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  • 11 April 2014 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 11 Apr 2014

  • Militant infighting in Syria leaves 90 dead Iran Press TV 11 Apr 2014 -- A fresh outbreak of infighting between foreign-backed Takfiri militants in Syria has left nearly 90 people dead, most of them from militants' ranks.
  • Russian warship aids Syrian chemical weapons removal - ministry VoR 11 Apr 2014 -- The heavy nuclear cruiser Pyotr Velikiy has taken part in another operation to ensure safety during transportation of Syrian chemical weapons, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

  • South Korea: Evidence of Drones Points to North Korea VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- A South Korean investigation has pointed to North Korea as the likely culprit behind unmanned spy drones that recently violated its airspace. Analysts say the drones are a concern but do not pose as big a security threat as North Korea's nuclear program, which Pyongyang vowed to step up with a "new form" of test.
  • Drones were from N Korea - S Korea VoR 11 Apr 2014 -- South Korea's defence ministry said Friday it was convinced that three crashed drones recovered in recent weeks were of North Korean origin. Wreckage of the rudimentary drones was found in three different places, including Baengnyeong island near the rivals' disputed sea border.

  • Central African refugees attacked as they flee to Cameroon – UN agency UN News Centre 11 Apr 2014 -- The United Nations refugee agency said today it is extremely concerned by reports that anti-Balaka militiamen are blocking and attacking civilians trying to flee violence in the Central African Republic (CAR).
  • CAR Worried About Peacekeeping Mission Timing VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- The Central African Republic's government says U.N. authorization of a nearly 12,000-member peacekeeping force is a 'good start,' but it questions the timing of the mission.
  • UNHCR: CAR Refugees Enter Cameroon in Horrific Condition VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- The United Nations refugee agency reports thousands of refugees fleeing the Central African Republic are arriving in Cameroon in horrific condition. Two senior officials who have just visited the region say the refugees report anti-Balaka militiamen are trying to prevent civilians from leaving the C.A.R. and are attacking them along the way.

  • Back to the ballot-box - Guinea-Bissau seeks stability IRIN 11 Apr 2014 -- Guinea-Bissau observers doubt that the long-delayed post-coup presidential election set for 13 April will be sufficient to jolt the country back to stability. But there are hopes that the polls will restore constitutional order, revive donor support and stabilize the economy.
  • Guinea-Bissau Holds First Post-Coup Election VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls Sunday for a much-awaited presidential and parliamentary election. The country is trying to move on from two years of uncertainty that followed an April 2012 military coup. Political analysts say this election marks the arrival of a new generation of politicians, something they say bodes well for a fresh start after decades of instability.

  • Overflights, aerial attacks stoke safety fears in South Sudan - UN refugee agency UN News Centre 11 Apr 2014 -- The recent sighting of unidentified planes over Yida, South Sudan, and the aerial bombing of a nearby community have raised fears about the safety of refugees and aid workers in the highly militarized area, the United Nations said today, fearing these incidents might signal an increase in violence in the strife-torn country.
  • As Guinea-Bissau votes in bid for stability, UN urges respect for results UN News Centre 11 Apr 2014 -- With preparations supported by the United Nations, voters in Guinea-Bissau head to the polls this Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections many hope will bring stability to the tiny West African nation.
  • Al-Shabab Strategy Perplexes Some Experts VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- About a month ago, African Union troops and Somali government soldiers retook the town of Huddur from the militant group al-Shabab. The capture came relatively easy. When the troops approached, al-Shabab just retreated into the hinterland.
  • Back to Rwanda IRIN 11 Apr 2014 -- The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) has long been one of the most significant armed groups active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where it has been based ever since its founders fled neighbouring Rwanda after playing a key role in the 1994 genocide.
  • Ethnic Somalis under pressure in Kenyan capital IRIN 11 Apr 2014 -- Thousands of ethnic Somalis have been arrested and detained in an ongoing security operation dubbed Usalama Watch mainly in Eastleigh, a suburb of Nairobi often known as "Little Mogadishu" because of its predominantly Somali population. Usalama means security in Swahili.

News Reports

  • NATO Defends Accuracy of Satellite Images With Additional Proof NATO-ACO 11 Apr 2014 -- Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) defends the accuracy of the images (found below) that were released to media on Thursday, 10 April 2014.
  • Donetsk Divided as Ukraine PM Offers More Autonomy VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- Ukraine's prime minister visited the restive eastern region of Donetsk on Friday, offering local leaders greater autonomy if pro-Russian protesters disarm and leave regional government headquarters, which they stormed on Sunday.
  • Ukraine's PM Offers Concessions to Separatists in Donetsk VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- Ukraine's acting prime minister has offered concessions to regional leaders and pro-Russian protesters, after Kyiv's deadline passed for separatists to vacate state buildings they had seized.
  • Ukrainian military will not storm Donetsk protester-held buildings VoR 11 Apr 2014 -- After a deadline set by Kiev for protesters in eastern Ukraine to vacate seized buildings expired, Parliament-appointed PM Arseny Yatsenyuk pledged to push through a law allowing regional referendums in the country. Holding referendums on the status of their respective regions was among the main demands posed by anti-Maidan activists, who have taken over a number of governmental buildings in eastern Ukraine this week.
  • Kiev backpedals on referendums after deadline to stop protest expiresRT 11 Apr 2014 -- Just after a deadline set by Kiev for protesters in eastern Ukraine to vacate seized buildings expired, Parliament-appointed PM Arseny Yatsenyuk pledged to push through a law allowing regional referendums in the country.
  • PM Yatseniuk: Constitution should be amended before presidential elections NRCU 11 Apr 2014 -- The first amendments to the Constitution should be made before the presidential elections, they should define the powers of the President and other authorities, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a meeting with leadership of the country's south-eastern regions on Friday.
  • Pro-Russian activists snub Kiev government's concessions Iran Press TV 11 Apr 2014 -- Pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine have dismissed government's concessions and refused to leave occupied state buildings for the fifth day in a row.
  • Ukraine PM Says Regions Need More Powers RFE/RL 11 Apr 2014 -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said April 11 in Donetsk that the country's regions should have more powers and be allowed to hold referendums on important issues.
  • In Donetsk, A 'Self-Made' Oligarch Learns To Play Nicely With Others RFE/RL 11 Apr 2014 -- Privacy is essential when you're an oligarch. But so is well-timed publicity. So when Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man and a born-and-bred Donetsk loyalist, waded into a confrontation with pro-Russian separatists occupying the region's government headquarters, he made sure tape was running.
  • Russia Opposes Peacekeepers in Ukraine – Russian Foreign Minister RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- Russia considers bringing peacekeepers into Ukraine an unnecessary measure that should not be brought up in the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
  • Lavrov Denies Russian Role in East Ukraine Unrest RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- Russia has not been involved in recent protests in southeastern Ukraine and always respects its neighbor's territorial integrity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
  • Russia Begins Transfer of First Warship Back to Ukraine – Source RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- Russia has begun the process of transferring the first Ukrainian naval vessel in Crimea back to Ukraine, a source in the Black Sea Fleet Headquarters told RIA Novosti on Friday.
  • Ukraine Plans to Contest Russian Gas Contracts in Stockholm Court RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- Ukraine is preparing to file a case in a Stockholm court on the country's gas contracts with Russia, Ukrainian Minister of Energy and the Coal Industry Yuriy Prodan said Friday.
  • Crimean Parliament Approves New Constitution RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- The parliament of Crimea, which reunified with Russia last month, approved the adoption of a new constitution for the Russian republic on Friday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
  • State Department Again Denies Presence of US Mercenaries in Ukraine RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- Claims that a private US security company has sent mercenaries to Ukraine are untrue, US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has said.
  • No Russian troops, spies in E Ukraine: Lavrov Iran Press TV 11 Apr 2014 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denied that Moscow had deployed any soldiers or security agents to Ukraine's eastern regions, where pro-Russian protests have been held for independence.
  • Putin Says Russia Will Honor European Gas Contracts RFE/RL 11 Apr 2014 -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia will honor its contracts with its European natural gas clients.
  • Russia Amends Constitution to Include Crimea, Sevastopol RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- A new version of the Russian Constitution was officially released Friday with the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol included in the list of the country's federal subjects.

  • White House Denies Iran Envoy Visa VOA 11 Apr 2014 -- The White House says it will not issue a visa to the man Iran has picked to be its envoy to the United Nations.

  • N Korea blasts S Korean reunification offer as 'psychopath's daydream' VoR 12 Apr 2014 -- North Korea on Saturday blasted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye's proposal on laying the groundwork for reunification through economic exchanges and humanitarian aid as the 'daydream of a psychopath'. The blistering attack from the North's powerful National Defence Commission (NDC) was the first official reaction from Pyongyang to a proposal Park made in a speech last month in Dresden in the former East Germany.
  • Policy Department of NDC Warns U.S. Not to Find Fault with Military Measures of DPRK KCNA 11 Apr 2014 -- The south Korean puppet forces conducted a 500 km range ballistic missile test-fire in secrecy on March 23 and made it public later.
  • Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session with Deputies to SPA of DPRK KCNA 11 Apr 2014 -- Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, had a photo session with the deputies to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on Thursday.
  • Kim Jong Un Sends Educational Aid Fund and Stipends to Children of Koreans in Japan KCNA 11 Apr 2014 -- Supreme leader Kim Jong Un sent educational aid fund and stipends amounting to 207.8 million yen to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan for the democratic national education of children of Koreans in Japan on the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

  • Report: CIA's torture methods exceeded legal authority Iran Press TV 11 Apr 2014 -- The CIA's justification for the use of torture methods during the presidency of George W. Bush was based on faulty legal reasoning, according to a classified US Senate report.
  • CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Beyond Legal – US Senate Report RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- The CIA's enhanced interrogation program was not approved by the US Justice Department and impeded White House investigations, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in the summary of a new report obtained Thursday by the McClatchy news agency.

  • Russia Does Not Acknowledge US Sanctions Against Iran - Russian Finance Minister RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- Russia only recognizes UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, not the United States' own "Oil for Goods" deal, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said after a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday.

  • Japan to Reactivate Nuclear Energy Program RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- The government of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a new energy policy Friday providing for the reactivation of idled nuclear power plants, reversing an earlier plan to shutter the country's 48 reactors by 2030.

  • China, Europe Seek Greater Cooperation with Russia on Space Projects RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2014 -- As Russia and China are coordinating on major future research projects in space, European countries have also expressed a desire to expand joint cosmic efforts with Moscow, a senior Russian space official said Friday.
  • Ban welcomes start of dialogue to ease Venezuela tensions UN News Centre 11 Apr 2014 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the start of dialogue to ease political tensions in Venezuela and called on all actors to work towards overcoming the current challenges facing the country.



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