Obama orders more troops to Afghanistan

After ordering 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, US president Barack Obama warned that his country would begin to withdraw its military forces by 2011. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Bongo’s son becomes president

Gabon has a new president : the son of it’s late leader Omar Bongo. Ali Ben Bongo (photo, from bbc.co.uk) won almost 42% of the votes, while his nearest rival won 26%.

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‘No humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza, said Livni

Israel’s foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, said there is “no humanitarian crisis” in the Gaza Strip, and again rejected a French proposal for a ceasefire to allow aid there.

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Sarkozy talks with Dalai Lama risk EU trade

French president Nicolas Sarkozy has met the Dalai Lama in the Polish city of Gdansk, during a gathering of Nobel laureates.
The planned meeting angered Beijing, which has retaliated by cancelling a forthcoming China-EU summit in France.

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Row over postponed trial in France

A court postponed a trial in France, which has broken out a row as the reason seems to be that it was to take place during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

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Georgia ‘cut in half’ by Russian forces

Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgian president, said that his country has been cut in half by Russian forces, who control the key town of Gori, just 76km from Tbilisi, the country’s capital.(photo , from dailymail.co.uk)

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Mauritania : troops stage coup

Mauritania’s first free-elected leader has been overthrown by troops, who say they have formed a state council in order to run the country. After trying to dismiss the military’s top commanders, president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (photo, from saharamedia.net) was held.

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War crime suspect Karadzic captured in Serbia

After more than a decade on the run, Radovan Karadzic (photo), Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect and one of the world’s most wanted man, has been arrested on Monday, near Belgrade, the Serbian capital. He disappeared in 1996, after being the Bosnian Serb wartime political leader.

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EU mission in Ireland for Sarkozy

To discuss how to proceed after the Irish rejection of the Libon Treaty, French president Nicolas Sarkozy is starting an official visit to Ireland. During the trip, expected to last less than six hours, he will meet Taoiseach (prime minister) Brian Cowen (photo, from lepost.fr).

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Irish don’t want ’second vote’

French president (photo) remarks that the Republic of Ireland should hold a new referendum on the Lisbon Treaty made Irish ministers react robustly. Michael Martin, Ireland foreign minister said that his country would not be bullied.

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