USA
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
EUROPE
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
ASIA
China Political Memo: A Crisis over Private Lending?
RUSSIA
Russia: President Gives Deputy PM Until End Of Day To Resign September 26, 2011
Russian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Kudrin should resign by the end of Sept. 26 if he will not serve in a government with current President Dmitri Medvedev as prime minister, Medvedev said during a meeting of the presidential commission on modernization in Dimitrovgrad, RIA Novosti and Interfax reported. Kudrin said he will consult with current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin before deciding whether to step down.
Russia: Finance Minister Resigns September 26, 2011
Russian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin resigned from his post Sept. 26, Reuters reported. President Dmitri Medvedev signed and accepted Kudrin’s resignation, Medvedev’s spokeswoman said.
IRAN
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
IRAQ
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
ISRAEL
Turkey: Relations With Israel Not Normal Until Demands Met - PM September 25, 2011
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sept. 25 that Turkey’s relations with Israel will not be normalized until Israel apologizes and compensates Turkey for the 2010 flotilla raid and the Israeli embargo on Gaza is removed, CNN reported. Erdogan said, “The Israeli people are only resorting back to the issue of genocide in history,” adding that they are always acting “as if they are the victims all the time.” Erdogan said that Turkey has never exerted such cruelty on Israel.
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan: Attack On Kabul CIA Building Confirmed September 26, 2011
An unnamed U.S. official confirmed that an attack occurred on a building used by U.S. officials in the Afghan capital of Kabul late Sept. 25, saying the situation was still evolving and the investigation ongoing, AP reported Sept. 26. Afghan authorities confirmed reports of gunfire around a building used by the CIA, near the former Ariana Hotel which is in the vicinity of the Afghan presidential palace, but Kabul authorities could not confirm any casualties or injuries.
Afghanistan: Shooter At CIA Office A U.S. Embassy Employee September 26, 2011
The shooter at the Kabul CIA building was an Afghan security guard employed by the U.S. Embassy, Reuters reported Sept. 26.
MIDDLE EAST
Egypt: Protest Groups List Demands September 26, 2011
The April 6 Youth Movement and Al-Wasat announced their participation in the “End Emergency Law” million-man protest in Tahrir Square on Sept. 30, Ahram Online reported Sept. 26. The April 6 Youth Movement and Al-Wasat Party demanded the end of emergency law by a referendum and a timeline for the transitional period with clear election dates.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
MISC
Dispatch: UAV Strikes Against al Shabaab
September 23, Anniston Star – (Alabama) International observers others watch chemical weapon burn process. Several officials were on hand September 22, when the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility incinerated the last of the chemical weapons — 72 mustard munitions — on site. They included the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), which confirmed operations complied with environmental standards. Also in attendance were inspectors from the global Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — the international oversight group that came out of a 1997 treaty signed by 188 countries — who made certain the facility destroyed all 661,529 chemical weapons. Although all the munitions have been destroyed, ADEM workers will stay on site around the clock for the next 2.5 years to oversee cleanup and dismantling of the incinerator, an ADEM spokesman said. International representatives will be released from their Anniston duty next month, said the government project manager. Source: http://annistonstar.com/bookmark/15640303-International-observers-otherswatch-chemical-weapon-burn-process
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