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06ISLAMABAD17547	BALOCHISTAN (6): THE NATIONALIST INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Despite widespread disillusionment with Islamabad, the most recent tribal uprising led by Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a localized insurrection, in which the Nawab had rhetorical support from Baloch nationalists, but little concrete backing in the province-at-large. The [...]	2006-09-04 07:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR

06ISLAMABAD17548	BALOCHISTAN (7): FINDING A SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: To bring peace to the restive province of Balochistan, Islamabad must overcome pervasive distrust and skepticism toward the central government and its proposed development projects by ensuring the people of the province -- Baloch and Pashtun alike -- are the first and main benefic [...]	2006-09-04 07:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17766	NORTH WAZIRISTAN PEACE ACCORD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and local tribal leaders announced that the 45-member Grand Jirga for North Waziristan Agency (NWA) had a peace agreement with the GOP. (Note: Consulate Peshawar has obtained a copy of the agreement and has translated the Urd [...]	2006-09-06 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD17963	NORTHERN WAZIRISTAN UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 8 [...] (S) Summary: While the September 5 agreement between the GOP and North Waziri leaders allows foreigners to remain in the North Waziristan Agency so long as they do not engage in attacks on or in Afghanistan, some foreigners reportedly are leaving NWA for neighboring areas, a development th [...]	2006-09-08 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS UN MARR LE
06ISLAMABAD18778	OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS FROM MFA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Afghanistan Director told PolOff September 20 that high level engagement between Pakistani and Afghan leaders would continue through the autumn and was, he hoped, becoming institutionalized. The official reported that Presidents Karzai and Musharraf would meet on Septem [...]	2006-09-22 08:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD18917	HUDOOD ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: A BIG SLOPPY MESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: With President Musharraf on official travel in the U.S., the governing Pakistan Muslim League (PML) announced a tactical retreat in it beleaguered campaign to amend the Hudood Ordinance, the Sharia-based laws on criminalizing extramarital sexual relations and e [...]	2006-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD18929	REQUEST FROM GOP TO BAN TRAVEL BY ALLEGED BLA [...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see para. 8. 2. (SBU) On September 14, the Consular Section received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) presenting a list of 80-some individuals that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) asserts are connected to the Ba [...]	2006-09-25 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	CVIS PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD19152	NORTH WAZIRISTAN INCIDENTS UPDATE [...] (C) The following list of incidents reported in the local press appear to violate the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement which tribal leaders and the GOP signed on September 5. The list has been culled from local press reporting and contacts in the area. According to our conta [...]	2006-09-28 10:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL MOPS PTER
06ISLAMABAD19193	BALOCHISTAN: UNQUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD20570	FATA SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 22-OCTOBER 12 [...] (SBU) Introduction: This cable reports on security developments in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) between September 22 and October 13, as culled from press reports and conversations with post's interlocutors. The cable also lists cross-border activity from FATA and N [...]	2006-10-19 04:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS PTER
06ISLAMABAD21698	FATA SECURITY UPDATE: OCTOBER 15-28 [...] (C) Embassy contacts in North Waziristan continue to report "foreigners" departing NWA for other tribal agencies, apparently a response to the September 5 jirga agreement. The contacts add that militant commanders who remain in NWA are "thriving," and that Taliban commanders are demanding fe [...]	2006-11-06 07:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22057	BOMBINGS AND SUICIDE ATTACKS: A PLAGUE ON BOTH [...] (C) A November 17 suicide bomb attack on a police van in Peshawar that killed the bomber and seriously injured two police officers is another reminder that the recent spike in suicide bombings in Afghanistan is now mirrored on this side of the Pak-Afghan border. The November 8 suicide bomb a [...]	2006-11-17 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22070	TRIBAL AREAS: VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The jury is still out on the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement. Violations of the agreement continued during October 29 to November 12 period. However, cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province appear to have decre [...]	2006-11-20 08:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22303	SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR WANTS TO REACH OUT TO [...] (C) During a December 1 meeting with poloffs, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed discussed his desire to begin a regular parliamentary exchange with his counterparts in Afghanistan. He said that he discussed hi [...]	2006-12-05 03:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22449	TRIBAL AREAS: TALIBANIZATION THREAT PERSISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Twelve weeks after the signing of the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement, the number of cross-border attacks from Pakistan into Afghanistan has declined. However, it is perhaps more likely that the decline is due to coalition force operations in Afghanistan [...]	2006-12-14 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK AF PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22479	VERBAL ATTACKS BY AFGHAN PRESIDENT WEARING ON [...] (U) Summary: A series of public statements by Afghan President Karzai accusing Pakistan of fomenting instability and violence in Afghanistan have deeply irritated Pakistani officials and popular opinion generally. Although official statements in response have thus far been restrained, Pakis [...]	2006-12-15 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22499	LEADING PAKISTANI PASHTUN BROADCASTER TROUBLED [...] (C) Summary and introduction: According to Hassan Khan, editor of Pakistan's leading Pashtun language foreign affairs television program on Khyber TV, Afghan President Karzai seemed "confused about many things" during their lengthy meeting in early December meeting. Khan, who described his [...]	2006-12-18 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER NATO
06ISLAMABAD5596	GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED [...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...]	2006-04-03 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD6419	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ BRIEFS SENATOR HAGEL ON [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Senator Hagel (R-NE),Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's opposition to any nuclear weapons program in Iran, but supported Iran's right to a civil nuclear energy program. He praised Afghan President Karzai, and highligh [...]	2006-04-14 14:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL MARR PK AF IN PGOV IR
06ISLAMABAD7770	PRINCE SULTAN'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN: MOSTLY OPTICS; [...] (C) Summary. In the week following Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud's April visit to Pakistan, PolCouns sought assessments in separate meetings with the MFA Director General for the Gulf region Sajjad Haider, Saudi Embassy DCM Abdullah Al-Omari and a respected local journalist, Far [...]	2006-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK SA
06ISLAMABAD9705	PAK-SINO RELATIONS: â€œHIGHER THAN THE HIMALAYAS, DEEPER THAN THE SEAâ€ [...] (C) Summary. At a May 23 conference celebrating 55 years of Pakistan-China relations, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz characterized the Sino-Pak relationship as a model bilateral relationship, in which both countries are committed to peaceful co-existence, sovereign equality, and non-i [...]	2006-05-25 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	CH IN PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9708	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-25 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9710	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-26 01:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISTANBUL124	MICROSOFT TARGETS TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: In his third trip to Turkey in a little over a year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates met in Istanbul with senior Turkish government and business leaders and announced a range of new initiatives aimed at increasing internet penetrationin Turkey. These included a new Turkey web portal [...]	2006-02-02 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ECPS TU
06ISTANBUL1358	THE AKP AND THE STRUGGLE FOR TURKEY'S FUTURE: [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with Istanbul intellectuals interested in the political and social aspects of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) reflect a vigorous ongoing debate regarding the ideology of the AKP and how it could shape Turkey in coming decades. These observers were e [...]	2006-08-01 12:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
06ISTANBUL172	ARMENIAN CONFERENCE FALLOUT: TRIAL OF FIVE [...] (U) Summary: Nationalist tensions took center stage at the opening hearing of five Turkish journalists charged with insulting and seeking to influence the Turkish judiciary as a result of columns they wrote criticizing the court injunction that temporarily blocked last September's "Alternativ [...]	2006-02-09 14:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL2091	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISAPPOINTED BY NEW [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew used his November 15 meeting with visiting representatives from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to raise a number of problems facing the Patriarchate, in particular the challenges associated with being denie [...]	2006-11-20 11:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU GR
06ISTANBUL211	BMENA: TURKS KEEP DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary: A February 6-7 conference organized by the Turkish NGO TESEV within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) brought together 150 NGO and government representatives from around the Middle East and North Africa to develop an action platform to increase the role o [...]	2006-02-17 09:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU XD XF XI KDEM KWMN
06ISTANBUL2111	SAADET PARTY PROTESTS POPE'S VISIT [...] Summary: On November 26, the Islamist Saadet (Felicity) Party organized a rally in the Sisli district of Istanbul to protest the Pope's upcoming visit to Turkey. Despite claims of hundreds of thousands of attendees on the party's website press estimates on participation varied from 20,000 to [...]	2006-11-28 06:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC CASC TU
06ISTANBUL372	ISTANBUL CONFERENCE TACKLES TURKEY'S "KURDISH [...] (C) Summary. A March 11-12 Istanbul conference on "Turkey's Kurdish Problem" brought together a range of leading figures from Turkey's Kurdish community with the ambitious goal of hammering out an alternative to the leadership of imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Organizers argued that [...]	2006-03-15 05:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06JAKARTA10200	Indonesia: IPR Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia National Police (INP) continue their impressive campaign of raids against pirate optical disk (OD) factories and vendors, including at Jakarta's most notorious malls. The Jakarta Police on July 20 held a public destruction ceremony of 4.7 million optical disks, att [...]	2006-08-14 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD WTO ECON ID
06JAKARTA10576	ABB Shunned in West Sumatra [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast with the relative success Abu Bakar Ba'asyir received in Java, he got a very cool reception during his recent visit to staunchly Muslim West Sumatra, where local religious leaders blocked him from speaking at the largest and most influential mosques and school offici [...]	2006-08-25 11:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA11342	DEFENDANTS WALK OUT AS FBI AGENTS TESTIFY AT [...] (U) The defendants and their attorneys walked out of the courtroom in protest as FBI Special Agents Ron Eowan and Paul Myers gave testimony at the September 12 session of the trial of seven men accused of killing two amcits in Timka, Papua in 2002. As Eowan was taking the witness stand, defen [...]	2006-09-12 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA11799	Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...]	2006-09-22 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID
06JAKARTA12100	Eastern Indonesia: Violence Increases After [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The execution of the "Poso 3" on September 22 was immediately followed by an outbreak of violence in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) (Flores and West Timor) and later in Central Sulawesi, where the executions occurred. The reaction was not unexpected by local officials; police in NTT [...]	2006-10-02 11:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA13304	East Java: NU Political Clout Diminished As [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final battle for control of the National Awakening Party (PKB),Nahdatul Ulama's (NU) political wing and Indonesia's 4th largest political party, the Indonesian Supreme Court ruled on October 12 against East Java PKB Chairman Choiral Anam's attempt to overthrow former Indo [...]	2006-11-27 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ID
06JAKARTA13426	ACEH: FRONT RUNNERS IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: As the official campaign period winds down, no pair of candidates has taken a decisive lead in the race to become Aceh Governor and Vice Governor. Three pairs of candidates -- Malek Raden and Fuad Zakaria, Humam Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah, and Azwar Abubakar and Nasir Djamil -- have [...]	2006-12-07 04:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KHUM ASEC ID
06JAKARTA2030	CARTOONS CAST SHADOW OVER REGIONAL INTER-FAITH MEET [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia hosted religious leaders representing 10 religious faiths from 17 East Asian nations to an inter-faith conference February 12-13. While the gathering produced a helpful declaration that included calls for greater inter-religious tolerance and understanding to deter ex [...]	2006-02-15 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL ID
06JAKARTA2532	SENATOR FEINGOLD'S FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Introduction and Summary. In a February 23 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda expressed optimism that Indonesia's historic experience with Islamic fundamentalism would eventually lead to success in stemming the current threat posed by Muslim extrem [...]	2006-02-24 11:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PTER PGOV KAWC KNNP IR TT ID
06JAKARTA2564	IMPLEMENTING INDONESIA'S BROADCASTING LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-26 23:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP OPRC KPAO ID
06JAKARTA3159	CONTROVERSIAL PORNOGRAPHY BILL POISED TO TARGET [...] (U) Indonesian political interest groups portray the ongoing legislative debate over a pornography law as a struggle for the nation's soul. Some fear that Islamists see the bill as a way to impose a strict "Arabic" ethos while conservatives believe the time as nigh to take a stand against mor [...]	2006-03-09 11:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM KWMN ID
06JAKARTA3482	CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS TNI COMMANDER DJOKO SUYANTO [...] (C) Senator Feingold called on Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander (Panglima) Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto February 24. The Panglima reviewed structural reforms that the military has undertaken over the past several years and affirmed civilian control over the institution. The Panglima [...]	2006-03-17 11:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KJUS OREP ASEC ID
06JAKARTA3483	INDONESIA: CODEL FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Defense Minister told visiting Senator Russell Feingold that progress in the counterterrorism fight by Indonesian law enforcement authorities had disrupted terrorist groups in the country. Terror groups had financial difficulties, were less able to mount attacks and [...]	2006-03-17 12:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV ID
06JAKARTA4035	INDONESIA: MORE ABEPURA AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary. While Papuan provincial authorities deal with the aftermath of the March 16 Abepura riot, senior GOI figures hint that foreign interests and Jakarta politicians had a hand in the disturbance. An important group of Papuan political and religious leaders wrote President Yudhoyono [...]	2006-03-27 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC ID
06JAKARTA4965	SEMI-UNHINGED PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES ABU [...] (SBU) Summary: Ordered by the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority to leave his post after 14 years, Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Ribhi Awad is not going quietly and his ravings are providing mirth for the diplomatic corps and a protocol headache for the Indonesian government. In antics [...]	2006-04-19 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL ID IS
06JAKARTA4967	SEMI-UNHINGED PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES ABU [...] (SBU) Summary: Ordered by the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority to leave his post after 14 years, Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Ribhi Awad is not going quietly and his ravings are providing mirth for the diplomatic corps and a protocol headache for the Indonesian government. In antics [...]	2006-04-19 12:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL ID IS
06JAKARTA5217	SBY OPPONENTS WAVE ECONOMIC NATIONALISM FLAG [...] (C) Summary: Former People's Consultative Assembly Chairman Amien Rais and retired General Wiranto continue to wave the flag of economic nationalism in hopes of strengthening their likely presidential bids in 2009 and stirring up trouble for President Yudhoyono in the meantime. In their latest [...]	2006-04-26 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	ECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5705	IRANIAM PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD'S MAY 10 - 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Prior to participating in the D-8 Summit in Bali on May 12 - 13, Iranian President Ahmadinejad will be hosted to a state visit in Jakarta, including meetings with President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Wirajuda as well as meetings with parliamentarians and appearances at univer [...]	2006-05-05 13:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP KISL AORC IR ID
06JAKARTA5852	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS APRIL [...] Summary. April year-on-year (YoY) inflation fell slightly to 15.4 percent from 15.74 percent in March, continuing an expected gradual downward trend. Bank Indonesia cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 12.5 percent on May 9, a widely expected move in light of inflation easing. The Indon [...]	2006-05-09 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6017	THE DOWNSIDE OF DECENTRALIZATION: LOCALIZED [...] (C) Summary: Proponents of Islamic Shariah law enjoy growing success exploiting Indonesia's political decentralization to implement "Islamic morality" principles on a local basis. Promulgated by local governments through legislation or executive decrees, Shariah measures or more deceptively-p [...]	2006-05-12 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA6018	INDONESIA - SUPREME AUDIT BOARD LOSING ITS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK),one of Indonesia's key anti-corruption institutions, appears losing its way because of weak leadership, internal power struggles and a lack of reform. The BPK's first "Advisory Board on Tsunami-Related Audit" conference April 24-25 in Jakarta [...]	2006-05-12 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KCOR PGOV ID
06JAKARTA6025	INDONESIA/IRAN: AHMADI-NEJAD A DIFFICULT GUEST [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 11 the Ambassador conveyed to Dino Patti Djalal, National Security Advisor to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, our objections to the GOI's initiative to create a new U.N. grouping to address Iran's nuclear program. Djalal took our points on board, but it [...]	2006-05-12 12:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNPP KISL IR ID
06JAKARTA6026	INDONESIA/IRAN: AHMADI-NEJAD A DIFFICULT GUEST [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 11 the Ambassador conveyed to Dino Patti Djalal, National Security Advisor to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, our objections to the GOI's initiative to create a new U.N. grouping to address Iran's nuclear program. Djalal took our points on board, but it [...]	2006-05-14 23:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNPP KISL IR ID
06JAKARTA6332	GOI DROPS CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST FORMER [...] (C) The Yudhoyono administration appeared inconsistent and confused as prosecutors dropped corruption charges against ailing former President Suharto. The handling of Suharto's case illustrates poor policy coordination at the top level of the GOI, and the outcome appears to have reduced, at le [...]	2006-05-18 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA7393	APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH AN INDONESIA REWARDS PROGRAM [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraphs 3 and 14. 2. (C) Summary. Embassy Jakarta approves moving forward with the establishment of a discreet Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in Indonesia and requests the assistance of DS/RFJ, SOCOM, and SOCPAC. Indonesian National Police (INP) investigators [...]	2006-06-12 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID
06JAKARTA7397	REMOVING FORMER JI-LEADER NASIR ABAS FROM [...] (C) Summary. We believe the time has come for former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network leader Nasir Abas to be removed from the U.S. and UN terrorist finance lists. We believe that it is critical to respond to the requests to do so by our closest national security contacts. Now conside [...]	2006-06-12 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7555	JEMMAH ISLAMIYAH EMIR ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR RELEASED [...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, left Cipinang Penitentiary a free man June 14 at the conclusion of his 25 1/2 month sentence. Family, defense attorneys, and a few hundred supports greeted the cleric in a generally muted public response. Ba'asyir gave a short [...]	2006-06-14 10:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA7614	East Java: Suspected AI Death Exposes Local [...] (SBU) Summary: A 10 month old child in Tulungagung, East Java is suspected to have died June 4 of Avian Influenza. The inexperienced local hospital doctor did not recognize the AI symptoms and released the child's body for burial prior to taking any blood samples. Regency health officials ar [...]	2006-06-15 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV KFLU ID
06JAKARTA8078	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH LAUNCHES REPORT ON TNI [...] (U) Summary: In a June 22 Jakarta event, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia launched its research paper on the human rights impact of the Indonesian military's (TNI) business practices. Journalists, human rights defenders, diplomats and several high-ranking military officials attended HRW's pres [...]	2006-06-27 10:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS KISL ID
06JAKARTA8249	INDONESIA EXPELS TWO AMCITS FROM PAPUA [...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian government's detention and expulsion of two Amcits who had planned to attend a Papuan indigenous group's conference illustrates Jakarta's increasing sensitivity about alleged foreign support for separatism. This suspicion has increased markedly since the Australia [...]	2006-06-30 11:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC AS ID
06JAKARTA8383	OPENING OF TIMIKA TRIAL DEFERRED UNTIL JULY 11 [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua did not begin in Central Jakarta District Court on July 4 as originally planned (reftel). The suspects accepted the advice of their legal counsel, a team [...]	2006-07-05 08:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KJUS CASC ID
06JAKARTA8622	INDONESIA - MODEST TRADE OPENING WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. In the first initiative of its kind, Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Mohammed Hidayat led a 12-person delegation of Indonesian Christian and Muslim business representatives to Israel June 25-29. The group met several senior Israeli Government [...]	2006-07-10 12:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	AADP ETRD ETTC PREL ID
06JAKARTA8687	TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...]	2006-07-12 00:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA8688	TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...]	2006-07-12 00:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA8958	TIMIKA TRIAL OPENS [...] (SBU) Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators appeared in Jakarta Central Court on July 18 to face charges in connection with the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua. The three-hour July 18 session was administrative in nature, devoted to identifying the [...]	2006-07-18 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JEDDAH128	SAUDI YOUTH: LESSONS FROM JEDDAH'S "SHABBAB" [...] (C) SUMMARY. After more than one year of spending time with Jeddah's "shabbab" (roughly, guys or young men),Poloff has noted some consistent themes common to many of the city's youth. Over the course of numerous road trips to places like Mecca, Medina, Taif, and al-Hada, visits to college cl [...]	2006-02-08 14:52:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL CVIS PTER SCUL PREL SA
06JEDDAH220	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 10 AND 3: [...] (C) On March 10 from the Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar, Imam Shaikh al-Qahtani spoke to an audience of approximately 500. During the first part of his sermon, the imam talked at length about tolerance and why and how Muslims must practice it. He illustrated his homily with examples [...]	2006-03-15 13:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KWMN PGOV PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH263	JEDDAH JOURNAL 9: MEDINA IMAM SUSPENDED, FASHION [...] (C) Over the weekend rumors were circulating in Jeddah that the Imam of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, the second largest in Saudi Arabia after the Haram in Mecca, was suspended on Friday by an official decree. The rumored reason for this suspension is that in his Friday sermon, he spoke d [...]	2006-04-05 09:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL KWMN PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH277	REEF CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL NGO ANNOUNCES FARASAN [...] SUMMARY: On April 4, Pol/Econ Chief attended a meeting of the environmental NGO "Reef Chief" sponsored by a local business leader, Tarek Taher. Taher described his organization's structure and links to organizations and individuals and announced an expedition, conducted in cooperation with [...]	2006-04-10 06:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KICR KISL PREL SA SENV
06JEDDAH329	JEDDAH JOURNAL 11: JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN HONORS [...] (U) Saudi Islamist Salman al-Ouda was the guest of honor at the April 24 "Ithnayniyya" (Monday lecture series) of Jeddah construction magnate Abdelmaksoud Khoja. The Ithnayniyya was attended by a number of mutawwa'in (members of the religious police, conspicuous with their long beards, short t [...]	2006-04-30 14:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KISL KWMN PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH374	AL-SAHAT: AFTER BRIEF SHUTDOWN, ACCUSATIONS THAT [...] SUMMARY. Al-Sahat, a popular Arabic-language website frequently denounced as extremist, mysteriously went offline from April 18 to 22, sparking rumors the Saudi government had caused the site to be shut down. ConGen Jeddah and its officers are regular subjects of commentary, criticism, and [...]	2006-05-21 08:28:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KWMN PGOV PREL PTER SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH381	JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN: IRAN ESTABLISHING GRASSROOTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with ConGenoff, a Jeddah businessman and former International Visitors Program participant claimed that he had been approached by representatives of the Iranian government to participate in a new strategic media initiative to foment anti-US sentiment in th [...]	2006-05-23 01:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH425	ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMENTS AT MAY BUSINESS [...] SUMMARY. Business leaders attending a monthly speech sponsored by the American Businessmen of Jeddah (ABJ) maintain their optimism for the Saudi economy. They are, however, cautious when commenting on the local stock exchange. Their concern is that the market is still grossly overvalued. [...]	2006-06-17 14:08:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH586	CG GFOELLER RECEIVES PETITION FROM SAUDI WOMEN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 18th, CG Gfoeller received an e-mailed draft petition from prominent Saudi women calling for a cessation of Israeli attacks in both Lebanon and Palestine. The petition stated that Israeli interference in Lebanon and Palestine has created regional instability and has dep [...]	2006-09-05 08:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KISL KPAO KWMN LE OPRC PHUM PREL SA SOCI
06JERUSALEM257	PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Elections Committee (CEC) published the finalized procedures for East Jerusalem voting on January 19. President Abbas signed a decree advancing the voting period for members of the PASF by one day to begin on January 21. Dozens of East Jerusalem residents clashed wit [...]	2006-01-20 16:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM
06JERUSALEM2835	MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 7 [...] (C) The casualty rates associated with ongoing IDF operations spiked sharply on July 6 and 7, with at least 21 Palestinians reported killed and over 65 wounded; one Israeli soldier was reported killed and several more wounded. At least eight Qassam rockets were fired, with no reported injurie [...]	2006-07-07 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3625	MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 16 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli aircraft overnight August 15-16 fired rockets into the home of a suspected al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades member in Khan Younis, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least three others. A Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member was killed during clashes between PIJ gun [...]	2006-08-16 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3870	MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 28 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nine Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in separate incidents throughout Gaza August 25-28. An Israeli Air Force (IAF) plane bombed and destroyed the home of a Hamas military wing member overnight August 25-26. Two journalists were wounded by an IAF airstrike [...]	2006-08-28 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM4511	PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON RAFAH/KEREM SHALOM [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 12 with Palestinian negotiators from the previous PA government who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Access and Movement (AMA). The informal meeting, the second in a se [...]	2006-10-16 12:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV ETRD KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM670	PLC CONVENES, MAKES SOME CHANGES TO STATUS QUO, [...] (C) The current Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) met February 13 in Ramallah and Gaza (via DVC) and took a number of controversial decisions, including the approval of a draft law giving President Mahmud Abbas the power to appoint judges without PLC endorsement to the Constitutional Court [...]	2006-02-14 16:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM KWBG
06JERUSALEM820	AKRAM HANIYYAH: HAMAS GOVERNMENT IS TEST CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Akram Haniyyeh, a key adviser to President Abbas and the publisher of Palestinian daily "Al Ayyam," told visiting NEA A/S Welch that Hamas, takeover of the Palestinian Authority would mark the first time a Sunni Islamist movement assumed the reins of government; its success or fa [...]	2006-02-28 08:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
06KABUL2021	PRT/HELMAND FROM THE STARS AND STRIPES TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 03:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2467	PRT HERAT: NO EVIDENCE OF AFGHAN WOMEN'S BILL OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to "My War at Home", a recently published book by young Afghan-American Masuda Sultan, an "Afghan Women's Bill of Rights" (AWBR) was delivered to the GOA and widely disseminated throughout the country prior to the Constitutional Loya Jirga. Afghan sources and USG and [...]	2006-05-30 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF
06KABUL294	SURVEY POINTS TO SUCCESS IN COUNTER NARCOTIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 10:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL3179	DEPT FOR THE PREVENTION OF VICE AND THE PROMOTION [...] (C) The feared Department of the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue that existed during and before the Taliban era may resurface again if Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Shinwari has his way. Two months ago, at a meeting of the National Ulema Council for Afghanistan, Shinwari and [...]	2006-07-17 08:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR AF
06KABUL3569	PRT Herat: Iran's Influence in the West: [...] (SBU) On July 29, the vice presidents of Afghanistan and Iran dedicated three Iranian-funded projects: completion of a portion of highway linking Herat province to Badghis and points north; "ground breaking" for a railway from Khaf, Iran, to Herat (pledged by Iranian President Ahmadinezhad to [...]	2006-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PREL IR AF
06KABUL426	FREED EDITOR ASKS FOR US FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/DCM and EMBOFFS met with freed editor Ali Mohaqeq Nasab. He expressed thanks for the Embassy's efforts to influence his release and asked for substantial funding to supplement his women's rights publication and other endeavors. While funding for the scale of projects Nasab w [...]	2006-01-31 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL4899	PAG REPORT OCT 4: KARZAI RALLIES HIS TEAM [...] (C) At a three-hour marathon session of the PAG October 4, an engaged, focused and energetic President Karzai, appearing at times frustrated, directed both his own government and the international community to move forward rapidly on the full menu of security, reconstruction, and strategic c [...]	2006-10-08 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5008	PRT/ASADABAD: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED TIMBER SALE [...] (C) On August 30 Kunar Province Governor Deedar told us he had received permission from Kabul to implement a plan to sell off large stocks of timber in Kunar, stocks which have accumulated since the previous governor cracked down on illegal timber cutting and smuggling in early 2005. The GOA [...]	2006-10-15 02:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR AF
06KABUL510	SOLICITATION FOR ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post submits the following proposal from International Organization for Migration IOM) for Economic Support Funded (ESF) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project. This is a new project that will cover a ten-month period at a cost of USD 277,095. The target audience are journ [...]	2006-02-06 09:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM IR RS BO AF UNGA SEP
06KABUL539	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DEBATES ACTION ON AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff attended a January 18 meeting to discuss the possibility of a shake up in the Supreme Court and how the international community should react. Beyond general agreement that they would support a transparent process and qualified candidates, viewpoints diverged on how best to [...]	2006-02-07 12:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL5397	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE VISIT OF PM/WRA [...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes PM/WRA Policy Advisor Eric Patterson and Technical Advisor Eric Arnett and grants country clearance for the visit from November 15 to November 18,2006. 2. (U) Control officer for the visit is Political-Military Affairs Officer Todd Bullock. Mr. Bullock's co [...]	2006-11-07 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM PREL MARR MASS ASEC AF
06KABUL5421	PRT TARIN KOWT - GOVERNOR MONIB'S MILITIA [...] (C) Summary: Uruzgan's Governor Monib formed a militia to make up for a severe shortage of Afghan security forces and open challenges to his authority. He created a militia force of approximately 1300 by reaching out to tribal leaders, many of whom were marginalized by his predecessor. He h [...]	2006-11-10 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5584	MUSA QALA AGREEMENT: OPPOSING INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two delegations of Helmand Province elders and residents affected by the Musa Qala Agreement, each reflecting opposing forces fighting for control of the district, offered PolCounselor and Lashkar Gah PRTOFF very different assessments of the impact of the Agreement. The first [...]	2006-11-27 01:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EAID AF
06KABUL5619	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. GOVERNORS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] U.S. Embassy welcomes the visit of Governors Pataki, Kulongoski, Corzine, and Huntsman as well as Anthony Welcher, Dan Wilmot, Traci Scott, Rob Wilkins, MG Michael Sumrall, and Col. Kurt Vogel and grants country clearance for the period November 30 to December 1, for the governors to visit tro [...]	2006-11-29 02:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA AF
06KABUL5679	KARZAI RELAYS PRESSURE TO RELEASE BAGHLAN WARLORD [...] (SUMMARY): (S) President Karzai on 30 November initially urged the Ambassador, COMISAF, and UNAMA Special Representative (SRSG) to endorse the release of former Taliban commander Amir Gul, a prominent Baghlan warlord now in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody. Karzai wants Gul rele [...]	2006-12-04 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5698	MUSA QALA ELDERS RETURN TO EMBASSY TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Six representatives of the Musa Qala Local Authority (LA) returned to the Embassy (Ref) on November 30 to report on recent developments and appeal for support for development projects in the district. The elders reported on their meeting with President Karzai on November 29, saying they [...]	2006-12-06 01:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5700	NEW DRAFT OF AFGHAN MEDIA LAW SMACKS OF [...] (SBU) The Afghan Parliament's Committee on Religious and Cultural Affairs has circulated draft language amending the Afghan Mass Media Law (Media Law) - adopted by Presidential Decree in 2005 but never approved by Parliament - that troubles many in the Afghan media and international community [...]	2006-12-06 09:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
06KABUL5733	PRT JALALABAD - DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE CROSS [...] (SBU//RELS NATO/ISAF) Summary: While meeting with Provincial Council Chairman Fazlhadi Mslimyar, PRT officials were introduced to three Pakistani journalists visiting Jalalabad and Kabul to discuss the proposed cross border jirga. In a lively discussion, two of the Pakistanis and the Afghan [...]	2006-12-07 10:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF

06KABUL5929	POSITIVE REACTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL PAG IN KANDAHAR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) According to a sampling of official, press, and political analyst reactions to President Karzai's December 11-13 PAG visit to Kandahar, most Afghans viewed his visit to the South positively. They felt it was about time he criticized Pakistan publicly and want him and his Mini [...]	2006-12-23 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KAMPALA1540	NORTHERN UGANDA: GOU PRESENTS CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda formally presented its position paper on disarmament, amnesty, repatriation, demobilization, and re-integration of the Lord's Resistance Army on August 11 at the peace talks in Juba. Key provisions include the assembly of LRA forces within 14 days of [...]	2006-08-14 10:55:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV UG SU
06KATHMANDU1013	PROTESTORS GEARING UP FOR LARGE APRIL 20 RALLY IN [...] (C) Large pro-democracy protests continued in terai cities on April 19, day fourteen of the seven-party alliance general strike. Security forces killed four demonstrators in Jhapa District in Eastern Nepal, bringing the total to ten the number of protesters killed during the general strike. T [...]	2006-04-19 13:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU1087	MAOISTS ASSERT THEIR PRESENCE [...] (C) Following their three month cease-fire announcement on April 27, the Maoists have been organizing mass meetings openly in Kathmandu (ref A) and the western terai, presumably to remind the seven-party alliance of their power and support in rural areas, and to pressure the Parties to meet th [...]	2006-05-01 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU1248	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS FORMER MINISTERS, SUSPENDS [...] (U) The government arrested five former ministers in the King's government and suspended the heads of three of Nepal's security agencies on May 12. Cabinet sources told the press that the government acted on the recommendation of the newly-appointed Rayamajhi Commission, formed to investigate [...]	2006-05-15 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1650	SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD [...] (C) Since the signing of the June 16 eight-point agreement with the Maoists, the government and seven-party alliance appear to have realized that unilateral concessions could ultimately result in a Maoist takeover and have since returned to their previous bottom line: the Maoists must lay dow [...]	2006-06-22 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID NP
06KATHMANDU1666	DISCONTENTED PARTIES DISCUSS HOW TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) Members of the seven-party alliance (SPA) are meeting to discuss implementation of the eight-point agreement signed with the Maoists on June 16, which they recognize as flawed. During its June 22 discussion, the SPA committed to peace talks as long as party members remained included in [...]	2006-06-23 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1678	MAOIST CONFUSION REIGNS: INCHING CLOSER TO [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) continues to issue vague statements about Maoist arms and an interim government. Home Minister Krishna Sitaula announced that the Maoists would join the government as soon as the UN started monitoring weapons, explaining that an interim government and arms [...]	2006-06-26 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1908	CONFUSION MOUNTS OVER INTERIM PARLIAMENT; MORE [...] (C) Informal talks July 14 between leaders of the two largest parties of the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists set the stage for agreement between the GON/Maoist negotiation teams to hold the next talks on July 21. The July 14 talks among the Nepali Congress (NC),the CPN-UML, and Maoists [...]	2006-07-17 13:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2179	REVISED NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 12-14 VISIT [...] Your visit comes at a critical moment in Nepal's history. The country is perhaps closer to establishing lasting peace than it has been at any other time during the 10-year-old Maoist insurgency. On August 9, the Nepalese Prime Minister GP Koirala and the Maoist leader Prachanda signed a join [...]	2006-08-11 13:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2195	NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 25-28 VISIT OF CODEL [...] Your visit comes at a critical moment in Nepal's history. Many in the country hope that Nepal is perhaps closer to establishing lasting peace than it has been at any other time during the 10-year-old Maoist insurgency. On August 9, the Nepalese Prime Minister GP Koirala and the Maoist leader [...]	2006-08-14 12:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP
06KATHMANDU228	PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS THWARTED; MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (U) The demonstrations rescheduled by the Parties on January 21 led to clashes between demonstrators and security forces, disrupting the Parties' hopes for a mass turnout. The armed police force (APF) and civil police used tear gas, baton charges, and arrests to control demonstrators, who cha [...]	2006-01-23 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU245	HEAVY FIGHTING IN WESTERN NEPAL; ELECTION [...] (C) Heavy fighting occurred when Maoist rebels attacked Nepalese security forces the evening of January 24 in the western border town of Nepalgunj. Reports indicated that fighting started around 8:15 pm local time and continued until approximately 10:00 pm. According to the press, there were [...]	2006-01-25 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU254	NEPAL-WIDE GENERAL STRIKE WIDELY OBSERVED; [...] (C) The January 26 general strike/closure (bandh) of all of Nepal called by the Parties to protest against the King and the upcoming February 8 municipal elections was widely observed. In Kathmandu and Patan, few vehicles were on the roads and most shops and businesses were closed (although s [...]	2006-01-26 09:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU2557	NEWLY APPOINTED ARMY CHIEF STILL FACING HUMAN [...] (C) PM Koirala swore in Rookmangud Katawal as the new Chief of Army Staff on September 18. Katawal, who has repeatedly affirmed his intention to loyally serve the democratic Government of Nepal (GON) received cabinet approval on September 5. The government's decision came in the face of com [...]	2006-09-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU2590	FAR-WESTERN NEPAL: IN TROUBLE, BUT NOT HOPELESS [...] (SBU) During a trip to the far-western region of Nepal September 12-15, Ambassador Moriarty met with government and military officials, business and political leaders, human rights organizations, and USAID project partners to gauge the situation on the ground and the impact of U.S. assistance [...]	2006-09-22 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON MARR MCAP PHUM SENV EAID NP
06KATHMANDU2619	CHINESE AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT THE MAOISTS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador September 26, Chinese Ambassador Sun denied that China supported the entry of the Maoists with their arms into an interim Nepali government. To the contrary, the PRC still had a Maoist no-contact policy in place. Sun stated that China's key interest in Nepa [...]	2006-09-27 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CX NP
06KATHMANDU286	600 ELECTION CANDIDATES WITHDRAW; MORE MAOIST [...] (U) More than 600 people withdrew their candidacy between filing to participate in the municipal election on January 26 and the deadline to withdraw on January 28. Some people withdrew voluntary, others claim the government forced them, and still others wished to withdraw but security forces [...]	2006-01-30 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU2930	NEW TIBETAN WELFARE SOCIETY REGISTERED BUT IN [...] (C/NF) Tamdin Dorje Tuladhar, a Nepali Citizen, told the Ambassador on October 26 that he, Tuladhar, had registered the Bhota Welfare Society (BWS) as an NGO with the Government of Nepal (GON) on June 29, 2006. Tuladhar said that he had formed the NGO to take the place of the Tibetan Refugee [...]	2006-11-02 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PREL SOCI CH NP
06KATHMANDU2972	CHALLENGES FACING THE NEPALI POLICE: SECURING LAW [...] (SBU) From September 20 to 29, 2006 TDYers Christa Skerry and Holly Benner from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with officials from the USG, Nepal security forces, Nepal government officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, the United [...]	2006-11-06 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR NP UN
06KATHMANDU2973	LAW AND ORDER DURING THE TRANSITION: CHALLENGES [...] (C) Interviewees, including Nepal security forces, Government of Nepal officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, UN agencies and the UK Embassy, who met recently with TDYers from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) described a sharp downward [...]	2006-11-07 01:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP MARR PREF PTER
06KATHMANDU2997	MAOISTS RUNNING THE SHOW IN BIRATNAGAR AND [...] (C) Recent visits to two towns on Nepal's southern border with India revealed a sharp deterioration in law and order with Maoist extortion, opportunistic violence, and intimidation interrupting the local economies while government security forces stood idly by. The South and Central Asia Bure [...]	2006-11-07 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PHUM PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU3124	ARMS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT: VAGUE WORDING, BUT [...] (C) On November 28, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed an arms management agreement, in the presence of the UN, creating a concrete mechanism for the separation of Maoist combatants from their weapons. The agreement provides that all Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) mem [...]	2006-11-29 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP
06KATHMANDU3175	TRIP REPORT: AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO POKHARA [...] (C) On December 1, in a speech in Pokhara, the Ambassador reaffirmed that the U.S. welcomed the signing of the recent peace deals and would now push for their successful implementation. Until Maoist actions matched their words, Maoists laid down their arms, and renounced violence and intimi [...]	2006-12-07 08:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU321	ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KING'S TAKEOVER [...] (U) On February 1, in a content-free speech marking the one-year anniversary of his takeover, the King announced no new initiatives, but highlighted the success of his plan to restore democracy to Nepal. He reconfirmed his intention to go ahead with municipal elections on February 8 and with [...]	2006-02-01 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU3264	NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...]	2006-12-22 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU3275	NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...]	2006-12-22 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU331	MORE VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS ON "BLACK DAY" [...] (U) The one year anniversary of the royal takeover, termed "Black Day" by parties and journalists, saw continued Maoist violence and government arrests of politicos and journalists throughout the country. Political party leaders claimed that the King's address to the nation contained "nothing [...]	2006-02-02 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU346	RUN-UP TO ELECTION FILLED WITH MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Maoist violence, including bombings throughout the country and within the Kathmandu Valley, continued in the lead-up to the February 8 municipal election. Fear of Maoist violence kept many people indoors on the first two days of the Maoist's February 5-11 national general strike, and caus [...]	2006-02-06 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU381	MOSTLY QUIET ELECTION DAY [...] (U) On February 8, for the first time since 1997, Nepalis were able to vote in municipal elections, though few chose to do so, due either to fear of Maoist violence, lack of candidates contesting the election, or calls by major Parties to boycott the elections. Kathmandu was quiet as the gove [...]	2006-02-08 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU390	LOW ELECTION TURNOUT; GOVERNMENT, PARTIES AND [...] (C) The February 8 municipal elections saw an average 20 percent voter turnout across the country. The Government proclaimed the polls a success. However, the Maoists and political parties separately claimed victory for the low turnout, believing their actions (Maoists used a campaign of vio [...]	2006-02-09 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU455	SUPREME COURT DECISIONS REINFORCE CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) The February 13 decision of the Supreme Court to dissolve the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) (reftel) reinforced Nepal's constitution as a viable document and could limit the King's authority. Reactions from the Parties and the media were generally positive. The Court als [...]	2006-02-15 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU770	MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI [...] (C) During the evening of March 21, a suspected Maoist riding a bicycle threw a socket bomb over the wall of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation office in Jawalakhel (Patan, south of Kathmandu, within the Kathmandu Valley). The bomb injured two people, one seriously. The police d [...]	2006-03-22 06:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU807	GOVERNMENT JAILS UML LEADER [...] (U) On March 23, the government took Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary MK Nepal into police custody for "spreading false information" about the government. Nepal had been under house arrest of the previous two months. The government's actions foll [...]	2006-03-24 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU814	NORWAY CREATING "ARENA" TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER [...] (C) On March 24, Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng briefed the Ambassador on a Norwegian effort to bring a group of about 40 influential Nepalis from a broad spectrum together to share "Norwegian Experiences in Conflict Resolution and Mediation." Toreng, explaining this was not a "Norwegian in [...]	2006-03-27 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU833	PARTIES RESCHEDULE DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) According to Party contacts, the seven-party alliance canceled the mass demonstration set for April 8 in Kathmandu, and instead announced that the Parties would hold rallies in the districts April 6-9, in light of transportation difficulties associated with the general strike called during [...]	2006-03-28 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU835	DID MAOISTS ATTACK RADIO STATION BECAUSE OF U.S. [...] (C) Members of a visiting international media mission told Emboff that Maoists had told them a Maoist attack on a radio station in May 2005 was due to its American connection and that the Maoists had threatened future harm to any media with U.S. ties. Further investigation by the Embassy, ho [...]	2006-03-29 08:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC KPAO EAID NP
06KATHMANDU908	GOVERNMENT PREEMPTIVELY ARRESTS PARTY LEADERS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the April 6-9 peaceful protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent through targeted assassination, the government arrested over 100 po [...]	2006-04-05 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU948	PROTESTS CONTINUE AS PARTIES ENJOY MOMENTUM [...] (C) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced a day-time curfew in Kathmandu for the fourth consecutive day in an attempt to deal with growing civil unrest on the sixth day of the Party-organized pro-democracy movement. Protests continued across the country while political party leade [...]	2006-04-11 13:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU958	DAY-TIME CURFEW IN KATHMANDU LIFTED; CURFEW [...] (U) On April 12, day seven of the seven-party alliance nationwide general strike and demonstrations, Nepalis across the country again took to the street to participate in pro-democracy protests. Following April 8-11 day-time curfews, which protesters had increasingly disregarded, the governme [...]	2006-04-12 13:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU962	POKHARA: STUNNED NEPALI TOURIST TOWN COPES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an April 8-10 visit to the tourist city of Pokhara, A/DCM witnessed an almost total lockdown of the city in the wake of occasionally violent demonstrations, the fatal shooting of one protestor, vandalism of government property and widespread road blockages during a genera [...]	2006-04-13 11:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINS PREL NP
06KHARTOUM1104	Update on Darfur Security and Humanitarian [...] Summary: The AU reports that its patrols saw jet fighters near the border with Chad, including the apparent use of ordnance. Arab militias attacked Labado, killing 10 and injuring scores more. The AU and USAID also obtained further details on the May 8 incidents at the Kalma and Zalingei I [...]	2006-05-10 12:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1612	UGANDAN CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES THE LRA [...] (C) Summary: On June 27, CG met with newly arrived Ugandan Consul General, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka. The Ugandan CG complained Vice President Riek Machar continued to overplay his hand by allowing LRA fighters to move back onto Sudanese soil and by continuing to inflate the size of the LRA [...]	2006-07-10 06:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PINR PHUM UG SU
06KHARTOUM1632	AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: A security crisis is approaching in Darfur, and the AU peacekeepers are not taking charge of the situation. A wide variety of reporters -- civilian contractors, BBC journalists, INGO workers, and others -- have been filing unconfirmed reports of clashes between SLA/Minawi for [...]	2006-07-11 17:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1675	UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir hosted the formal July 14 opening of the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). The head of the Ugandan delegation delivered brief, conciliatory remarks that [...]	2006-07-16 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PTER UG SU
06KHARTOUM1832	KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS [...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...]	2006-08-01 09:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1836	KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS [...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...]	2006-08-01 11:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1894	Sant'Egidio Returns From the Bush with Hope [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the negotiating team focuses on social issues and power sharing, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) cares only about his own fate and that of his commanders, according to mediators from the Communita' Di Sant'Egidio (CSE). Returning from a trip to the LRA camp, [...]	2006-08-09 13:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS UG SU
06KHARTOUM1987	MEETING WITH SLA,S MINAWI AND AU,S IBOK ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: On August 21, CDA Hume met SLA leader Minni Minawi and AU Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation chief Sam Ibok, at their urgent request. Ali Traio (SLA) and Amb. Boubou Nhiang (AU) also attended the two-hour session. Ibok and Minawi expressed both fear about the deteriorati [...]	2006-08-21 13:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV AU CH UN SU
06KHARTOUM2044	DARFUR: SLOVENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Slovenian/Australian human rights activist and presidential envoy Tomo Kriznar has faced "harsh treatment" since his July arrest in Darfur, Slovenian Consul from Cairo Andrej Dernovscek told Con/Poloff on August 28 in Khartoum. A court in El Fashir, North Darfur, convicted Kriznar on Augus [...]	2006-08-29 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC SU SI AS
06KHARTOUM2157	KHARTOUM: PRO-NCP, PRO-IRANIAN JOURNALIST BEHEADED [...] (U) The body of "Al Wafaq" Editor-in-Chief Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed was found beheaded September 6 in the Kalakla area south of Khartoum, after he was abducted from his home in North Khartoum the previous night. Murders of this type are unknown in Sudan, and the shock was signaled by fro [...]	2006-09-07 14:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO PHUM PINR KCRM KISL SU IR
06KHARTOUM2181	RICHARDSON - BASHIR MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 8. -------------------------------------------- President Bashir Agrees to Free Paul Salopek -------------------------------------------- 2. (C) At the outset of the 30 minute meeting between Gov. Bill Richardson and President Bashir, Bashir agreed [...]	2006-09-10 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM PGOV AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2277	IN SUDAN, EGYPT PREFERS THE DEVIL IT KNOWS [...] (C) In a September 16 meeting with Poloff, Egyptian DCM Osama Shaltout expressed his government's concern for Sudan's political stability in light of recent public unrest, the looming collision between the Sudanese government and the international community on Darfur, and the beheading of jour [...]	2006-09-18 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SU EG US
06KHARTOUM2288	VP TAHA UNYIELDING ON UN TROOPS, ANNOUNCES DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 18 press conference, Vice President Ali Osman Taha maintained the Sudanese government's complete rejection of UN intervention in Darfur, denied allegations of escalating violence, and announced the establishment of a Darfur interim authority. He also critic [...]	2006-09-19 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPAO KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2411	SAUDI ARABIA EXTRADITES PROMINENT SLM LEADER TO [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and ethnic Fur Abu Alghasim Ahmed was arrested in Saudi Arabia and returned to Sudan this past week. This comes shortly after his brother, Zakaria Ahmed Abu Alghasim, was arrested in connection with the recent beheading of Suda [...]	2006-10-01 15:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KCRM SA SU
06KHARTOUM2491	Scenesetter for Visit of SPE Andrew Natsios [...] (U) The following is a scene setter for the upcoming visit of Special Presidential Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios from October 13 - October 19, 2006. 2. (SBU) General Atmosphere in the Government -- The NCP has recently backed off on their continuing stream of bellicose rhetoric and acti [...]	2006-10-12 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2560	SUDAN: ALLEGED SAF ATTACKS OUTSIDE OF JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) sources say they have arrested 16 persons in connection with alleged Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-related attacks near Juba that killed over 40 people in the last week. The Secretary General of the ruling Sudan People's Liberation SIPDIS [...]	2006-10-27 10:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MCAP SU
06KHARTOUM2648	INTERIOR MINISTER IMPLIES U.S. LINK TO [...] (C) In widely-reported remarks to the Arabic-language press, Minister of the Interior Al Zubair Bashir Taha alleged on November 8 that a Sudanese employee of a "Western Embassy" was involved in the September beheading of "Al Wafaq" Editor-in-Chief Mohammed Taha (reftel). Though Embassy Senior [...]	2006-11-09 14:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KPAO KCRM PTER SU US
06KHARTOUM2694	Sudan/Uganda/DRC: UN Humanitarian Chief Meets Head of [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lord's Resistance Army LRA rebel chief Joseph Kony pressed for the withdrawal of Ugandan forces from Southern Sudan during a brief meeting with UN Under Secretary General (USYG) Jan Egeland on November 12 at the village of Nabanga on the Sudan-Congo border. Kony refused Egeland's [...]	2006-11-19 08:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2747	PRES. BASHIR,S JUBA VISIT: SECURITY, ABYEI, CPA, [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir,s November 18 visit to Juba has done little to assure southern Sudanese of Khartoum,s sincerity in ending support for the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and militia groups widely believed to be responsible for recent violence in Juba and surrounding areas. Bashir pled [...]	2006-11-27 16:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAID MOPS SOCI ASEC US SU
06KHARTOUM2818	Sudan: Letter to Sec. Rice from FM Lam Akol on Guantanamo [...] (SBU) On December 6, Embassy Khartoum received a letter dated December 4 from Foreign Minister Lam Akol regarding the status of Guantanamo detainee Sami Mohy El din Mohammed Al Hajj, an Al-Jazeera cameraman. 2. (SBU) the text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) I am writing to yo [...]	2006-12-07 20:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER US SU
06KHARTOUM2874	SULEIMAN JAMOUS STILL UNDER UN PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department has requested information regarding the status of Suleiman Jamous, former Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator for the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and an outspoken opponent of the Darfur Peace Agreement (Ref A). Jamous is currently living at a UN hospital [...]	2006-12-19 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PHUM PGOV CVIS
06KHARTOUM447	SUDAN PRESSES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Facing mounting pressure for increased international intervention, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has started a broad effort to resist UN and International Criminal Court (ICC) action. Over the past week, this campaign has included media events, newspaper articles, engagemen [...]	2006-02-21 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM502	Yassir Arman Reflects on Negotiating Peace [...] Summary: The following is an interview with SPLM National Assembly Leader Yassir Arman, recently published in the Sudan Vision daily, a pro-government English daily newspaper. Arman discussed the process that led to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and emphasized that all the Sudanes [...]	2006-02-27 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM849	SPLM POLITBURO MEETS IN RUMBEK [...] (SBU) Summary: The SPLM Politburo met in Rumbek from April 2 to 5 to discuss the internal organization of the party, select officials for unfilled slots, and debate policy options. The meetings were reportedly more cordial than expected. CG Juba was in Rumbek at the time and picked up the [...]	2006-04-06 15:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PINS SU
06KIEV1036	UKRAINE: EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION BEFORE AND [...] (C) Summary: Various interlocutors assessed the prospects for Ukraine's drive toward NATO membership after the March 26 parliamentary elections during visits to Kiev by EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 and by Project for Transitional Democracies head Bruce Jackson March 4-8. Deputy Foreign Mi [...]	2006-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1055	UKRAINE: ZAPORIZHZHYA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2004, the abuse of administrative resources by a coordinated "Blue" power "vertikal" and an extra 100,000 dead souls voting in the city of Melitopol delivered 70 percent of Zaporizhzhya oblast to Viktor Yanukovych. In 2006, the absence of administrative pressure from an "Or [...]	2006-03-17 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1061	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) At a February 27 lunch hosted by Ambassador (that included prominent clergymen, M.P.s, think- tankers and journalists),participants in a recent International Visitors Leadership Program on interfaith dialogue praised the quality of their program. They had been impressed, in particular, [...]	2006-03-17 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI
06KIEV1062	UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]	2006-03-17 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1073	UKRAINE: SIXTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Charge hosted a roundtable discussion with NGOs on the March 26 Rada (parliament) and local government elections. One NGO representative predicted long lines at polling stations, and attributed the poor organization of the elections to a lack of government meddlin [...]	2006-03-20 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1083	UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LVIV AT SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: A return visit to the western city of Lviv March 17-18 indicated that campaigning in city and surrounding areas has moved into a higher gear the final week before the March 26 parliamentary and local elections, as politicians scramble to maintain their base and win over the dwi [...]	2006-03-21 09:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1159	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RALLIES FAITHFUL ON THE MAIDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a rally March 23 on Kiev's Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti),the geographical and spiritual center of the late 2004 Orange Revolution, former PM Yuliya Tymoshenko strived to recreate the spirit of the November-December 2004 protests that broke the Kuchma regime [...]	2006-03-24 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UP
06KIEV1163	UKRAINE: ELECTION DAY REPORT -- ORANGE MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Election day has proceeded without problems on a national scale that should affect the outcome of the vote, despite a variety of adminstrative deficiencies in many polling stations and allegations by all sides of wrongdoing by their opponents. Main concerns going in to election d [...]	2006-03-26 20:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM
06KIEV1186	UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Yuliya Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) and Party of Regions ran the best-organized campaigns and received the top vote shares March 26 in the central Ukrainian oblast of Poltava, where in recent years the Socialist Party had held sway. BYuT's success in the more recent campaign was bu [...]	2006-03-28 12:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1194	UKRAINE: RADA ELECTION TALLY AT 83 PERCENT; KIEV [...] (C) Summary: Official results continued to come in slowly but steadily through the day March 28, with relative percentages holding steady at Yanukovych 30, Tymoshenko 22 and Our Ukraine 15. Most parties have not voiced any significant complaints about the election, but Tymoshenko's bloc cont [...]	2006-03-28 16:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RU
06KIEV1258	UKRAINE ELECTION SNAPSHOT: REGIONS PARTY TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an election in which the status of Russian language and ties with Russia figured heavily in the local political agenda, voters in Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea delivered the majority of their votes to Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions in voting for the national [...]	2006-03-30 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM
06KIEV1552	UKRAINE: KERCH -- VERY LITTLE ORANGE IN THIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerch, one of the most ancient cities of Ukraine and a key industrial center for the Crimean peninsula during the Soviet period, now finds itself a remote backwater of independent Ukraine, famous recently only because in late 2003 a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia [...]	2006-04-18 07:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SCUL UP
06KIEV2208	UKRAINE: RADA CONVENES, COALITION FORMATION GETS [...] (C) Nearly 11 weeks after national parliamentary and local elections, Ukraine remains without a Rada majority coalition. A June 7 Rada session opened and closed quickly, with 227 Orange MPs voting to adjourn until June 14. Deputies from the Party of Regions and the Communist Party stayed on t [...]	2006-06-07 17:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL MARR UP
06KIEV2329	UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, PARTY OF REGIONS UPBEAT [...] (C) The action at the June 15 Rada session was not at the rostrum, but on the floor and in the hallways, where Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych shook hands, slapped backs and assured reporters that Regions would sign a coalition agreement on June 20 -- when the Rada reconvenes. Our U [...]	2006-06-15 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2436	UKRAINE: ORANGE COALITION DEAL "UNDER THREAT" - OR [...] (C) Ukraine's coalition drama continued June 21, inching closer to an Orange Coalition, but also featuring a potential obstacle -- Petro Poroshenko as Our Ukraine's Rada Speaker nominee -- that could possibly cause the deal to unravel or create discord in the months to come. The Rada met brief [...]	2006-06-21 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2477	UKRAINE: LAUNCH OF NATO PFP TRUST FUND PROJECT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The NATO PfP Trust Fund project to eliminate MANPADS, small arms/light weapons, and excess munitions began June 20 with the ceremonial destruction of two MANPADS before an audience of government officials and media. Actual operations are expected to begin at the Shostka site in [...]	2006-06-23 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR NATO PGOV UP
06KIEV2651	UKRAINE: MOROZ AS SPEAKER; [...] (SBU) Summary: In a maneuver which stunned Our Ukraine (OU) and Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) only hours after they had reached agreement with Party of Regions on a division of responsibilities between the majority and opposition forces in the Rada (parliament) to end Regions' 10-day blockade of the [...]	2006-07-07 15:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2900	UKRAINE: WAYS OUT OF THE POLITICAL IMPASSE: FOUR [...] (C) Summary: With the window for a Presidential decision to disband the Rada now open and the "Anti-Crisis Coalition" nomination of Viktor Yanukovych for PM on his desk, Yushchenko and Ukraine face four scenarios: accept Yanukovych as PM; reject Yanukovych's nomination but not dissolve the Rad [...]	2006-07-25 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV3029	UKRAINE: TALE OF TWO VIKTORS: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES [...] (C) Summary. In another last minute decision crucial to the political future of Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko initiated the procedures required for dissolution of the Rada (parliament) August 2, only to agree in the middle of the night instead to endorse Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovyc [...]	2006-08-04 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV3463	UKRAINE: A/S FRIED AND PM YANUKOVYCH DISCUSS NATO, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried highlighted USG willingness to work with PM Yanukovych's government and our belief that Ukraine needed to move at a speed it sets towards NATO membership. Fried also stressed the importance of Ukraine developing as an open, democratic, prosperous societ [...]	2006-09-08 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV NATO UP
06KIEV3464	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]	2006-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3552	UKRAINE: A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Moroz told A/S Fried the parliament (Rada) had begun work on remaining WTO legislation, but notably made no predictions about when it would pass. Opposition leader Tymoshenko, on the other hand, expected Yanukovych's government to significantly slow down th [...]	2006-09-18 12:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG EPET UP
06KIEV3862	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH -- DEFENDER OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych stressed with EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that constitutional reform had created a new governing framework in which Parliament (Rada) established government policy, and President Yushchenko together with Yanukovych and the cabinet of mi [...]	2006-10-05 07:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06KIEV3919	UKRAINE: OVERHAULING THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - [...] (C) Summary. With the appointment of Industrial Union of the Donbas (IUD) executive Vitaly Haiduk as National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary October 10, the overhaul of President Yushchenko's team which started September 16 with the appointment of Viktor Baloha as Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 15:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV3936	UKRAINE: ORANGE MINISTERS FATE UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl in Kiev as to the fate of the "orange" ministers in the Ukrainian Government. On October 11, an aide to Our Ukraine's Roman Bezsmertniy told us that all "orange" ministers in the Cabinet had submitted letters of resignation, later confirmed publicly by [...]	2006-10-13 14:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KIEV461	UKRAINE: GONGADZE CASE AND ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C) Politicians and the judge associated with the Gongadze case, wielding both implied carrots and sticks, have sought the public silence of Myroslava Gongadze -- widow of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze -- in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March, according to Myroslava's lawyer Val [...]	2006-02-02 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV479	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO LIEUTENANT TURCHYNOV ON GAS [...] (C) Summary: Ex-PM Tymoshenko lieutenant Oleksandr Turchynov told Ambassador February 3 that he thought the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) would obtain the additional unpublicized documents related to the January 4 gas deal and the newly arranged joint venture by the end of the day; he thought the do [...]	2006-02-03 16:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV481	UKRAINE: THIRD ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable discussion January 25, NGO representatives felt that the recent gas and government crises could hurt ex-PM Tymoshenko in the elections. One observer expressed doubt that a Rada majority coalition would be formed after the March 26 elections, [...]	2006-02-03 16:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV553	UKRAINE: YOU TAKE THE LOW ROAD AND I'LL TAKE THE [...] (C) Summary: Circus-like farce impinged on serious statecraft at the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) the morning of February 9. President Yushchenko delivered an hour-long "State of the Nation" address to the Rada, reviewing the accomplishments of the past year since his inauguration an [...]	2006-02-09 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
06KIEV604	UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]	2006-02-15 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL NATO
06KIEV656	UKRAINE: FOURTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable on the March 26 Rada (Parliament) and local government elections February 14, NGO representatives felt that while most voters were aware of the shift to elections based on party lists, this awareness dropped off significantly in rural areas. N [...]	2006-02-17 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM
06KIEV947	Ukraine: International Anticorruption and [...] (SBU) In 2004, the Ukrainian people radically changed Ukraine's political landscape by standing up for their rights and successfully demanding that the results of the Presidential election reflect their will in what was known as the "Orange Revolution." In a watershed decision that demonstrate [...]	2006-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM
06KIGALI1223	PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP [...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...]	2006-12-22 11:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI381	RWANDA: FY 2006 ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Per reftel post submits the following summaries of two proposed projects for FY 2006 Africa regional ESF funding, including the total amount requested for each project and an explanation of how the projects would advance our MPP objectives and U.S. national interests. The projects focus on s [...]	2006-04-24 14:27:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI411	Ambassador Urges GOR to Publicly Respond to [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met April 21 with the recently appointed Minister of Internal Security to discuss bilateral cooperation on security, human rights, and democracy. He urged the Ministry to investigate and publish its findings in response to each reported incident of alleged police hara [...]	2006-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS RW

06KIGALI480	THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA [...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...]	2006-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI595	FRENCH REPORTER ORDERED TO LEAVE RWANDA [...] (U) Summary. Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, French citizen Sonia Rolley, left Kigali on June 10 after the GOR refused to renew her visa. Rolley had worked on and off in Rwanda since October 2004 but the visa renewal request was rejected by Rwandan Immigration and she was di [...]	2006-06-22 14:30:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI727	NEW HIGH COUNCIL OF THE PRESS APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Summary. In June the GOR confirmed new appointments for the country,s nine-person High Council of the Press (HCP),which is charged with both regulation of the media and promotion of press freedom in the country. It is hoped that this iteration of the Council (this is the second Council t [...]	2006-07-29 10:35:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM UNESCO RW
06KIGALI784	JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES [...] (U) Summary. On July 28, Jean Leonard Rugambage, a journalist for the Kinyarwanda fortnightly newspaper Umuco,, who was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one [...]	2006-08-11 09:40:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI790	'UMUCO' EDITOR BONAVENTURE BIZUMUREMYI REFUSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than one week after being served with a summons to be questioned by the criminal investigation division of the Rwandan National Police, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor of the Kinyarwanda language fortnightly 'Umuco,' remains unwilling to appear for questioning and is on the r [...]	2006-08-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI842	PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA: CHARGES OF HARASSMENT AND [...] (U) During August, there have been several incidents of alleged threats, and one physical attack, against Rwandan journalists by unknown perpetrators. Two journalists have left the country, although one may return soon. GOR officials vehemently deny any official GOR involvement in negative [...]	2006-08-30 15:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI880	RWANDA AND MCA ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: Rwanda is deeply committed to in becoming MCA eligible and this has already resulted in positive changes in GOR attitudes and practices. The GOR understands that its relatively low ranking in the Ruling Justly categories has been the main obstacle to MCA eligibility. President [...]	2006-09-12 06:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL MCC RW
06KIGALI887	EMBASSY - GOR ROUNDTABLE: RULE OF LAW IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a continuing dialogue on human rights, the Mission met with senior Rwandan officials to discuss the Rule of Law in Rwanda. Discussions focused chiefly on the role of the judiciary, procedures for redressing police abuses, and the role of the Ministry of Justice in [...]	2006-09-14 09:47:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RW
06KINGSTON2189	JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]	2006-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON330	WHA- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR ESF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON758	THE NEW PRIME MINISTER'S CABINET [...] (C) Summary. This message provides biographic sketches on members of new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her Cabinet, which she announced at midnight on March 31. Apparently, in order to build party unity before the next general elections believed to be forthcoming by Fall 2006, the [...]	2006-04-19 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JM
06KINSHASA1058	ARS AND VOA SPEAKERS EMPOWER 200 MORE JOURNALISTS IN DRC [...] (U) Summary: Crisscrossing the Congo in April and June, ahead of historic elections July 30, VOA Chief Editor (Central Africa French service) Ferdinand Ferella, and ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue held seven workshops in five cities, for a total of 200 radio and television journalists. PAO accompanied [...]	2006-07-03 10:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA1067	MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S ELECTION OFFICIALLY BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The first, historic televised presidential debate, marking the June 29 opening of the official campaign, was a technical success, and it set an enviably moderate tone. Unfortunately, only two of the expected five candidates participated, and rather obscure ones at that. Elsewher [...]	2006-07-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA1223	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA CLAIMING VICTORY ABSENT [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has already begun claiming victory in the DRC's July 30 presidential elections, broadcasting purported results via television and radio stations he owns. Before polls even closed, the Bemba-owned station CCTV began reporting "results" from polling sites thr [...]	2006-08-03 12:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1231	DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA ALLEGES VOTE "MARRED BY [...] (U) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and his party, the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD),alleged the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were "marred by irregularities." In a six-page statement released July 31 by the RCD's secretary general, the party lays out a series of a [...]	2006-08-03 16:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1264	DRC ELECTIONS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT KINSHASA'S [...] (U) Summary: Following the enormous logistical challenge of organizing the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections comes an equally daunting task: the collection, compilation and verification of tens of millions of ballots from some 50,000 polling stations nationwide. In Kinshasa, [...]	2006-08-11 07:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1302	THREE TV STATIONS SUSPENDED AFTER BROADCASTS RAISE TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three television stations were suspended from broadcasting August 17 by order of the High Media Authority (HAM). The three are state-owned RTNC1, the MLC-affiliated CCTV, and the religious station RTAE, all of which have been showing violent scenes, notably from the pillaging wh [...]	2006-08-18 10:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1311	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA, BEMBA MOVE TO SECOND ROUND [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced the evening of August 20 official provisional results from the DRC's July 30 presidential election. According to CEI figures, incumbent President Joseph Kabila won 44.81 percent of the votes cast to Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's 20.0 [...]	2006-08-21 09:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1388	Kinshasa Broadcast Media Pledge to Try to Avoid Turning [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of inflammatory broadcasts and counter-broadcasts pitting media allied with Jean-Pierre Bemba and Joseph Kabila against each other, the directors of Kinshasa television stations signed pledges of good conduct on August 26 and 30. There has already been one violation [...]	2006-08-31 16:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1401	Media Pledge Extends to Kabila and Bemba Camps [...] (SBU) Summary: High-level representatives of both President Kabila and VP Bemba on September 4 signed a pledge to rein in their respective media. The Ambassador has heard from representatives of President Kabila that pro-Bemba broadcast media will be restored by the end of this week. The pled [...]	2006-09-07 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA142	Nomination for FY06 Edward R. Murrow Program for [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 11:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL CG XA KPAO
06KINSHASA1447	Media Authority Issues Ruling Against Pro-Kabila TV [...] (U) Following its decisions September 12 - when the High Media Authority (HAM) reprimanded or fined two Bemba-owned TV stations (for jumping the gun with campaign broadcasts) and issued a warning to the state-owned RTNC (for a show where Jean-Pierre Bemba was referred to as a treacherous snake) [...]	2006-09-15 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1518	Media Authority Issues Further Rulings; Bemba Media Resume [...] (U) Summary: Bemba-owned TV stations, which had nearly been destroyed by fire, have resumed broadcasting. A pro-Bemba radio station, whose signal was shut down in late August, is also back on the air. The High Media Authority (HAM) suspended or reprimanded two Kinshasa TV stations September 26 [...]	2006-09-29 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1555	HIGH MEDIA AUTHORITY SUSPENDS PRO-KABILA NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Summary: The High Media Authority suspended the pro-Kabila daily "L'Avenir" for impugning political adversaries. The HAM also reduced sanctions against those accused of inflammatory rhetoric during the official launching of the pro-Bemba political alliance. End summary. 2. (U) The High [...]	2006-10-10 18:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1622	DRC CAMPAIGN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have signed an agreement detailing the code of conduct for the presidential campaign. There is not yet agreement, however, regarding the adoption of a post-electoral accord providing certain guarantee [...]	2006-10-20 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1635	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: With five days remaining until the DRC's October 29 presidential and provincial assembly elections, logistical aspects remain on track. A post-election agreement governing the status of the electoral loser has yet to be agreed upon, with advisers to President Kabila calling such a [...]	2006-10-24 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1654	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Plans for a debate between President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have been scrapped because neither camp could agree on the format for the encounter. Neither Kabila nor Bemba has personally campaigned as the official campaign period comes to a close, although Bemba [...]	2006-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1701	DRC ELECTION AUTHORITIES SEEKS TO AVOID ABUSE OF PARTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of presidential candidates Kabila and Bemba signed an agreement November 1 not to publish partial election results. Two newspapers have been suspended by the High Media Authority (HAM) for abusive extrapolation of partial results. HAM President Mutinga has report [...]	2006-11-03 11:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1753	GOVERNMENT TARGETS STREET GANGS FOR "NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Government authorities plan to transport several hundred allegedly criminal homeless adults and children to rural areas for agricultural work or schooling following their detention in the aftermath of November 11 violence in Kinshasa (reftel). The Minister of the Interior outl [...]	2006-11-15 15:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1759	VOTES BY SPECIAL DISPENSATION -- A REAL ISSUE? [...] (U) Summary: DRC presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba and his alliance have raised concerns about the large number of ballots by special dispensation ("derogation") in the October 29 election. They claim these votes were cast fraudulently by supporters of rival Joseph Kabila. Vote brea [...]	2006-11-17 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1786	POLL ON MEDIA USAGE IN KINSHASA SHOWS PUBLIC SOMEWHAT [...] (U) Summary: According to a recent poll, television ranks first in terms of overall audience in Kinshasa, radio second and newspapers third. Newscasts are the programs most watched and listened to overall in broadcast media. Politically-affiliated media, particularly pro-Kabila outlets, lost au [...]	2006-11-27 08:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1933	2006 REPORT SHOWS MORE OBSTACLES TO PRESS FREEEDOM IN DR [...] (SBU) Summary: The raw statistics of JED's annual report for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) show a quantitative increase in violations of press freedom in 2006. Bitterly fought elections, the DRC's first in two generations, and corrupt practices by underpaid journalists could well acc [...]	2006-12-28 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA206	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: Proposal for ESF [...] In response to G/TIP's requests for proposals, post would like to put forward the project below for ESF funding. Although Republic of Congo has not been identified in the several most recent TIP reports, there is reason to be concerned that trafficking may exist in the country. For this reaso [...]	2006-02-07 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG CF
06KINSHASA225	ARS SPEAKER EDUARDO CUE: CORRUPTION OR [...] Summary: In a high-quality, versatile performance, ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue, the Paris-based U.S. News and World Report Correspondent, led two full-day workshops for 60 journalists and lectured to another 50 students of journalism in Kinshasa, February 1-3. With a studied mix of ethical, theor [...]	2006-02-09 18:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG KPAO KDEM
06KINSHASA239	DRC MEDIA TROUBLES IN JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: Some Congolese media were exposed to harassment during the second half of January. Adding together: 1) defamation as a criminal offense, 2) some irresponsible journalism, 3) lawlessness in some areas, and 4) coming elections, the free press will certainly face some added challeng [...]	2006-02-13 16:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CG KPAO
06KINSHASA270	JED GOES PUBLIC WITH REPORT ABOUT KILLING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: A report by Congolese NGO Journaliste en Danger (JED) purports to tie the murder last November of journalist/political adviser Franck Ngyke Kangundu to PPRD party politics. JED's President and General Secretary have gone underground, following threats supposedly linked to JED's [...]	2006-02-17 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM CG
06KINSHASA350	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FEBRUARY EDITION, [...] (C) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso continued his shuttle diplomacy in February with visits to Tripoli, Libreville, Kinshasa and Paris to solidify his well-publicized image as the man of "peace and reconciliation" following election as Chairman of the African Union in late January. In turn, h [...]	2006-03-02 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON EAID AMGT ASEC CF
06KIRKUK101	IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...]	2006-04-28 15:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KIRKUK128	(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...]	2006-07-15 14:45:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK179	ANOTHER ANTI-ISG DEMONSTRATION AT REO - KIRKUK [...] (U) On December 19, a group of about 100-150 demonstrators from the Turcoman People's Women Union assembled in front of the REO to express discontent with provisions of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report. The Women Union is an affiliate of the Turcoman Brotherhood Party (led by Walid Sharika, a [...]	2006-12-21 14:20:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PGOV PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK22	(SBU) KAMAL SAYID QADIR KARIM: CONVICTION OVERTURNED, LOWER [...] (SBU) On January 19, the Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) Court of Cassation struck down the lower court's December 19 conviction of Austrian citizen and native Iraqi Kurd journalist and political activist Kamal Qadir Karim, aka Kamal Sayid Qadir (KSQ). The lower court had senten [...]	2006-01-31 19:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK36	MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' dominance make press freedoms worse there than in the rest of Iraq. They said the government routinely monitored who met with foreign officials. They said th [...]	2006-02-13 16:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK70	(C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...]	2006-03-27 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK72	IRAQI ARMY RAID ON TURCOMAN VILLAGE - TWO DEAD, SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. A mid-march Iraqi Army (IA) raid in predominately Turcoman village near the At Tamim - Salah ad Din provincial border results in two deaths, several injuries, and alleged widespread destruction of property. Turcoman frustration increases to what they perceive as an excessive mil [...]	2006-03-29 04:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK76	HALABJAH: PM BARZANI BLAMES THE PUK [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. With RC(A) March 29, KRG-Erbil PM Barzani blamed the PUK for the heavy-handed response by the KRG-Sulaymaniyah to the Halabjah riot. Barzani said the PUK had known about the growing tension, but had done nothing to stem it. The PUK had undertaken many projects [...]	2006-03-31 15:30:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK78	STUDENT PROTEST SPARKED HALABJAH VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG had denied permission for the March 16 protests at Halabjah. The KRG Deputy PM had agreed to student protest organizers' demands the night before, but was too late to prevent the violent March 16 Halabjah protests. Protestors were mostly male students from Halabjah, and [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK79	PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identify perpetrators. Asayish security forces were arresting suspected protestors by conducting raids in the middle of the night wearing ski masks. A source in th [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK85	DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CIVIL SOCIETY STRUGGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a visit by DRL to Northern Iraq, civil society funding recipients said they struggled to maintain independence against strong opposition, and in some cases persecution, from political parties. Media sources said they faced detainment and abuse from government authorities f [...]	2006-04-12 10:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK99	KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KUALALUMPUR1354	MALAYSIA MULLS SENDING PEACEKEEPERS TO LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak told the press during a July 20 encounter in London that Malaysia would be willing to send peacekeeping forces to southern Lebanon should the UN Security Council call for such a force. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Hamid Albar has issued a seri [...]	2006-07-21 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR2108	MALAYSIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (C) Strong anti-terrorism provisions in Malaysia's Penal Code and Criminal Procedures Code will take effect January 1, 2007, following the early October finalization of amendments to these laws. Counterterrorism finance-related amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Subordinate Cour [...]	2006-11-14 09:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR KHLS ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2147	2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: ABDULLAH OVER MAHATHIR [...] (C) Summary: The United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) General Assembly marked Prime Minister's Abdullah consolidation of power within UMNO and the clear political defeat of his predecessor Mahathir Mohamad after months of public attacks by Mahathir. Mahathir did not attend the assembly due [...]	2006-11-21 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MY
06KUALALUMPUR2167	2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EXTENDING (AND [...] (C) The defense of Malay rights, heated racial rhetoric, and Islamic themes dominated the 2006 UMNO General Assembly, with the often jolting Malay speak reaching Malaysians directly for the first time through unfiltered, live television coverage. Deputy Prime Minister Najib opened the 2006 U [...]	2006-11-27 08:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MY
06KUWAIT1224	KUWAIT MEPIC 4: ABOUT 500 YOUNG KUWAITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: This MEPI quarterly report covers key MEPI developments in Kuwait during FY06Q2. During this period, INJAZ/Junior Achievement in Kuwait launched its activities targeting almost 300 students from public and private schools. CineMagic, a small grants recipient, trained six fi [...]	2006-04-08 12:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
06KUWAIT1594	APPEAL OF PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT: JUDGE REFERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the remaining 36 Peninsula Lions defendants took a new turn on May 3 when the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals referred the original 37 cases to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the constitutionality of the charges relating to collaboration to commit [...]	2006-05-06 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT1638	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1768	KUWAITI EDITOR CHOOSES JAIL OVER BAIL IN TEST OF [...] (U) Hamad Turki Buyabis, editor of the Kuwaiti weekly Al-Shaab, was jailed May 15 after refusing to post bail in a case involving publishing material deemed offensive to the Amir. The Public Prosecutor's office had called Buyabis in for questioning because his weekly had published some of A [...]	2006-05-16 12:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KU
06KUWAIT1788	KUWAITI EDITOR RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL AFTER FUROR [...] (U) Hamad Turki Buyabis, editor of the Kuwaiti weekly Al-Shaab who was detained on May 15 for breaking Kuwait's Press and Publications law (ref A),was released from custody May 16 without having to post bail. Buyabis refused to pay bail following questioning by the Public Prosecutor's offic [...]	2006-05-17 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KU
06KUWAIT1852	FREEDOM AGENDA: REACTIONS TO PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION [...] (U) Summary: The Amir's May 21 decision to dissolve Parliament has Kuwaitis focused on the prospects for meaningful political reform and the impact of women voting in national elections for the first time. A number of public figures have already declared their intent to run for office, among [...]	2006-05-22 17:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1888	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFINING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Key elements of Embassy Kuwait's Freedom Agenda are promoting democratic reform through full political participation by Kuwaiti women and encouraging the formation of political parties to reduce tribal influence and religious ideology on domestic politics. The May 21 Amiri decisions to [...]	2006-05-23 17:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KU
06KUWAIT1889	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFINING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Key elements of Embassy Kuwait's Freedom Agenda are promoting democratic reform through full political participation by Kuwaiti women and encouraging the formation of political parties to reduce tribal influence and religious ideology on domestic politics. The May 21 Amiri decisions to [...]	2006-05-23 17:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KU
06KUWAIT2148	FREEDOM AGENDA AND JUNE 29 ELECTIONS: PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: The June 29 Kuwaiti parliamentary election campaign has commenced. Some observers will be tempted to use votes for women and reform candidates as a litmus test for the pace and success of political reform in the Gulf region. A more nuanced view is required. The [...]	2006-06-07 17:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2149	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION ON THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2152	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE 1-6: KEY ISSUES [...] Summary: With registration for candidates closed, the media in Kuwait has switched focus from announcing entrants into the race for Parliament to reporting on candidate platforms and those withdrawing their candidacies. Among the news coverage, several key issues have crystallized and are recei [...]	2006-06-08 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2155	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION ON VOTING, ETHICS AND CENSORSHIP IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 20:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2191	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PARM KU
06KUWAIT2442	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE [...] (U) Summary and comment: Government censorship and the fight against corruption stole the headlines as media coverage of the June 29 elections hits its stride. The Information Minister was the object of sharp criticism in the press from candidates and among the public over his role in blocki [...]	2006-06-21 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KMPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2447	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: REDISTRICTING, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2478	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS [...] Secretary General of Kuwait's Journalists Association, Mr. Faisal Al-Qanai suggested a new election strategy, "Let's take it back to what it used to be." In his daily column in pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah that carried the same headline Mr. Qanai proposed, "The election campaign slo [...]	2006-06-24 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU IR MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2590	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 100 foreign media, mostly from the Middle East and the Gulf Region, will be in Kuwait to cover the June 29 elections. Few U.S. or major international media outlets are present; however a CNN reporter is planning to arrive June 28. The Ministry of Information opened a forei [...]	2006-06-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2600	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN NOT REPRESENTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Kuwaiti women voted and ran for office for the first time on June 29. While initial reports indicate only 35% of registered women voted, EmbOffs who visited polling stations saw crowds of women taking part in the electoral process in both urban and tribal areas. [...]	2006-06-30 12:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2634	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: RESULTS AND PREDICTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2726	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND THE ENEMIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2749	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - THE NEW GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2824	KUWAIT MEPIC 5: MEPI MEETS CHANGE, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: This quarterly report covers key MEPI developments in Kuwait during FY06Q3. The Amir's dissolution of the National Assembly on May 21 and the ensuing elections held on June 29 compelled a change in the scope of the Mission's MEPI programming for the quarter as well as for the c [...]	2006-07-13 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV KU KDEM MEPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2867	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2878	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2884	KUWAIT MEDIA COVERAGE OF STUDENT DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. [...] Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press devoted significant space to coverage of a student-organized demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy on July 15. The rally, called to protest the American veto of the U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza, was a "photo opportunity" of which the pre [...]	2006-07-18 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2938	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-23 08:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3099	TFLE01: A PRESS WAR OF WORDS ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press printed August 1 virulent and anti-U.S. comments made by MPs. One Arabic daily headlined its front page with a paraphrase of one statement: "Americans and Israelis are SOBs and Bastards." While previously relatively balanced in its news covera [...]	2006-08-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OPRC PREL PGOC KMDR KPAO KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3645	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND DETAINEE POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3939	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR "ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti women political activists, academics, and former candidates for Parliament have launched a public campaign to establish a quota for the number of parliamentary seats to be held by women. They have lobbied the Amir, the Prime Minister, and First D [...]	2006-10-02 14:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4076	SENIOR SCIRI LEADER AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Ammar Al-Hakim, the son of SCIRI leader Abdulaziz Al-Hakim and a top SCIRI leader himself, arrived in Kuwait October 8 for meetings with the Amir, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other Kuwaiti government officials. Al-Hakim likely tried to assuage Kuwaiti fe [...]	2006-10-11 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4235	KUWAIT MEPIC 6 - FY06Q4: New Exchange Participants, [...] (SBU) Summary: This MEPI quarterly report covers key MEPI developments in Kuwait during FY06Q4 and responds to questions posed in State 147848 (see paragraph 5). In addition to addressing the progress made by Kuwaiti NGOs toward fulfillment of FY05 and FY06 Small Grants projects, the report i [...]	2006-10-28 12:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
06KUWAIT4307	IRANIAN MEDIA ATTACH ACCUSES KUWAITI COLUMNISTS [...] (SBU) During an October 28 interview with Al-Rai Al-Aam (local Arabic daily),Ridha Mustafaei, the Media Attach at the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait, sharply attacked some Kuwaiti columnists for writing articles critical of Iran, specifically Iran's nuclear program and its role in Iraq. "We have [...]	2006-11-01 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4430	FREEDOM AGENDA: RUMBLINGS OF ANOTHER PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait has been buzzing with rumors over the last two weeks that the Amir may dissolve Parliament again, this time unconstitutionally for a period of up to three years. Many Kuwaitis have come out strongly against such a move, arguing that it would exacerbate existing politic [...]	2006-11-10 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4518	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON'S ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-26 08:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4557	NATO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER KU
06KUWAIT4558	KUWAIT LICENSES FIRST NEW NEWSPAPERS IN 30 YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Fifteen Kuwaiti companies have received licenses to date to begin publishing daily newspapers, the first new such licenses granted in Kuwait in more than 30 years. They result from the coming into effect in October 2006 of a press and publications law that paved the [...]	2006-12-04 04:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM KU
06KUWAIT4640	PROGRAM EVALUATION: SSI SPEAKER IMAM SOHAIB SULTAN VISIT TO [...] FY06Q4 GPRA SUMMARY: Trinity College's Imam Sohaib Sultan visited Kuwait as a Strategic Speaker Initiative spokesperson conducting a four-day tour from September 16 - 20, 2006. Imam Sultan discussed the status and history of Muslims in America, with diverse audiences, including more than 250 [...]	2006-12-13 08:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT556	ELEVEN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISH "TRANSPARENCY [...] Salah Al-Ghazali, Secretary General of the Transparency and Reform Alliance (TRS),a coalition of eleven local organizations formed to fight corruption, announced February 15 the approval of TRS's mission statement and charter, the English-daily Arab Times reported. Commenting on the occasio [...]	2006-02-15 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EIND KU
06KUWAIT760	FREEDOM AGENDA: FEMALE MUNICIPALITY CANDIDATE SAYS WIN OR [...] (U) On March 5, PolChief and PolAsst met with Engineer Jenan Ramadan Bushihri, a candidate for the upcoming special Municipal Council election and the first Kuwaiti woman to actually run for public office (ref A). Bushihri, a married 32-year-old mother of two, is currently the Director of t [...]	2006-03-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PINR KU
06KUWAIT768	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES [...] Summary: Kuwait's National Assembly ratified on March 6 a new Press and Publications law. It will now be sent to the Cabinet which has one month to approve or reject. If they do not respond, the law will be considered to be in force. The National Assembly approved amendments that the Governm [...]	2006-03-06 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT804	FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSING REACTIONS TO THE NEW [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reactions to the newly-passed Press and Publications law (reftel) have varied widely and at times tended to hyperbole. One knowledgeable post contact sees it as a great step forward while another fears it will lead to the end of quality journalism in Kuwait. Liberal [...]	2006-03-08 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHUM IR KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT85	FREEDOM AGENDA: MOST SAY WOMEN WON'T WIN, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Automatic registration of female voters began in late December and the Ministry of Interior announced January 7 that almost 195,000 names have been added to the electoral rolls, doubling the number of eligible voters. Verification of voter information is underway and the regist [...]	2006-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT925	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] Summary: The Embassy hosted a luncheon for 50 Kuwaiti women leaders on Sunday, March 12, 2006, at the Ambassador's Residence in celebration of International Women's Day. Comprised of high-ranking female Kuwaitis, the guest list included government officials, business executives, educators, hu [...]	2006-03-18 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL XF KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KYIV4187	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ON COOPERATION OR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with a confident PM Viktor Yanukovych Nov. 2 to discuss Yanukovych's planned trip to Washington in December and the current domestic political situation. Yanukovych centered the conversation around two options going forward vis-a-vis President Yushchenko - cooper [...]	2006-11-03 17:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4383	UKRAINE: VOTERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy, representatives from several USG-funded NGO's (NDI, IRI, Freedom House and IOM) and monitors from ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observed four repeat mayoral elections this month, all in the central Ukraine heartland which gave plural [...]	2006-11-29 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4414	UKRAINE: THE HOLODOMOR AND THE POLITICS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of moving commemorations November 25 of the 73rd anniversary of the holodomor ("Great Famine"),Stalin's man-made famine 1932-33 that led to the death of an estimated 5-10 million Ukrainians in Ukraine and the Russian Kuban region, the Rada passed in a single rea [...]	2006-11-30 16:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP

06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV4597	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE RESOLUTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions MPs forcibly prevented Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk from attending the weekly cabinet meeting December 20, initiating a scuffle at the Cabinet of Ministers' building with several Our Ukraine (OU) MPs who had arrived in support of Tarasyuk. Yushchenko's repre [...]	2006-12-20 15:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV4660	UKRAINE: MR. PUTIN COMES TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a compressed one-day visit to Kyiv December 22, his first since March 2005 and the second since Ukraine's November-December 2004 Orange Revolution. Putin and Yushchenko met for two-and-a-half hours alone, without notetakers. After the for [...]	2006-12-27 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UP
06KYIV4681	UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF [...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]	2006-12-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06LAGOS1036	SENATE PRESIDENT FORESEES DELAYED ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a July 13 conversation with the Consul General, Senate President Ken Nnamani claimed he diplomatically resisted pressure to facilitate President Obasanjo's push for a third-term. Considering President Obasanjo's tenure extension diathesis, the Independent National Electoral Commissio [...]	2006-07-27 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1272	SHELL LOGISTICS BASE IN BAYELSA STATE ATTACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil contractors kidnapped October 3 remain hostages. On October 10, youths attacked a small naval facility and neighboring Shell logistics base in Bayelsa State; 10-20 Shell and Shell contractor employees, none of them Americans, are bein [...]	2006-10-10 17:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1297	OBASANJO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN EKITI [...] (U) Summary: President Obasanjo declared a state of emergency in Ekiti State, citing potential violence between the State House of Assembly and supporters of Governor Ayo Fayose. Obasanjo appointed Brigadier General Tunji Olurin as Administrator. Post has heard of no instances of violence. [...]	2006-10-20 17:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS131	NIGERIA OUTREACH AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Nigeria appears to support the development and use of agricultural biotechnology. In meetings such as the June 2005 Science and Technology Forum in Burkina Faso, Nigerian representatives spoke positively about agricultural biotechnology. Despite this receptiv [...]	2006-01-31 09:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
06LAGOS1317	THE GODFATHER OF OYO STATE CHOOSES HIS MAN [...] (C) Summary. Oyo State strongman Lamidi Adedibu and current Oyo State Governor Christopher Alao-Akala have ended the feud between them. In return for the old man's support for his 2007 gubernatorial bid, Akala has promised to share some government funds with Adedibu, who, in turn, will use [...]	2006-10-31 07:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1320	FOLLOW THE ROADS TO FIND THE PROBLEMS IN EDO STATE [...] Summary: Conflictual politics and benighted leadership in local and state governments have contributed to miserable conditions for the residents in Edo State, best characterized by the overloaded, cratered roads of this trade-oriented State. Governor Lucky Igbinedion, lacking both vision and [...]	2006-11-01 07:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1355	VOTER REGISTRATION IN OGUN STATE STILL WAITING TO [...] (C) Summary: The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) registration has been hampered by a lack of registration machines, by maintenance issues, and by inexperience. NGOs report registration stations are inaccessible to most rural residents. Journalists recount allegations by [...]	2006-11-16 10:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1364	OGUN STATE GOVERNOR'S FORMULA FOR RE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ogun State Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel appears in firm control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) apparatus in his State and is favored to win a second term. The Daniel administration has increased revenues, slightly improved public services, and continued road construct [...]	2006-11-21 11:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1396	ABIA STATE SUPPORTERS SWITCH PARTIES TO BACK KALU [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State Governor Orji Kalu's aides claim President Obasanjo has punished the State, by withholding federal resources and assistance, for Kalu's vociferous opposition to President Obasanjo. In support of Kalu's presidential bid, Kalu's advisors say his youth would allow him [...]	2006-12-04 13:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06LAGOS1403	OPPOSING PDP FACTIONS VIE FOR CONTROL OF THE ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani is seeking to continue his hold on power by transferring the governor's seat to his closest advisers in the Ebeano faction of the Enugu State People's Democratic Party (PDP). President of the Senate Ken Nnamani (no relation to Governor Nnama [...]	2006-12-06 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1418	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Kidnappers may be trying new tactics in Rivers State. Tinubu aide terms Lagos political scene tense. Edo State contact scoffs at idea of a Lucky Igbinedion Vice-Presidency. Senators in Cross-River State accuse contractors of embezzling money intended for development. Officials [...]	2006-12-12 15:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1430	ELECTION 2007: SOUTHERN PDP WARD CONGRESSES AND [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has completed the process for choosing candidates to contest the April 2007 State Assembly and Federal House and Senate elections in southern Nigeria. Throughout the south, candidates from established factions supported by the governor generall [...]	2006-12-18 14:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS287	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8 [...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...]	2006-02-24 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS288	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9 [...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...]	2006-02-25 16:34:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS306	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #12 [...] (C) Shell, GON and other sources report the anticipated release of some of the hostages this morning was delayed because Delta State Governor Ibori announced the release and publicly claimed credit before the deal was sealed. Governor Ibori told Econoff additional medicine and Willbros letter [...]	2006-02-28 16:42:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS317	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #13 [...] (C) AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins was released this evening to two foreign journalists and is currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's mansion. Econoffs are accompanying Hawkins and plan to remain with him overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri. Shell will bring him to Lagos tomorrow b [...]	2006-03-01 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS318	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14 [...] (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay overnight at th [...]	2006-03-01 20:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS324	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #15 [...] (C) The six hostages released last night are on their way back to their respective home countries. AmCit Macon Hawkins is scheduled to fly back to Texas on an evening Air France flight via Paris. All hostages were examined and cleared by Shell physicians last night, and they have had USG acc [...]	2006-03-02 17:10:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS327	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 16 [...] (C) AmCit Macon Hawkins safely departed Nigeria for Houston, Texas. There has been no additional information about the condition of the remaining hostages, except for reports yesterday confirming they were well-fed and well-treated. 2. (C) Willbros requested Delta State Governor Ibori deli [...]	2006-03-03 16:04:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS363	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 20 [...] (C) Delta State Government officials had no updates on hostage welfare except to say that they are in good health. Conoff in Warri continues to ask for recent proof of life. Shell reports there will be another visit to the camp by journalists with a good track record of access to the Movemen [...]	2006-03-09 16:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS366	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 21 [...] (C) There is no new information regarding the welfare of the hostages. Family letters were given to the journalists scheduled to tour the militant camps this weekend, and Conoff reported he saw a Reuters journalist arriving in Warri this morning. The Shell crisis group agreed to ask release [...]	2006-03-10 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS387	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 25 [...] (C) Shell provided a statement from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) e-mailed to their journalist contact, which indicated that the hostages were split for strategic reasons, and their condition was no longer a concern for the hostage-takers. The statement promise [...]	2006-03-15 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS60	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #6 [...] (C) At 7:45am January 18, an anonymous caller threatened Shell's Surfer-141 boat, which guards the Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel "Sea Eagle" and was chased in the January 11 attack. The caller identified himself as the "son of the chief;" however, Shell's most l [...]	2006-01-18 17:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS80	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11 [...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...]	2006-01-21 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS851	AMCIT JOURNALIST RELEASED BY NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Freelance AMCIT photojournalist Edmond Kashi, in Nigeria on assignment for National Geographic, was released today after being detained by the GON for five days. Both the CG and Deputy Consul spoke with him by phone and verified he is well. Kashi is currently in Port Harcourt, Rivers [...]	2006-06-19 18:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EPET ASEC PHUM NI
06LAPAZ180	GOB NAMES LEFTIST CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced the 16 members of his cabinet January 23, the majority leftist, indigenous and from the altiplano. Morales exhorted the new cabinet to change Bolivia, integrate marginalized members of society, eliminate corruption, and serve -- not exploit -- the peo [...]	2006-01-24 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV TBIO BL
06LAPAZ186	MAS ECONOMICS TEAM: STRONG SOCIAL AWARENESS, WEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: If reports about its economic transition teams are any indication, the future Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) government will have lots to learn. Current government ministers have told us that the MAS mining, economic development, and hydrocarbons teams conspicuously lack techn [...]	2006-01-24 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	BL ECON EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV
06LAPAZ195	MORALES-SHANNON MEETING: PRESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: Summary: In their January 21 meeting, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon told President-elect Evo Morales the U.S. agenda in Bolivia reflected our larger agenda in the region: consolidating democracy, promoting economic growth through free markets and integration, and protec [...]	2006-01-26 15:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ2111	MORALES' RHETORIC LEADS TO INCREASED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: President Morales launched his "agrarian revolution" August 2 in Ucurena, Cochabamba, declaring that if Congress does not approve the executive's land reform bill, indigenous communities will close Congress for its "ineffectiveness." Opposition parties from eastern Bolivia claim [...]	2006-08-04 18:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ216	HYDROCARBONS COMPANIES PESSIMISTIC, BUT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, hydrocarbons company representatives discussed their concerns about negotiations with the incoming administration. They worried in particular about the likely absence of reasonable GOB interlocutors (subsequent ministerial appointments pr [...]	2006-01-30 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV
06LAPAZ2557	GARCIA LINERA URGES CAMPESINOS TO TAKE UP ARMS [...] (SBU) Although Acting President Alvaro Garcia Linera met with all nine prefects (governors) September 19 in an effort to resolve continuing stalemate over the Constituent Assembly's rules of order and to express the GOB's willingness to negotiate, he sent a very different message September 20 [...]	2006-09-21 18:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3314	MORALES: A POTENT FORCE DESPITE SHRINKING SUPPORT [...] (C) While President Morales' popularity has dropped from a May high of 81 percent, his current 67 percent approval demonstrates he remains a potent force. To maintain his standing, Morales has engaged in a propaganda strategy of ads espousing his accomplishments, rhetorical attacks aimed at u [...]	2006-12-07 19:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ615	FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...]	2006-03-07 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL
06LAPAZ854	BOLIVIAN DEMOCRACY UNDER THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Two months in office and Evo Morales has done little to burnish his democratic credentials. Attacks on the press, judiciary and other institutions are beginning to look more like pieces of an emerging autocratic strategy aimed at the upcoming constituent assembly than the missteps [...]	2006-03-27 19:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ908	EVO'S POLITICAL ADVISERS (PART 3 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales keeps several close advisers who facilitate and carry out his personal agenda but have limited influence on the President's decisionmaking. They are split between those who work behind the scenes to facilitate Morales' vision and those who are charged with in [...]	2006-03-31 14:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ938	BOLIVIA: A CONCILIATORY MORALES RETRACTS [...] (C) During a private dinner President Evo Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera hosted for the Ambassador, DCM and the Embassy's declared intelligence chief late April 1, Morales backtracked on accusations of U.S. involvement in recent hotel bombings in La Paz, denied targeting the judici [...]	2006-04-03 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
06LILONGWE401	MINISTER OF JUSTICE DEFENDS CASE AGAINST VICE [...] (C) In a meeting May 10, Malawi,s Minister of Justice Henry Phoya assured Ambassador Eastham that the Vice-President's arrest on treason charges was legitimate and the case against him substantial. Challenged on the arrest and subsequent release without charge of the VP's alleged co-conspirato [...]	2006-05-10 15:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE406	JOURNALISTS' ARRESTS POINT TO INCREASE IN POLITICALLY- [...] (U) Summary: Three independent journalists were arrested in Lilongwe on May 8 and charged with criminal libel, for publishing a story that accused Malawi's attorney general of theft. The arrests are the latest in what appears to be a growing trend toward politically-motivated arrests and pros [...]	2006-05-11 14:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PDEM KPAO PGOV KCOR MI
06LILONGWE428	PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of one of the most politically active AG's in Malawi's history. Kasambara often used his post to pressure the police into making questionable arrests, and masterm [...]	2006-05-18 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE442	MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...]	2006-05-25 09:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE66	MALAWI LAWMAKERS CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANTI-MONEY [...] MALAWI'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL HAS LANGUISHED ON THE EDGES OF PARLIAMENT FOR OVER THREE YEARS. EMBASSY RECENTLY HOSTED AN INFORMAL BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION FOR KEY PARLIAMENTARIANS TO SENSITIZE THEM ON THIS ISSUE, TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS, AND TO GAUGE THE BILL'S CHANCES OF PASSING AT THE [...]	2006-01-25 10:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL MI
06LIMA1079	BUSINESS SECTOR'S ANALYST FORESEES HUMALA VICTORY [...] (S) A management consultant hired by a small group of Peruvian businessmen to study electoral trends has conducted 54 focus groups nationwide with C-E (lower-middle class to poverty stricken) sector participants. His analysis of the focus groups and polling by the Apoyo consultancy points to a [...]	2006-03-20 21:17:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1286	BUSINESS COMMUNITY LINED UP ON FTA CAMPAIGN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Private sector leaders are ready to begin the FTA public ad campaign beginning on April 10, the day after national elections. Focus groups are already identifying themes and attitudes in provinces to better target audiences about the benefits of a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement [...]	2006-04-04 18:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA1473	PERUVIAN PRIVATE SECTOR GEARS UP FOUR-WEEK [...] (S) A marketing consultant hired by top Peruvian business sector leaders to design and implement a four-week public information campaign to promote the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) provided a briefing to the Ambassador and Emboffs on 4/6. The consultant explained that the campaign [...]	2006-04-17 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PROG PREL ETRD PE
06LIMA158	LIMA MAYOR LUIS CASTANEDA ON OLLANTA HUMALA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Castaneda, in a 1/10 meeting with the Ambassador and Polcouns, characterized Ollanta Humala's appeal to Peru's marginalized voters as one of "sentiment," not reasoning. He cautioned that frontal attacks on Humala will backfire and mused that the best way to und [...]	2006-01-13 14:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2015	EX-CANDIDATE PANIAGUA ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Ambassador met with former presidential candidate for the Frente del Centro Valentin Paniagua on 5/10/06. Paniagua waxed pessimistic about the final choice of candidates (between Garcia and Humala) and spoke ardently of the need for "concertacion," i.e. broad alliance building, a process [...]	2006-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2039	THE GARCIA-HUMALA DEBATE: THE TWO TALK PAST EACH [...] (SBU) APRA's Alan Garcia and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala talked past one another in their 5/21 "debate," aiming their presentations at separate target audiences. Garcia, addressing the fifty percent of the population who did not vote for either run-off finalist, sought to port [...]	2006-05-23 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2066	HUMALA'S IMAGE CONSULTANT ON DEBATE, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alejandro Pucci, recently re-appointed image consultant for Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, told Polcouns 5/24 that: -- The Humalistas were delighted with their candidate's performance during the debate, as he held his own against the vastly mo [...]	2006-05-25 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2070	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH COMMENTATORS/MEDIA [...] Summary: (C) Visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro met with Peruvian news media figures in an off-the-record encounter at the Ambassador's Residence on 5/16. Participants described the appeal that Union Por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala's plainspoken authoritarian style had for rural inhabitant [...]	2006-05-25 18:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2853	AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA [...] (C) Ambassador Struble called upon President-elect Alan Garcia on July 14. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM Phyllis Powers; Garcia was joined by his Foreign Minister-designate, Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde. While the Ambassador and Garcia had maintained contact through intermediaries, [...]	2006-07-24 03:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PE PREL PINR
06LIMA2926	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA2927	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA3015	PERU ON CUBA: OFFICIALS/JOURNALISTS SEE CHANGE [...] (C) Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde maintains that Fidel Castro's condition is more serious than reported and foresees change in Cuba as a result of the Cuban dictator's illness. Well-connected Peruvian journalists agree that Raul Castro could not maintain the communist regime [...]	2006-08-02 22:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA3137	BIOS FOR AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TRANSPORT & HOUSING [...] (U) Biographic information for President Alan Garcia's Ministers of Agriculture, Energy and Mining, Transportation, and Housing follows below. These ministers took office on July 28, 2006. See Ref A for the bios of the Prime Minister and Foreign, Defense, and Interior Ministers, and Ref B fo [...]	2006-08-10 16:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV TBIO PREL PE
06LIMA4621	ELECTORAL BOARD EXPOSES NARCO-CANDIDATES [...] (U) Summary: The National Electoral Board (JNE) on November 14 identified more than 200 candidates in local elections who had lied on their resumes, including some who had hidden ties to narcotrafficking. Most of the publicized narco-candidates did not win. Despite evidence of narco-influenc [...]	2006-12-07 22:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA494	HUMALA DOGGED BY ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ultra-nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has recently been dogged by allegations that he committed human rights violations while serving as a Peruvian Army Officer in the Upper Huallaga Valley in the early 1990s. The Human Rights Coordinator, an umbrella group [...]	2006-02-06 23:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA644	ELECTION UPDATE: CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE FILINGS [...] (U) Twenty five political parties met the 2/8 deadline for filing their congressional lists, resulting in some 3,000 Congressional candidates for 120 seats. The two leading presidential contenders, center-right Lourdes Flores and ultra-nationalist, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala were bo [...]	2006-02-15 21:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE
06LIMA658	HUMALA DOWN BUT STILL AHEAD IN PUNO [...] A recent trip to Puno provided insights into ultra-nationalist, radical, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala's support in this rural and traditionally more radical region of Peru (Ref C). Humala's popularity in Puno has been dented but not fatally damaged by political problems within his pa [...]	2006-02-16 21:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LISBON2269	PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY PLANS; A SHIFT FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese interlocutors relayed their views regarding their government's preparations for the EU presidency. They noted that Germany's policy prescriptions would dominate the agenda through the new coordinated presidencies process, but that Portugal had some opportunities to aff [...]	2006-10-13 07:21:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON XA XF PO
06LISBON2544	PORTUGAL DOES NOT AGREE ON CUBA EMBARGO AND ONE [...] (C) Summary: Portugal agrees with many of the U.S. issues regarding pending Third Committee resolutions, except for the Cuba Embargo Resolution and the retaliatory Protecting Human Rights and Freedoms while Countering Terrorism Resolution. Interlocutors noted that Portugal will consider any EU [...]	2006-11-09 16:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PO
06LISBON2841	PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENTARY LEADER RESIGNS POST [...] Summary: A Social Democratic parliamentary leader resigned his leadership position in protest of his party,s cooperation with the leftist parties to investigate alleged CIA rendition flights at the expense of the Socialist government. The inability to prove a negation means that the CIA flig [...]	2006-12-15 16:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PO
06LJUBLJANA173	SLOVENIA: REACTIONS TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reaction to the 2005 Human Rights Report was varied. The GOS reaction contrasted with last year, as MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar called in COM to complain about passages in the Report on trafficking in persons, rape, and the government's relations with Slovenia's Muslim minori [...]	2006-03-21 08:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO SI
06LJUBLJANA608	SLOVENIA: THE BRUISED AND BATTERED REPUTATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec has had a rocky few months battling for respect and support from the media, fellow ministers, and the general public. A series of MoD missteps, from the controversial tender for purchase of 8x8 armored vehicles, to a budget fight, and sexual ha [...]	2006-09-21 09:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA675	AMBASSADOR GREG SCHULTE TALKS NONPROLIFERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. During a public diplomacy visit to Slovenia October 16 US Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte met with leaders and policymakers from government, media, and academia to talk about nuclear nonproliferation, US policy towards Iran and North Korea, and Slovenia's role as the Chairman of [...]	2006-10-23 05:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM SI
06LJUBLJANA758	ITF AND DONOR COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (S) On November 22, COM attended the International Trust Fund (ITF) Advisory Board of Donors meeting in Ljubljana. Before the meeting COM delivered the points from reftel A to Slovenian ITF Director Goran Gacnik sharing, in a side conversation, USG concerns about allegations of corruption and [...]	2006-11-28 11:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	MASS MOPS PGOV PREL SI
06LONDON8372	U.S. JOURNALIST: TEHRAN MAN IN THE STREET LOVES [...] Summary: (C) An American journalist just back from her third working visit to Iran reports a paradox in popular feeling in Tehran: the man in the street has a positive view of America and hates the current high level of political oppression, but at the same time takes great patriotic pride i [...]	2006-12-15 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPRP PHUM IR UK
06LUANDA1235	ANGOLA - ELECTORAL PROCESS NOVEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- --Registration Process Drawing Crowds --Observers Slowly Becoming Accredited --Some Minor Glitches --Too Many Political Parties in Angola? --National Council for Social Communication Constituted ------------------------------------- Registration Process Contin [...]	2006-11-28 06:11:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KMDR AO
06LUANDA577	PDAS Pittman in Angola: Elections and the Press [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with international and Angola NGOs working in democracy building and election support PDAS Pittman heard of the challenges faced in preparing for the upcoming Angolan elections; namely maintaining the momentum and enthusiasm for elections when there is no announc [...]	2006-06-06 15:41:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM EAID AO
06MADRID2435	SPAIN: SIX MONTHS ON, ETA'S "PERMANENT CEASEFIRE" [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire, many inside Spain are now doubting its permanence. Street violence and vandalism continue in the Basque region and alleged ETA supporters released a statement over the weekend claiming that the gr [...]	2006-09-27 10:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP
06MADRID2657	SPAIN: UPDATE ON KEY TERRORISM-RELATED CASES [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the October 24 visit to Madrid of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Post presents a brief update on several of the most important pending or recently completed terrorism or criminal cases in the Spanish judicial system. Spain has made great strides in disrupting terro [...]	2006-10-20 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER SP
06MADRID41	Investment Climate Statement, Spain [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]	2006-01-10 16:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MADRID644	BASQUE JOURNALIST DOUBTS ETA READY FOR PEACE DEAL [...] (SBU) Oscar Beltran, a journalist for the Basque Region daily "El Correo" and a former International Visitor grantee, recently shared his observations regarding rumors of an upcoming truce declaration by ETA. He has covered ETA for several years and reports extensively on the group. Beltran [...]	2006-03-15 13:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV SP
06MANAGUA1002	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]	2006-05-05 15:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1043	IP ENFORCEMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with a broad range of Nicaraguan partners, Post has developed a proposal for the intellectual property (IP) enforcement funding outlined in REFTEL A. While the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently taken several encouraging actions related to strengthening IP protec [...]	2006-05-11 18:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR KCRM ABUD AFIN SNAR ECON ETRD
06MANAGUA1180	REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]	2006-06-02 17:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA124	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political, religious, and economic leaders in Jinotega department reveal an affinity across the Liberal spectrum for dissident presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, although Liberal leaders acknowledged that local campesinos -- the majority of the populati [...]	2006-01-23 20:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2077	MARTINEZ CUENCA WORRIED ABOUT AN ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Polcouns and emboffs on 11 September, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca voiced his concern that savvy Sandinista campaigning and a weak and distracted center-right have strengthened Daniel Ortega's campaign. Th [...]	2006-09-21 15:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA2116	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]	2006-09-26 18:49:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2136	ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2338	UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...]	2006-10-20 21:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2366	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- MORE NUMBERS, [...] (C) (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent Nicaraguan presidential polls still point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega has mai [...]	2006-10-25 15:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA243	NICARAGUAN CENTRAL BANK HOSTS DEBT RELIEF EVENT [...] (U) Summary: On January 20, 2006, with the encouragement of the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Central Bank President Mario Alonso invited resident G8 and other donor country Ambassadors to a well-attended press conference to showcase debt relief. Alonso devoted half of his regular monthly economic p [...]	2006-02-01 15:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IMF PREL NU
06MANAGUA2696	CONTROVERSIAL ASSEMBLY REFORMS SENT TO PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: According to present and future National Assembly deputy for the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Maria Eugenia Sequeira, the Assembly's controversial ways and means bill has been sent to President Bolanos for signing, but will likely face a veto, giving the new Assembly a chance [...]	2006-12-14 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA715	LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]	2006-03-30 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA721	CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: WHERE CATTLE AND LIBERALS [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Chontales is renowned for its cattle and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) members. Forty percent of all cows in this cattle nation are raised in this small region, wedged between Lake Nicaragua to the West and the Autonomous Southern Atlantic Region (RAAS) to th [...]	2006-03-31 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA806	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...]	2006-04-10 20:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA885	EX-MINISTER OF DEFENSE CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AND [...] SUMMARY: (C) Ambassador and poloff held a wide-ranging discussion with Nicaraguan ex-Minister of Defense Jose Adan Guerra on April 19. Guerra strongly criticized President Bolanos' handling of the MANPADS issue, and commented that the Nicaraguan Army leadership will resist MANPADS destruction [...]	2006-04-24 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM NU
06MANAMA1116	GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES WARN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT [...] (C) Several Embassy media contacts have told Emboffs that the government recently formed two committees designed to monitor the content of print and broadcast media in Bahrain. The chairman of the board of the independent daily Al Wasat received a letter from one of the committees complaini [...]	2006-06-21 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM BA POL REFORM HUMRIT
06MANAMA1170	KING WEIGHS IN ON PRESS FREEDOM, CONVINCES TALK [...] (U) Earlier this month, Bahrain Television talk show host Sawsan Al Shaer quit her popular Friday program "Final Word" after government censors cut two segments of the June 9 program which were critical of the parliament (reftel). On June 27, Arabic daily Al Ayam reported that King Hamad pers [...]	2006-06-28 12:46:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1205	FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS PUBLICLY THAT GTMO OBSTACLE [...] (U) All newspapers July 5 covered statements by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at a press conference in which he called for the release of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo and characterized the detention facility as an "obstacle" in bilateral relations [...]	2006-07-05 09:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PREL BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1317	TFLE01: PUBLIC PROTESTS, EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS ON [...] (C) Between five and 15 thousand men, women, and children marched July 18 to express their support for Lebanon and Hizballah. Protesters chanted pro-Hizballah and anti-American statements. Leading Shia political society Secretary General Shaikh Ali Salman spoke at the rally SIPDIS statin [...]	2006-07-19 13:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1728	"BANDARGATE" REPORT ALLEGES SENIOR POWER BROKER [...] (C) A recently leaked report written by a former strategic advisor for Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa alleges that Shaikh Ahmed engaged in a complex conspiracy to influence the outcome of upcoming parliamentary elections in favor of friendly Sun [...]	2006-09-28 13:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA POL
06MANAMA1870	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 5: SHAIKH ISA QASSEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassem continued to actively endorse participation in the elections, including in a district in the Central Governorate known to support a continued Shi'a boycott of the political system. Al Wifaq president Shaikh Ali Salman November 2 assured lib [...]	2006-11-03 07:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL

06MANAMA1908	U/S HUGHES, ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In a discussion with senior Ministry of Islamic Affairs officials November 1, U/S Hughes sought to elicit ideas for continued cooperation to broaden the reach of the message of religious tolerance and to [...]	2006-11-09 05:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OEXC OIIP PTER KISL BA OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1989	FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS NAVY SECRETARY U.S. IS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid November 26 welcomed Secretary of the Navy Winter to Bahrain and thanked him for SIPDIS all the United States does to promote stability and security in the region, saying the U.S. is Bahrain's "number one ally and friend." Referring to the U.S.-Bahrain fr [...]	2006-12-03 12:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1995	SUNNI ISLAMISTS NET GAINS IN BAHRAIN'S SECOND [...] (C) Nearly 70% of Bahrain's registered voters in runoff districts participated in the second round of polls December 2. There were reports of minor skirmishes and journalists being harassed at a few poll stations, but overall voting proceeded peacefully. Early indications from the Election [...]	2006-12-03 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA2004	BAHRAIN'S ELECTIONS: DESPITE ALLEGED FLAWS, A [...] (C) Bahrain's parliamentary elections, held in two rounds November 25 and December 2, represent a major step forward in the King's democratic reform program. In a significant improvement over the 2002 parliamentary elections, which were marred by a boycott by leading Shia opposition political [...]	2006-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL
06MANAMA2009	SHURA COUNCIL APPOINTED; TEN WOMEN, POLITICAL [...] (C) The King December 5 issued a decree appointing the 40 members of the upper house Shura Council. Twenty-three of the appointees are returning members while 17 are new to the Shura, although two of the newcomers previously served as deputies in the elected lower house Council of Representa [...]	2006-12-07 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KISL KWMN BA POL
06MANAMA419	BAHRAIN: CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF AKBAR GANJI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-18 09:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI BA IR REGION
06MANAMA443	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSSES IRAN AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: State Department Counselor Zelikow met March 12 with Shura Council members Dr. Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Ibrahim Mohamed Bashmi, both of whom are on the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security Committee, to discuss Iraq, Iran and domestic issues in Bahrain. Dr. [...]	2006-03-20 05:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR IZ BILAT OFFICIALS REGION
06MANAMA476	SMALL-SCALE VIOLENT CLASHES CONTINUE TO ROIL [...] (C) Following the March 10 violent protest at Dana Mall, small bands of masked youth have clashed with security forces in scattered, sporadic confrontations. The incidents typically begin with young men burning tires or trash dumpsters on the edge of a village, and throwing Molotov cocktails [...]	2006-03-22 14:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA583	MEPI/GOB REGIONAL ARAB WOMEN'S CONFERENCE A [...] (U) Summary: MEPI and the Bahraini MFA joined forces to co-host a MENA regional conference March 27-28 to celebrate the "Successes of Women as Leaders of Change". More than 120 women leaders from 16 Arab countries shared their recent unprecedented achievements of reform in the legal, economic [...]	2006-04-11 12:54:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KWMN KDEM PGOV PREL BA REGION HUMRIT
06MANAMA710	BAHRAIN REFORM STRATEGY: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [...] (C) The reporting period was marked by tumult on the political scene as competing Shia groups jockeyed for the support of their community. Leading Shia opposition society Al Wifaq remained preoccupied with organizing itself internally following its decision, along with several other oppositi [...]	2006-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO BA BILAT REFORM
06MANAMA766	COR PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN DISCUSS [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with Council of Representatives (COR) President Al Dahrani and COR Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security Committee Chairman Ahmed Behzad on April 23 and 24 respectively to discuss pending legislation of U.S. interest. Both MPs expressed their confid [...]	2006-05-02 12:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ETRD KIPR ETTC BA BILAT ECTRD
06MANAMA989	"The Sapphire Trio: American Women in the Arts" [...] The all-women American chamber ensemble The Sapphire Trio performed American and classical music in Bahrain from May 15th through May 17th, providing Bahraini audiences with a glimpse of the diversity of expression and talent in the American musical arts community. Partially funded by a Perf [...]	2006-06-06 07:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO PREL BA BILAT
06MANILA1866	COURT REJECTS DOJ MOTION TO DOWNGRADE CHARGES, [...] (U) Summary: On April 28, a Manila court rejected a motion to reduce the charges against three of four US Marines accused of raping a Filipina. The judge hearing the case entered "not guilty" pleas on behalf of the accused Marines after their lawyers declined to enter pleas. The judge also [...]	2006-04-28 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR RP
06MANILA1941	ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST SLAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In early April, two environmental activists in Cebu received word that an explosives dealer allegedly had placed a bounty on their heads. Days later, one of the activists was murdered. The other, Antonio "Tony" Oposa, Jr., continues to fear for his life. Mission is taking e [...]	2006-05-05 06:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS SENV RP
06MANILA2096	GRP FORMS TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE KILLINGS OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Eleven more leftist activists have been killed in attacks since late March. President Arroyo has formed a police task force to investigate the killings. Some GRP officials are suggesting that [...]	2006-05-17 06:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PREL RP
06MANILA2193	PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DENOUNCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Commission on Human Rights has announced plans to hold a public hearing to investigate the recent murders of journalists and leftist activists. In response, President Arroyo has called for an end to the killings. Meanwhile, a popular radio commentator was kil [...]	2006-05-26 04:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PREL RP
06MANILA2273	ANATOMY OF AN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING [...] (C) Summary: During POL team's recent visit to Puerto Princesa, the capital of Palawan in the western Philippines, contacts expressed their deep concern about the brazen daytime killing of a well-known radio broadcaster and former politician on May 22. GRP authorities arrested a serving mem [...]	2006-06-01 06:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI RP
06MANILA2383	USG STEPS TO COUNTER EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Extra-judicial killings (EJK) in the Philippines -- notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected narcotics traffickers -- remain of high concern to the USG and are increasingly a subject of international media attention. The annual country report on human rights for t [...]	2006-06-08 01:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV RP
06MANILA26	IN BLOW TO JUDICIARY, WELL-KNOWN JUDGE SLAIN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A well-known Metro Manila trial judge was murdered in a drive-by shooting on December 31. Police have arrested seven men in connection with the attack. The Supreme Court has demanded that the [...]	2006-01-04 09:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ECON PINR PTER PHUM RP
06MANILA2636	GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected criminals. A month-old overall task force incorporates two existing subsidiary task forces within the Ph [...]	2006-06-23 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL RP
06MANILA2697	GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected criminals. A month-old overall task force incorporates two existing subsidiary task forces within the Ph [...]	2006-06-28 00:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL RP
06MANILA2969	MARINE CASE: ANOTHER DEFENDANT SPEAKS TO MEDIA [...] LCpl Daniel Smith, one of the four marines currently on trial for alleged rape, gave an interview to the Associated Press on Saturday July 15. Local media featured his remarks extensively. He talked about how his "life has come to a screeching halt" due to the alleged incident and trial, and [...]	2006-07-17 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA3064	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chris, the entire US Mission welcomes you back to the Philippines! We have been busy emphasizing our partnership in this historic year; upcoming Codels will be a next stage as will President Arroyo's September trip to Hawaii. Your visit focuses on outreach in two key areas -- [...]	2006-07-21 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ECON PGOV ETRD ECIN EAID RP
06MANILA3247	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW POLICE CHIEF [...] Summary. New Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Calderon assured the Ambassador on July 28 that the PNP is focusing the necessary resources to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the recent killings of leftist activists. The PNP has embarked on a ten-year tra [...]	2006-08-02 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC PHUM RP
06MANILA3404	ONGOING GRP EFFORTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] Summary. In response to a deadline from President Arroyo to solve at least ten cases of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) before October 15, Task Force Usig of the Philippine National Police (PNP) held its first monthly "multisectoral meeting" with NGO, media, church, and community leaders on Aug [...]	2006-08-15 03:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PREL RP
06MANILA3999	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4000	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4001	MARTIAL LAW IN THAILAND REVERBERATES IN THE [...] (SBU) The declaration of martial law in Thailand has captured public attention in the Philippines, dominating the radio and television and making headlines in all the major dailies. It was the topic of the evening at a reception hosted by the Ambassador last night, with journalists and gover [...]	2006-09-21 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MOPS TH RP
06MANILA4803	EMBASSY MANILA-SPONSORED JAZZ AND CLASSICAL CONCERTS [...] SUMMARY: In a four-day period, Embassy Manila sponsored a classical piano concert at the Ambassador's residence and a series of three jazz concerts featuring Filipino and American artists. Each of the events targeted a different audience, ranging from top embassy contacts to the general public. [...]	2006-11-22 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL RP
06MANILA5108	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] A warm welcome to the Philippines! We are developing a dynamic program for your January 23-25 visit, to include a tour of the Regional Printing Center and Regional Training Center on the Mission's Seafront Compound, an ICASS Council Meeting and events with Mission personnel at the Chancery, [...]	2006-12-29 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA PREL ECON RP
06MANILA934	SUBJECT: A/S HILL MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting with A/S Hill, Charge Jones, and DAS John, Philippine Defense Secretary Cruz, National Security Advisor Gonzales, and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Director Garcia said there were three distinct elements to the government's response to threat [...]	2006-03-01 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MANILA945	SITREP 20: PRESIDENT MULLS LIFTING OF STATE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a brief televised address mid-day on March 1, President Arroyo said she wanted to lift the State of Emergency at "the soonest time possible." She asked for reports from key offices on the s [...]	2006-03-01 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ASEC ECON RP
06MAPUTO106	MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE [...] On January 20 a Maputo City Court sentenced Anibal "Anibalzinho" dos Santos Junior to 29 years, 11 months, and 25 days for his role in the November 2000 gunning down of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso. The court found Anibalzinho guilty on all nine of the counts he faced. The court a [...]	2006-01-23 15:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO107	MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE [...] On January 20 a Maputo City Court sentenced Anibal "Anibalzinho" dos Santos Junior to 29 years, 11 months, and 25 days for his role in the November 2000 gunning down of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso. The court found Anibalzinho guilty on all nine of the counts he faced. The court a [...]	2006-01-23 15:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO1303	MOZAMBIQUE - FRELIMO GROWING STRONGER [...] (C) President Guebuza has been aggressively promoting the influence of the ruling party FRELIMO since taking office. This strategy appears to be paying off. In the latest in a spate of reports since the spring of members from the main opposition party, RENAMO, deserting to FRELIMO, according t [...]	2006-10-11 10:59:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MZ
06MAPUTO1304	MOZAMBIQUE - FRELIMO GROWING STRONGER [...] (C) President Guebuza has been aggressively promoting the influence of the ruling party FRELIMO since taking office. This strategy appears to be paying off. In the latest in a spate of reports since the spring of members from the main opposition party, RENAMO, deserting to FRELIMO, according t [...]	2006-10-11 12:48:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MZ
06MAPUTO1553	MOZAMBIQUE: BIO DATA ON SOME MEMBERS OF FRELIMO [...] This cable provides biographical information on 10 of the 17 members of the Political Commission, the highest body of Mozambique's ruling political party, FRELIMO (we have provided bio information on the other members in previous reporting). Sources used include official government biographies [...]	2006-12-04 06:23:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO278	MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S FIRST YEAR [...] (C) Summary. On balance, Guebuza's first year in office has been positive. His main tasks for that year as we see them were to confront the Chissano-era spirit of "deixa andar", maintain economic policy continuity to allow continued growth, and set the stage for reductions in absolute povert [...]	2006-03-07 07:37:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KOR EAID MZ
06MAPUTO310	MOZAMBIQUE: FIRST TIP-RELATED CONVICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two Mozambican men were sentenced last week to 8 and 9 months in prison, respectively, for kidnapping and attempting to sell a 13-year-old boy in Inhambane province. To Post's knowledge, this is the country's first-ever trafficking-related conviction. It also marks one of the fir [...]	2006-03-10 12:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ
06MAPUTO453	ANIBALZINHO ATTEMPS YET ANOTHER ESCAPE; SECOND TRY [...] Mozambican police reportedly frustrated another attempted prison break by Anibal dos Santos Junior (Anibalzinho),the man convicted of leading the group responsible for the November 2000 murder of Mozambique's foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso. Anibalzinho is currently serving [...]	2006-04-18 06:28:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRIM PGOV MZ
06MAPUTO573	MOZAMBIQUE: FIGHTING CORRUPTION OR SHADOW BOXING? [...] (SBU) Apart from continued strong rhetoric and some mid-level action by the Guebuza government, the GRM has not moved very far in tackling corruption in the past year. In August 2005 the government released the results of a nationwide survey, which revealed deep concern by the populace over co [...]	2006-05-17 12:41:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRIM PGOV PREL MZ
06MAPUTO650	MOZAMBIQUE: WILL NYIMPINE CHISSANO FACE TRIAL FOR [...] (U) The eldest son of former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, Nyimpine Chissano, has been formally charged in the November 2000 murder of Mozambique's foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso. According to press reports, Chissano Jr. is accused of "joint moral authorship" of Ca [...]	2006-06-05 12:22:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM MZ
06MAPUTO987	Mozambique: July Political Digest [...] (U) This is a brief summary of significant political events in Mozambique during July 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- RENAMO Members Switching to FRELIMO -- Provincial Elections Unlikely in 2007 -- Gay Rights Surfaces as Issue in Medi [...]	2006-08-09 06:29:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MZ
06MASERU158	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW LCD SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) With preparations for 2007 national elections moving apace, Ambassador engaged Lesotho's Trade Minister (Mpho Malie) in a review of internal political developments as well as regional and bilateral issues. Malie, as the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy's (LCD) new Secretary-General, [...]	2006-03-29 11:06:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD KDEM LT
06MASERU458	LESOTHO CAR SCANDAL LIKELY TO DOG RULING PARTY IN 2007 [...] SUMMARY: Political fallout continues to snowball in response to the sale of official luxury vehicles to top government officials, at a one percent residual value, by a South African company leasing vehicles to the government. Two major political parties have appealed to the Ombudsman and the [...]	2006-09-14 16:17:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM LT
06MASERU626	LESOTHO: DIPLOMATIC PUNCHES, HUGS, AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following revocation of the Libyan Ambassador to Lesotho's credentials (REFTEL) on December 13, both Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Libya's Embassy in Maseru issued statements regarding the unusual expulsion. While the GOL issued a strongly worded press release [...]	2006-12-18 15:02:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS OFDP LY LT
06MEXICO1113	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...]	2006-03-02 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06MEXICO1174	IS MEXICO RUNNING OUT OF OIL? [...] (SBU) Production from Mexico's Cantarell complex of offshore oil fields, responsible for 61 percent of the nation's oil production, has begun to decline. Recent press reports suggest the decline rate could be as high as 25 percent per year. However, Pemex officials and industry analysts pla [...]	2006-03-03 18:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO2460	WHAT AILS THE PRI? [...] (C) Summary: After its considerable successes in the 2003 midterm elections and in state and local races since then, many in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) expected that 2006 would be the year of its restoration, particularly given the public's disappointment with the Fox Admini [...]	2006-05-09 14:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3305	ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON [...] (C) Summary: This is the third in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. We need to intensify the effort begun this year to engage Mexico in a constructive approach to border violence that yields a real-time law enforcement response to emergencies. Mexico also needs to impro [...]	2006-06-15 19:20:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG MX
06MEXICO4534	MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) On August 1-4, poloff visited the state of Oaxaca in order to learn more about the political and economic dynamics of this region, often characterized as part of Mexico's poor "other half." Academics, journalists, protesters, and indigenous citizens described a state--until recently a PR [...]	2006-08-14 23:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4619	ASSESSING OAXACA,S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, the complex political crisis in Oaxaca has worsened, with four people killed in two separate incidents and protestors pledging to intensify their civil disobedience campaign demanding that PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz resign or be removed from office. Tension is m [...]	2006-08-17 23:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4654	THE MAKING OF THE SHADOW PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: Several leading Mexican political observers largely concurred that the evolution of the current political stalemate would continue to be largely a function of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) personality. They believed that his manner of thinking was so rigid and self-righte [...]	2006-08-18 21:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO6182	GOM INTERVENES IN OAXACA [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The five month-old crisis in Oaxaca reached a critical juncture October 29 with the deployment of Mexico's Federal Preventive Police (PFP) to the embattled state following three October 27 fatalities, including the killing of American journalist Brad Will. This cable asse [...]	2006-10-31 13:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CONS MX
06MEXICO6275	CALDERON WOOS, WOWS, OTTAWA [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Felipe Calderon's October 26-27 visit to Ottawa exceeded expectations on both sides, with Calderon winning over both his public and private sector interlocutors. Canadian embassy contacts tell us he impressed his Ottawa contacts with his energy, intelligence and [...]	2006-11-03 23:04:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MX CA
06MEXICO6278	THE RADICALIZATION OF AMLO? [...] (SBU) After virtually two weeks of silence, defeated presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) took a more radical line in a speech to supporters of the Popular Assembly for the People of Oaxaca (APPO),backing the protests in Oaxaca and criticizing President Fox's decision to [...]	2006-11-04 01:57:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FBI DHS PAS DAO CONS OPAD DCM POL AID
06MEXICO6481	PRESIDENT FOX'S POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) This is the fourth in a series of four cables assessing President Fox's legacy. In the political area, Fox's greatest achievements were overseeing Mexico's first true political opening, which included a strengthening of the separation of powers and respect for limits on the president's [...]	2006-11-15 17:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO680	LOPEZ OBRADOR REVEALS SOME NAMES FOR HIS POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Leading presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) revealed the names of three key potential cabinet members on January 30, in an attempt to calm fears that his economic and foreign policies would be too radical. AMLO said his economic advisor, Rogelio Ramirez de la O (ref [...]	2006-02-08 21:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO7032	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 20 [...] (U) The revenue portion of the budget was first approved by the Chamber of Deputies and then the Senate though the Senate rejected the specific provision regarding the soft drink tax. However, this will probably not prevent the elimination of the discriminatory 20 percent tax on beverages swe [...]	2006-12-21 19:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO742	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO743	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO744	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO895	DEMONS IN EDEN - LYDIA CACHO CASE UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The case of Lydia Cacho, the independent journalist arrested in December on libel and defamation charges, exploded back into the headlines on February 14 when the media released excerpts of a tape containing alleged phone conversations in which businessman Kamel Nacif is heard plo [...]	2006-02-16 22:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MX KCRM KWMN KCOR
06MINSK1013	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Chinese Defense Minister Meets with Lukashenko in Minsk (para. 2) - Lukashenko Arrives in Havana for NAM Summit (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY --------- [...]	2006-09-18 08:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1018	DAY OF SOLIDARITY EVENT CUT SHORT BY POWER FAILURE [...] (C) Summary: On September 16, youth opposition activists staged a demonstration and concert on the one-year anniversary of the first "Days of Solidarity" event. Despite significant security presence and attempts by the GOB to impede the rally, the demonstration in Minsk attracted approximat [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF ASEC BO
06MINSK1031	TIP Film Screening Prompts Discussion of GOB's Anti-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief recently hosted a film screening of a U.S.-produced investigative documentary on victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) for independent journalists and leading members of the NGO community. The participants praised the film for its poignant presentation of the gl [...]	2006-09-20 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1036	BORISOV OPPOSITION FACES SEVERE REPRESSION AHEAD [...] (C) Poloffs recently traveled to Borisov to gauge local preparedness and the degree of cooperation of democratic forces ahead of the January 14 municipal elections. Despite blatant surveillance and frequent interruptions by GOB representatives and state media, Borisov's opposition political p [...]	2006-09-21 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
06MINSK1079	LUKASHENKO FIELDS SOFTBALLS FROM RUSSIAN MEDIA, [...] (C) In an extensively covered lengthy press conference with selected visiting Russian journalists, President Lukashenko laid all the blame for the latest delay in Belarusian-Russian integration at the doorstep of the Kremlin. On the other hand, he claimed an affinity for Russia, told the audi [...]	2006-10-03 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK108	Minsk Election Weekly VII (January 28-February 3) [...] This is the seventh in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------- Signature Results ----------------- 2. After a month of signature collection, the CEC announced the following [...]	2006-02-03 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1084	NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA [...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]	2006-10-05 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1099	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 06, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Milinkevich as Campaign Aide for Local Candidates (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Opposition Activist Jailed for 2005 Bombings in Vitebsk (para. 3) - Opposition, [...]	2006-10-06 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB KHIV BO
06MINSK1123	"16" NOT SO SWEET: DAYS OF SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN [...] (C) September 16, 2006 marked the first anniversary of the "Days of Solidarity" opposition campaign in Belarus. Planned as a series of monthly candle-lighting ceremonies on the 16th of each month honoring the memories of disappeared opponents of the Lukashenko regime, the campaign evolved into [...]	2006-10-18 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1143	PROTESTANTS PREPARED TO "FIGHT UNTIL THE END" TO [...] (SBU) On October 21, approximately 600 people gathered in Minsk to protest the GOB's confiscation of the New Life Church's (NLC) property. Amidst heavy security presence, NLC Senior Pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko called on the people to defend their right to freedom of religion. On October 17 [...]	2006-10-24 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK1159	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...]	2006-10-31 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1162	U.S.-EU AMBASSADORS PRESS FOR ACCESS TO OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) On October 30, Ambassador and EU Heads of Mission in Minsk continued their assertive and collaborative approach to spotlighting the Lukashenko regime's politically motivated imprisonments by coordinating their attempts to gain access to the criminal trial against Dmitriy Dashkevich, the [...]	2006-11-01 03:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1184	LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE? [...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]	2006-11-09 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1187	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 9, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This edition includes events thru the November 6- 7 Revolution Day holiday. The next edition will cover items thru November 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. and EU Ambassa [...]	2006-11-09 13:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1192	REGIONAL ACTIVISTS CONFIRM: BELARUSIANS ARE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and Emboffs recently traveled to Polotsk and Baranovichi in introductory visits with local authorities, opposition activists, and entrepreneurs. Opposition activists and journalists in both communities openly described the repression they face, but continue to cooperate toge [...]	2006-11-14 07:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1220	MINSK FORUM: BITING THE HAND THAT PATS YOUR BACK? [...] (C) November 9-11 witnessed the Minsk Fgrum, an annual German-sponsored conference designed to be a platform for open dialogue. The GOB's denial of visas to at least eight would-be attendees overshadowed the substance of the conference. The row highlights the hazards of attempting even seemi [...]	2006-11-24 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1225	INDEPENDENT POLLING REPORTS INCREASE IN INDEPENDENT RADIO [...] Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev November 21 gave Ambassador the results of his sixth and final post election survey. According to his results, both the amount of Belarusians who listen to foreign radio broadcasts and who use the internet continue to increase. Support ratings decreased s [...]	2006-11-29 11:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] (C) Belarus' rocky relationship with Russia has forced the isolated country to pursue a different course in its foreign policy. The GOB has ratcheted up its efforts to strengthen ties with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and China over the past year. Belarus is attempting to div [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06MINSK1235	LUKASHENKO ADMITS RIGGING ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Lukashenko admitted during a press conference with Ukrainian journalists in Minsk that he rigged the March 2006 presidential electionq. Lukashenko claimed that the GOB deliberately understated the official vote tally to satisfy European Q 9QI9M9 The dictator also criticized Ru [...]	2006-12-01 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1244	LUKASHENKO FOCUSES ON ENERGY SECURITY DURING CIS [...] (SBU) On November 28, Minsk hosted the CIS Heads of State summit. Although the agenda called for discussions on CIS reform and other issues, few agreements were reached. Lukashenko used the summit to negotiate with Russian President Putin on gas prices and the fate of Belarus' pipeline Beltra [...]	2006-12-05 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK141	Belarusian Athletes to Win, If They Know What Is Good For [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, Belarus' chief Olympic coach Aleksandr Popov announced the names of athletes who would attend the Turin Olympic Games. Athletes in the past have suffered from stress-related illnesses or left the country altogether because of government pressure to win. Aleksei A [...]	2006-02-10 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK149	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 10, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Officer Punished For Illegal Seizure On February 9, the district prosecutor in Svetlagorsk disciplined a police officer for illegally seizing equipment and print material f [...]	2006-02-13 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK17	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Independant Pollster Warned for Illegal Polling On December 30, the Prosecutor General's office issued a warning to head of the Independent Institute of Social, Economic an [...]	2006-01-10 09:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK173	STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN [...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]	2006-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK178	Minsk Election Weekly IX (February 11 - February 17) [...] This is the ninth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. Post will report on the February 17 registration of candidates process in septel. --------------------- Campaign Preparations --------- [...]	2006-02-17 15:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK179	DEMONSTRATION PEACEFULLY DISBURSED, SOME ARRESTS [...] (C) At 1800 on February 16, opposition groups Zubr and Charter 97 organized a peaceful demonstration on October Square as part of the Day of Solidarity campaign to encourage public support for the families of the disappeared figures and for overall democratic change in Belarus. Poloffs, who o [...]	2006-02-17 15:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK183	PARTNERSHIP NGO RELEASES SECOND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite potentially facing criminal charges for reporting any information that may discredit Belarus, election monitoring NGO Partnership anonymously sent via email its second observation report on the elections. Similar to the first report Post received (Ref A),the second report [...]	2006-02-21 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK184	State Media Focuses only on Lukashenko [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) monitored Belarusian media coverage of the March presidential elections from 28 January to 10 February. BAJ found that state media focused almost exclusively on Lukashenko, portraying him in a positive light. For the most part, st [...]	2006-02-21 12:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK191	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEGIN THEIR CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Central Election Committee (CEC) registered President Aleksandr Lukashenko, 10 Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, former rector of Belarusian State University Aleksandr Kozulin, and leader of the Libera Democratic Party Sergey Gaidukevich as officialpres [...]	2006-02-22 15:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK200	Minsk Election Weekly X (February 18 - February 24) [...] This is the tenth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------------- Candidates Get Air Time ----------------------- 2. As per the law, state television and radio scheduled ai [...]	2006-02-24 07:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK208	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 24, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Jailed Businessman Now a Fugitive On February 9, businessman Nikolai Avtukhovich who is facing tax evasion charges disappeared from house arrest in Grodno on the first day [...]	2006-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK223	OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAQ CANDIDATE BEATEN AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK232	EUR DAS KRAMER MEETS ANALYSTS, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia,s change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK233	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE RELEASED FROM DETENTION, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK252	Minsk Election Weekly XII (March 6-March 10) [...] This is the twelfth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------------- Repression and Harassment ------------------------- 2. Milinkevich Activists Sentenced to Jail On Mar [...]	2006-03-14 08:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK264	Kozulin Continues With Campaign, More Violence [...] (C) Summary: Campaign managers for presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Aleksei Korol and Oleg Volchek met with Poloffs on March 6 following Kozulin's March 2 beating at the hands of security forces. Although charged with hooliganism, Kozulin has continued with his campaign and his manag [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK265	CEC Secretary on Early Voting and Problems with [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Secretary Nikolai Lozovik on March 9. Lozovik at first explained Belarus' early voting process and answered questions concerning the censoring of opposition candidate television speeches and the March 2 beating of a candidate at [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO

06MINSK266	EUR DAS Kramer Meets Analysts, Civil Society [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia's change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-14 13:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK267	Minsk Election Weekly XII (March 6-March 10) [...] This is the twelfth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------------- Repression and Harassment ------------------------- 2. Milinkevich Activists Sentenced to Jail On Mar [...]	2006-03-14 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK268	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 10, 2006 [...] Refrigerator and freezer inventories increased 127 percent in January to 20,000 units. Tire inventories increased 29.7 percent to 28,000 units, chemical fiber inventories increased 20.3 percent to 20,700 tons, and television inventories increased 280 percent to 98,000 units. Meanwhile, truck [...]	2006-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK269	Opposition Candidate Released From Detention, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate A [...]	2006-03-14 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK270	Milinkevich Team Discusses Campaign Activities [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, Victor Kornyenko, deputy campaign manager for Ten Plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, provided for P/E Chief an overview of the campaign team's plans ahead of the March 19 elections. Commenting on the March 2 rally near Freedom Square, Kornye [...]	2006-03-14 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK276	Milinkevich Holds Three Meeting With GOB [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs on March 12 observed three of 10+ Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's meetings with voters in Minsk. Milinkevich's messages in all three gatherings focused on "stability should not equal stagnation," "the elections will not be free and fair," and "vote against sel [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK288	Milinkevich Strong in Grodno [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently visited the western city of Grodno, hometown of opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Despite increasing harassment and pressure from authorities, Milinkevich's regional campaign leaders believe that Milinkevich would readily win an honest elec [...]	2006-03-17 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK290	Minsk Election Weekly XIII (March 11-March 17) [...] This is the thirteenth in a weekly series of election- oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19 presidential elections. --------- Observers --------- 2. OSCE PA and ODIHR Launch Short-Term Observer Mission On March 16, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pr [...]	2006-03-17 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK292	March Madness: Mass Opposition Arrests [...] In the past two weeks authorities have arrested at least 150 opposition activists, jailing many of them for up to 15 days each on charges ranging from participating in an unsanctioned protest, to urinating or shouting obscenities in public. Police allegedly beat several during their arrests. [...]	2006-03-17 14:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK294	KOZULIN MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In his March 14 meeting with Ambassador, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin presented pictures and names of security service officers who beat him on March 2 (reftel),and noted a letter of appreciation to Secretary Rice and his plea to Russian President Vladimir [...]	2006-03-17 16:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK299	MILINKEVICH CALLS FOR STREET PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich told a press conference on March 20 that the opposition does not recognize Lukashenko as the winner of the obviously falsified elections. Milinkevich is demanding a repeat election, held in a democratic manner without repres [...]	2006-03-21 07:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK309	OSCE Rebukes Belarus Elections [...] (U) Summary. At a joint press conference on March 20, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE ODIHR representatives declared that the presidential elections in Belarus did not meet international standards or OSCE commitments for free and fair elections. Preliminary conclusions from their observa [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK311	Lukashenko Gives Victory Speech and Fiery Press [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential "victory" at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belarusians [...]	2006-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK314	LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]	2006-03-23 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK315	LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]	2006-03-23 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK322	Situation Report 3: Opposition Crowd Dwindles, Ten Plus [...] (C) Summary: The number of protesters on October Square continues to diminish. On March 22, the fourth night of protests on the square, Emboffs observed approximately 1,000 protesters. Ten Plus Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich congratulated protesters for their determination to remain [...]	2006-03-23 15:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK323	Even More Arrests and Many Convictions Follow Elections [...] Summary: From March 21 to March 23, human rights activists and independent press reported that more people have been arrested and several dozens have already been sentenced for participating in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections. Anatoly Lebedko, deputy to Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-23 15:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK327	Opposition Faces Criminal Charges [...] Summary: Hundreds of opposition activists have recently been charged and convicted for violating the relatively more lenient Administrative Code, and 21 face much more serious charges under the Criminal Code. One person has been sentenced to five months in prison, while the others (including p [...]	2006-03-24 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK329	SITREP 4: KOZULIN'S PLAN FOR A SHADOW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A key Kozulin campaign member and a spokesperson for the Zubr youth group spoke to Poloff on March 23 to discuss their plans in the wake of fraudulent elections and massive arrests. Kozulin seeks Milinkevich,s cooperation in creating a new shadow government that will unite all po [...]	2006-03-24 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
06MINSK330	MFA Refutes U.S. Rejection of Belarusian Elections [...] At a March 23 press briefing, Belarusian MFA Press Secretary Andrei Popov refuted press statements from the White House and State Department denouncing the results of the March 19 presidential elections in Belarus. Popov reminded the journalists that the Belarusian people have made their choi [...]	2006-03-24 12:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK331	SITUATION REPORT 5: POLICE BREAK-UP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Just after 0300 March 24, security forces converged on October Square and arrested nearly everyone taking part in the opposition's on-going demonstration. Although estimates vary and authorities have not released any information, Post believes between 150 and 400 people were arres [...]	2006-03-24 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO CASC
06MINSK332	Milinkevich: 500 Arrested Today [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 opposition presidential candidate held a press conference where he estimated that around 500 of his supporters had been arrested early that morning, along with nearly 300 more the previous two days. He called on authorities to release all detainees, and appealed to the [...]	2006-03-24 16:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK333	Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200 [...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]	2006-03-24 16:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK336	Sitrep 7: March 25 Protests End In Violence [...] (U) Summary: When police denied an estimated 7,000 protesters access to October Square for the March 25 "Freedom Day" rally, opposition leaders Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin led the crowd to the alternate meeting point Yanka Kupala Park. Milinkevich used this opportunity to launch [...]	2006-03-27 15:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK337	Up to 1,000 Arrested, Trials Have Begun [...] Summary: Trials for those arrested March 24, when police raided the protest tent camp on October Square, started on March 24. Most of the detained are being sentenced to 10-15 days in trails that last 10 minutes at most. Reportedly, so one has been acquitted. Police detained another estimated [...]	2006-03-27 15:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK342	250 ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN ONE DAY, KOZULIN BEATEN [...] (U) Summary: As of March 27, approximately 250 people who were detained for participating in post-March 19 election protests were sentenced to up to 15 days in jail. Those sentenced included former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's stepson, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus, [...]	2006-03-28 15:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK348	Where's Lukashenko? [...] Summary: On March 28 the GOB indicated Lukashenko's inauguration would not take place March 31 as had been widely reported and prepared for. This followed an eight-day period where Lukashenko disappeared from public view. Only on March 28 did a wan and de- energized Lukashenko reappear for a [...]	2006-03-29 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BO
06MINSK358	480 PEOPLE SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: As of March 28, nine Minsk district courts had convicted in two days of trials 480 people for participating in post-presidential election demonstrations. Human rights lawyers have called the authorities' treatment of detainees "barbaric" and claim detainees are regularly denied fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK36	Minsk Election Weekly IV (January 6-January 16) [...] This is the fourth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. -------------------- Signature Collection -------------------- 2. Lukashenko Leads in Signature Collections; Other Meets Minimum [...]	2006-01-17 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK365	BKGB USES COLD WAR TECHNIQUES TO GRAB POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian security services seem to have employed old tools of the trade to silence a senior opposition activist, Vyacheslav Sivchik. On March 23, unknown persons impersonated Embassy local employees and possibly used falsified diplomatic plates to abduct Sivchik. They then seve [...]	2006-03-31 07:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK369	PROTESTER POSSIBLY DEAD, KOZULIN CHARGED FOR [...] (C) Summary: Independent news sources on March 30 circulated a story that Sergei Otroshchenko, allegedly a protester beaten by security forces on March 25 who subsequently went missing, died from his injuries in a Minsk hospital. The GOB denies the death and claims they have no information a [...]	2006-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK370	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Post Elections ------------- 2. Milinkevich Tells All in Poland During his March 29 trip to Poland, former opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich opined that the democratic movement in Belarus wi [...]	2006-04-03 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK374	LUKASHENKO FOUND, LOOKS ILL [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko has been found. After a two-week absence from the public eye, and after missing all the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of the Union State Treaty, Lukashenko appeared on state television on April 4. In two short segments an atypically weary and soft-spoken Luk [...]	2006-04-05 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK386	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 7, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich's European Tour Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich traveled to Vienna (April 3 and 4) and Strasbourg (April 5 and [...]	2006-04-10 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK395	STUDENT EXPULSIONS FOLLOW PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Although the Ministry of Education (MOE) denied reports that students would be expelled for political reasons, approximately 15 students who participated in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections have been expelled from Belarusian universities. In a March 2 [...]	2006-04-12 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK422	CIVIL SOCIETY REGROUPS POST ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Poloffs met separately with human rights activists, civil society leaders and political analysts following the March 19 presidential elections to learn about their post-election plans. Most of the civil society leaders agreed that Milinkevich proved to be a good le [...]	2006-04-18 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK427	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 18, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich in Germany Former 10+ Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich on an April 7 trip to Berlin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Deputy [...]	2006-04-19 13:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK43	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Polish Activists Fined The Grodno Border Control Unit on January 5 fined two Union of Belarusian Poles (UBP) activists Andrei Pochobut and Andrei Pisalnik the maximum USD 1 [...]	2006-01-19 05:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK431	MILINKEVICH'S WIFE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Ambassador met with Ten Plus Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich's wife, Inna Kulei, who is the president of the newly formed Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (PCDR). This committee provides educational, employment, humanitarian, and medical assistance [...]	2006-04-20 10:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL INR BO
06MINSK433	EU VISA BAN IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the EU expanded its visa ban list for Belarus from six to 37 senior GOB officials involved in election fraud and human rights abuses. Switzerland announced on April 12 that it would abide by the ban as well. In the first week of existence the ban has already prevente [...]	2006-04-20 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS BO
06MINSK448	ELECTION OBSERVERS REMAIN IN JAIL, OTHER ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition activists are still coping with security service harassment and fighting court cases based on nefarious charges. Authorities extended the pre-trial detention of election observers of the NGO Partnership by another two months. They are still not allowed to meet with r [...]	2006-04-26 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM
06MINSK453	WOMEN LEADERS READY FOR CHANGE IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: DCM hosted a luncheon discussion on women's roles in Belarusian society and politics for visiting speaker Darryl Glenney and Belarusian women leaders. While the guests admitted that Belarusian women are involved in the country's political life, they denounced the current women o [...]	2006-04-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK458	LUKASHENKO BOTCHES POTASH EXPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Potash is Belarus' second largest export commodity, earning the country USD 609 million in 2005. Most of this revenue went to the GOB, which owns the sole potash producer. In order to squeeze more money from this valuable export, last year Lukashenko created a potash exporting c [...]	2006-04-27 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EMIN ETRD EAGR BI
06MINSK493	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko: Consolidation of Political Forces Is No Problem During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Russian President [...]	2006-05-05 14:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK498	SOBR PAVLICHENKO PRESENTS "DICKENS-ESQUE [...] (C) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed Special Forces Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) head Dmitry Pavlichenko on April 21. He spoke about the nascent stages of his military career, his troubled family life, the genuine satisfaction he receives from leading SOBR, and his vision for Belar [...]	2006-05-11 08:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK50	Minsk Election Weekly V (January 16-January 20) [...] This is tha fifth in a wEekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------ Signature Campaign ------------------ 2. SIgnature Updates The initiative groups of the following presidential [...]	2006-01-20 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK513	Youth Activist Gets Two Years Restricted Freedom [...] SUMMARY: After a six-day postponement, the trial of Malady Front activist and anti-Lukashenko graffitist Artur Finkevich concluded on May 10. Although Finkevich had been facing up to twelve years in prison, the judge sentenced Finkevich to two years of restricted freedom. During two days of h [...]	2006-05-16 06:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK521	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 12, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Zubr Leader Nikita Sasim Sentenced to Three Months in Jail On May 12, Zubr youth leader Nikita Sasim was sentenced in Baranichsky Regional Court to three months arrest f [...]	2006-05-16 14:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK532	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 19, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko Receives Syrian Baath Party Official On May 18, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Abdullah al-Ahmar, assistant secretary general of Syri [...]	2006-05-22 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK555	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK556	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK557	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK559	GOB SUSPENDS THREE INVESTIGATIONS OF TWO [...] (C) Summary: During the first two weeks of May, GOB authorities announced that investigations into the 1999-2000 disappearances of two opposition activists and the 2004 murder of a journalist were suspended. Independent investigator Garry Pogonayilo believes the lack of progress is due to th [...]	2006-05-26 12:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK56	Jeans Campaign: Youth Try To Unite Through Denim [...] (C) Summary: The human rights NGO Charter97 recently reported that on January 16 the Free Belarus Coalition launched the "jeans campaign." The youth-driven jeans campaign, which grew out of the Day of Solidarity nonviolent resistance campaign, aims to provide Belarusians a safe way to expre [...]	2006-01-24 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK582	PINSK VISIT NOT IDEOLOGICALLY PURE [...] (C) Summary: On May 24 and 25 DCM and Econoff visited the southern cities of Pinsk, Beryoza and Beloozyersk, as well as a newly discovered Holocaust mass grave near Bronnaya Gora. Local activists in Beryoza seemed preoccupied with their problems with the BKGB, but activists in Beloozyersk are [...]	2006-06-02 10:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM KNAR BO
06MINSK608	REGIONAL OUTREACH TO GOMEL REGION HIGH, SUPERVISED [...] (U) Summary: On June 1-2, Ambassador traveled to the regional capital city Gomel and surrounding villages to conduct public outreach. Opposition and civil society representatives described the repressive conditions in which they exist, but the civil society representatives also criticized the [...]	2006-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK627	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 9, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Russian Ambassador Against Belarus' Retaliation for Travel Bans On June 8, the Russian Ambassador to Belarus, Aleksandr Surikov, described [...]	2006-06-14 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK628	State Forces Competition to the Lowest Common Denominator [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, General Manager for Coca-Cola Beverages Belarus Alexander Denisov listed for Econoff a number of problems Coke faces in Belarus. In recent months the Minsk City government has been removing hundreds Coca-Cola refrigerators the company gave to street kiosks selling Cok [...]	2006-06-14 06:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK637	The Belarusian Lottery: Who Is Actually [...] (SBU) Summary: Belarus' lottery industry is booming. The two largest of Belarus' 30 registered lotteries gross USD 6 million per month, with half of that amount going to the GOB to purportedly finance social and sports programs. In light of the industries' high profits, Lukashenko in May ord [...]	2006-06-15 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK640	THE NATIONAL LIBRARY: LUKASHENKO'S DIAMOND OR [...] (U) Summary: The June 9 grand opening of the Belarusian National Library, a 23-story glass diamond-shaped monstrosity on the outskirts of Minsk, was again postponed. Although the authorities did not give a reason for the delay, independent news sources expect it is related to the perennial pro [...]	2006-06-16 05:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK646	EUR/ACE COORDINATOR DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, an EUR/ACE and USAID delegation led by Ambassador Thomas Adams met with representatives of Belarusian opposition non-governmental organizations (NGOs),political parties, and independent news media. Belarus' two main independent opinion pollsters also briefed the deleg [...]	2006-06-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK653	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 20, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Putin Signals Hike in Gas Price to Belarus, Impatient on Union During a Shanghai Cooperation Organization Press Conference, Russian Preside [...]	2006-06-20 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD EINV
06MINSK680	MFA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR-DRUMS UP GOB OUTCRY OVER [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Head of the MFA's U.S. and Canada Desk Sergey Sergeyev formally relayed GOB irritation with the U.S. imposition of visa bans and financial sanctions against GOB officials. Ambassador reiterated the USG had long warned the GOB the U.S. would take such actions against GO [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK690	BELARUS NAMES FOR ASSET FREEZE, TRANCHE 2 [...] (C) Post provides the following information to supplement that gathered by the Department in consideration of freezing the assets of certain Belarusian regime officials. This is the second cable in this series (reftel). Aleksandr Radkov ---------------- 2. (C) Radkov became Minister o [...]	2006-06-30 12:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK694	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 7, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. On July 6, the trial of former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin began in Moskovsky District Court in Minsk. Kozulin supporters, journalists, and representatives i [...]	2006-07-10 05:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK731	KOZULIN VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 13, former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was sentenced to five and a half years in a medium security prison on one charge of disturbing the peace and two counts of hooliganism. The six-day proceedings were at times chaotic and drew a heavy presence [...]	2006-07-14 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK738	Opposition Party Leader Arrested in Rally Near Russian [...] (SBU) On July 17, a Belarusian court sentenced United Civic Party (UCP) leader Anatoly Lebedko to 10 days in jail for "minor hooliganism" for attempting to participate in a July 16 protest near the Russian Embassy in Minsk. Authorities also charged activist Evgeny Askerko, whose trial followed [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK763	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 21, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. --------- Elections --------- 2. United Opposition Forces Preparing for Early Local Elections On July 18, Belarusian Popular Front Deputy Chairman Viktor Ivashkevich announced that, despite the government's tentati [...]	2006-07-21 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK77	Minsk Election Weekly VI (January 20-January 27) [...] (U) January 27 is the final day for presidential contenders to submit signatures. Each contender must submit a minimum of 100,000 signatures to the Central Election Committee. This is the sixth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the Ma [...]	2006-01-30 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK791	NGO Partnership Case Begins, Families and Observers [...] (SBU) On July 28, the criminal trial against four young people associated with the NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership) began in Minsk's Tsentralny district. Belarusian authorities accused Timofei SIPDIS Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira Bronitskaya of operating an illegal [...]	2006-07-28 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK819	US and European Heads of Mission Press for Access to NGO [...] (SBU) U.S. and EU embassies in Minsk have taken an assertive and coordinated approach to spotlighting the criminal trial against four young leaders of the prominent NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership). Belarusian authorities accused Timofei Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira B [...]	2006-08-02 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK820	Belarus Announces Potash Contract with China, China Claims [...] (U) Despite recent claims from the GOB that Belarus has signed a contract to supply potash to China, it remains unclear whether China and Belarus have reached an agreement. China is Belarus' largest buyer of potash, and the lack of a contract has caused Belarus' overall potash exports to drop [...]	2006-08-03 05:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD EAGR USTR BO
06MINSK866	BOBRUISK OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: To gauge the strength of opposition forces ahead of upcoming municipal elections, Poloffs traveled to Bobruisk on July 20, as the southeastern city was preparing for Lukashenko's September annual harvest festival. Although marginalized and weakened, opposition political parties [...]	2006-08-10 13:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO
06MINSK9	Media Mistaken: Partnership Will Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On January 4, Emboffs met with civil initiative Partnership director Nikolai Astreiko to inquire about press reports that Partnership would not be monitoring the March presidential elections. Astreiko stated that Partnership plans to observe the entire electoral process, and proc [...]	2006-01-05 14:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK938	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lawmaker Calls Union State Act 99 Percent Ready (para. 2) - CSTO Consultations on Military Training (para. 3) LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Op [...]	2006-08-28 11:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK95	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - January 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. GOB Deems Defamatory Documentary "Not Discriminatory" On January 14, the Prosecutor General's Office ruled the controversial documentary about gypsies in Belarus that aired [...]	2006-02-01 05:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK963	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 5, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Council Discusses Local Coalitions (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Visits France, Opposes Union State (para. 3) - Police Seize Prot [...]	2006-09-05 10:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK964	CHARGE'S PRESS CONFERENCE ELICITS INTEREST OF [...] (U) On August 31, Charge hosted a press conference with members of the Belarusian independent media and local representatives of various international media outlets. After delivering a brief opening statement, Charge and journalists engaged in a spirited hour-long question-and-answer session [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK975	BREST OPPOSITION PUSHES ON DESPITE GOB PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: An August 22-23 visit by Poloffs to the Western border city of Brest received heavy attention from state security services. Local activists, already under siege by the regime, kept their commitments to meet with Poloffs despite the threat of even further scrutiny from the BKGB. [...]	2006-09-11 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK976	PRO-REGIME NEO-NAZIS INTIMIDATE INDEPENDENT MEDIA, [...] (C) Summary: Following March's stolen presidential elections, the pro-government, pan-Russian, neo-Nazi group "Russian National Unity" (RNE) appears to have undertaken a campaign of intimidation against Belarus' independent media and opposition political parties. This campaign apparently incl [...]	2006-09-11 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MONTEVIDEO254	MERCOSUR - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? URUGUAY'S QUANDARY [...] (C) Summary: The GOU's perception of Mercosur has undergone an extraordinary change over the past year, going from wide-eyed enthusiasm to deep disillusion to even questioning the wisdom of full membership. After initial declarations prioritizing the ""deepening of Mercosur"", the GOU experi [...]	2006-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO555	SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING TRADE TALKS IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: Following the successful Vazquez/POTUS encounter in the Oval Office on May 4, trade talks between GOU negotiators and USTR have been scheduled to take place at a meeting in Washington during the last week of June. The GOU is now much more focused on discussing a Free Trade Agreemen [...]	2006-06-16 15:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL AORC UY
06MONTREAL518	Montreal Outreach on WHTI [...] Summary. The visit of DHS US-Visit Director Jim Williams and Department of States Ann Barrett, Managing Director of U.S. Passport Services, gave post an opportunity to get our message about WHTI out to a number of influential audiences and journalists in Montreal. Exports to the U.S. are extr [...]	2006-05-03 20:00:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CPAS CASC KTRD KPAO PREL CA
06MONTREAL676	MONTREAL REACTIONS TO THE TORONTO ARRESTS [...] (C) Montreal has a diverse population, receiving 88% of the province's immigrants. According to the 2004-05 report from the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, 27.6% of the Island of Montreal's residents are foreign-born. The greater-Montreal area has an estimated Musl [...]	2006-06-16 18:56:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CPAS CVIS CA
06MONTREAL820	Montreal Hosts the First Ever OutGames [...] Montreal is set to host the 1st World OutGames from July 26-August 5. An offshoot of the Federation of Gay Games (held this year in Chicago),which has traditionally focused on providing a venue for homosexuals to openly engage in sports competitions, the OutGames has added a three-day inter [...]	2006-07-28 13:00:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI CASC CA
06MONTREAL826	QUEBEC GOVERNMENT STRATEGY PURSUES KYOTO TARGETS, [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 15th, the Quebec Government released its Climate Change Strategy, including plans to improve public transportation systems, adopt California,s fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and impose a carbon tax. This announcement follows some five months after Montreal h [...]	2006-07-28 19:28:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ENRG CA
06MOSCOW10013	RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ON US, [...] (C) Summary: In advance of his trip to the US to commemorate 9/11, Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergey Mironov previewed with the Ambassador a fall legislative effort to amend the Law on Extremism. Mironov said the reaction to the announced merger of leftist political parties was en [...]	2006-09-10 08:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10689	RUSSIA: PUBLIC CHAMBER MEMBER ON PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pavel Gusev, owner and editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets (MK) and member of the Public Chamber, described a "media vertical" of direct government ownership and indirect corporate persuasion that has left the majority of Russians with a limited range of viewpoints and most o [...]	2006-09-22 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM RS
06MOSCOW11137	UNITED RUSSIA SEEKS MAJORITY IN OCTOBER 8 [...] (C) A September 28 - 29 visit to Chuvashiya in the run-up to the October 8 State Council elections found: -- five of the Republic's twenty-two parties on the ballot, with a sixth --the Party of Pensioners-- denied registration, and joining the Party of Life in supporting Rodina's quest to cr [...]	2006-10-04 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11276	UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO WIN BY A WIDE MARGIN IN TUVA [...] (SBU) Embassy visited the Republic of Tuva October 1-5, in advance of the October 8 regional election. Tuva is tightly controlled by Regional Head Sherig-Ool Oorzhak, who became a member of United Russia (YR) eight months ago, and it is widely believed that YR will win a decisive majority, wit [...]	2006-10-06 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11313	RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON MURDER OF POLITKOVSKAYA [...] (C) In an October 9 conversation with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, underscoring deep U.S. concern over the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, referring also to Department and White House public statements, and stressing the need for a [...]	2006-10-09 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11316	POLITKOVSKAYAâ€™S DEATH SENDS SHOCK WAVES THROUGH [...] (C) The October 7 murder of internationally-known investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has sent shock waves through Moscow. A public demonstration has been held, the co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper where Politkovksaya had worked since 1999, is offering a 25 million ruble reward for [...]	2006-10-09 11:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11490	PUTIN REACTS TO POLITKOVSKAYA ASSASSINATION [...] (C) President Putin, three days after the murder of outspoken investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, issued his definitive public statement that everything would be done to find the killers and bring them to trial. Russia's Prosecutor General, in fact, has already assumed charge of the [...]	2006-10-12 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11533	THIRD CONTRACT KILLING EVOKES MEMORIES OF 1990'S [...] (C) Summary. Vneshtorgbank banker Alexander Plokhin was gunned down October 11 in an apparent contract killing, the third in Moscow in a month. Foreign investors are growing increasingly concerned by the perception of lawlessness in the streets of Moscow, although local business leaders are ta [...]	2006-10-13 12:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER RS
06MOSCOW1171	RUSSIA COMFORTABLE WITH STATUS QUO IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's official stance on Belarus seems to have shifted from resigned noninterference to passive support for Lukashenko and the status quo. However, Russian activists and leaders of the Belarusian opposition based in Moscow have not given up hope that determined resistance wi [...]	2006-02-08 08:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO RS
06MOSCOW11987	EUR A/S FRIED MEETS RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: In his October 21 meeting with EUR A/S Fried, Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin urged presidential endorsement of the unofficial human rights dialogue initiative organized by his office and the Moscow Carnegie Center, against a backdrop of public disenchantment wit [...]	2006-10-25 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11994	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH U.S. NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of four U.S-based NGOs told EUR A/S Fried that they were trying to keep a low profile in light of the NGO law, approaching elections, and increasing GOR assertiveness, especially statist, in key economic sectors. Although NGOs were under increasing scrutiny and [...]	2006-10-26 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EINV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12035	OLMERT VISIT: AUSPICIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert's first working visit to Moscow as prime minister coincided with the 15th anniversary of Israel-Russia renewed diplomatic ties. The issues discussed in Olmert's three meetings--with President Putin, FM Lavrov and Defense Minister Ivanov--included the Middl [...]	2006-10-27 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IS RS
06MOSCOW12265	OWNER VOWS TO PUSH FOR VIGOROUS INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) A resolute Marat Gelman told us October 31 that he intended to use his remaining official contacts to energize a languishing criminal investigation of the October 21 attack on his Moscow Gelman Art Gallery. Law enforcement officials had "done nothing" since ten men smashed twenty paintings [...]	2006-11-03 04:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL RS
06MOSCOW12369	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST MARCH FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Decisive action by the Moscow city authorities and waning enthusiasm for the enterprise produced smaller-then-predicted attendance at the March 4 nationalist "Russian march." In the end, fewer then three thousand Muscovites participated on Saturday, a fraction of the number of police an [...]	2006-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS

06MOSCOW12448	BRYANSK: CASE STUDY OF A REGIONAL PARTY OF POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a keystone of post-Soviet Communist control, the political scene in Bryansk region is now dominated by United Russia (YR). YR has attracted the youth, business, and elite vote - votes that used to be divided between the Communist Party and liberal parties like the Union of [...]	2006-11-15 09:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12600	RUSSIA'S RELATIONS WITH BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. Another Putin-Lukashenko meeting has come and gone with few evident results. It occurred against a widespread perception here that Putin would like to rein in Lukashenko as part of Russia's growing assertiveness. Unresolved problems, most notably those related to energy, plague [...]	2006-11-24 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
06MOSCOW12717	RUSSIAN YOUTH POLITICS, OR LACK THEREOF: PART 2 OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is the second part of a two-part message describing Russian political youth groups. Russia's youth is overwhelmingly apolitical, and youth groups in general have very little impact on political life in Russia. The small bit of political life that does exist is restricted to t [...]	2006-11-30 17:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW12751	LITVINENKO ASSASSINATION: REACTION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) The November 23 death by radiation poisoning of former FSB agent Aleksandr Litvinenko in London has spawned a welter of conspiracy theories in Russia. The media have variously traced Litvinenko's demise to XXXXXXXXXXXX, suicide, Putin's Kremlin, Putin himself, those determined to undermine Put [...]	2006-12-01 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW12856	COMMUNIST PARTY DEPUTY CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HIS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 6 meeting with EUR/RUS Director Mary Warlick, Communist Party (KPRF) Deputy Chairman Ivan Melnikov offered reactions to current domestic political events that confirmed his rumored social democratic leanings, and that suggested he was positioning himself to replace [...]	2006-12-08 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12878	GAYDAR'S WEEKEND INTERVIEWS LEAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT [...] (C) A December 6 Financial Times article and two TV interviews with ex-Prime Minister Gaydar broadcast the weekend of December 8 have shed little light on Gaydar's alleged poisoning November 22 in Dublin. Although Gaydar's Moscow doctors have been unable or unwilling to state that Gaydar had [...]	2006-12-12 08:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12900	CHITA: CONDEMNED LAND SEEKS FUTURE AS GATEWAY TO [...] (C) Summary. Squeezed between China and the rest of Siberia and challenged with an oppressively harsh climate, Chita Oblast has historically served as a place of exile and remains one of Russia's poorest regions. The break-up of the Soviet Union led to the collapse of the region's livestock [...]	2006-12-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN RS
06MOSCOW12917	DFM YAKOVENKO: "DISAPPOINTMENT" OVER US RAISING OF [...] (C) On December 13, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Yakovenko called the Ambassador to register "concern and disappointment" over U.S. efforts in the Security Council to raise the plight of Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin, despite Belarus not being on the UNSC agenda [...]	2006-12-13 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC RS BO
06MOSCOW12981	THREE DEMONSTRATIONS AND A CONVENTION [...] (C) Political groupings of all stripes made their presence known in Moscow over the December 16-17 weekend: -- "Other Russia" staged its "March of the Discontented." About 2,500 participants from a hodgepodge of groups, united only by their opposition to the current government and rejection [...]	2006-12-19 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW18	NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. NSC Senior Director Thomas Graham met December 21 with Modest Kolerov, who was named several months ago to run a new Kremlin directorate dealing with Russia's ties to its neighbors. Kolerov rejected the notion that the U.S. and Russia should engage in a dialogue on Russia's nei [...]	2006-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2447	COURT CASES STIR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ASTRAKHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ongoing court cases in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have stirred part of the local Muslim community to protest against perceived discrimination. On a February 28 - March 1 trip to Astrakhan, we found that some in its Muslim community suspect that a city order to de [...]	2006-03-13 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW3190	CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Thomas Adams, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said her office would help monitor the controversial NGO legislation when i [...]	2006-03-29 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EAID RS
06MOSCOW3333	U.S. NUCLEAR PRIMACY ARTICLE HITS A NERVE [...] (C) Summary: A Foreign Affairs article asserting the advent of U.S. nuclear primacy has caused a stir in the Russian political elite and media and forced Russian leaders to defend the viability of Russia's deterrent force. The thesis plays to the belief that the U.S. regards Russia as a pot [...]	2006-03-31 08:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC PGOV RS
06MOSCOW3945	"OPEN RUSSIA" ON THE ROPES, BUT IRINA YASINA HOPES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12 a Moscow court upheld an earlier ruling freezing the assets of the Open Russia Foundation, which had been founded by and received the bulk of its funding from Mikhail Khodorkovskiy. Open Russia head Irina Yasina told the Ambassador on April 13 that though she planned [...]	2006-04-14 06:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5377	VLADIMIR LUKIN, RUSSIA'S PRAGMATIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin will visit the U.S. May 23-26. A former diplomat (who was once Russia's Ambassador in Washington) and Duma member from the Yabloko Party, Lukin has had a mixed reputation in Russia's human rights community. Many activists view him a [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW6065	SQUEEZING BELARUS, BUT NOT UNTIL IT POPS [...] (C) Summary. Moscow's embrace of Lukashenko before and immediately after his March 19 reelection has tightened into a clench. Analysts here agree the GOR has sent a blunt message to Lukashenko: he needs to move from talk to action on at least economic integration. Some observers see Moscow [...]	2006-06-07 04:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW6229	GORBACHEV AND A POLITICAL ALLY BUY INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev announced at a June 7 meeting with foreign journalists that he and a political ally, Duma Deputy Aleksandr Lebedev, had purchased a 49 percent stake in the fiercely independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta." They made the purchase from the [...]	2006-06-08 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW6762	OUT AS PROCURATOR GENERAL, USTINOV RETURNS AS [...] (U) On June 23 President Putin nominated Vladimir Ustinov -- who on June 2 had been removed from his prior position as Procurator General -- to be Minister of Justice. In his new position Ustinov succeeds former Justice Minister Yuriy Chayka, who on June 19 was named as Ustinov's successor as [...]	2006-06-26 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RS
06MOSCOW7293	FSB CONFIRMS DEATH OF SHAMIL BASAYEV [...] (C) The Federal Security Service (FSB) confirmed to LEGATT at 1715 local that Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed in an operation in the early hours of July 10. LEGATT's FSB contacts, who had minutes earlier been unaware of the reports, refused to give further details. 2. (C) Acc [...]	2006-07-10 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW8148	EXTREMISM LAW SIGNED BY PUTIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As expected, President Putin signed into law July 28 amendments to legislation "On Countering Extremism," despite concerns among many that the law may restrict legitimate criticism of the government. As noted in reftel, the revised law expands the definition of extremist activity [...]	2006-07-31 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RS
06MOSCOW8507	THE POLITICAL SKIRMISH BEHIND THE "MOSKOVSKIYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late last year, Israeli businessman Arkadiy Gaydamak bought the liberal weekly newspaper "Moskovskiy Novostiy" (MN) and promptly announced it would become a pro-Kremlin publication. The newspaper's deputy editor in chief, Svetlana Babayeva, told us July 31 that over half a year [...]	2006-08-09 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW922	A RANGE OF EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC CHAMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Public Chamber gets down to work following its inaugural plenary on January 22, its members have differing expectations about what it will accomplish. Publicly, many members expressed at least guarded optimism about the Chamber. Privately, views differ appreciably. One C [...]	2006-01-30 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW9356	BASAYEV'S WIDOW ABDUCTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The abduction of a female journalist in Chechnya that prompted public appeals from human rights groups could have consequences for the Chechen newspaper that employed her as a stringer and the groups seeking her release, following the revelation that she is Shamil Basayev's wido [...]	2006-08-25 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINR RS
06MUMBAI1253	HOW SOUTHERN CHHATTISGARH BECAME INDIA'S HUB OF NAXALITE [...] (C) Southern Chhattisgarh has become the epicenter of Naxalite violence in India, with 214 insurgent-related casualties to date in 2006 and every indication that numbers will continue to rise. There are several causes for this escalating crisis. After the state was established in late 2000, [...]	2006-07-05 11:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC IN
06MUMBAI1310	AS DEATH TOLL NEARS 200, CONTOURS OF MUMBAI BOMBING [...] (C) Despite the local media's poor track record in handling on-the-record remarks, enough reputable media outlets have directly attributed a particular theory of the Mumbai train bombings to senior police leadership that the contours of the investigation are emerging. If the state's media is t [...]	2006-07-14 13:47:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL CASC ASEC PK IN
06MUMBAI1986	GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER MODI SETS HIS SIGHTS ON NATIONAL [...] (C) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has his sights on national politics. Everyone we spoke to during a recent trip to Ahmedabad told us that Modi will use an expected state election victory next year to make a bid for the national presidency of the BJP. RSS and BJP leaders in Delhi echo thes [...]	2006-11-02 12:42:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS PHUM KIRF KISL ECON IN
06MUMBAI2054	JULY RELIEF PACKAGE NOT ENOUGH, FARMER SUICIDES CONTINUE IN [...] (SBU) Farmer suicides have continued in the drought affected Vidarbha region of Eastern Maharashtra in spite of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's debt relief package announced in early July. Over 900 farmer suicides have been reported in Vidarbha this year, 300 of which occurred after the July [...]	2006-12-11 13:03:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID PREL IN
06MUNICH767	MR. PUTIN GOES TO BAVARIA [...] The Bavarian government warmly welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Munich October 11. Shortly after Putin's visit, the so-called "Days of Moscow" were opened in the Bavarian capital marking the visit of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, to whom Minister-President Stoiber aw [...]	2006-10-31 08:30:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM RS
06MUNICH838	PREVIEW OF THE 43D MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) The 43d annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the "Davos" of the security policy world is set to take place February 9-11, 2007 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, parliamentary delegations an [...]	2006-12-08 11:54:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM NATO GM
06MUSCAT1023	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI SECURITY; IRANIAN OIL; ARAB LEAGUE [...] On June 26, all Omani papers carried prominent front-page coverage of the previous day's Palestinian attack on an Israeli checkpoint. English-language papers carried wire-service coverage, on which Arabic papers also drew, adding that Palestinian militants had "martyred" themselves. Iran cov [...]	2006-06-28 05:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1090	MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, IRAQI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] Israel's Gaza incursion continued to receive strongly negative coverage in the local press. In a July 7 front-page article, privately owned Arabic-language daily "Al-Watan" (circulation 42,000) reported that Israel had used unspecified "internationally-banned weapons." Arabic papers front-pag [...]	2006-07-11 07:15:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1122	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL-LEBANESE CONFLICT; OMANI LABOR [...] SUMMARY: Omani press decries "Israeli aggression." Private "Al-Watan" daily laments "Arab silence." The state-owned "Oman" deems Hezbollah to be conducting "legitimate resistance." In online discussion, participants applaud Oman's new labor law, even if "American pressure" is behind it, and [...]	2006-07-17 12:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1376	OMAN: SHARP REACTION TO POPE'S REMARKS [...] (C) Summary: Pope Benedict's recent remarks on Islam elicited an unexpectedly strong reaction in the local press, Internet chatrooms, and general conversation. Omani papers have prominently highlighted international critical response to the papal comments, while editorials in Arabic state-ow [...]	2006-09-19 13:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL MU
06MUSCAT1422	MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE, U.S.-OMAN FTA, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: English daily "Oman" laments Palestinian infighting, lauds the "vital role" of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA),criticizes America's "failure" to ensure security in Iraq, and says Arab-Israeli peace must precede regional peace. Arabic daily "Al-Watan" chides Israel for its [...]	2006-10-02 13:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1468	OMAN MOVES EARLY TO INCREASE VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Omani government has started an early media campaign to increase voter registration. In addition to placing announcements on the radio and in newspapers, the Minister of Interior held an unprecedented question-and- answer session at a gathering of the Oman Journalists Association t [...]	2006-10-11 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KMPI MU
06MUSCAT1482	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDEAST TOUR, DPRK NUCLEAR [...] SUMMARY: "Oman" expresses skepticism about Secretary's latest Middle East tour, supports dialogue with Pyongyang, and claims that the Greater Middle East Initiative aims to weaken Arab culture. "Al-Watan" says the West's "double standards" are responsible for North Korea's nuclear program, an [...]	2006-10-16 11:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1484	OMAN'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SHRINK [...] (U) Oman's textile industry continues to whither away in terms of value and employment, as government statistics confirm a steep drop in production over the past year. While the upcoming implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) may stop further declines in this sector, it is [...]	2006-10-17 14:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX MU
06MUSCAT1487	RAMADAN IN OMAN: SPIRITS ARE HIGH, BUT SO ARE PRICES [...] (SBU) Omanis are in a generally positive mood as Ramadan draws to a close. Seasonal goodwill, however, has been blemished by complaints of price increases on basic foodstuffs and other items. As elsewhere in the region, Omanis are watching Arabic-language serial programs on television produce [...]	2006-10-21 03:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON MU
06MUSCAT1490	COMMERCE MINISTER ADDRESSES FTA CONCERNS [...] (U) On October 16, Econoff, Poleoff, and Poleassistant attended Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan's address on the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to members of the Oman Journalists' Association. Maqbool used the public engagement to highlight the FTA's expected benef [...]	2006-10-21 08:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1491	COMMERCE MINISTER ADDRESSES FTA CONCERNS [...] (U) On October 16, Econoff, Poleoff, and Poleassistant attended Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan's address on the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to members of the Oman Journalists' Association. Maqbool used the public engagement to highlight the FTA's expected benef [...]	2006-10-21 08:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1535	MEDIA REACTION: FERNANDEZ COMMENTS, DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM, [...] SUMMARY: Alberto Fernandez's Al-Jazeera remarks received extensive coverage in local press; government-owned "Oman Daily Observer" ran positive pictures of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi children; private daily "Al-Shabiba" criticized the "double standards" of U.S. policy on Israeli and North Korea [...]	2006-10-31 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT162	MFA ARAB CHIEF ON IRAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA [...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, MFA Arab Affairs Chief Ambassador Ahmed al-Harthy expressed deep misgivings about the IAEA's decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council, fearing the move pushes a diplomatic solution further out of reach. He said recent Oman-Iran discus [...]	2006-02-08 08:44:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL PARM KNNP PINR XF MU
06MUSCAT1627	OMAN: MIXED SIGNALS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (U) Two events during the past week presented a sharp contrast between rhetoric and reality in terms of public expression in Oman. On November 19, Minister of Information Hamad bin Mohammed Al Rasdhi addressed the Oman Journalists Association (OJA) and stated unequivocally that "the press in O [...]	2006-11-26 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECPS KPAO MU
06MUSCAT1639	MEDIA REACTION: GEMAYEL ASSASSINATION, IRAQI SECTARIAN [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" blames Israel's Lebanon policy for precipitating the Gemayel assassination; private paper "Al-Watan" says "foreign powers" are hindering solutions to Iraq's bloodshed; an "Al-Watan" columnist wants more "constructive criticism" in local media; Omani government shuts [...]	2006-11-27 13:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1646	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF AUSTR FOR EUROPE AND THE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on December 4 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. In addition to your participation as the keynote speaker and panel participant in the December 6 U.S.-Oman FTA Awareness Conference, we have confirmed me [...]	2006-12-02 14:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU
06MUSCAT170	AMERICAN FILMS SHOWCASED IN ARAB CULTURAL CAPITAL [...] Summary: This year's Muscat Film Festival, January 21- 28, was held in conjunction with the month-long Muscat Festival to showcase Muscat as this year's Arab Cultural Capital. Taken together, these events provided an ideal platform for the Embassy to reach a substantial Omani audience numbe [...]	2006-02-08 14:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC IZ MU
06MUSCAT1726	MEDIA REACTION: FTA AND OMANI PAY RAISE, CRITICISM OF [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" ties a royal decree raising civil-service wages to Oman's international economic policies including the U.S-Oman FTA; the same paper also criticizes closed Internet forum forum "Al-Sablah" for "crossing red lines." As Saudi King Abdullah visits Oman, state- [...]	2006-12-24 08:24:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT219	OMAN ONLINE: HEALTH CARE, A DISMISSAL, AND DENMARK [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]	2006-02-15 14:03:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU
06MUSCAT671	MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON IRAN, HAMAS, IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr reiterated to the Ambassador on April 25 Oman's paramount concern at finding a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear standoff, expressing frustration that creative solutions and confidence-building measures are not being more aggressively p [...]	2006-04-26 14:38:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MNUC IR IZ XF MU
06MUSCAT954	OMAN REAFFIRMS NO ISRAELI BOYCOTT, DENOUNCES [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Emboffs, Omani officials denounced a Jerusalem Post article alleging the application of the Arab League boycott in Oman. The government plans to respond formally to a Congressional inquiry on the matter, but will not comment publicly. End Summary. ---------- [...]	2006-06-12 13:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KBCT OPRC PREL IS MU
06NAHA228	PAC3 SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED TO OKINAWA [...] (C) Summary: The introduction of the Patriot PAC-3 Air Defense Battalion into Okinawa is a success, with the locally (in Okinawa) most difficult part, the ground movement of sensitive equipment from port and pier to its destination within Kadena AFB, completed October 13. Despite some miscalc [...]	2006-10-16 10:19:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS JA
06NAHA238	OKINAWA GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN: POSTER SPOT REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Okinawa Prefecture gubernatorial race remains too close to call, and the two major candidates are engaged in a technically illegal unofficial poster campaign. The reformist parties backing the woman running as their unified candidate seem torn between self-promotion and gett [...]	2006-11-08 03:11:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR JA KN
06NAHA243	CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE NAKAIMA WIN OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S RACE [...] (C) Summary. On November 19, Okinawan voters elected conservative candidate Hirokazu NAKAIMA over reformist, anti-base candidate Keiko ITOKAZU as their new governor by a margin of 5.6 points. Nakaima's victory showed the Okinawan electorate rejected Itokazu's focus on the elimination of Marine [...]	2006-11-20 07:55:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PREL MARR
06NAIROBI1114	AN UNSETTLED KENYA AWAITS NEXT SHOE TO DROP [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Kibaki publicly stands firm behind the Kenyan Police raid on the Standard Media Group. Meanwhile, Standard journalists and others privately say the raids were prompted by a State House belief that the paper possesses documents implicating the President's family in grand [...]	2006-03-10 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS SNAR ASEC ECON PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1154	KENYAN GOVERNMENT FUMBLES, OPPOSITION BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Parliament set to reconvene March 21, Kenya's "ODM" opposition is armed with a number of issues over which to take on the government. Buoyed by the government's recent media crack-down gaffe, ODM leaders have publicly recommitted themselves to cooperation. Their united ext [...]	2006-03-15 02:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1187	"MERCENARIES" IN KENYA TURN TABLES ON THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stepping out of the shadows, Kenya's "foreign mercenaries" stun Kenya with claims the opposition, not the government, tried to hire them to bankroll regime change. Following the foreigners' March 13 staged press conference, ostensibly to clear their names, the intensity of the [...]	2006-03-15 13:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CVIS KE
06NAIROBI1261	SOMALIA: WORST COMBAT IN FIVE YEARS PUT AT USG [...] (S) A broad array of post's Somali and the international community contacts see the heavy recent fighting in Mogadishu between an Alliance to Combat Terror and Jihadist- linked militias as being at least USG-financed, perhaps USG- instigated. This broad consensus -- across clan and political [...]	2006-03-20 14:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI1688	RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]	2006-04-19 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2168	KENYAN MEDIA: FIRMLY IN GOVERNMENT'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the government hoped the public's outrage over the March Standard Media Group raids would quietly dissipate, continuing official actions only underscore the government's unrelenting ire towards Kenyan media. While paying lip service to its commitment to free media on the [...]	2006-05-17 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2509	DIVERSITY VISA FRAUD - OPERATION GHOST MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2 Post culminated over six months of investigations into a marriage fraud ring with the arrest by Kenyan authorities of over 70 Diversity Visa applicants. Simultaneous arrests and searches in other locations revealed a criminal ring was involved in matching Kenyan appli [...]	2006-06-07 13:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE
06NAIROBI2640	SOMALIA: ISLAMIST ADVANCES, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Somali town of Belet Weyne was taken over by the Islamic Courts Union (ICU),apparently by fiat rather than force, the morning of June 15. This now puts the ICU in control of the entire Shebelle valley and offers enhanced connections to supplies from the Gulf. Leaders in the [...]	2006-06-15 15:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PINS PGOV PREL SO
06NAIROBI2781	SOMALI SUPREME ISLAMIC COURTS COUNCIL: THE WOLF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The formation of a Supreme Islamic Courts Council headed by al Qaida associate Hassan Dahir Aweys has raised concerns in the Transitional Federal Government about the possibility of alternate governing structures becoming more firmly rooted in Mogadishu. While one civil society a [...]	2006-06-27 03:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV SO
06NAIROBI3217	CHARTERHOUSE WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan auditor Peter Odhiambo exposed billions of shillings of tax evasion and money laundering at his former employer, Charterhouse Bank, by a group of major companies partly owned by notorious businessman John Mwau and MP William Kabogo. On July 20, Odhiambo briefed Emboffs on [...]	2006-07-26 02:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE TZ UG
06NAIROBI3392	KENYA COAST: FAILING TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Mombasa and Lamu to assess the impact of our outreach efforts to this marginalized region. From conversations with a variety of contacts who have worked with us over the past few years, one theme dominated: the message of our contributions to promote develop [...]	2006-08-04 07:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO EAID
06NAIROBI3726	KENYAN GOVERNMENT DROPS ONE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: An almost one-year old legal case against two journalists charged with publishing an "alarming" article has been quietly dropped by the government of Kenya (GOK). But the GOK is pursuing another legal case against other journalists under the same law, despite the risk of negative [...]	2006-08-24 14:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI4000	KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions an [...]	2006-09-14 11:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4002	KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama?s (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions a [...]	2006-09-14 11:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4299	FEEBLE CASE AGAINST JOURNALISTS FINALLY DROPPED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 29 the Government of Kenya dropped its weak case against three journalists from the Standard daily newspaper charged with publishing an alarming story in February. The three men had been arrested two days before the infamous March 2 Standard Media Raids. Although [...]	2006-10-05 06:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4421	Charterhouse Bank and Money Laundering; Still Waiting for [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is fighting a rearguard legal battle to keep Charterhouse Bank temporarily closed in light of convincing evidence that the bank is little more than a money laundering machine. Beyond this, however, the GOK appears to be doing little to bring the cas [...]	2006-10-16 03:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE
06NAIROBI4477	POLIO SURFACES IN KENYA REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) On October 16, Refcoord Addis learned from UNHCR and other sources that a case of polio had been discovered at Dadaab refugee camp. The case, the first in Kenya in twenty years, was originally identified on September 23 by GTZ doctors at the camp. GTZ doctors turned the information over [...]	2006-10-17 04:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
06NAIROBI4841	KENYA: TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Kenya has made minimal progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),but there are ambitious plans for the near future. Senior GOK officials acknowledge the gravity of the TIP problem in Kenya, and have expressed support for the establishment of a Steering Commit [...]	2006-11-13 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG KE
06NAIROBI939	MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration,s respect for the rule of law. The &Standard8, despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard-hitting investiga [...]	2006-03-02 10:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI945	MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration's respect for the rule of law. The "Standard", despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard- hitting investiga [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI973	KENYAN MEDIA CRACKDOWN: PUBLIC OUTRAGED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public fury and disgust mounted with official confirmation that Kenyan police conducted the March 2 raids against the Standard Media Group. Senior government officials are split in their reactions, ranging from condemnation to brashly unapologetic. The flimsy official explanati [...]	2006-03-03 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI974	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON PRESS [...] (U) The pre-dawn March 2 Kenyan police commando-style raids on the Standard Media Group's headquarters, television transmission station, and printing plant, which resulted in the destruction of property, arrests and the burning of newspapers, and the disruption of newsprint and broadcasting op [...]	2006-03-03 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI988	MICHUKI UNBOWED, BUT OPPOSITION GROWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Minister Michuki remains unbowed in his conviction that the police actions against independent media were fully legal and justified in the name of national security. Civil society, the media and opposition parliamentarians plan a day of peaceful protest against what many [...]	2006-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NASSAU1312	PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank discussion in a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Christie expressed surprise at the Bahamian voting record in the U.N. and limited multilateral cooperation with the U.S. at the UN. The Prime Minister and Ambassador agreed that bilateral coop [...]	2006-08-28 22:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR UNGA BF
06NASSAU243	U.S. JOURNALISTS' ALTERCATION AT DETENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Miami-based reporter from Univision suffered injuries to the head after an altercation February 7 with guards at the Immigration Detention Center in Nassau. The incident sparked protests at the Bahamian Consulate in Miami and has prompted several Cuban exile groups to call for [...]	2006-02-10 20:01:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU BF KPAO
06NASSAU612	BAHAMAS BACKGROUND FOR CARICOM-USTR MEETING [...] The Bahamas will be represented at CARICOM's April 12 meeting with USTR Portman by Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell and Leonard Archer, the Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM. Background material on The Bahamas and Minister Mitchell follows. Economy is Small but Developed ----------------------- [...]	2006-04-06 20:27:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL BF
06NASSAU862	FM MITCHELL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell asked to meet with the Ambassador May 24 to coordinate management of mounting public concerns about sonar testing at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). During the meeting Mitchell also sought to defend The Bahamas' vote for [...]	2006-06-01 19:59:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KUNR CU BF
06NDJAMENA1026	CHAD: NEW THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: A harsh new proposed law governing the press in Chad is back in the hands of its authors - high-ranking cabinet members - after being simultaneously recalled by the government and rejected by a National Assembly commission, who qualified it as "repressive." The proposed law, [...]	2006-08-08 16:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA1113	SENATOR OBAMA VISITS REFUGEE CAMPS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Following meetings with the African Union, UNHCR and partner organizations, and the Sudanese refugees, the message to Senator Obama was clear: a United Nations force was needed to bring security to the region. 2. (U) On September 2, Senator Barack Obama, accompanied by members of th [...]	2006-09-06 16:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1182	NEW DIRECTOR OF CHAD PRESIDENT'S CIVIL CABINET [...] (C) Summary. The new Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet told the Ambassador that Chadian rebels in the east were effectively confined to a zone near the border and would not venture further into Chad. He spoke frankly of ongoing negotiations with the rebels and reported some success [...]	2006-10-02 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA1334	IDP CRISIS IN GOZ BEIDA [...] (SBU) Goz Beida has become significantly more unstable as a result of attacks on villages which have produced a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Attempts to tally numbers of individuals and families are underway, but UNHCR staff from the town of Kou Kou-Angarana estimated that [...]	2006-11-15 16:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA1339	REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT REFERRAL: DAOUD IBRAHIM HARI [...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena would like to refer the following refugee resettlement case. Below is the biographic information of the candidate, a description of the persecution claim, and a justification of resettlement. 2. (SBU) NAME: Daoud Ibrahim Hari DOB: 1973 POB: Musbat, Darfur [...]	2006-11-20 06:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA1379	A MUZZLED CHADIAN PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Losing readership and unable to report on the real news in Chad, representatives of the francophone print media are demoralized and frustrated. While independent newspapers reach only a small Chadian elite, the censorship imposed during the State of Emergency has dealt a seve [...]	2006-11-30 08:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CD PGOV
06NDJAMENA1414	CHAD: MINISTER DEFENDS PRESS CENSORSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The continued censorship of the Chadian press is justified as long as Chad is in a state of war with rebel movements trying to destabilize the country, according to the country's Minister of Communication, responding to concerns raised by the Ambassador about the restrictions. [...]	2006-12-13 09:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA443	CHAD: GOVERNMENT TROOPS TAKE ON REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chadian armed forces, led by President Deby, moved against a Zaghawa rebel group on Chad's eastern border on March 20-21. Both sides claimed victory and it is doubtful that Government of Chad (GOC) action dealt a death blow to the rebels. Deby has bolstered his image -- but hi [...]	2006-03-23 14:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CD SU
06NDJAMENA487	CHAD: KEBZABO ON OPPOSITION UNITY AND OBSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim leader Kebzabo acknowledges that the regime has more to fear from the armed rebels than from the democratic opposition but the latter is relatively unified for the first time and determined to go beyond boycotting the coming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-04-03 11:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA539	CHAD: MORNING AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one hundred prisoners were displayed on the parade grounds in Ndjamena the morning after the April 13 fighting, amid government nervousness that a number of rebels had fled. The French are widely perceived to have been crucial to beating the rebels. Some senior [...]	2006-04-14 14:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AESC MOPS CH
06NDJAMENA579	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY THANKS U.S. FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Wall on April 20, President Deby thanked the United States for condemning Sudan's role in the recent attacks on Chad. He shared information on what he feared would be a new attack in the East in the coming days, and stated that Sudan was also arming Ce [...]	2006-04-20 16:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV EPET ENRG CD
06NDJAMENA586	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...]	2006-04-21 20:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU
06NDJAMENA587	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...]	2006-04-21 20:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU
06NDJAMENA604	DAS YAMAMOTO VISIT TO CHAD APRIL 24-25 [...] (C) Summary: During his April 24-25 visit to Chad, DAS Yamamoto conveyed to President Deby a message from the Secretary calling for postponement of the May 3 election and SIPDIS initiation of constructive political dialogue. Deby refused to postpone the election, citing a constitutional v [...]	2006-04-26 17:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA608	CAR: BOZIZE WILL MEET CAR REBELS, ARCHBISHOP SAYS [...] (U) The following cable was drafted by U.S. Embassy Bangui. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Archbishop of Bangui told Poloff on April 25 that the CAR rebel group Union of Republican Forces (UFR) and President Bozize recently agreed to meet and engage in a dialogue. Some issues remain, but the Archbish [...]	2006-04-28 14:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CT
06NDJAMENA643	PRESIDENT DEBY'S ELECTION: NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few bothered to vote, no opposition leader of any stature was a candidate, and the voter registration lists were virtually useless, but never mind. Now that these peaceful, but flawed elections held on May 3 are behind him, President Deby will claim a popular mandate for holdi [...]	2006-05-04 17:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA684	CHAD: ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing what most observers considered a formality, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) announced last night that President Idriss Deby Itno was the projected winner of the May 3 presidential election. According to the preliminary results, which must be cer [...]	2006-05-15 16:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF
06NDJAMENA704	CHAD'S GRAND IMAM WELCOMES [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Chad's Grand Imam, Sheikh Hassan Hissein Abakar, the spiritual leader of Chadian Muslims. The Grand Imam was seriously injured last week in a dispute outside his office, and the visit provided an opportunity to wish him a speedy recovery. [...]	2006-05-18 12:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PREL PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA706	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE: N'DJAMENA ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Minni Minnawi was warmly welcomed in N'Djamena, where he is consulting with the Chadian Government, SLM followers in Chad, non-governmental organizations, and the media. Minni described his meetings with President Idriss Deby as p [...]	2006-05-18 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
06NEWDELHI1172	RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...]	2006-02-15 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN

06NEWDELHI1175	PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K [...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...]	2006-02-15 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI1315	MUSLIMS SQUARE OFF - AGAINST AND FOR THE POTUS [...] (C) Summary: On February 21, influential Muslim leader Imam Bukhari of Old Delhi's Jama Mosque confirmed to Poloff that he had rejected overtures from anti-American leaders to support their "Bush go Back" campaign. Bukhari, who formerly supported anti-US campaigns, has moderated his views an [...]	2006-02-22 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1953	SECULAR INDIA SUPPORTS EMMANUEL MINISTRIES, [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of Indians from all religious communities marched on the Rajasthan Parliament in Jaipur on March 21 to demand an end to the anti-Emmanuel Mission (EM) campaign of state Minister for Social Welfare and Cooperatives Madan Delivar. The issue also caused a major uproar in [...]	2006-03-22 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI20	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaker Hastert, your delegation's upcoming visit to India on January 10-13 provides a significant opportunity to advance the burgeoning India/US relationship. After forty years of drift during the Cold War, the US and India are making up for lost time. Thanks to the energy a [...]	2006-01-03 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PK INCB IR
06NEWDELHI2229	GOI GETS GOOD ATMOSPHERICS BUT LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI went to great lengths to cast a positive glow over Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-22 visit to New Delhi in an effort to improve the tone of the bilateral relationship. Our MEA contacts lamented that this positive turn-around came just in time for Zia's lame duc [...]	2006-03-31 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EINV ETRD ENRG EPET IN BG
06NEWDELHI2291	RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...]	2006-04-04 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2363	SIX ALLEGED VARANASI TERRORISTS ARRESTED [...] (U) Uttar Predesh police on April 5 announced the arrests of six alleged terrorists they say were behind the March 7 twin bomb blasts in Varanasi (Reftel). The press reports -- many of which were un-bylined, a possible sign they came from an Intelligence Bureau or Research and Analysis Wing s [...]	2006-04-07 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI2365	KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...]	2006-04-07 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC
06NEWDELHI2706	INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...]	2006-04-21 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK
06NEWDELHI2747	INDIA STILL HOPEFUL ON NEPALESE PARTIES, TEMPERS [...] (C) Summary: Following criticism of its statement of support for Nepalese King Gyanendra's April 21 announcement, the MEA reassured us on April 23 and 24 that it continues to work with the Nepalese political parties and believes the "door is not closed" to a compromise between the parties and [...]	2006-04-24 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2867	EXPECTED SONIA GANDHI ELECTORAL VICTORY NOT ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Poloff's April 19-21 trip to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that the political equation has changed since our previous visit in January. Then, most considered the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to be on its way out. However, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has since used American [...]	2006-04-27 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI2915	RAJASTHAN UPDATE: EMI FOUNDER RECEIVES [...] (U) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) founder MA Thomas was granted anticipatory bail on April 21, but remains in hiding, All India Christian Council President John Dayal twld us on April 27. Dayal also reported that EMI President Samuel Thomas (son of MA Thomas) remains in j [...]	2006-04-28 11:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2967	INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]	2006-05-01 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI2998	TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...]	2006-05-02 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN
06NEWDELHI3199	INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...]	2006-05-09 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR
06NEWDELHI3266	SRI LANKAN ENVOY URGES INDIAN ENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's visiting Foreign Minister has requested India's help to resume peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),while concurrently seeking India's assistance to choke LTTE's financial and logistical resources. Despite Sri Lanka's request, domestic politic [...]	2006-05-11 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS IN
06NEWDELHI3272	INDIA ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR NASA [...] (U) This is an action request for OES and SCA. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) In a remarkably warm May 9 meeting at the ISRO Satellite Center in Bangalore, ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair welcomed Michael Griffin as the first NASA Administrator to visit India in 30 years and outlined a broad a [...]	2006-05-11 14:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MOPS MTCR PREL SENV TSPA IN
06NEWDELHI3307	FRESH CHARGE AGAINST EMI PRESIDENT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International's (EMI) President Samuel Thomas told Poloff on May 11 that the court struck down charges of sedition brought by the Rajasthan government on May 10. He noted that the charges were filed under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code for having a map o [...]	2006-05-12 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3466	WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI3471	CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA [...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...]	2006-05-18 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI3506	AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST [...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...]	2006-05-19 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF
06NEWDELHI3549	AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT [...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...]	2006-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3880	SCION'S DRUG OVERDOSE SHOCKS BJP [...] (C) Summary: On June 3, Rahul Mahajan, the son of recently murdered BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose. The family's private secretary, Bibek Maitra, who was with Rahul, died. On June SIPDIS 4, the private hospital treating Rahul claimed that [...]	2006-06-05 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR SNAR IN
06NEWDELHI4336	COMMUNISTS HOPE TO "CAPITALIZE" ON NAXALITE [...] (C) Summary: Communist ideologues view the resurgent Naxalite movement as a potential political windfall. Looking closely at events in Nepal, they have concluded that the Indian Naxalites could eventually reform, join the Indian mainstream and ally with the Communists. The non-Maoist Commu [...]	2006-06-20 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4667	STAGED ENCOUNTERS A BLEMISH ON INDIAN CT, LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: A review of Indian media would suggest that police, military and paramilitary officers have become expert at intercepting terrorists and at killing them in self-defense. Scratch the surface, however, and what lies underneath is an "encounter killing" -- an extrajudicial execut [...]	2006-07-03 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN
06NEWDELHI4928	J&K CROSS-SECTION AGREES, EVERYTHING SLIPPING [...] (C) Summary: July 5-8 meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with a cross-section of journalists, police officials, NGO activists, businesspeople, and politicians from most major J&K parties demonstrated to Poloff and PolFSN that our J&K interlocutors are united as never before in their assessment th [...]	2006-07-13 10:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CASC PHUM PBTS SCUL SOCI PREF
06NEWDELHI4948	NERVOUS NORTH INDIAN MUSLIMS ANTICIPATE A POST [...] (C) Summary: The Mumbai attacks have focused attention on the fragile communal situation in the North Indian Hindi belt, most particularly in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Indian security agencies are warning that both the Students' Islamic Organization of India (SIMI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have esta [...]	2006-07-13 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI4989	TERROR ATTACKS IN INDIA LIKELY TO DAMAGE INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In addition to the Prime Minister's public suggestion that Pakistan is behind the July 11 terror bombings, there is even stronger private Indian suspicion of a connection between Pakistan and the Mumbai terrorists. Indian media and conservative think-tanks are almost unanimous in [...]	2006-07-14 14:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER IN
06NEWDELHI5030	PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...]	2006-07-18 10:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI5133	WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...]	2006-07-21 06:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5135	INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]	2006-07-21 07:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5138	STORM CLOUDS GATHERING OVER PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 10:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON IN
06NEWDELHI5470	INDIAN MUSLIM RESENTMENT SMOLDERING OVER LEBANON AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Isra [...]	2006-08-04 09:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KISL SCUL EINV IN
06NEWDELHI6513	DELHI AND DHAKA TRY TO DIAL DOWN THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of tough talk about cross border insurgency, disputed boundaries, and illegal Bangladeshi immigration, both sides agreed at the recent Indo-Bangladeshi Home Secretary-level talks to tone down the rhetoric and undertake a "joint visit initiative" to resolve boundary di [...]	2006-09-19 07:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDEM KTIA KISL MOPS
06NEWDELHI6527	EMBASSY, INDIAN EXPERTS COORDINATE ON NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over Sep. 18th and 19th, PolCouns led a round-table on Nepal and met with leading Indian Nepal experts with the objective of enhancing our ability to coordinate with India on Nepal. From these meetings, it appears that two camps exist within India's policy making elite on prosp [...]	2006-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP IN
06NEWDELHI657	UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI6647	KASHMIR: SELF RULE, SOFT BORDER SOLUTION GAINING [...] (S) Summary: Indian government responses to Musharraf's recent book, in which he discussed a four part solution to the Kashmir issue, are likely to be harsh publicly, and targeted for domestic consumption. However, journalists with access to the Prime Minister's office say the proposal is ve [...]	2006-09-25 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7095	INDIA'S SRI LANKA POLICY DESCRIBED AS DECISIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 27 September roundtable discussion on India-Sri Lanka relations, the consensus among prominent journalists and think-tankers was that the GOI should pursue a Track II dialogue with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in three phases: achieve a sustainable cease-fire agreement [...]	2006-10-16 01:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI7273	KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...]	2006-10-20 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7274	INDIA'S LATEST DEFENSE SCANDAL: FEW LONG-TERM [...] (C) Summary. Former NDA Defense Minister George Fernandes was accused on October 10 of receiving bribes in a 2000 defense procurement contract for Barak missiles from Israel. The scandal revived memories of last year's Denel affair, where a South African company was blacklisted and all outsta [...]	2006-10-20 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS KCRM ECON IN
06NEWDELHI7305	INDIA'S TAMIL-BASED PARTIES RELUCTANT TO EXPEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing lingering ill feelings over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, the embarrassment caused by the hasty withdrawal of Indian peacekeeping force deployed to Sri Lanka from 1987-1990, and the unpredictability of the LTTE,leaders of Tamil Na [...]	2006-10-23 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF IN CE
06NEWDELHI7338	PRANAB MUKHERJEE NAMED INDIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) After much delay, Prime Minister Singh named Pranab Kumar Mukherjee to fill the External Affairs Minster slot vacated by the departure of K. Natwar Singh in December 2005. PM Singh has been acting as MEA Minister since K. Natwar Singh's exit under a cloud for his alleged role in the oil f [...]	2006-10-24 14:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7764	BAD VIBES BEFORE HU JINTAO'S INDIA VISIT? [...] SUMMARY: (C) China's presidential visit to India may not culminate in any major breakthroughs in Sino-Indian relations. Despite Chinese claims that a momentous announcement will be made during President Hu's possible address to a joint session of the Indian Parliament on his upcoming visi [...]	2006-11-14 01:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH
06NEWDELHI7827	DELHI TRADERS BEND TO RULE OF LAW, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY The long simmering crisis in Delhi surrounding the "sealing" of illegal businesses seems to be inching towards a dramatic conclusion. On November 6, the Supreme Court (SC) stuck by its earlier decision (reftels),denying a petition by traders seeiing relief and ordered the Municipa [...]	2006-11-16 13:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KJUS PHUM PREL PINR ASEC SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI7935	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI REACHES OUT TO PM SINGH, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first visit to India since becoming Foreign Minister, Iran's FM Mottaki invited PM Singh to Iran, discussed the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline, the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) deal, the IAEA and Iran's nuclear program, Iraq and Afghanistan [...]	2006-11-22 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ELTN ENRG KNNP KISL IR IN
06NEWDELHI7937	NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...]	2006-11-22 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7942	HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO INDIA: LOFTY WORDS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 20-23 visit to India of Chinese President Hu Jintao, while not earth-shattering, appears to have concentrated on economic agreements through a "ten-pronged strategy" while downplaying contentious border disputes. The Joint Declaration announced on 21 November conta [...]	2006-11-22 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI7986	BJP FLEXING ITS MUSCLES AGAIN ON TERRORISM, [...] (C) During the first three days of the Winter Session of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flexed its muscles, galvanized its base and reinvigorated its role as an opposition party. On November 22, the BJP staged a massive demonstration in Delhi. Reports put attendance somewhere b [...]	2006-11-27 07:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KISL IN
06NEWDELHI8042	A COMMUNIST LEADER DISTANCES THE CPI(M) FROM CHINA [...] (C) Much of the press coverage of the recently concluded visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao commented on the frosty nature of the visit and depicted the nefarious role of the CPI(M) in working on behalf of Chinese interests in India. One of the most outspoken CPI(M) critics was DNA columnist [...]	2006-11-29 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CN
06NEWDELHI8067	HU JINTAO FAILS TO COMMIT TO INDIAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more questions than answers in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-23 visit to India - the first by a Chinese president in 10 years. While taking moderate strides on economic confidence-building measures, it appears that hopes for forward moveme [...]	2006-11-30 12:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH
06NEWDELHI8419	HINDI BELT MUSLIMS EAGER TO COMBAT POLIO BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The persistence of polio in Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been the subject of considerable media speculation and analysis, with much of the focus on the Muslim community. Poloff and POL FSN traveled to the area December 11-13 to gauge Muslim views on the subject. The near-u [...]	2006-12-19 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL IN
06NEWDELHI888	CARTOON WARS: INDIAN MUSLIMS (BARELY) PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the controversy over publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper spilled out into the streets on February 6 in the form of a peaceful city-wide strike in Muslim-majority Srinagar, a student demonstration in New Delhi, and small [...]	2006-02-07 13:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ASEC OVIP KDEM SOCI IN IR DA
06NEWDELHI948	IRAN'S ANTI-US COLD WAR FALLS FLAT IN INDIA [...] (C) Summary. India's IAEA Iran vote, the Danish cartoons, and the POTUS visit are reverberating on the Indian political scene, provoking Indian Muslim leaders and activists to speak out. On the domestic front, however, the Congress-dominated UPA government has begun to act on the promises m [...]	2006-02-08 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN IR IZ
06NIAMEY1074	NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-22 16:01:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC NG
06NIAMEY1088	JAILED JOURNALISTS FAIL ON APPEAL: 18 MONTHS [...] Mamane Abou and Oumarou Keita, jailed publisher and editor-in-chief of Niger's leading opposition weekly, "Le Republican," had appealed their September 1 convictions and eighteen month prison sentences to the Niamey Court of Appeals (reftel A). On September 25, that court ruled against them - [...]	2006-09-27 16:11:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
06NIAMEY1101	NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Dialogue with Government of Niger (GON) officials (President, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers),magistrates/judges, high commissioners, military commanders/police, both First Ladies (Pres. Tandja has two wives),regional leaders, parliamentarians, journalists, educators, women [...]	2006-09-28 16:11:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC KPAO NG
06NIAMEY1200	NIGER: A NEAR MISS ON ABRIDGEMENT OF FREE SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: On October 24, International news organizations (Radio France International and the BBC French Service) reported that the Government of Niger (GON) had banned something called the "social forum," a meeting of anti-globalization activists from Niger and several foreign countries. By d [...]	2006-10-27 14:06:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NG
06NIAMEY1252	November 13 Meeting with Government of Niger (GON) Prime [...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 13 meeting lasting over an hour, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by USAID program manager Mark Wentling, met with Prime Minister Hama Amadou to discuss Niger's selection as a MCC threshold country. PM staff members Secretary General Malam Ari Boucar and Principal Ad [...]	2006-11-14 15:44:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID KMCA NG
06NIAMEY390	NIGER: APRIL 21 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Niger has reported no new cases of avian influenza (AI) in many weeks. Culling in the region of Magaria is complete according to the Government of Niger (GON). Samples of bird tissue taken during this culling provided no new positive indications of bird flu outbreaks in Nige [...]	2006-04-21 13:52:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NIAMEY531	NIGER: MAY 26 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. A recent bird die off in the area of Magaroufa, south of the Nigerien city of Maradi, shows the menace of bird flu remains in Niger. Although the source of these bird deaths has yet to be confirmed as the H5N1 strain, the presence of H5 was detected locally and samples have be [...]	2006-05-26 15:57:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT
06NIAMEY741	BANNING OF WEEKLY ILLUSTRATES SORRY STATE OF [...] On June 28, the Conseil Superieur de la Communication (CSC),the regulatory authority for Nigerien media, banned the publication of the private opposition weekly "L'Opinion." The journal was banned on grounds of having published injurious and defamatory statements directed against Niger Presi [...]	2006-07-11 14:15:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO NG
06NIAMEY847	OPPOSITION PUBLISHER, EDITOR JAILED FOR ALLEGING [...] (SBU) On August 4, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita - respectively the Publisher and the Editor-in-Chief of "Le Republican," Niger's oldest, best respected, and most widely circulated opposition weekly - were arrested and jailed by the Detective Branch of the Nigerien National Police. The two men [...]	2006-08-14 15:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KMCA NG
06NIAMEY865	UPDATE ON JAILED JOURNALISTS: MAMAN ABOU AND [...] As noted reftel, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the opposition weekly "Le Republican," were tried by the Niamey Regional Court on August 14. Claiming that the men's detention in two separate prisons located far from the capitol was illegal, and that they wo [...]	2006-08-16 17:37:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR NG
06NICOSIA1883	JOURNALISTIC LICENSE, POLITICAL AMBITIONS BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicosia awoke October 22 to "news" the Turkish Army twenty years ago employed Greek Cypriot (G/C) and Greek detainees as "guinea pigs" at weapons production facilities outside Ankara. According to preliminary accounts in leading daily "Philelefteros," the alleged victims, priso [...]	2006-11-03 14:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CY GR TU
06NICOSIA1964	CYPROB POLITICS, NOT ISSUES, DOMINATE MUNICIPAL [...] SUMMARY: Greek Cypriots head to the polls December 17 to elect mayors, municipal councils, and, for the first time, school board members. Other than vague demands for greater autonomy from Nicosia, issues have taken a back seat to politics in the months-long elections run-up. Garnering the [...]	2006-11-27 14:43:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CY
06NICOSIA1970	NEW CYPRUS PROPERTY LAW: TURNING THE SCREWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. New ROC legislation introducing stiff prison sentences for those buying Greek Cypriot property in the north has upped the stakes in the ongoing property war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Three non-Cypriot land-buyers have already been arrested under the new law, and more a [...]	2006-11-29 16:42:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC EUN TU CY
06NICOSIA24	"OSMOSIS" AND THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS: IT'S ALL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriots fear that the Greek Cypriot side is increasingly disinterested in a bizonal, bicommunal federal solution to the Cyprus problem, and is intent on simply absorbing Turkish Cypriots into the ROC through a process of "osmosis." Buoyed by the confidence and real lev [...]	2006-01-09 13:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CY
06NICOSIA313	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]	2006-03-02 12:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA536	GETTING OUR MESSAGE THROUGH TO THE GREEK CYPRIOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Greek Cypriot media is consistent to the point of Pavlovian response. Certain phrases -- even particular words -- in the mouth of a U.S. official will elicit very predictable results. Our Cyprus policy is the right one, but we need to tweak our public diplomacy message in w [...]	2006-04-11 15:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY
06NICOSIA593	READING TEA LEAVES: POLLS SHOW MIXED FEELINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent CyBC poll suggesting that only 45 percent of Greek Cypriots are willing to live together with Turkish Cypriots (down from 67 percent when the Green Line checkpoints opened in 2003) has raised serious questions in the minds of many local pundits over whether a solution to [...]	2006-04-20 13:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI EUN CY
06NICOSIA926	FIRST KNOWN TURKISH CYPRIOT GRAVE SITE FOUND IN [...] (C) Summary. A bicommunal team working under the Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has discovered human remains thought to be those of Turkish Cypriots missing since the intercommunal clashes of 1963 and 1964. If confirmed by DNA analysis, this would be the first case of a Turki [...]	2006-06-19 07:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UN TU CY PREL PGOV
06NICOSIA975	"TRNC" LOCAL ELECTIONS: SERDAR DENKTASH BIGGEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriots voted on June 25 for two empty seats in the "parliament," as well as for mayors and local officials in the north's 28 municipalities (ref a). While the ruling CTP of "President" Talat won both empty seats, they suffered serious setbacks at the municipal level, lo [...]	2006-06-26 13:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN EU TU CY
06NOUAKCHOTT438	REPORT OF JOURNALIST ARREST ERRONEOUS [...] (U) On April 9 the local online Arabic newspaper Al-Akhbar reported the arrest of Abdallah Mimine, a Mauritanian news correspondent who covers West Africa for the Iranian Arabic-language satellite news channel, Al-Alam. Al-Alam is a popular satellite channel here. 2. (U) According to the A [...]	2006-04-13 11:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06OSLO1195	NORWEGIAN DETAILS ON POSSIBLE BERN PROCESS MEMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 15:04:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
06OSLO1496	NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...]	2006-12-11 16:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL
06OSLO44	NORWAY'S OPPOSITION UNITES ON PRO-ISRAEL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Norway's bitterly divided center-right parties came together on January 11 to table a Parliamentary proposition that would have given a clear "no" to any boycott of Israel. President of the Parliament Thorbjoern Jagland used the privilege of his position to stop the motion being brought to [...]	2006-01-11 16:07:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO
06OSLO661	U/S SHINER'S VISIT TO OSLO [...] (U) Summary: On May 16, Under Secretary Josette Shiner met in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the PM,s team working on the UN High Level Panel for Reform. The Norwegians laid out their plans for moving forward the work of the panel, including establishing the advance [...]	2006-05-22 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ENRG UN NO KPAL
06OTTAWA16	REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Summary: Cultural programming comprises an integral part of public diplomacy efforts in Canada, and the Mission greatly appreciates ECA and WHA/PD support for these efforts. Such programming reaches not just traditional audiences, but more importantly, youth, ethnic and religious minoriti [...]	2006-01-04 18:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC
06OTTAWA26	FY 2006 U.S. SPEAKER REQUEST: Former Congressmen [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two former U.S. Congressmen, one Republican and one Democrat, as U.S. Speakers for a program to include Carleton University faculty and students in Ottawa, Parliamentary staff, and government officials, media and academics in other Canadian cities via video [...]	2006-01-05 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP CA
06PANAMA1169	PANAMA: EMBASSY ACTION PLAN FOR CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (C) At the invitation of the GOP, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Panama on June 22 for a one-day stop to celebrate the 180th anniversary of Simon Bolivar's Anfitionic Congress in Panama when Simon Bolivar called on individual Latin American countries band together into a hemispheric u [...]	2006-06-15 19:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1371	NEW LAW BACKSLIDES ON ANTIâ€CORRUPTION, [...] (C) In a move contrary to his anti"corruption pledges, President Torrijos signed a law July 5 restoring some of the legislative immunities taken away by Panama's 2005 constitutional reforms. Attorney General Gomez may challenge the constitutionality of the new Law 25. One Supreme Court justice to [...]	2006-07-12 21:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA380	PANAMA 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During 2005 Panama continued its anti-TIP efforts and enforcement of Law 16, the anti-TIP legislation enacted in 2004. Embassy believes trafficking in Panama is overwhelmingly internal to the country and limited in scale. Panama worked closely with the International Labor Organization [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06PARAMARIBO214	STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY: DVC SPARKS DISCUSSION ON [...] (U) Embassy Paramaribo held a Digital Video Conference (DVC) titled "Preparing for Elections, It's Never too Early to Start" on April 7 to stimulate discussion between U.S. and Surinamese election experts on improving electoral systems in Suriname. Over the last decade, democracy has taken ho [...]	2006-04-13 20:19:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO285	BOUTERSE ADMITS TRAVELING TO GUYANA DESPITE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Desi Bouterse, former military dictator and current opposition party chairman, disclosed to journalists on May 13 that he recently made a trip to neighboring Guyana. The trip was made despite an outstanding Interpol warrant for his arrest issued after he was convicted in 1999 by a Dutch [...]	2006-05-16 15:25:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO300	JUSTICE MINISTER CLAIMS FARC PRESENCE IN SURINAME [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi told journalists on May 17 that transnational criminal organizations involved in the weapons-for-drugs trade are working closely together in Suriname and that the FARC is one of these organizations. He made the statement up [...]	2006-05-22 19:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	SECRET	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS CO
06PARAMARIBO343	INCREASED VENEZUELAN ACTIVISM IN SURINAME HAS [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's profile in Suriname is on the rise thanks to economic initiatives such as PetroCaribe, a joint Cuban-Venezuelan health care assistance program, and a steady public relations campaign by its Embassy over the past year. Despite this heightened engagement, Venezuela's act [...]	2006-06-09 18:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KCRM MARR SOCI SCUL VE
06PARAMARIBO392	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The arrest of Roger Khan and the USG's request for his extradition has dominated the news since Friday. Post provides a summary of Surinamese press coverage in chronological order to explain the action-reaction of Surinamese officials as they attempt to gain consensus on the disposition of Rog [...]	2006-06-22 12:46:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO415	SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN [...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname and speculation of possible U.S. involvement dominated the news on Thursday and Friday (June 29-30). (See Reftel). All electronic media and print covered the story extensively. Radio and TV broadcasts focused on a chaotic parliamentary meeting Thursd [...]	2006-06-30 19:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO748	U.S. SPONSORED JAZZ NIGHT FURTHERS CULTURAL SUPPORT, [...] SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Paramaribo sponsored a Jazz Night at Caf Tori Oso on Thursday which marked the opening of the annual Jazz Festival in Suriname, and gave Embassy officials the opportunity to develop and strengthen relations with contacts, show U.S. support for cultural events in Suriname [...]	2006-11-24 17:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP OPRC NS
06PARAMARIBO774	U.S. SPONSORED MEDIA TRAINING GENERATES EXTENSIVE COVERAGE, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy sponsored Broadcast Journalism Workshops in Suriname from October 12 - 21, 2006. The trainings, held in Suriname's two largest cities, generated extensive positive media coverage on TV and radio and in the newspapers. In addition, the media training laid the groundwork for [...]	2006-12-06 14:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC NS
06PARAMARIBO811	REPORTING CABLE: MEDIA TRAINING BY DEBORAH POTTER [...] Project/Tracker No.: 26879 2. Project Name: IIP Speaker &Media Ethics8 3. MPP Goal Addressed: Democracy ----------------------------- 4. Brief Project Description ----------------------------- Deborah Potter, Executive Director of Newslab, an online resource center for journal [...]	2006-12-29 12:20:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC OIIP KPAO NS
06PARIS1011	FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...]	2006-02-16 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CT FR
06PARIS1141	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS121	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS128	PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]	2006-01-09 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1523	French Response to Discovery of AI in a [...] Summary : Following the discovery of the H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) virus in late February on a commercial poultry farm in the Ain district, 47 countries have placed partial or complete bans on French poultry imports, domestic poultry consumption has dropped more than 30 percent, poultry price [...]	2006-03-10 06:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS1637	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1670	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Israel - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1832	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush's [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1847	FRANCE'S COPYRIGHT BILL PENALIZES ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A final text for France's new digital copyright law was voted by France's National Assembly on March 21, following months of fierce debate over how best to balance consumer rights against copyright in the Internet age. The complex draft bill, designed to bring France into lin [...]	2006-03-22 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD FR

06PARIS2007	UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]	2006-03-29 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2100	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France Iran Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 12:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2314	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]	2006-04-07 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2348	TOGO: APRIL 5 MEETING WITH EX-MINISTER BOKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said during an April 5 meeting that the regime in Togo feared active U.S. intervention in Togo's affairs and that the U.S. could readily influence events in Togo if it chose to do so, and even compel the leadership to step down, as in Ha [...]	2006-04-10 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM TO FR
06PARIS2391	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS C.A.R. AND CHAD WITH DRL/CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officers Charlotte Montel (C.A.R.) and Lt. Col. Marc Conruyt (Chad) briefed DRL/CAR desk officer Stuart Crampton on April 6. Regarding C.A.R., Montel noted limited but growing contact between French and C.A.R. parliamentarians and recent calls for increased government [...]	2006-04-12 07:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CT CD FR
06PARIS2450	FRENCH IN AGREEMENT ON BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: DAS Kramer met April 11 with interlocutors from the MFA and Treasury to discuss next steps on Belarus. The French agreed on the utility and necessity of targeted financial sanctions against key members of the Belarusian regime and believed that the EU would come to consensus on th [...]	2006-04-13 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR BO RU
06PARIS2979	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3049	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran America's Darfur [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3182	MAY 11 MFA MEETINGS WITH JEM KHALIL IBRAHIM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim seemed determined to oppose the Abuja accords on Darfur despite GOF advice that he sign them, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on May 12, following her meeting with him the previous day. Khalil Ibrahim did not seemed fazed by the possible [...]	2006-05-12 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PINS SOCI SU FR
06PARIS3429	USUNESCO HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAY CHIDIAC [...] Ambassador Oliver hosted a reception in honor of the well-known Lebanese television journalist May Chidiac yesterday evening, May 18th, at the Ambassador's residence. Chidiac was awarded UNESCO's Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Day Prize in April in recognition of her courage in defending [...]	2006-05-22 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL LE UNESCO
06PARIS3448	GOF WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) The following is an informal embassy translation of the French MFA statement issued May 22, welcoming formation of the new Iraqi government: Begin text: France welcomes the formation of a government in Iraq, the result of the December 15 elections and which should aim to ensure a balanc [...]	2006-05-22 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ FR
06PARIS3619	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Alleged Massacre in Haditha [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3776	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Iraq Elections in Peru [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3940	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Suicides Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 11:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS416	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. AFRICAN UNION 4. MALI/SOCIAL FORUM 5. DROC 6. LIBERIA 7. SOUTH AFRICA 8. SUDAN Â [...]	2006-01-23 13:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS4298	DEAUVILLE WOMEN'S FORUM - AN OPPORTUNITY WE SHOULDN'T [...] Deauville France will host the second annual Women's Forum for the Economy and Society, October 5-7, 2006. The United States was underrepresented at this event last year, and I ask your help to take full advantage of this opportunity this year. 2. The Forum (www.womens-forum.com) is a ma [...]	2006-06-22 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KDEM PHUM KPAO FR
06PARIS431	UNESCO AMBASSADORS ON POST WSIS SCENE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise V. Oliver met with a select group of UNESCO Ambassadors, including members of the Information for All Programme Council, to exchange view [...]	2006-01-24 06:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS4449	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4596	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo - Trial in Paris [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 10:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4628	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4663	GOF CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDF HOSTAGE CRISIS; WORRIED [...] (C) Summary and comment: An MFA contact told poloff July 6 that the GOF is closely following the Israeli/Palestinian crisis that began with the late June kidnapping of IDF soldier (and French/Israeli dual national) Gilad Shalit. Although the GOF has been rumored to be involved in negotiations [...]	2006-07-07 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR SY
06PARIS4817	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The visit of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow and the Iraq Compact delegation offers the best opportunity thus far to move the French toward significant involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. The GOF has been publicly supportive of the new Iraqi government. However, its respons [...]	2006-07-17 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID IZ FR
06PARIS4944	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4967	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICAN CONTINENT 6. WEST AFRICA 7. ANGOLA 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. BURKINA FASO Â [...]	2006-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS4986	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5000	MEMBER OF PROMINENT FRANCO-ALGERIAN FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mehdi Zerhouni, a member of a prominent Franco-Algerian family and a relative of Algerian Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni, told us July 22 that discrimination in France against young men of Arab extraction remains "a big problem" for the country. While acknowledging that Interio [...]	2006-07-24 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR FR
06PARIS5106	CHAD: FORMER FM SALEH KEBZABO CRITICIZES DEBY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Chad FM Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997) called on Africa Watcher July 6 to discuss current developments in Chad and the region. Kebzabo,s distaste for Deby and his government was easily discernible. Kebzabo saw little hope that Deby would engage with opposition figures. Kebza [...]	2006-07-27 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS5116	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5440	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Foiled London Attack [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5512	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Lebanon - Hezbollah - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS553	LONG ARM OF FRENCH LAW: INVESTIGATIONS IN AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TO DJ CI RW FR
06PARIS5611	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France in UNIFIL - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS574	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: NEW INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission has obtained new information on possible Dutch and Greek candidacies for the International Program for the Development of Communication Bureau (IPDC). Mission has learned that although the Dutch have given 2 million USD to the program over the pa [...]	2006-01-30 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS5769	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon, Islam and the West [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5819	LETTER FROM LEBANESE JOURNALIST MAY CHIDIAC TO SECRETARY [...] Following is text of a letter to the Secretary from May Chidiac, Lebanese journalist and recent winner of the UNESCO World Press Freedom prize. Ms. Chidiac was the guest of honor at a reception hosted by Ambassador Oliver in May. Letter was received by email from Ms. Chidiac and we are forw [...]	2006-08-30 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LE
06PARIS5990	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6020	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on CIA Secret [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6095	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - 9/11 - Iraq Middle [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6125	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6172	FRENCH COMMEMORATIONS OF 9/11 5TH ANNIVERSARY [...] On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of September 11th, Post engaged a number of French institutions and government representatives to help commemorate this significant date. Below is a listing of the events in Paris and the provinces. Ceremonies included: a religious service at the Ameri [...]	2006-09-14 11:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS6230	FY 2007-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 09:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS6247	MINOR DAMAGE TO LEBANESE WORLD HERITAGE SITES [...] Summary: UNESCO officials reported that damage to key Lebanese World Heritage sites was much less than expected, based on an initial report by UNESCO experts. End summary. 2. A press conference was held this morning, September 18, at UNESCO headquarters to present the findings of a special [...]	2006-09-18 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL LE PREL
06PARIS6390	GOF TAKE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Daniel Parfait, A/S-equivalent for the Americas Bureau at the MFA, assured a visiting California State Senate delegation on September 21 that France and the USG are in complete agreement on the way forward with Iran. He said President Chirac,s determination to prevent Iran from acquiring [...]	2006-09-25 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6785	MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK'S NUCLEAR TEST, UNEASE WITH RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Three major stories emerged this week: North Korea's nuclear test, fallout and international reactions to the slaying of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and western criticism of Putin's regime, and commentary on Al Gore's documentary film on climate change. French media unequivoca [...]	2006-10-13 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC SENV FR
06PARIS6835	UNESCO: PHILANTHROPY EXPERT SPEAKS ON PRIVATE SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: On September 14, 2006 Craig Kennedy, President of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, participated in UNESCO's Day of Reflection and Dialogue on Extrabudgetary Activities where he emphasized the need for UNESCO to develop more effective ways to build private-sector p [...]	2006-10-17 11:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS6836	POLISH AMBASSADOR ON RUSSIA AND FRENCH/EU TIMIDITY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Polish Ambassador to France Jan Tombinski expressed concern about the increasing concentration of power in the Kremlin and criticized President Chirac for French reluctance to confront the Russians over their increasingly negative p [...]	2006-10-17 11:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR RU EU GG MD
06PARIS7118	ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON [...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...]	2006-10-30 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7201	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...]	2006-11-03 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH
06PARIS7251	DAILY NEWSPAPERS: FIRST IN A SERIES ON THE FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for the 2006-2007 to determine the appropriate attention to keep on traditional print media while pivoting to expand our efforts with radio and TV media, as well as with the new Internet media. This analysis of French [...]	2006-11-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7284	USUNESCO - FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell, gave remarks at the Closing Plenary Session of the Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) Symposium in at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 24, 2006. The Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsu [...]	2006-11-08 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KPAO SCUL EAID
06PARIS7325	U.S. Organics Program Presented to French Audiences [...] Summary: On October 26, Katherine DiMatteo, representing the U.S. Organic Trade Association (OTA),met with two French agricultural journalists and participated in a round table with 20 people from the French organic industry and regulatory services. In these events, organized by FAS and PAO [...]	2006-11-09 13:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS7328	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, VERDICT [...] (SBU) Debate over the impact of the war in Iraq continued to fuel widespread speculation prior to November 7 about a "lame duck presidency," while most commentary on the results concluded that the vote had "punished" President Bush's Iraq policy. Journalists analyzed the verdict in the Saddam [...]	2006-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7483	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7485	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7567	SIGIR Stuart Bowen's PD Program in France, Nov 20 - 22, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) took advantage of the visit to France of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen, November 20-22, 2006, to program him as a "target of opportunity" speaker in both Paris and Lille. Presenting updated informati [...]	2006-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS7635	WEEKLY MAGAZINES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2006-2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of French weekly magazines is the second in a series of cables ana [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7724	Widespread interest in US crop insurance programs [...] Summary: James Callan, Associate Administrator, Risk Management Agency, USDA, visited Paris November 13 and 14 and met with representatives from various agricultural sectors and French parliamentarians to discuss the US crop insurance program. All interlocutors expressed strong interest in US [...]	2006-12-08 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS7904	S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND [...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]	2006-12-26 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM FR
06PARIS8	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-03 13:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS823	FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24 [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...]	2006-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS
06PARIS850	UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE [...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...]	2006-02-09 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PESHAWAR346	PML-Q FACTIONS CLASH [...] (SBU) A June 29 clash between two factions of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) Pakistan Muslim League - Q (PML-Q) exposed deep fissures in the party's provincial leadership. A forward bloc supported by Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Relations Salim Saifullah Khan scheduled a pr [...]	2006-07-06 06:02:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PK
06PESHAWAR67	A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN [...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...]	2006-02-13 11:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF
06PHNOMPENH1086	TONLE BASSAC LAND DISPUTE CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: A land dispute in the heart of Phnom Penh is emblematic of the increasing number of land conflicts in Cambodia. On June 6 and 7, local police evicted 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community. Another group of families with land documentation from the UNTAC days is being th [...]	2006-06-09 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1374	REACTION TO KHMER ROUGE LEADER'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ung Choeun, widely known as Ta Mok, age 82, passed away on July 21 at a military hospital where he had been hospitalized since June 29. Since his passing, government officials, the media, and civil society leaders have discussed the impact of his death on the proceedings of t [...]	2006-07-31 06:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1404	PROTESTORS DEMAND REOPENING OF CHEA VICHEA MURDER CASE -- A [...] (U) Summary: On August 1 (the first-year anniversary of the convictions),20 armed police officers dispersed protestors who had gathered in front of the Phnom Penh prison holding the two convicted killers of Chea Vichea to demand that their cases be reopened. Protesters also appealed to King [...]	2006-08-07 02:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1643	DISINFORMATION/INCITEMENT LAWS: NEW TOOLS TO SUPPRESS [...] (U) Summary: The government's legal means to suppress criticism has not been eliminated despite the partial decriminalization of defamation. Three recent cases, including those of two journalists and a former professor, illustrate that disinformation and incitement laws may be the new tools [...]	2006-09-12 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH1899	FUNCINPEC OUSTS RANARIDDH AS PARTY PRESIDENT [...] SBU) Summary. On October 18, a hurriedly convened FUNCINPEC party congress voted to remove Prince Norodom Ranariddh as party leader in favor of Keo Puth Rasmei, a relative by marriage to the royal family and most recently the RGC Ambassador to Germany. Ranariddh, who is currently outside t [...]	2006-10-19 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH2221	HENG POV'S UNCEREMONIOUS RETURN TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Returned from Malaysia on December 21 by private charter plane, former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov is currently in Prey Sar prison outside Phnom Penh. The RGC tried to keep Heng Pov's arrival under wraps for as long as possible, but the media caught wind of the news in t [...]	2006-12-22 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH396	PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY RESTORED TO THREE [...] (U) Summary: On February 28, the National Assembly reinstated parliamentary immunity for three opposition MPs, including opposition leader Sam Rainsy and approved replacement of a former opposition MP. Two nominees from FUNCINPEC were elected to be Senators. PM Hun Sen called on political [...]	2006-03-01 10:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1340	GOH CONSIDERS FORMING A GENDARMERIE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of his visit to Paris June 29-30, President Preval publicly floated the idea of creating a Gendarmerie in Haiti, and reuested French assistance with this project. The GOH wants to create a new force that could assume some of the security functions currently performe [...]	2006-07-24 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS MOPS MASS HA FR
06PORTAUPRINCE1425	ANNAN AVOIDS PARLIAMENTARY BOYCOTT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan canceled his scheduled visit to parliament on August 3, avoiding a boycott by what could have been a substantial number of parliamentarians. In the chamber [...]	2006-08-04 19:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1561	PREVAL APPOINTS FORMER JEAN DOMINIQUE PROSECUTOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 18:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR AA
06PORTAUPRINCE1690	SUB-CABINET SHAKEUP [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 7 announced the replacement of 10 of 18 directors general (DGs) in cabinet ministries and four of nine DGs in government agencies. DGs are third in the bureaucratic hierarchy, serve as chief operating officers, and traditionally manage pe [...]	2006-09-11 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PINR
06PORTAUPRINCE1846	CEP AND MINUSTAH DISAGREE ON ELECTION DATE [...] (C) Summary: The GoH has issued the decree, dated August 31, establishing municipal, local, and the remainder of legislative elections on December 3. MINUSTAH staff and Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) staff sharply disagreed, however, on the state of elections preparations at a September [...]	2006-09-27 17:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE185	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH HAITIAN INTERIM PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Haitian interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon that Haiti is prepared to hold elections February 7 and March 19, and their success would be determined by Haitians' confidence in the voting structure. The PM expects [...]	2006-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE194	The Press on the Jean-Juste Case [...] Several recent radio reports have drawn attention to the evolving judicial case against Gerald Jean-Juste. The Prime Minister recently weighed in to deny reports that Caricom had refused to observe Haitian elections until all political prisoners were released. The following is an informal t [...]	2006-01-26 19:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM HA PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE2122	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES UNABLE TO OBTAIN QUORUM [...] (U) In the past three weeks, the chamber of deputies has found it difficult to obtain a quorum often enough to act on proposed legislation. President Preval on October 3 called an extraordinary session of the chamber of deputies to consider legislation on the structure of the judiciary, the n [...]	2006-11-07 12:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2359	PM ON INSECURITY AND DEPORTEES [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis on December 7 appeared before the chamber of deputies with the Superior Council for the National Police (CSPN) to discuss the government's continued efforts to combat gang violence in Port-au-Prince. The PM answered questions for several hours, justif [...]	2006-12-11 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE246	HAITI: FATHER JEAN-JUSTE FLIES TO MIAMI FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Court of Appeals issued an order on January 29 authorizing Father Gerard Jean-Juste to fly to Miami to seek treatment for leukemia. Initially, the IGOH attempted to let the case wind its way through the Haitian judicial system, but eventually bowed to weeks of pressure [...]	2006-02-02 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2471	ARISTIDE'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO HAITIANS [...] (U) Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide sent his third Christmas message from South Africa to the Haitian people since his departure in February 2004. Aristide writes in "Daki," or Creole parables, to send messages to his partisans. This year, Aristide urged his followers to stay mobili [...]	2006-12-28 20:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE260	CAMPAIGN ENDS PEACEFULLY IN HAITI [...] This message is sensative but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Campaigning in Haiti officially ended Saturday, February 4. Presidential Charles (Charlito) Henri Baker was the only candidate to hold a mass rally in Port-au-Prince. Front-runner Rene Preval cance [...]	2006-02-05 21:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE36	PM LATORTUE ON ELECTIONS, NEPTUNE AND JEAN-JUSTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told Charge January 5 that the interim government (IGOH) does not object to examination and diagnosis of imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste by the physician of his choice. Before options for treatment would be explored, however, Latortue [...]	2006-01-06 21:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE720	HAITI ELECTIONS: ORDERLY WITH LIGHT TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Voting for the second round of parliamentary elections is proceeding smoothly with light turnout as of 1330. Estimates range from 10 to 20 percent participation so far. The CEP has taken to the airwaves to encourage voting, emphasizing better organization at voting centers and [...]	2006-04-21 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE931	HAITI ELECTIONS: FINAL CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES LIST [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Reftel reported final results of Haitian April 21 legislative elections and included the names of the 27 Senators elected. Below are the names of the 88/88 Deputies elected with available biographic information. The pending [...]	2006-05-24 16:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTOFSPAIN1273	T&T TO USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO: BRING ON THE SOA [...] (C) SUMMARY: USOAS Permanent Representative Maisto met with T&T PM Manning and FM Piggott on October 20 to discuss the 2009 Summit of the Americas. Manning signaled that the country will be ready for the summit, and hopes to have a successful event that highlights the Caribbean as well as T [...]	2006-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN217	CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...]	2006-02-14 20:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN602	PASTOR HINN'S SECOND COMING TESTS T&T'S [...] SUMMARY: Controversial Pentecostal Pastor Benny Hinn is scheduled for a second trip to Trinidad and Tobago in May. His "Miracle Mission" has occasioned significant dispute in the press, with Hindu leader Sat Maharaj using his media outlets to question Hinn's ministry as a sort of revenge fo [...]	2006-05-15 18:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF TD
06PRAGUE1093	LOW-KEY CZECH REACTION TO NEW DETAINEE INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Czech PM Topolanek September 7 on the new USG initiative related to detainees in the war on terrorism (reftel). Topolonek had no substantive reaction but asked for additional details (we are providing his office with transcripts and tailored points). Separately, visit [...]	2006-09-08 11:59:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EZ
06PRAGUE1106	DAS PEKALA IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE THE MAIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Missile defense dominated discussions in Prague during DAS Mark Pekala's meetings. Pekala explained in public and private that a USG decision on MD site(s) in Central Europe should come in the fall; that the MD assets have no offensive capability; and that the USG welcomes a v [...]	2006-09-11 14:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EZ
06PRAGUE1334	RFE/RL ENERGY FORUM REFLECTS LACK OF EUROPEAN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) hosted a two-day Energy Forum in Prague October 23-24. The Forum addressed a wide range of tough issues related to European energy security, including Iran, how companies influence energy policy, the role of the European Commission [...]	2006-10-25 10:25:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1340	AMBASSADOR GRABER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 23 introductory call, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) expressed his satisfaction with bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and democracy promotion, his concern about energy security in Europe, and his hope that the Ambassador w [...]	2006-10-26 14:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1349	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN CLOSED SOCIETIES: LESSONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Czechs are well-known for their spirited and effective promotion of democracy and human rights in closed societies, such as Belarus, Cuba, Burma, Iraq, and elsewhere. This cable highlights examples of Czech public diplomacy efforts in these countries. The goal of these Czech [...]	2006-10-30 11:31:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE1400	NORTH KOREAN LABORERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) Currently, 408 North Korean laborers (almost exclusively female) are working in numerous factories throughout the Czech Republic. A Czech government taskforce of seven government agencies and an NGO conducts regular joint inspections into the work conditions of the DPRK workers. These r [...]	2006-11-09 12:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KN EZ
06PRAGUE1450	SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Czechs marked the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. As you will see during your visit, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transformation in [...]	2006-11-29 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EZ
06PRAGUE1519	CZECH REPUBLIC DISMISSES AUSTRIAN RESOLUTION ON [...] SUMMARY: (U) The Austrian Parliament passed a resolution December 14 asking the government to pursue legal action against a nuclear power plant in the neighboring Czech Republic. Prague has responded with a mixture of tough talk and dismissive shrugs. The resolution received coverage on the fr [...]	2006-12-15 13:03:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1524	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. VIEWS ON SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky traveled to Prague December 5-6 to address security issues at the Global Futures Forum. In addition, Dobriansky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to thank the Czechs for their cooperation with the United [...]	2006-12-18 08:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM HR EZ
06PRAGUE1543	CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ [...] Summary. This is the first in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions (military, security, democracy promotion, development assistance, and humanitarian aid) in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003 and provided tr [...]	2006-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MASS IZ EZ
06PRAGUE160	CZECH CORRUPTION: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH FOR VOTERS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than a year has passed since Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross (CSSD) was forced out of office by questions about the source of money used to pay for his private residence, and succeeded by current PM Jiri Paroubek (CSSD). Since that time several others in the cabinet, p [...]	2006-02-14 17:06:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EZ
06PRAGUE166	CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005-2006 REPORT ON ALLIED [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel. Note that one dollar equals approximately 23 Czech crowns (CZK). 2. General Assessment. The Czech Republic is a close ally of the United States, operating in support of U.S. objectives both in Europe and farther afield. The Czechs [...]	2006-02-15 13:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL NATO EZ

06PRAGUE505	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FM SVOBODA'S MAY 16 MEETING [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, This is your first bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. I have found him to be a strong and committed supporter of transatlantic relations. Under Svoboda's leadership, the Czechs have become trailblazers in supporting democracy and promoting hu [...]	2006-05-11 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06PRAGUE527	CZECH REPUBLIC: BCWG MEETING ON THE VISA ROADMAP [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Czech Bilateral Consular Working Group (BCWG) met May 11 to discuss progress on the Visa Roadmap toward eventual membership in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. The Czechs confirmed that all passports issued in September 2006 and after will contain biometric chips. They ann [...]	2006-05-16 14:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL EZ
06PRAGUE58	CZECHS EMBRACE TRANSFORMATION DIPLOMACY AND [...] (U) Summary and comment. Democracy promotion is at the heart of Czech foreign policy. Because GOCR efforts complement U.S. transformational diplomacy efforts, the Czechs are natural partners for cooperation in countries such as Cuba, Belarus, and Iraq. January 25-27, 2006, Gabriela Dlouha, Dir [...]	2006-01-23 06:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE591	CZECH ELECTIONS: THE SHORT, BRUTISH, NASTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the June 2-3 election only a day away, political pundits are still waffling on their predictions and a significant number of voters remain uninspired and unsure of whom to support. The choices made by this large block of still undecided voters, as high as 25% according to s [...]	2006-06-01 10:11:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE66	CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: CUBA [...] (U) Summary and comment. This is the second in a series of cables highlighting Czech democracy promotion efforts (ref A),and provides details about the critical assistance provided by the Czechs in Cuba. A peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba remains a top foreign policy priority for the [...]	2006-01-24 12:55:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE828	CZECHS DISCUSS STRATEGY WITH U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Czech officials July 19 hosted a joint OSD-Missile Defense Agency (MDA) policy team led by DASD Brian Green. Discussions were positive, with Czech questions focusing on information that could be used to manage the domestic political and public affairs dynamics of the Cz [...]	2006-07-21 10:03:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL MASS MARS EZ
06PRAGUE97	CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: IRAQ [...] (U) Summary and comment. This cable, the fifth in a series highlighting Czech transformational diplomacy, describes Czech democracy promotion projects in Iraq. These projects are motivated by the Czech interest in rebuilding Iraq, and promoting democracy and regional stability throughout the M [...]	2006-01-27 17:57:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM IZ EZ
06PRETORIA1195	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 24 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-03-24 11:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA142	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 13 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-01-13 12:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2065	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH May 19 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-05-19 07:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA4310	SOUTH AFRICA: VIEWS ON JACOB ZUMA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. This is the first in a series of cables that will explore strengths and weaknesses of emerging candidates for the ANC and national presidencies in South Africa. Ref A provided brief profiles of possible contenders. This message presents current views of South [...]	2006-10-17 13:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KHIV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA4632	(C) IDASA'S MASAMVU SAYS SOUTH AFRICA PUSHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa wants Zimbabwean President Mugabe to annouce at the upcoming ZANU-PF congress that he will retire in 2008, according to IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu. Masamvu says that former President Mandela met privately with Mugabe October 23 to encourage him to retire. Senior A [...]	2006-11-08 12:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON ZI SF
06PRETORIA816	ANC CONFIDENT OF CONTINUED STRENGTH IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The ANC heads into local elections in the Northern Cape?s main urban area confident of another overwhelming showing. Some progress in expanding service delivery and a weak and fractured opposition are the basis for that optimism. Nonetheless, persistent unhappiness over service [...]	2006-02-27 12:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID SF KDEM
06PRETORIA960	SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States and South Africa have made significant progress in implementing the June 10, 2005 Presidential Joint Statement. The two countries signed the ACOTA agreement in August 2005 to enhance South Africa's peacekeeping capacity, and training programs will begin this [...]	2006-03-08 13:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD MASS PHUM SF
06PRISTINA1072	KOSOVO: GORANI EDUCATION DISAGREEMENT ILLUSTRATES [...] (SBU) A long-simmering disagreement between Gorani leaders, Kosovar education officials, and Belgrade's Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK) highlights the complex situation of the Gorani, a Muslim minority who live in the southern part of Dragas municipality and speak a dialect o [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA803	KOSOVO: SMALL NEW SERB PARTY DARES TO POSIT A [...] (C) SUMMARY. The newly-formed Autonomous Liberal Party (SLS) seeks to represent Kosovo Serbs who want to stay and integrate into Kosovo institutions and society, regardless of the outcome of the status process. Party President Slobodan Petrovic told us the SLS is more concerned with the impa [...]	2006-09-22 14:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA905	KOSOVO: REFERENDUM ON SERB CONSTITUTION PROCEEDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polling in the October 28-29 referendum on the new Serbian constitution proceeded peacefully throughout Kosovo. The Belgrade-based Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) reported after the polls closed that 90,036 voters in Kosovo (90.1 percent of the estimated 101,546 [...]	2006-10-30 11:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06QUEBEC13	QUEBECKERS SAY "YES" TO CANADA [...] (c) Summary: In perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the election, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party picked up ten seats in Quebec, up from zero. While the Conservatives managed to grab votes from both the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois, it is the Bloc that will have the most soul-searc [...]	2006-01-25 22:43:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA ECON
06QUEBEC31	PM HARPER SUPPORTS QUEBEC ROLE ON INTERNATIONAL SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper and Quebec Premier Charest met in Quebec City March 8 and announced they are tasking their respective officials to work together to assure that "Quebec's unique voice" will be heard at UNESCO. PM Harper also said he would attend the Francophonie summit in Bucharest t [...]	2006-03-08 22:45:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV CA
06QUEBEC53	QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT ADRIFT [...] (sbu) Summary: PM Harper's "open federalism" comes at a propitious time: sovereignty is not dead in Quebec, but it is in remission. After four decades of struggle, two failed referendums and drawn out constitutional battles, a general sense of weariness seems to have settled in among a certain [...]	2006-04-26 20:40:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
06QUITO1274	GOE DEFENDS LEGALITY OF OXY SEIZURE [...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro on May 16 told FM Francisco Carrion the USG was disappointed by the GOE's decision to cancel Occidental Petroleum's contract, a violation of the bilateral investment treaty that would have a chilling effect on FTA talks. Ca [...]	2006-05-24 16:45:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1434	ECUADOR READY FOR A FEMALE PRESIDENT? [...] (SBU) Summary: Women in Ecuador have made significant strides in politics in the last decade, with quotas helping to give women opportunities to win public office and contributing to a gradual change in societal attitudes. The campaign of Cynthia Viteri, the only female presidential pre-can [...]	2006-06-12 16:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SCUL EC
06QUITO1549	MIGRATION: ECUADORIANS STILL LOOKING NORTH [...] (U) Summary: At least since the severe economic crisis in 1999, the two certainties in Ecuador have been death and emigration. A steady stream of 30,000 to 40,000 undocumented migrants takes to the sea and skies annually from Ecuador in pursuit of their own American dreams. Periodic reports [...]	2006-06-23 19:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM PREL EC
06QUITO1558	THE AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Presidential candidate Ramiro Gonzalez told the Ambassador on June 21 that he and Presidential candidate Leon Roldos (currently ahead in polls) plan to reform the educational system, the electrical sector, and repair the investment climate crippled by the recently-passed hyd [...]	2006-06-26 15:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1657	AFRO-ECUADORIAN HEARTLAND RIPE FOR POPULIST APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The province of Esmeraldas is the largest of two centers of the minority Afro-Ecuadorian population. The province is also marked by high unemployment and underdevelopment, fueling populist electoral appeal. Since 2002, the Popular Democratic Movement (MPD),a Marxist populist [...]	2006-07-06 22:34:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
06QUITO1681	NOBOA DROPS OUT OF PRES. RACE [...] (U) Summary: Alvaro Noboa, Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (PRIAN),withdrew from the presidential race on July 9, citing low showings in the polls. PRIAN deputy Vicente Taiano told us his party would either seek an alliance or support an independent, and ruled out the possib [...]	2006-07-10 21:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1869	ECUADORIAN PRISONS IN CRISIS - UNDERFUNDED AND [...] Summary: President Palacio on June 7 declared a state of emergency in Ecuador's prisons to address faulty infrastructure, overpopulation, violence and meager resources that had led to ongoing prisoner and worker strikes. Despite an $8 million budget increase in April, the majority of the fun [...]	2006-07-31 21:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2008	ECUADOR ELECTION UPDATE: CORREA NAMES SURPRISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Far-left presidential candidate Rafael Correa (PAIS) on August 5 announced Lenin Voltaire MORENO Garces as his running mate at a mass rally in rural coastal Guayas province. Moreno, a relative political unknown, is unlikely to attract many votes to Correa, who said his choice [...]	2006-08-09 21:58:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EC
06QUITO2242	ELECTIONS UPDATE: 13 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constitutional Court on September 6 authorized the candidacies of Lenin Torres (Popular Participation Revolution Movement) and Bolivarian candidate Marcelo Larrea (Third Republic Alliance Movement),while denying two other appeals, bringing down the final number of preside [...]	2006-09-07 22:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2289	MINDEF COMMITS TO NARCOTICS AGENDA, DISSES MANTA [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Marcelo Delgado on September 8, the Ambassador stressed the importance of continued USG-GOE counter-narcotics and northern border cooperation and urged progress on security reforms initiated under Delgado's predecessor. [...]	2006-09-13 21:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2309	ELECTION UPDATE: CORREA MOVES INTO SECOND PLACE [...] (C) Summary: Radical populist candidate Rafael Correa surged ahead of Social Christian candidate Cynthia Viteri in recent polls, moving into second place after front-runner Leon Roldos. With first round presidential elections just a month away on October 15, undecided voters have declined to [...]	2006-09-15 20:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL MARR EC
06QUITO2457	ELECTIONS: DEBATE SHARPENS ECUADOR'S CHOICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the staid format of a televised CNN debate on October 5, the exchange sharpened contrasts among the top four contenders. Alvaro Noboa, regarded as a fairly poor debater, exceeded expectations by taking the offensive against Correa, while Leon Roldos and Cynthia Viteri [...]	2006-10-06 22:25:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2532	ELECTION: FIRST ROUND TO NOBOA, CORREA; SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Banana magnate Alvaro Noboa and radical leftist Rafael Correa have won the first round of presidential voting on October 15, according to incoming official results, independent quick counts and exit polls. The two men now face a run-off election on November 26. Voting proceede [...]	2006-10-16 02:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2844	ECUADOR TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: This cable responds to specific questions in Ref A pertaining to Ecuador's progress on anti-TIP, summarizing developments which have occurred since the submission of the Embassy's TIP report in March. Sections below are keyed to parts a, b, and c of paragraph 6.E of Ref A, and all da [...]	2006-11-21 15:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO320	NEW CHARGES AGAINST EX-PRES. GUTIERREZ [...] (U) Summary: The acting attorney general Cecilia Armas charged ex-President Lucio Gutierrez with violating the constitution while President by dissolving the Supreme Court in April 2005, and for convoking a special session of Congress which selected a new court in December 2004. Gutierrez ha [...]	2006-02-07 20:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO391	AMB. PROMOTES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN IMBABURA [...] Summary: During a February 7 trip to Imbabura province, two hours north of Quito, the Ambassador toured a U.S. military Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDRETE),met with the indigenous mayor of Otavalo and town councilors, toured a water system project sponsored by AID, and visited a Peace Corp [...]	2006-02-13 13:47:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO553	TWO ECUADORIAN JOURNALISTS KILLED [...] Summary: Press reported the murders of two journalists on February 13 and February 14 in and around the Guayaquil area. In both cases, no items were reported stolen and there have been no arrests. In one case, the reporter had previously spoken out about youth gangs during his radio report [...]	2006-03-08 13:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06RABAT1042	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MOROCCO OF U/S KAREN [...] (C) The US Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit comes as we and the Moroccan government are further energizing the substantial reinvigoration of bilateral relations that has taken place since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca. Since the 2003 attacks, [...]	2006-05-31 18:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KPAO MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT1050	MEETING THE MORCHIDAT [...] (SBU) Following a flurry of misleading press reports indicating that the recently graduated female Islamic guides (morchidat) would be comparable to male imams, the Moroccan Council of Ulemas issued a fatwa on May 26 confirming Minister of Islamic Affairs' Ahmed Toufiq's statement that indeed [...]	2006-06-01 13:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL MO
06RABAT1137	WESTERN SAHARA: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TINDOUF? [...] (SBU) Two Sahrawi tribal leaders, Sheikh Abdi Salama Nafaa of Laayoune and Idrissi Belali from Smara, previously unknown to the embassy, called on Polcouns June 9 to seek US support for what they alleged were injustices being committed against members of the Rgiubat tribe, subgroup Layeshi (p [...]	2006-06-12 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1148	WESTERN SAHARA: GENERAL MOSGAARD'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Force Commander General Kurt Mosgaard told the Ambassador June 8 that MINURSO continued to play an important role in moderating the Western Sahara conflict. He said tensions were up on both sides, and there was more talk of war within the Polisario, but MINURSO does not [...]	2006-06-13 16:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1329	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROYAL ADVISOR MEZIANE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on his early 2005 meeting, Ambassador met July 11 with Palace Advisor Meziane Belfqih to discuss his views on US-Moroccan relations, recent GOM crackdowns on Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) activities, and the 2007 parliamentary elections. Belfqih said his March [...]	2006-07-12 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM MO
06RABAT1392	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through June 30, 2006. Update narratives contain both [...]	2006-07-21 19:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT1412	SUMMER UNIVERSITY EVALUATES REFORMS IN MOROCCO [...] (U) Summary: From July 13 to 15 the Moroccan Center for Social Studies organized a summer university, i.e., a conference, in Tetouan to discuss and assess the reform process. Polfsn political specialist attended the conference. The participants, who were university professors, political ana [...]	2006-07-26 11:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT1471	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1-June 30. Activities included visits by representatives from MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's visit to Oujda, his meeting with the International Republican Institute (IRI),judicial reform, a regional confer [...]	2006-08-02 07:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
06RABAT1983	SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS OUTLINE GRIEVANCES AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) During a mid-October visit to Western Sahara, Sahrawi human rights activists indicated profound alienation from Moroccan authorities and deep skepticism about any autonomy package the GOM might be preparing, charging that human rights practices in the region were getting worse. They viewe [...]	2006-10-23 13:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO MA WI
06RABAT22	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MOROCCO: STATUS REPORT #3 [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through December 31, 2005. Update narratives contain [...]	2006-01-05 14:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT2286	MOROCCO'S NEW POLLING LAW - A STEP BACKWARDS? [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is considering a new law that would for the first time formally regulate polling and public opinion research. A copy of the draft bill obtained by the Embassy imposes a requirement that all public opinion polls be vetted and approved in advance by [...]	2006-12-19 15:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MO
06RABAT2337	MOROCCAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON PRESS AND POLLING [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with Moroccan Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzouba, the Ambassador urged that pending amendments to the press code encourage journalistic responsibility without impinging on freedom of expression. The Ambassador also expressed concern that a proposed law regulati [...]	2006-12-26 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EFIN MO
06RABAT2344	MINISTER OF INTERIOR TOUGH ON PRESS REFORM AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley raised freedom of expression issues, the Western Sahara and elections with Interior Minister Benmoussa December 27. Following up on earlier senior contacts, Ambassador argued for liberalization of the press code and against the new draft law on polling. Repeatedl [...]	2006-12-28 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT283	WESTERN SAHARA: THE WALI EXPOUNDS ON THE CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, NEA/MAG desk officer and emboffs met with Driss Sharqi, the Wali of the Laayoune region of the Western Sahara. The discussion covered autonomy (septel),Sahrawi demonstrations, the impact of the Equity and Reconciliation's (IER) final report, the development sit [...]	2006-02-17 17:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT398	MOROCCO: IS THE GOVERNMENT STRANGLING THE PRESS? [...] (C) Freedom of the press continues to be a significant political and human rights issue in Morocco, and the mission continues to discuss the issue with the GOM at high levels, and to raise concerns as we see them. The GOM's latest tack appears to be one of levying heavy fines on offending p [...]	2006-03-03 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS MO
06RABAT431	WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY, INTEGRATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: During the mission's last visit to the Western Sahara in late January, and in a subsequent conversation with the Mayor of Laayoune in Rabat, emboffs have had opportunities to engage with local officials, NGOs, and other contacts concerning their views on autonomy, integration, [...]	2006-03-08 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT432	PRESS FREEDOM: MOROCCO NEEDS TO AVOID A BLACK EYE [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, DCM raised freedom of the press in Morocco, noting that recent actions against journalists in Morocco (reftels) appeared at odds with the country's increasing democratization. It appeared the GOM was taking a [...]	2006-03-08 18:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT507	MFA, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OBJECT TO MEPI [...] (C) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs Fassi Fihri and Communications Minister Benabdallah told Ambassador Riley March 20 that media outlets accepting MEPI grants or other foreign funding would constitute a violation of Moroccan law, punishable by fines and imprisonment. They e [...]	2006-03-21 18:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO KMPI KPAO PHUM PREL
06RABAT567	THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART II: ERFOUD AND RISSANI [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables drawn from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas from March 10-17. Erfoud is a medium-sized town, which is quickly becoming a tourist hub for the region, whereas Rissani is a small town on the road sou [...]	2006-03-30 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL
06RABAT616	SEVENTEEN ACTIVISTS IN THE WESTERN SAHARA: BEATEN [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, seventeen Sahrawi prisoners were brought to court from Laayoune prison for their trials. According to the Polisario website and Sahrawi activist Brahim Afari who called Polcouns April 4, the prisoners were "severely beaten" in vans on the way to the court. One acti [...]	2006-04-06 17:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT668	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through March 31, 2006. Update narratives contain bot [...]	2006-04-14 11:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT734	WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCANS NERVOUS ABOUT IMPENDING [...] (C) Deputy FM Fassi Fihri telephoned the Ambassador late afternoon April 20 to express concern about the contents of the SYG's report on the Western Sahara, soon to be released, as well as impending action on the Western Sahara by the UN Security Council. Fassi Fihri understood that the Secur [...]	2006-04-21 11:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT816	SCENESETTER FOR FM BENAISSA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) FM Benaissa is coming to Washington May 2 after a bruising few weeks for Morocco on the Western Sahara. The latest UN resolution was a narrowly dodged bullet, from Morocco's point of view. The MFA in Rabat and Moroccan Embassy in Washington both lobbied vigorously to avoid a resolution [...]	2006-04-28 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT85	MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post offers the following information on Moroccan non-governmental organizations that provide support or services to the victims and families of the Casablanca terrorist attacks on May 16, 2003, or are engaged in activities designed to blunt the appeal of Islamic ex [...]	2006-01-19 15:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KAWC KPAO MO
06RABAT918	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MOROCCO: IS IT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Constitutional reform is regularly brought up by contacts and is occasionally a topic in the press. Reform, however, does not mean the entire constitution but rather portions of it which directly relate to the interest or interests of a particular group. Whereas Moroccans desc [...]	2006-05-11 13:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT986	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY OF PROGRESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met May 19 for one hour with Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) secretary general Ismail Alaoui at the party's headquarters SIPDIS in Rabat. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff (notetaker),while Alaoui was joined by PPS executive commi [...]	2006-05-23 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MO
06RANGOON1077	MIN KO NAING TRIES TO UNIFY BURMA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Ko Naing, former political prisoner and leader of the "88 Generation Students," used the July 19 Martyrs' Day holiday to show support for the NLD in an ongoing effort to mend the fractured relationship between the NLD and student groups. Min Ko Naing is taking on a more act [...]	2006-07-31 10:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1097	BURMA: THE REGIME HARDENS ITS POSITION ON ASEAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma's ruling Generals are the hardest of the hardliners. They have made decisions to harden their positions on ASEAN, the democratic opposition, and the ethnic minorities. Only high-ranking UN representatives may be allowed access to Aung San Suu Kyi; visiting ASEAN representa [...]	2006-08-02 11:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1124	BURMA: CHARGE MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After several requests and cancellations, Charge finally met with Minister for Home Affairs Maung Oo to stress the importance of meaningful progress toward democracy, the release of political prisoners, and greater access to Burma for journalists. The Minister lamented the West [...]	2006-08-08 11:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1240	FEW TAKERS FOR LAND IN BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, the Naypyitaw City Development Committee (NCDC) announced that it will accept applications to buy residential plots and small business sites in Burma's new capital. By tightly regulating private development in the new capital, the GOB aims to provide services to t [...]	2006-08-30 08:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1743	ICRC WON'T GIVE UP ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The recent announcement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that the GOB was forcing them to close their five field offices in Burma was not timed to coincide with Gambari's briefing to the UN Security Council, ICRC officials insist. They issued the statement [...]	2006-11-30 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1762	THE GOB'S LONG-WINDED DEFENSE AGAINST UNSC ACTION [...] (U) Summary: the GOB called a last-minute press conference in Nay Pyi Taw on November 29 to try to refute UNSC discussion of the regional threat Burma poses through the spread of refugees, diseases and narcotics to neighboring states. Two Cabinet Ministers, joined by a Deputy Minister and the [...]	2006-12-01 11:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR BM
06RANGOON1785	BURMA: THE REGIME FINDS ITS OWN "88 GENERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 09:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1828	BURMA: THE KNU AFTER GENERAL BO MYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The death of Karen insurgent leader General Bo Mya did not come as a surprise, but leaves the Karen National Union (KNU) without a strong, charismatic leader. Sidelined by poor health in recent years, Bo Mya continued to influence KNU leaders and policy. It is uncertain if the re [...]	2006-12-27 04:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON244	BURMA'S INADEQUATE IPR REGIME [...] (U) Burma is, and should remain, on the 2006 Special Mention List for Special 301 Review. Following is an update on the current IPR protection situation in Burma. Overview --------- 2. (U) Burma does not have adequate IPR protection. Patent, trademark, and copyright laws and regulations a [...]	2006-02-22 05:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SNAR BM
06RANGOON253	AMERICAN CENTER HELPING NLD EDUCATE ACTIVISTS AND [...] (C) Summary: our American Center (AC) in Rangoon has attracted extra attention from both pro-democracy activists and the ruling regime as our programs reach more people. Representatives from Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD) contact the AC daily and regularly use our Information Re [...]	2006-02-23 23:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO BM NLD
06RANGOON356	ALL SMILES: INDIAN PRESIDENT VISITS BURMA [...] (C) Summary: For the second week in a row, a regional head of state visited Burma and allowed the ruling generals to bask in perceived legitimacy. Indian President Kalam's March 8-11 visit was the first-ever to Burma by an Indian head of state. The two countries concluded MOUs on petroleum [...]	2006-03-16 06:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EAID BM IN
06RANGOON384	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER DIES IN BRUTAL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A former political prisoner and student activist during the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, Thet Naing Oo, died on March 17 following a public beating by police and fire brigade officers. His family placed a death announcement in local newspapers and on March 20 held a funeral atten [...]	2006-03-21 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
06RANGOON406	PYINMANA: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Months after announcing the sudden relocation of Burma's capital, the military regime continues efforts to build a new city to house thousands of civil servants who have already moved and are attempting to carry out government operations at remote, unserviced locations. There are [...]	2006-03-24 08:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON477	THE PRESSED, SUPPRESSED, AND OPPRESSED IN BURMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB continued its harassment of ordinary citizens as well as pro-democracy advocates through pressure, intimidation, arbitrary detention, arrest, and imprisonment. Scattered crackdowns of individuals around the country on various charges during late March demonstrate that t [...]	2006-04-10 10:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON924	WORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Burmese law prohibits strikes, many worker successfully staged strikes for wage increases in 2005 and 2006. Lab and management peacefully resolved most strikes, and GOB officials intervened in some cases to press for resolution. As long as the strikes stay apolitical, [...]	2006-07-05 06:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06REYKJAVIK50	ICELAND IN NO RUSH TO ASSIST NEW PALESTINIAN [...] Post discussed reftel points with Icelandic MFA Head of International Institutions Division Nikulas Hannigan February 10. Hannigan took note of U.S concerns about a new Palestinian Authority government that has not committed to non-violence, and he affirmed that Iceland generally supports the [...]	2006-02-13 16:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EAID IS IC
06REYKJAVIK89	ICELANDIC STATEMENT ON AKBAR GANGI: ONLY IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 17:15:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR IC
06REYKJAVIK93	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 18-20, 2006: U.S. [...] Summary: Weekend media reaction to the U.S. decision to realign Keflavik Naval Air Station (NASKEF) took a sober turn as politicians and pundits assessed the cost of this development to their state's security and treasury. The national newspaper of record, whose editor is close to former PM [...]	2006-03-20 17:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06RIGA1040	LATVIA'S 2007 BUDGET [...] Summary: In a relatively swift approval process, Latvia's parliament adopted its 2007 budget on December 19. The budget, featuring a 26 percent increase in expenditures (mostly growing public sector salaries and increased government investment),a projected 23 percent increase in revenues, and [...]	2006-12-22 14:10:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD LG
06RIGA566	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 17 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Economics Minister Stokenbergs discussed outstanding trade issues Liepajas Metallurgs and Coca-Cola, building bilateral trade links, and Latvia's relations with Russia. While we had little to offer on Liepajas Metallurgs, Stokenbergs wa [...]	2006-07-18 14:38:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PINR OFPD RS LG
06RIGA762	The players in Latvia's parliamentary elections [...] SUMMARY. Latvia enters the 2006 Saeima (parliament) election race with a minority government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party) that includes the center-right People's Party, centrist Greens and Farmers Union and conservative First Party. The country will likely emerge fro [...]	2006-09-21 04:17:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA792	WHAT'S AT STAKE IN LATVIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: While Latvia's parliamentary elections October 7 are unlikely to bring about a major near term change in foreign policy, the elections merit USG attention for two reasons. First, they will give us indication of whether Latvia will continue to press forward on efforts to strengt [...]	2006-09-29 05:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL LG
06RIGA855	Remaining state shares in Ventspils Nafta sold to Vitol [...] On October 5, the Latvian government sold its entire 38.62% stake in Ventspils Nafta (VN),a large holding company known mainly for its oil terminal and extremely convoluted shareholding structure. Besides the oil transit business, VN owns a number of real estate businesses, several printing a [...]	2006-10-18 14:03:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ETRD PGOV LG
06RIGA859	LATVIA'S ELECTIONS: MODERATE HARMONY CENTER BEATS HARDLINE [...] Summary. One of the major upsets in Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections was the poor showing of hard-line For Human Rights in a United Latvia (PCTVL) list versus its main rivals in the race for the votes of the Russian-speaking electorate, the moderate Harmony Center (SC) ticket. Even t [...]	2006-10-20 05:48:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI LG
06RIYADH1920	'CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY' IS OFF-LIMITS FOR A [...] (C) Nawal Al Yousif (protect),a Shi'a journalist and founder of www.saudiyat.net, noted in a meeting with the PAO on March 17, 2006 that mentioning a constitutional democracy in her writing crossed a red line with the Saudi Ministry of Interior. "The Mubahith (Investigative Police) came to s [...]	2006-03-21 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI KIRF KPAO SA
06RIYADH1982	DHAHRAN DIGEST 5 [...] (SBU) During a recent lunch with PolOff, an appointed member of the Al-Ahsa municipal council who is also an American-educated professor of plant physiology fielded two phone calls from students. The first was from a female graduate student who needed help on some laboratory research she was [...]	2006-03-22 10:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PREL SA
06RIYADH3312	THE SAUDI SHI'A: WHERE DO THEIR LOYALTIES LIE? [...] (S) Some Sunni Arab leaders, including Egypt's President Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah, have recently publicly questioned the loyalties of Arab Shi'a populations in the Middle East. Privately, senior Saudi officials raise similar concerns. Given the ongoing sectarian conflict in Iraq, [...]	2006-05-02 14:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS SA
06RIYADH5083	INTERNET JOURNALISM CHANGING PERSPECTIVES AMONG EP [...] (C) Hussein Al-Alak, a Qatif-based journalist for online Rasid News Network (www.rasid.org; the premier Internet forum for Saudi Shi'a),discussed with PolOff and PAO on June 20 the growing influence of Internet journalism among the Shi'a. Because the government has permitted much greater fre [...]	2006-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SA
06RIYADH5315	DISCUSSION GROUPS GROW, CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPS [...] (C) Summary: Shi'a journalist Merza Al Khuwaildi discussed the range of new discussion groups in Saudi Arabia, in a June 28 meeting with the Consul General. Considered the vanguard of civil society in Saudi Arabia, these home-based, informal, grass-roots groups have enjoyed more freedom over [...]	2006-07-05 06:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF SA
06RIYADH6343	SAUDI ACADEMIC WARNS THAT LEBANON FOMENTS EXTREMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On August 6 a politically mainstream Saudi academic and journalist, Dr. Ali Sa'ad al-Musa, published an open letter to President Bush in the widely-read al-Watan newspaper, warning that he and millions of other moderates in the Middle East are becoming extremists as [...]	2006-08-08 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA
06RIYADH6520	ANTI-BUSH POEM EPITOMIZES CURRENT SAUDI PUBLIC MOOD [...] (C) BACKGROUND: Poetry runs in the blood of the Saudi people. They have historically utilized poetry to express public opinion over social, political, and cultural issues. They also use poetry to curry favor with their rulers, local and regional, as well as share their criticisms in an open forum. [...]	2006-08-16 12:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL SA
06RIYADH6668	170 SAUDI AND MUSLIM SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: 170 Muslim scholars from more than seventeen countries, including twenty-nine Saudi citizens, issued an open statement on August 4 entitled "Statement and Appeal from Scholars of the Islamic Nation." The statement condemned Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon and Palestine, and crit [...]	2006-08-22 06:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA LE
06RIYADH7191	RIYADH RECORD: AUGUST 19-31 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Youth summer camps in the Kingdom elicited controversy from one of their lectures on the negative aspects of the West and how Saudi journalists act as the West's "agents." The Ministry of Commerce licensed the first female engineer in Saudi Arabia; the hope is that many more wi [...]	2006-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH8003	WAMY SECRETARY-GENERAL PREACHES NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) Secretary-General Dr. Saleh al-Wohaibi told PolOffs in an SIPDIS August 27 meeting that, despite negative publicity surrounding Islamic charities, WAMY has nothing to hide. Al-Wohaibi talked about WAMY's international programs, but focu [...]	2006-10-11 16:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC KISL SA
06ROME1025	ITALY'S FLEDGLING ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Pisanu's hand-picked Muslim Consultative Council continues to be controversial after its first two meetings. Criticism by both the right-wing Northern League Party and some members of the Muslim community convinced Pisanu to cancel the next meeting until afte [...]	2006-04-05 08:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV PTER IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1410	ITALY: GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE [...] (SBU) Senator for Life Giorgio Napolitano May 10 was elected Italy's 11th President of the Republic by a simple majority in the fourth round of voting. The center-right opposition, led by caretaker PM Silvio Berlusconi, did not support Napolitano's candidacy. Two of Berlusconi's coalition al [...]	2006-05-10 16:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT
06ROME1412	AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES ITALIAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (U) On April 27, Ambassador Spogli addressed the leaders of Confindustria, Italy's leading business association, about barriers to, and opportunities for, U.S. investment in Italy. The Ambassador spoke at the invitation of Confindustria President (and Fiat Chairman) Luca Cordero di Montezemolo [...]	2006-05-10 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IT

06ROME1450	GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...]	2006-05-12 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR

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