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The Week in Review: December 7-13, 12(2), 2009
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The Week in Review: December 7-13, 12(2), 2009
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COUNTRY REVIEWS
South Asia
Afghanistan
(November 30-December 13)
Obama orders 30,000 more troops; MacChrystal terms troop surge as 'the end of the beginning' of the eight-year-old war; UN, India, EU, Japan welcome Obama’s new strategy; Eikenberry: US at a critical juncture in its involvement in Afghanistan; Taliban: New strategy will face “fiasco” as the previous attempts; US House of representatives approves $2.6 b aid to Afghanistan; Germany to compensate Kunduz air raid victims; 30 militants killed in NATO-led strike in Kunar
Pakistan
Suicide blasts in Lahore, Peshawar, Multan kill scores of people and security personnel; Obama: Afghanistan-Pakistan border is the epicenter of terrorists groups targeting West and US; Key al Qaeda commander killed in US drone attack in North Waziristan; PM Gilani urges exiled Baloch rebels to initiate a dialogue process; India asks Russia to impress upon Pakistan to curb terrorist activities
Bhutan
At Copenhagen, Bhutan urges that the issue of climate change be linked to the concept of Gross National Happiness; Electricity from the 650 MW Amochu hydro-electric plant to be fed into West Bengal’s grid after completion; Bhutan’s outstanding debt stands at Nu 3.8 billion ($114 million); UNHCR: 25,000 refugees resettled under the Third Country Resettlement Programme
East Asia
China
PLA Navy Fleet, returning from escort duties in the Gulf of Aden, pays a good-will visit to Malaysia; PLAN vessels on goodwill tour of South America as well; China to produce new generation MBT, to replace Type-99 MBT; A ground-air joint intelligence-reconnaissance exercise under information-based conditions held
Southeast Asia
75 school children abducted in Mindanao province; MILF militants freed by Islamic militants during a raid on a jail; Fourth annual bilateral consultation meeting between Malaysia and Thailand takes place; Bali Democracy Forum, co-chaired by Indonesia and Japan held; 442 members of parliament from 29 countries urge UNSC to set up commission of inquiry to investigate ‘Crimes against Humanity’ and ‘War Crimes’ by Myanmar authorities
West Asia
Iran
UK, US, France at UN: New sanctions if Iran fails to reassure world about its nuclear programme; Mottaki: Iran ready to exchange the bulk of its stockpile of enriched uranium, according to “its own mechanisms and timetable”; Instances of defacement of posters of religious leaders heightens domestic tensions
Iraq
Multiple bomb attacks kill more than 100 in Baghdad; Gates calls on Talabani and al-Maliki
DEFENCE REVIEW
Defence National
Boeing places offset orders over $600 million with Indian companies related to P-8I deal
France facing stiff competition from Israel for IAF Mirage up-gradation
Eurojet and General Electric submit Tejas offset proposals
Nuclear-capable Dhanush test-fired successfully
Defence International
Pakistan gets first AWACS aircraft
ENERGY SECURITY REVIEW
Chinese company wins Iraq oil contract
Nascent Ghana oil industry attracts oil majors
11 nuclear power units operating below capacity due to lack of sufficient supplies of indigenous uranium
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