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24 November 2008 Military News

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  • GUINEA-BISSAU: Coup attempt highlights vulnerability IRIN 24 Nov 2008 -- An apparent coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau on 23 November has underscored the country’s chronic political volatility.
  • African Union Condemns Guinea Bissau Coup Attempt VOA 24 Nov 2008 -- The African Union has condemned Sunday's attempted coup d'etat by in Guinea Bissau. Heavily armed gunmen reportedly attacked President Joao Bernardo Vieira's residence yesterday (Sunday) with machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The government said the president and his family were not harmed although a presidential guard was killed during the coup attempt.
  • Second phase of polls passes off peacefully in Kashmir: Report IRNA 24 Nov 2008 -- Significant number of voters driven by a desire for good governance and solutions to their everyday problems queued up outside polling booths in strike hit Kashmir Sunday to elect pro-India politicians to the state Assembly even as thousands others defying strict restrictions held anti-election demonstrations in curfew bound Valley
  • Alleged Shooting Fuels Tensions Between Moscow And Tbilisi RFE/RL 24 Nov 2008 -- As Georgia marked the fifth anniversary of its Rose Revolution, tensions were again rising between Moscow and Tbilisi
  • Pirates Holding Saudi Tanker Dismiss Islamist Threats VOA 24 Nov 2008 -- The leader of a Somali pirate group holding a Saudi-owned supertanker carrying $100 million in oil has denied reports the group has moved the vessel away from the coast of the central Somali town of Haradhere, where it had been anchored for more than a week.
  • Economist Says IMF Can Handle Spate Of Aid Requests, For Now RFE/RL 24 Nov 2008 -- Two months ago, Iceland became the first country whose economy collapsed because of the global economic crisis, and it became the first to apply for aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).



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