This post inaugurates the weekly Current Affairs Sitrep. We will cover international news of interest and any other hot topics from anywhere in the world - presented to the reader without opinion (well, without out ours at least). Readers, feel free to suggest any country or professionally related topic of interest and we will try to include background for your query in future postings.
28 December 2008
Israel: Covered in a previous post today.
Iran: Iran orders Muslims to defend the Palestinians
Syria: Syria condemns 'barbaric crime' in Gaza
Bahrain: Terrorists trained in Syria caught before acting (Home of US 5th Fleet).
Russia: Russia braced for unrest
Kazakhstan: Bans foreign visitors from Russian leased space center and other territories
Iraq: Civilian deaths fall in Iraq
Afghanistan: Senator (the only active member of the services, a US Army Reserves Col) trades suit for uniform
China: Chinese navy to join anti-piracy efforts
Indonesia: Marking 4 years since the Tsunami disaster
Australia: May take Gitmo detainees
Venezuela: Seizes more private assets, gold mines this time
Mexico: Presidential guard detained in drug case
Great Britian: British PM Brown, calls for a new relationship with the US
Germany: Daily neo-nazi attacks up 30%
Editors note: Interestingly, it was real tough to get important news for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Greece and the rest of Europe as most of the front page news revolved around hockey, skiing and in France's case - sailing...
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