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Bomb blasts target Pakistani air force bus
On 12 August, a bomb blast struck a Pakistani Air Force bus on the outskirts of the provincial capital Peshawar, leaving 13 people dead. ...
15-Aug-2008
President wins Bolivian recall referendum
On 10 August, a recall referendum held across Bolivia confirmed President Evo Morales in office, as well as most of the other political leaders ...
15-Aug-2008
*Military rule returns to Mauritania
Units of the Mauritanian army staged a bloodless coup on 6 August. The military intervention followed attempts by democratically elected President Sidi Ould Cheikh ...
15-Aug-2008
*Low-level attacks continue in Xinjiang
Three security staff were killed and one injured during a stabbing by unknown assailants on 12 August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). ...
15-Aug-2008
Mongolian opposition MPs stall opening of parliament
The opening session of the State Great Khural (Mongolian parliament) was stalled on 23 July after opposition MPs staged a walk-out. The 25 newly...
15-Aug-2008
Serbia extradites Karadzic to Hague
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on war crimes charges, was extradited to ...
15-Aug-2008
Turkish 'deep state' ultra-nationalists charged
Following months of investigations, Istanbul's chief prosecutor Aykut Cengiz Engin announced the indictment of 86 suspected members of the 'Ergenekon network' on 14 July. ...
18-Jul-2008
Colombian hostage rescue marks blow to the FARC
An operation by Colombian security forces on 2 July 2008 resulted in the rescue of 15 hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
18-Jul-2008
*Abkhazia severs ties with Georgia
The Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia severed all ties with Tbilisi on 7 July, following a series of explosions in the secessionist republic. The ...
18-Jul-2008
*Iran launches dual-purpose missiles
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on 9 and 10 July held two sets of military exercises in the central part of the country and...
18-Jul-2008
West African drugs shipments rise
Up to nine foreign nationals were detained by police in Sierra Leone following the seizure of between 600 and 700 kg of cocaine from an...
18-Jul-2008
Indian nuclear deal splits politics
The uneasy marriage of convenience between India's Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the Left Front finally broke down on 9 July. The Left Front...
18-Jul-2008
US launches air strike on Pakistani border
The Pakistani army condemned a "completely unprovoked and cowardly" air strike on 11 June by US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan on a paramilitary checkpost near...
12-Jun-2008
*Arctic summit seeks to head off territorial disputes
The Arctic Ocean Conference was held from 27-29 May in Greenland in the hope of creating a structure for settling territorial claims over the Arctic...
12-Jun-2008
US-Iraq treaty plan sparks unease
Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki told Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 8 June that Iraq would not be used as a base from which to launch...
12-Jun-2008
Uganda talks tough to the LRA
Uganda is "ready and prepared to go and destroy" the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), President Yoweri Museveni warned on 5 June. Speaking in parliament,...
12-Jun-2008
*Turkish speaker calls for curb on court
Turkey needs a complete constitutional and parliamentary overhaul, including curtailing the powers of the Constitutional Court, said Parliamentary Speaker Koksal Toptan on 7 June after...
12-Jun-2008
*Chávez calls for Colombian rebels' surrender
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on 8 June called for Colombia's left-wing insurgent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia: FARC) to abandon...
12-Jun-2008
Sino-Indian talks fail to reach agreement
Pranab Mukherjee, India's foreign affairs minister, arrived in China on 4 June for a four-day visit. During the visit, Mukherjee's first trip to China as...
12-Jun-2008
*Indian bombs underline domestic threat
On 13 May, eight near-simultaneous bomb blasts ripped through six locations in crowded market areas in the old walled city area of Jaipur, a tourist...
20-May-2008
Pro-Western forces' shock win in Serbian elections
The For a European Serbia (Za evropsku Srbiju) list led by President Boris Tadic declared victory on 11 May in parliamentary elections widely regarded as...
20-May-2008
Sudan severs ties with Chad after rebels advance on capital
Tensions have been raised in Sudan after the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) advanced on the capital Khartoum on 10 May, with rebel leader ...
20-May-2008
*Lebanon steps back from the brink
Sporadic clashes continued between government and opposition forces in Lebanon on 12 May after a weekend of violence, but the deployment of the Lebanese ...
20-May-2008
*Mexican pipeline bombers reject talks
The Mexican guerrilla group responsible for a recent series of bomb attacks against oil and gas pipelines on 7 May rejected an offer from ...
20-May-2008
Russia-Georgia tensions rise
The Russian Ministry of Defence on 8 May threatened to increase further the number of troops it has deployed in the Georgian separatist region ...
20-May-2008
*New Pakistan prime minister's cabinet sworn in
Twenty-four ministers were sworn in to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's cabinet on 31 March. The event came after Gilani secured a historical unanimous ...
17-Apr-2008
*Berlusconi back in power after Italian elections
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi returned to power on 14 April after a swing to the centre right saw his People of Freedom ...
17-Apr-2008
Ecuador purges armed forces and police
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa replaced his minister of defence and national police commander on 9 April as accusations of institutional collusion with foreign intelligence ...
17-Apr-2008
*Kenya appoints prime minister and cabinet
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has officially been named prime minister of Kenya, following President Mwai Kibaki's announcement of a new coalition ...
17-Apr-2008
*Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan until 2011
Canada announced on 3 April that it will maintain its frontline role in Afghanistan beyond the February 2009 deadline it had set, after receiving ...
17-Apr-2008
Egypt bolsters Gaza border security
Egypt sent an additional 1,200 security personnel to patrol its border with Gaza on 10 April. The move was prompted by Egyptian concerns that ...
17-Apr-2008
*China claims foiled terrorist attack on civil airliner
Nur Bekri, governor of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, claimed that a potential terrorist attack was foiled on 9 March. As with so many ...
14-Mar-2008
*Shifting Sands - Is ISAF's time running out in Afghanistan?
13-Mar-2008
Serbian government crisis triggers early elections
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica called on the president to disband parliament on 8 March, triggering early elections likely to be held on 11 ...
13-Mar-2008
Armenian and Azerbaijani troops clash in Nagorno-Karabakh
Up to 16 soldiers were killed in a clash between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops along the boundaries of the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region on 4 ...
13-Mar-2008
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