Croatia:



German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Sunday she will discuss

strengthening bilateral economic ties and urge Croatia to pursue on

accession to EU during her visit Monday (HINA 1940/21)



Ukraine:



Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko's condition is deteriorating, press secretary

says (AVNIE 0606) her trial set to resume today after being suspended

Friday due to her worsening health has been affected by "mystery

ailment," but is refusing to be checked by state doctors



Russian headlines



Russia:



N Korean leader Kim Jong-il continues visit from Saturday believed to be

for one week arrived in Amur Region Sunday (Korean Central Broadcasting

Station/21)



Kazakhstan:



Kazakh woman hit by US embassy car in Astana on 15 Aug dies in hospital

driver of the embassy car still not allowed to leave the city

(Interfax-Kazakhstan 0423)



Press



Kommersant:



[influential business daily]: 'Pioneer winding up line' [Unicredit

financial group planning to sell its company managing mutual funds in

Russia] 'Valentina Matviyenko gets elected in Petrovskiy way' [Former St

Petersburg governor Valentina Matviyenko gets 95.6 per cent of votes at

municipal election in Petrovskiy district] 'Song cannot do without

construction' [Some 2.7 hectare in Vasiliyevskiy Ostrov (Island)

allocated without contest for Alla Pugacheva's Song Theatre to build

cultural and business centre worth 250m dollars] 'What is happening is

like smoldering fire' [Interview with chairman of board of VTB Capital

holding Yuriy Solovyev]



Nezavisimaya Gazeta:



[centrist daily]: 'Pre-election scandals in Sukhumi and Tskhinvali'

[Article looks at scandals ahead of presidential elections in Abkhazia

and South Ossetia] 'Moscow of international level' [Article looks at

updated plan for Moscow's expansion] 'Federation Council to be

strengthened with One Russia members' [State Duma to consider amendments

to reform Federation Council formation] 'Kim Jong Il on armoured train:

Hello!' [Article looks ahead at President Dmitriy Medvedev's meeting

with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il] 'Budget being exhausted by social

payments' [Social payments reach 15 per cent of Russia's GDP] Rodina-2

gets a go-ahead [Dmitriy Rogozin's All-Russia public organization

Motherland-Congress of Russian Communities registered yesterday, experts

speculate over its purpose and prospects]



Rossiyskaya Gazeta:



[state-owned daily]: 'Swan coup' [Kultura TV channel broadcasts Swan

Lake to remind viewers about 1991 coup] 'Visit by railway' [North Korean

leader going by railway to meet President Medvedev] 'Russia cuts gas

window to Europe' [First line of Nord Stream completed] 'Serviceable

health ministry' [Health and Social Development Ministry simplifies

services provision procedure]



Vedomosti:



[business daily]: 'Non-childish debt' [Police put Oleg Yakovlev,

co-owner of bankrupt Banana-mama children's goods chain, on wanted list]

'Russia makes bad bargain' [Russian budget may get R37bn less this year

because of Customs Union] 'Going Medvedev's way' [Article looks at

President Dmitriy Medvedev's group mates at legal department of St

Petersburg State University and their achievements] 'Looking back at

election' [Editorial looks at how administrative resources were employed

to ensure Valentina Matviyenko's victory at municipal election in St

Petersburg]



Moscow Times:



[English-language daily]: 'Bread and circuses beckon Matviyenko voters'

[People to vote for Matviyenko lured to polling stations] 'T-50 fighter

aborts take-off at MAKS' [Test pilot aborts take-off of T-50 fifth

generation fighter over malfunction in right engine]



TV



NTV (0600) :



Local mayor killed in Moscow Region Libyan rebels in heart of Tripoli

Former St Petersburg governor wins municipal vote Russia marks Day of

State Flag



RenTV (0530) :



Sergiyev-Passad mayor killed in Moscow Region Rebels take Libyan capital

Correspondent meets rescuers of sharks victims Press review Business

news



Channel One (0500) Libyan protesters in heart of Tripoli Former St

Petersburg governor gets landslide victory at municipal vote Scandal

breaks out in Novosibirsk school Heavy storm hits Maritime Territory

Kansas City air show ends in tragedy Artists paint at bottom of Black

Sea in Crimea



Channel One:



Fighting in Libya Aerospace show in Zhukovskiy, dangers of extreme

sports Norway remembers Breivik's victims North Korean leader in Russia

Russian theatre tours China (1700/21)



Rossiya TV:



Municipal polls in St Petersburg Arab League condemns Israeli attacks on

Gaza Narrow escape for Moscow's extreme tourists Feature about

Christiania community in Copenhagen (1600/21)



NTV Mir (international version of NTV: Fighting in Tripoli North Korean

leader Kim Jong Il visit Bureyskaya hydro power station in Russia's Far

East St Petersburg governor Matviyenko takes part in local elections

Mourning ceremonies in Norway Computer games fair in Germany T-50 forced

to abort takeoff at MAKS 2011 air show (1500/21)



Radio



Ekho Moskvy (0600) Libyan rebels claim control over capital city Local

mayor killed in Moscow Region Former St Petersburg governor wins

municipal vote



EAST ASIA



Japan:



Quake measuring 4.5 jolts coastal areas of Japan's Fukushima early

Monday (Kyodo 2353/21)



Malaysia:



Philippines govt, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to begin

three-day talks in Kuala Lumpur today (ABS CBN News website/22)



Mongolia:



South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Ulan Bator yesterday on

first leg of three-country tour of Central Asia to stay until Tuesday,

and discuss ways of boosting cooperative ties in healthcare and natural

resources with Mongolian counterpart Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Lee to visits

Uzbekistan tomorrow, Kazakhstan on Wednesday and Thursday (Choson

Ilbo/22)



Thailand:



Transport Minister Sukampol Suwannathat says Thailand to put high-speed

rail project with China on hold says details of the project had to be

studied (Bangkok Post/22)



China:



Tainted vinegar behind poisoning cases in China's Xinjiang, local police

said today (Xinhua 0408)



AFRICA



Ethiopia:



Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Addis Ababa this morning expected

to hold talks with PM Meles Zenawi, Deputy PM Minister and FM

Hailemariam Desalegn on drought situation in east Africa and bilateral

relations (Radio Ethiopia 0500)



Kenya:



Thirteen suspected members of outlawed sect Mungiki arrested in Juja

Farm, Kiambu County in central Kenya (The People/22)



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