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| 00DAMASCUS3050 | SYRIAN MEDIA SAYS BASHAR CONTINUES HAFIZ AL- [...] (C) SUMMARY. SYRIAN PRESS JUNE 14-15 EMPHASIZED UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR BASHAR AL-ASAD UNDER THE BANNER OF CONTINUING HIS FATHER'S LEGACY. PRINT FEATURES INCLUDED FAVORABLE COMMENTS BY THE SYRIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND FOREIGN DELEGATIONS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO COMMENTS BY ARAB LEADER [...] |
2000-06-17 04:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC PROP KPAO KMDR LE SY |
| 00HANOI2047 | MEETING WITH THICH THAI HOA [...] No summary [...] |
2000-09-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF KPAO PREL PGOV VM UNGA HUMANR RELFREE |
| 00HANOI2605 | ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY AMERICAN CITIZENS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (SBU) DURING RECENT WEEKS, CITIZENS/RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR ACTS DESIGNED TO DISRUPT AND CHALLENGE THE CONTROL OF SOVEREIGN STATES -- VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA -- WHICH ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE GOAL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR THE O [...] |
2000-11-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAO CB VM CTERR |
| 00HARARE4057 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WIN OF 57 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS BY THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN THE JUNE, 2000 ELECTIONS MARKS AN IMPORTANT NEW STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWEAN DEMOCRACY. AFTER 20 YEARS AS A ONE-PARTY STATE, THE RULING ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION - PATR [...] |
2000-07-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP ZI KPAO |
| 00KINSHASA8484 | WEEKLY MONUC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: MONUC HELD ITS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 20 AND DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332 TO THE PRESS. MONUC'S MILITARY SPOKESMAN MADE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, MONUC HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF ZIMBABWE'S "ORDERS OF DISENGAGEMENT" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HARARE SUB [...] |
2000-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PREL PGOV CG KDMR KPAO CGOPRC |
| 00STATE229009 | OFFICE OF CITIZEN EXCHANGES GRANT TO THE AMERICAN [...] ACTION SUMMARY: THIS TELEGRAM HAS BEEN CLEARED WITH M/PP (SEP). U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE#S OFFICE OF CITIZEN EXCHANGES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GRANT AWARD TO THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS (AAM) FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AMONG MUSEUMS (IPAM) PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM [...] |
2000-12-01 23:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 00STATE229026 | "IF YOU WANT TO STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES" NEW, [...] THE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES BRANCH (ECA/A/S/A) IS PLEASED TO OFFER AN UPDATED AND REVAMPED EDITION OF THE "IF YOU WANT TO STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES" (IWYTS) BOOKLET SERIES. BOOKLET ONE, A PROMOTIONAL FLYER, AND POSTERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ORDERING. SEE ORDERING INFORMATI [...] |
2000-12-01 23:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 01ABUJA1687 | NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS [...] Summary. The Military Public Affairs Workshop organized by the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy for the public relations officers of the Nigerian armed forces and for defense journalists succeeded beyond all expectations. Director of the American Forces Information Service Cliff Bernath [...] |
2001-07-17 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC MARR NI |
| 01ABUJA2017 | NIGERIA: USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TRIPS [...] As requested Reftel, in accordance with Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement, the US Mission in Nigeria has provided the following technical assistance to the GON during the period from September 2000 to August 31, 2001 in the area of intellectual property rights protection: -- The Commercial [...] |
2001-08-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD OEXC KPAO USTR FCUL |
| 01ABUJA2226 | STAR INTERVIEW -- ARMY MINISTER BATAGARAWA [...] (U) In the "Star Interview" section of the Daily Trust newspaper on August 30, Army Minister Lawal Batagarawa expressed his views on the security assistance relationship with the United States and on Operation Focus Relief, in addition to other topics relating to the Nigerian military and Mini [...] |
2001-09-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR OIIP OPRC PINR KPAO NI |
| 01ABUJA2339 | NIGERIA: PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT ON [...] On August 16, the GON inaugurated the National Committee on the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Chaired by the Minister of Environment, the Committee is comprised of 10 ministries including Environment, Health, Transport, Commerce, Agriculture, Education and Water Resources. Each Mi [...] |
2001-09-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KPAO NI |
| 01ABUJA2398 | NO CELEBRATIONS IN ZAMFARA: REPORTS INACCURATE [...] Summary: Post has investigated the story reported by a BBC stringer in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, that there were celebrations there following the September 11 attack on the U.S. All sources indicate that this story was exaggerated. Reports of unrest in Kano on Friday, September 14, a [...] |
2001-09-21 07:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA2520 | THE TERROR ATTACKS AND U.S. POLICY IN THE [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a thumbnail summary of trends in the Nigerian media since the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11. On the whole, Nigerians were as shocked by the attacks as Americans. The media accurately reported the story and the immediate condemnations [...] |
2001-10-03 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL PREL PROP NI |
| 01ABUJA2559 | OVERSEAS REACTION: NIGERIA [...] Press reporting of humanitarian actions: The humanitarian actions were reported as straight news in Nigerian newspapers on Monday, October 8, quoting President Bush, but this news was buried deep in the stories that focused on the attacks on Taleban targets. Only one newspaper, the Nigerian [...] |
2001-10-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC NI |
| 01ABUJA2792 | RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] |
2001-11-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP |
| 01ABUJA2836 | Annual American Studies Conference [...] Summary: Highlighting "Religion in the US," American Studies specialists discussed religion and American society at the recent 8th Annual Conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN) held in Jos. Unlike previous seminars, this year's gathering was more effective because [...] |
2001-11-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC NI |
| 01ABUJA989 | Senger Challenges Nigerian Legal Profession to Provide Greater Access to ADR [...] Summary: Department of Justice Deputy Senior Counsel for Dispute Resolution Jeffrey Senger challenged leaders in Nigeria's courts and executive branch to address the practicalities of a court-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system that could lower costs, bring greater access to d [...] |
2001-05-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC KJUS NI |
| 01CAIRO5770 | CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - [...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...] |
2001-09-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO EG |
| 01HANOI2658 | HANOI MUSLIM COMMUNITY RETICENT ON RECENT EVENTS [...] (U) HANOI'S TINY VIETNAMESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY (NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DOZEN PEOPLE) HAS NOT NOTICEABLY REACTED TO THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ACTS IN THE US AND SUBSEQUENT INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE UNDER OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENT MANAGER OF HANOI'S SOLE MOSQUE. THE O [...] |
2001-10-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS KPAO PTER VM HUMANR CTERR RELFREE |
| 01HANOI2985 | PAO DISCUSSES COVERAGE OF ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN WITH SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY PRESS OFFICIAL [...] THE HANOI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER PAID A VISIT NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02985 01 OF 02 150919Z 14 TO COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS TO DISCUSS WITH DR. VU DUY THONG, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION FO [...] |
2001-11-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PROP OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 01HANOI3308 | DISCUSSING TERRORISM IN NORTHEASTERN VIETNAM [...] DURING OFFICIAL TRAVEL IN TWO NORTHEASTERN PROVINCES -- HAI DUONG AND QUANG NINH -- DECEMBER 18-19 (SEPTEL), POL/C DISTRIBUTED PAS-PRODUCED "RESPONSE TO TERROR" AND "NETWORK OF TERROR" (AS WELL AS OTHER PAS MATERIALS ABOUT THE U.S.), EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR GVN COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORIS [...] |
2001-12-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 01HARARE1177 | FIRED GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER EDITOR DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MARCH 27 MEETING, THE RECENTLY FIRED EDITOR OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED DAILY "THE HERALD" SPOKE OPENLY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S USE OF THE PAPER AS A PROPAGANDA TOOL. FORMER "HERALD" EDITOR RAY MUNGOSHI (35) (PROTECT) TOLD EMBOFF ABOUT DAILY HARASSMENT FROM INFORMATIO [...] |
2001-03-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP PHUM KPAO PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1815 | ANDREW YOUNG VISITS ZIMBABWE, DEFENDS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S [...] (U) FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS ANDREW YOUNG PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE JUNE 4-6, 2001, MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ON JUNE 5. AFTER MEETING PRESIDENT MUGABE, FORMER AMBASSADOR YOUNG GRANTED A LENGTHY INTERVIEW TO THE GOVERNMENT- CONTROLLED ZIMBAB [...] |
2001-06-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 01HARARE2327 | AMERICAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY USE NEW [...] THE SOUTHERN AFRICA CORRESPONDENTS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST SUCCESSFULLY USED THE NEW UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02327 031030Z MEDIA ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES PUT INTO PLACE BY ZIMBABWEAN INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO IN JUNE 2001. [...] |
2001-08-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 01HARARE2429 | ARREST OF DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL TEAM [...] THREE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02429 161400Z AND ONE REPORTER FROM THE PAPER WERE ARRESTED IN HARARE ON AUGUST 15. THE FOUR WERE RELEASED ON BAIL ON THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY. THE FOUR ARE EDI [...] |
2001-08-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI PHUM |
| 01HARARE2439 | CHANGE IN CHARGES AGAINST DAILY NEWS JOURNALISTS [...] THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FOUR JOURNALISTS FROM THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" WERE CHANGED LATE ON AUGUST 16. THE FOUR JOURNALISTS (EDITOR GEOFF NYAROTA, DEPUTY EDITOR BILL SAIDI, NEWS EDITOR JOHN GAMBANGA AND REPORTER SAM MUNYAVI) ARE NOW CHARGED WITH "DISTRIBUTION OR CIRCULATIO [...] |
2001-08-17 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI PHUM |
| 01HARARE2490 | HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS CONTINUES - THREE NEW [...] ON AUGUST 21 AND 22 ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE (ZRP) PICKED UP, QUESTIONED AND LAID CHARGES AGAINST THREE JOURNALISTS IN HARARE. 2. ON AUGUST 21, TWO JOURNALISTS FROM THE WEEKLY "THE MIRROR" WERE QUESTIONED BY POLICE ABOUT A REPORT IN THE AUGUST 17 EDITION OF THEIR NEWSPAP [...] |
2001-08-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PHUM ZI |
| 01HARARE3009 | RESPONSE OF ZIMBABWEAN MUSLIM/ISLAMIC POLITICAL [...] ZIMBABWEAN MUSLIM/ISLAMIC LEADERS HAVE NOT OFFERED PUBLIC COMMENTS ON EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 2. MUSLIMS IN ZIMBABWE ARE PRIMARILY WELL EDUCATED AND INFORMED MERCHANTS AND PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLE NOT EASILY SWAYED BY EMOTIONAL RHETORIC. THE COMMUNITY'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS GENERALLY REFLECT TH [...] |
2001-10-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC ZI |
| 01HARARE3277 | ANTI-TERROR OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN [...] AN OP-ED BY AMBASSADOR JOSEPH SULLIVAN RECEIVED PROMINENT PUBLICATION IN TWO INFLUENTIAL ZIMBABWEAN NEWSPAPERS ON NOVEMBER 1. THE PRIVATELY-OWNED "DAILY NEWS" CARRIED THE PIECE AS THE ONLY OPINION PIECE ON THEIR OP-ED PAGE. THE PRIVATELY OWNED WEEKLY "FINANCIAL GAZETTE" [...] |
2001-11-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE3437 | EMBASSY ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PEACE [...] ON NOVEMBER 15, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND THE DELIVERY OF A DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE EMBASSY ANNOUNCED THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE PEACE CORPS PROGRAM IN ZIMBABWE. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. THE [...] |
2001-11-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 01HARARE3550 | BULAWAYO AFTER NOVEMBER 16 - A CHANGED CITY [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: MBOFF VISITED ZIMBABWE'S SECOND CITY ON NOVEMBER21 TO GAUGE THE SITUATION IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEBER 16 VIOLENCE AND TO MEET WITH AMERICAN CITIZES TO DISCUSS THEIR SAFETY. ON THE SURFACE, THE ITY APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, BUT THERE S A NEW AND WIDESPREAD SENSE OF TE [...] |
2001-11-27 07:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ZI |
| 01HARARE3724 | ZIMBABWEAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF A/S KANSTEINER [...] SUMMARY: ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER'S DECEMBER 8-11 VISIT TO ZIMBABWE GENERATED COVERAGE IN BOTH PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. REPORTS IN PRIVATELY OWNED PRINT MEDIA WERE FACTUAL. THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION DISTORTED ITS COVERAGE TO GIVE TH [...] |
2001-12-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE741 | GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INTENSIFIES SQUEEZE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S ASSAULT ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA HAS NOT ABATED IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBING OF THE "DAILY NEWS." THE CURRENT ATTACK ON PRESS FREEDOM IS, HOWEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "DAILY NEWS" PRI [...] |
2001-02-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE897 | GREATER SOPHISTICATION AND THOROUGHNESS [...] (C) IN ITS INTENSIFYING EFFORT TO CONTROL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO HARDEN ITS APPROACH TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH: CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE CONTENT AND "SPIN" OF NEWS REPORTED BY THE S [...] |
2001-03-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE944 | MEDIA UPDATE: CNN CREW PREVENTED FROM FILMING NEAR [...] POLICE OFFICERS, ARMY PERSONEL, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN PREVENTED AMCIT BOB COEN, THE CNN STRINGER IN ZIMBABWE, FROM FILMING NEAR THE SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 7. COEN, WHO HAS LIVED IN ZIMBABWE AND WORKED OFF AND ON FOR CNN FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAPE [...] |
2001-03-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM PINR ZI |
| 01PHNOMPENH1740 | CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WINS LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] SUMMARY: A RECENT DEFAMATION/LIBEL CASE AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S LEADING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, THE CAMBODIA DAILY, HAS JOURNALISTS CONCERNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE USE OF ANTI-DEFAMATION LAWS AND PLIANT COURTS TO INTIMIDATE JOURNALISTS AND PREVENT THEM FROM PU [...] |
2001-10-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM OIIP CB |
| 01VATICAN6350 | THREE MONTH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE EVENT OF [...] EMBASSY CONTACTED THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF VATICAN CITY TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF A THREE-MONTH COMMEMORATION OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK. WE REQUESTED THAT THE VATICAN HOLD AN EVENT IN REMEMBRANCE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 AT 1446. THE VATICAN WILL CONFIRM LATER TODAY A MEMORIAL SERV [...] |
2001-12-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO PREL US OIIP CWG PD |
| 02ABUJA1090 | INITIAL REACTIONS TO POST INITIATIVES TO ENGAGE [...] This cable reports initial reactions from two Post initiatives to engage mostly Muslim northern Nigeria in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. (Large numbers of Muslims are also in other parts of Nigeria, especially the populous southwest. Nigeria probably has the largest Muslim population in all [...] |
2002-04-08 16:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC NI |
| 02ABUJA1344 | CORRUPTION CHARGE "SHOCKS" GON - MUST GANA GO? [...] (U) "Time" magazine recently reported that journalists invited to Abuja to hear Information Minister Jerry Gana lament alleged misrepresentations about Nigeria in foreign media were given envelopes containing 50,000 Naira. "Time" implied that the money (about USD 400) was intended as a bribe [...] |
2002-05-02 10:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA1408 | NIGERIA: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: By far the most strategically important country in West Africa, Nigeria is a major economic partner to the United States (oil imports) and has been a cooperative player in conflict resolution in the sub-region. Africa's most populous state and largest democracy, Nigeria has suppor [...] |
2002-05-06 19:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAO EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA1538 | NIGERIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: REGULATION OF OVERSEAS [...] (U) Nigeria officially regulates all corporate bodies and non-governmental organizations (including charities and religious organizations) through registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The registration process requires a one-time fee, a filing of papers on the organization [...] |
2002-05-17 16:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA1748 | THE A-B-C-D OF AIDS -- NIGERIAN [...] SUMMARY: Nigerians who focus on the HIV/AIDS epidemic use A-B-C-D (A-Abstain, B-Be faithful, C-use Condoms, OR D-you Die) as a mnemonic device with target audiences. Sixty activists and program leaders -- Muslim and Christian -- who attended one of the two two-day workshops in Kaduna and L [...] |
2002-06-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV KPAO OIIP SCUL NI |
| 02ABUJA1816 | COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA FLOWS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: There are important regional differences in the media in Nigeria that affect Embassy efforts to communicate U.S. views on the war on terror and other issues. This cable profiles the communications and media environment in Nigeria's north, which is predominately Muslim and Hausa spe [...] |
2002-06-19 15:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA191 | NIGERIA: THE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: While problems remain in the U.S. bilateral military relationship with Nigeria, significant signs of improvement are evident. The relationship between the Embassy and Ministry of Defense has improved as a result of the February 2001 creation of Minister of State positions for eac [...] |
2002-01-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA2032 | NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO OVERCOME AGOA [...] SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, June 19-20, in Abuja focusing on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The seminars, "AGOA: Participating in Trade," and "Public-Private Partnership fo [...] |
2002-07-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA2200 | NIGERIA: KEY ELITES WORK TOGETHER TO [...] SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section and the Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria organized two one-day seminars, June 19-20, in Abuja focusing on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The seminars, "AGOA: Participating in Trade," and "Public-Private Partnership [...] |
2002-07-24 13:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OIIP SCUL NI AGOA |
| 02ABUJA2321 | U.S. SPEAKER ANA ARANA: WORKSHOP BRINGS TO [...] SUMMARY: A dozen journalists drawn from independent and government-owned print and electronic media in Abuja participated in a two-and- a-half-day workshop on investigative journalism, July 15-17. Ana Arana, consultant for Inter- American Press Association, used story ideas suggested by the [...] |
2002-08-02 10:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OIIP PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA2508 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO HEAD WSSD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSD) will be led by President Obasanjo and include Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Environment, Finance, African Integration and Energy (Presidential Advisor Rilwanu Lukman). Nigerian contacts [...] |
2002-08-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG EFIN PREL KPAO NI UNCSD |
| 02ABUJA2564 | NIGERIA: PAN-SAHEL INITIATIVE (PSI) PLAN OF ACTION [...] (S/NF) Embassy strongly believes that inviting Nigeria to participate in the Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI) conference is vital to the success of the PSI. By reason of Nigeria's political and economic importance, size, demographics and the region's porous borders and well-worn overland routes, N [...] |
2002-09-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KWMN PREL KCRM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD KPAO |
| 02ABUJA2686 | SUBJECT: NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT A SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA) Special Assistant for Projects Thomas Hardy completed agreements for feasibility studies for fertilizer and housing projects worth $722,000, discussed programs with the Ministers of Solid Minerals and Agriculture, and briefed senior s [...] |
2002-09-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR ECPS EAID EAIR EINV EPET EMIN KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA2793 | NIGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO BUSH UNGA SPEECH, [...] Summary. Nigerian press coverage surrounding President Bush's September 12 speech to the UN General Assembly and ongoing debate over U.S. policy towards Iraq has been largely overshadowed by domestic political news and the ongoing impeachment battle between President Obasanjo and the legisla [...] |
2002-10-03 21:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER NI UNGA |
| 02ABUJA2980 | THE AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [...] Summary: The 9th annual conference of the American Studies Association of Nigeria convened in Calabar, July 9-12, 2002. "American Studies" specialists from Nigerian federal, state, and private universities compared U.S. and Nigerian laws pertaining to ethnicity, citizenship, and democracy. [...] |
2002-11-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OIIP NI |
| 02ABUJA318 | NIGERIA: OFR PHASE III - SUCCESS BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Operation Focus Relief Phase III (OFR P3), which trained three Nigerian battalions for UNAMSIL, was successful far beyond expectations. Strikingly different from Phase I of the program, Phase III was successful because of renewed diplomatic efforts, because of personnel changes i [...] |
2002-02-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR KPAO OIIP NI |
| 02ABUJA3296 | NIGERIA: PROTESTS AND PRAYERS IN KATSINA [...] (U) Peaceful protests have been taking place recently in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, reportedly sponsored by the "Shi'ite" Muslim Brotherhood, among others. Taking place before and after Friday's Juma'at prayers, the number of protests increased during the Holy month of Ramadan. Accor [...] |
2002-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KISL PGOV PINS PINR KPAO NI |
| 02ABUJA3309 | AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NIGERIAN [...] Summary. Interest in Afghanistan and USG actions in rebuilding the country is low among Nigeria's southern journalists. There is more interest in the print media in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north, which occasionally publishes Afghan-related material, mostly in the context of stories on Iraq, [...] |
2002-12-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI AF |
| 02ABUJA3321 | "TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND PEACE" SAYS [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professo Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the North h with all Pre [...] |
2002-12-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PBTS PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3378 | "TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professor Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for elected officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Ambassador Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the [...] |
2002-12-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PBTS PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3381 | NIGERIA: UN CHR-59 COUNTRY PROFILE [...] (C) Nigeria's interests in the Human Rights Commission are conflicting. Nigeria wants to maintain a position of leadership among the developing nations. It is very sensitive to the G-77 views and most especially those of the Africa Group. In this vein, another Nigerian tradition has been to [...] |
2002-12-31 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO NI UNHRC |
| 02ABUJA494 | STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ENJOYS [...] PAS Abuja and Lagos saw increased usage of policy materials and coverage of mission events in Nigerian media in January compared to recent months, with 49 placements. A particular highlight was four broadcast placements of excerpts of President Bush's State of the Union address giving promi [...] |
2002-02-14 08:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP NI OPRC |
| 02ABUJA696 | VATICAN ANTI-TIP CONFERENCE: NIGERIAN ROLE? [...] Post read reftel with interest and applauds Embassy Vatican's initiative in organizing an international conference on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in collaboration with the Vatican Secretariat, G/TIP and PD/IIP. 2. We would like to suggest that the issue of Nigerian trafficking be include [...] |
2002-03-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN KPAO VT IT NI |
| 02ABUJA724 | ECONOMICS AND TRADE LEAD PLACEMENTS IN FIRST [...] PAS Abuja and Lagos had 35 placements/coverages in Nigerian media the first two weeks of February, continuing a recent trend toward more placements and more diversification by subject matter. The war on terror was not the leading category for a change. Economics and trade took the honors, th [...] |
2002-03-06 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP NI OPRC |
| 02AMMAN2329 | IBB's Radio Sawa an initial hit among the [...] (Summary) The experimental broadcast of IBB's Radio Sawa, which offers an attractive mix of Arabic and American music, became an instant hit among Jordan's young, who are the main target audience and the majority of the population. Whether this popularity will continue now that Radio Sawa h [...] |
2002-05-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO KPAO |
| 02AMMAN3009 | JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN [...] SUMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS HAMBURGER INGREDIENTS. THE FLYERS DO NOT STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT BURGER KING'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AMERICAN, BUT IT DOES LABEL EACH INGREDIENT AS JORDANIAN, ARAB, OR AUSTRALIAN. T [...] |
2002-06-09 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO PREL KPAO ECON |
| 02AMMAN3111 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTION PLAN: WMD- JORDAN [...] EMBASSY AMMAN AGREES THAT SUBJECT PLAN IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL. THE GOJ ALREADY HAS A VERY HELPFUL POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF WMD AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT PROACTIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE ISSUE WILL BE USEFUL WITH OUR AUDIENCE. GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL REALITIES IN THE REGION, PUBLIC ENGAG [...] |
2002-06-12 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAO OPRC OIIP PTER PARM |
| 02AMMAN3327 | ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADERS TO U.S.: DIALOGUE, [...] (C) On June 13, Poloff and PA Cultural Exchange Visitor Imam Yahya Hindi met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General), Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President), Jamil Abu Bakir (Chairman of the Board for the weekly IAF newspaper, Assabeel), and Sa' [...] |
2002-06-20 05:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3423 | INVITATION TO ORDER SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION [...] THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM IS PREPARING A SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION BOOK SET INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO OFFICIAL CONTACTS TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. THE PACKAGE CONSISTS OF THREE BOOKS TRANSLATED INTO ARABIC: "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE," "THE AMERICAN REA [...] |
2002-06-25 07:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN3453 | EDUCATIONAL ADVISERS FROM SOUTH ASIA AND NEAR EAST [...] AMIDEAST AMMAN NOMINATES MS. DANA BARADEI FOR SUBJECT CONFERENCE. FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REQUESTED PARA 4 PER REFTEL: --NAME: DANA BARADEI --LOCATION: AMIDEAST, AMMAN, JORDAN --YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ADVISING: SIX MONTHS --MOST RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE: ATTE [...] |
2002-06-26 07:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN3484 | MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE: SURVEY ON [...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy Amman supports the continuation and development of basic education reform projects in Jordan and attests to the GOJ's and Jordanian education sector's interest and receptivity to such programs. The GOJ has demonstrated a high-level of receptivity to USG as [...] |
2002-06-27 06:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL SCUL JO |
| 02AMMAN3549 | ASSABEEL: UNDERSTANDING JORDAN'S PREEMINENT [...] (C) The Islamist publication Assabeel ("the way" or "the path") is Jordan's most important weekly newspaper. Its circulation is small compared to that of the daily newspapers, but it has grown recently when other Jordanian weeklies have not. Insiders aver that the paper seeks to convey "qual [...] |
2002-06-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3857 | U.S. SPEAKER, DVCS AND BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAMS: [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. AZMI TUBBEH, ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR SUBJECT WORKSHOP. ANSWERS TO INFORMATION REQUESTED PARA 7 FOLLOWS: --FIRST NAME, LAST NAME: AZMI TUBBEH --GENDER: MALE --POST AND OFFICE: AMMAN/PA --JOB TITLE: ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM SPECIALIST, GRADE 9 [...] |
2002-07-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP APER AMGT AFSI OEXC SCUL JO AFOR |
| 02AMMAN3947 | JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs. Our Economic Reform efforts seek to achieve these goals through improved living standards, increased employment opportunities, and encouraging Jordan's cont [...] |
2002-07-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN4236 | AMBASSADOR ROSS' MEETING WITH ISLAMISTS: A GOOD [...] (C) On July 17, R Special Coordinator Ambassador Ross met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Sheikh Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General), Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President), and Jamil Abu Bakr (IAF First Deputy Secretary General). Poloff accompanied Ambassador Ross. IAF [...] |
2002-07-31 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN4258 | IAF PRESS RELEASE RESPONDS TO PRESS CRITICISM OF [...] Summary. The July 17 meeting between R Special Coordinator Ambassador Christopher Ross and the leadership of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) was not reported in the IAF's weekly Assabeel but received considerable attention from other weeklies, including a scathing editorial by a former lefti [...] |
2002-07-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO KISL KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN4312 | RECYCLING CARRY-OVER/FORWARD BALANCES FOR [...] Post reports the following status for its revenue generating programs: Allot. Total Projected Estimated Total Oblig Oblig Un-Oblig as of 10/1/01- 8/1/02- Balance 7/31/02 7/31/02 9/30/02 carryover [...] |
2002-08-04 13:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO |
| 02AMMAN4986 | MEPI ROLLOUT PLAN [...] POST PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT SECRETARY POWELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEPI INITIATIVE WITH A SERIES OF RELATED ACTIVITIES TARGETED FOR JORDAN'S BUSINESS, INTELLECTUAL AND NGO ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL MEDIA. 2. IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD BE READY TO CONDUCT A "PRE- BRIEF" FOR A SELECTED GROUP OF SEN [...] |
2002-09-04 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP EFIN ECON PREL XF KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN5074 | SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION AMMAN [...] EMBASSY AMMAN WILL COMMEMORATE THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR ATTACK ANNIVERSARY WITH IN-HOUSE AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REMIND OUR JORDANIAN AUDIENCE OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS BEHIND THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM. FOLLOWING ARE OUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES. 2. EMBASSY HAS COMMISSIONED THE PRODUCTION [...] |
2002-09-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP JO |
| 02AMMAN5238 | DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL OPRC |
| 02AMMAN5478 | EMBASSY AMMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN CAIRO CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Political Counselor Douglas A. Silliman and Public Affairs Officer Haynes Mahoney to participate in the Conference on Engaging Islam in Cairo October 2-3, 2002. 2. Mr. Silliman and Mr. Mahoney will arrive at Cairo International Airport (CAI) o [...] |
2002-09-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OTRA KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN6189 | RAMADAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS STRATEGY 2002 [...] Following is an outline of the PD Ramadan activities which emphasize respect for Islam and shared values during the month of Ramadan. In Jordan, Ramadan is a festive time similar to the Christmas season. After the Iftar, most Jordanians spend their time on visits to family and friends, cult [...] |
2002-10-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP JO |
| 02AMMAN6581 | JORDAN'S JOINT COMMISSION AGENDA [...] (u) Summary: Jordan's government and private sector have developed an ambitious schedule of events in support of the December 11 U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Commission meeting (detailed schedule below). Their plan envisages three days of FTA-related meetings and press events to raise awareness o [...] |
2002-11-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KPAO JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN6595 | ORDERING PUBLICATION "IF YOU WANT TO STUDY IN [...] Post would like to order a total of 400 copies of subject title, including: 200 copies of the first booklet "Undergraduate Study", Arabic edition; and 200 copies of the second booklet "Graduate and Professional Study and Research", Arabic edition, for a total cost of U.S. Dollars 440. 2. Ple [...] |
2002-11-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 02AMMAN6812 | U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS DELIVER MESSAGE TO [...] SUMMARY: THE ECA FUNDED U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS TOUR VISITED JORDAN OCTOBER 20-22 TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO JORDANIAN STUDENTS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE WELCOME IN U.S. UNIVERSITIES. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED DIALOGUE AND INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR HIGH-LEVEL EDUCATION CONTACTS, UNIVERSITY AN [...] |
2002-11-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO SCUL OEXC OIIP |
| 02AMMAN6878 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE AND [...] (U) Summary. Jordanian official and public reactions to the announcement of authorized departure and the departure of the Peace Corps are mixed. While GOJ leaders and many businessmen express regret but "understanding" for the decisions, the columnists and some of our contacts say they are c [...] |
2002-11-25 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO |
| 02AMMAN7124 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...] |
2002-12-09 08:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7128 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...] |
2002-12-09 09:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7190 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...] |
2002-12-11 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO |
| 02AMMAN7234 | RAMADAN 2002: AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY AMMAN UNDERTOOK A NUMBER OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF RAMADAN AIMED AT REINFORCING A MESSAGE OF RESPECT FOR ISLAM. SOMEWHAT TO OUR SURPRISE IN THESE TENSE TIMES, OUR JORDANIAN CONTACTS PARTICIPATED IN GREAT NUMBERS AT OUR EMBASSY RAMADAN EVENTS, INCLUDING TW [...] |
2002-12-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN7307 | JAZZ AMBASSADORS 2003/AMMAN [...] PA AMMAN IS DELIGHTED TO REQUEST INCLUSION IN THE 2003 JAZZ AMBASSADORS TOUR. POST PREFERS THE MAY TOUR TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO COINCIDE WITH POSSIBLE PA PLANS TO ORGANIZE AN AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL DURING THAT MONTH. IF MAY IS NOT FEASIBLE, POST ALSO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOSTING THE TOUR IN [...] |
2002-12-17 04:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO SCUL OEXC |
| 02AMMAN7349 | MEPI REACTION: AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: THE MEPI AND SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH HAVE DOMINATED JORDANIAN EDITORIAL PAGES IN RECENT DAYS, WITH REACTION BEST DESCRIBED AS COMPLEX: SOME WRITERS HAVE WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSING A KIND OF RELIEF AT THE ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF CORE DEFICIENCIES PLAGUING ARAB SOCIETIE [...] |
2002-12-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 02ANKARA8304 | Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. TURKISH OFFICIALS REITERATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR LIBERALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE BUT ARGUED THAT HIGH TARIFFS AND SOME DOMESTIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS MUST BE MAINTAINED IN ORDER TO PROTECT TURKISH PRODUCERS AGAINST IMPORTS. THESE SAME OFFICIALS STATED THAT SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN A [...] |
2002-11-15 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8599 | PD PROGRAM ALUMNI IN NEW TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] Turkey's November 3, 2002 election swept the new AK Party into power and also swept away many familiar faces. We have periodically reported on the number of PD program alumni who had risen in the ranks of the government and been elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Many program alumn [...] |
2002-11-26 07:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8790 | Turkish Agriculture, Trade and EU Membership [...] (SBU) Summary. AgCounselor recently met with representatives from International Organizations including the World Bank and FAO as well as with local EU officials to discuss the current state of Turkish agriculture and agricultural trade. These representatives expressed frustration with Tur [...] |
2002-12-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA8870 | TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER [...] Legal issues are the most reported in Turkey's media. 2. More WSSD Follow-up. 3. Turkey's researchers compete for EU funding. 4. Ankara measures spike in air pollution. 5. Cooperation increases among Black Sea oceanographers. 6. Update on NATO Science projects --------------------------- [...] |
2002-12-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 02ANKARA8993 | TELLING THE STORY OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION IN [...] Post appreciates message of sustained interest in telling the story of US efforts in Afghan reconstruction. Turkey has a long historical tie to Afghanistan and is proud of its current status as a leader in Afghan reconstruction. Our responsibility is to demonstrate to the Turkish populace that [...] |
2002-12-16 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AF PREL SOCI TU |
| 02ANKARA9037 | Winning the Battle but Losing the War - Bananas [...] (SBU) Summary. In November 2002, the Government of Turkey agreed to remove a number of non-tariff barriers on banana imports in response to a WTO case initiated by the Government of Ecuador. Although the barriers were eliminated, the GOT raised import tariffs by 29% from an already high 120 [...] |
2002-12-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02ANKARA9192 | New Turkish Quarantine Regulations [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey has issued new quarantine regulations governing imports of all plants and plant products that is scheduled to go into effect on January 3, 2003. Turkey did not notify the WTO of the new regulations nor did Turkish officials notify Embassies of these changes. Despite req [...] |
2002-12-31 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 02COLOMBO1629 | Sri Lankan government lifts ban on the [...] (U) Suggested press guidance for Department's review is contained in Para eight. 2. (C) Summary: The GSL lifted its ban on the Tamil Tigers late September 4. By doing so, the government acceded to a key demand of the Tigers, paving the way for the planned high-level talks in Thailand. [...] |
2002-09-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1743 | Thailand talks conclude on positive note, with [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see Para six. 2. (C) Summary: The first round of talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers has ended on a positive note. Per a press statement issued by the Norwegian facilitators (see Para seven), the two sides h [...] |
2002-09-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1751 | Positive reaction to talks; LTTE spokesman's [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lankans have reacted in a highly positive fashion to the successful conclusion of the first round of talks between the government and the Tamil Tigers. Contacts highlighted as noteworthy the announcements that the two sides would soon meet again, that they would form joint [...] |
2002-09-19 10:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1879 | Radical JVP party sponsors lightly attended [...] (U) In a first, an anti-U.S. Iraq policy demonstration took place in Colombo on October 7. The rally, which took place near the embassy, was lightly attended, with only about 250 people participating. The radical, Sinhalese chauvinist Janantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party sponsored the eve [...] |
2002-10-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON KPAO CE IZ |
| 02COLOMBO1899 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST SUBMITS FOLLOWING SLATE OF IV NOMINEES FOR FY-2003, IN RANK ORDER. SEPARATE NOMINATING CABLES IN EVDB FORMAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECT OFFICERS. 2. (I) MR. MUDDIYAPPU REMADIOUS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT SA/RP "FEDERALISM," JANUARY 13-31 [...] |
2002-10-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO1900 | FY-2002 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST SUBMITS FOLLOWING LIST OF IV NOMINEES FOR FY- 2003 IN RANK ORDER. SEPARATE NOMINATING CABLES IN EVDB FORMAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECT OFFICERS. 2. (I) MS. KHADEEJA HASSAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MALDIVES MONETARY AUTHORITY SA/RP "WOMEN AS LEADERS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] |
2002-10-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2015 | COLOMBO-COMMISSIONED POLL GIVES HIGH MARKS TO USG [...] In FY2002 Embassy Colombo commissioned an opinion poll to assess Sri Lankan public perceptions of USG policies regarding the peace process. The poll was performed by a local affiliate of A. G. Nielsen. Its findings were presented to a country team meeting convened on 10/24. 2. The poll fo [...] |
2002-10-29 03:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO SL |
| 02COLOMBO2018 | LTTE launches Sinhala monthly [...] In recent weeks rumors have circulated in Colombo and elsewhere on the Island regarding a Sinhala newspaper to be published by the LTTE. The purpose of the publication: to tell the Tigers' story to Sri Lanka's Sinhalese publics. Its name: DEDUNNA (or "Rainbow"). 2. Although DEDUNNA ap [...] |
2002-10-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO SL LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2022 | U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) After approximately seven months of operations, the U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) has wrapped up its work in Sri Lanka. On October 24-25, the QRDF turned over two plots of land clear [...] |
2002-10-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM PREF KPAO EAID CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2064 | Second session of talks between the Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second session of GSL-LTTE talks made significant progress, with the two sides agreeing to form sub-committees focusing on humanitarian, de- escalation, and political issues. The two sides also agreed to a meeting schedule stretching into March 2003. In another constructive [...] |
2002-11-04 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO TH LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2091 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. ASHA DHANASIRI, SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER, ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION LTD.,FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXP [...] |
2002-11-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2092 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. DAYANI PANAGODA, SENIOR LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RETATIONS, GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: [...] |
2002-11-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2093 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. GEETHANJALI RANAWAKA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 292 [...] |
2002-11-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2095 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATIONS FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUDDIYAPPU REMADIOUS, ATTORNEY- AT-LAW, CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT; AND DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, CIVIL ACTIVIST, AND SENIOR LECTURER IN SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA; FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB [...] |
2002-11-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2103 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. SHEVANTHI JAYASURIYA, HEAD, COMMUNICATIONS UNIT, PEACE SECRETARIAT OF SRI LANKA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST- [...] |
2002-11-08 03:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2104 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. ALIKIE ISMAIL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL/FINANCIAL CONTROLLER, CEYLON CHAMBER SIPDIS OF COMMERCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colom [...] |
2002-11-08 03:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2105 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. ABDULLA JIHAD, DIRECTOR AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF INLAND REVENUE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT- [...] |
2002-11-08 03:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2142 | In public statement, president's party flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's party, the People's Alliance, has issued a public statement excoriating the government's handling of the peace process. The statement was also critical of the Norwegian facilitation effort, and U.S. and UK participation in the Oslo conference. Somewhat a [...] |
2002-11-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2164 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. HEMANTHA KUMAR JAYASUNDERA, DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo [...] |
2002-11-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2165 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUSTHAFA NIHMATH, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY TRUST FUND AND MR. NOORUL AMEEN IZZADEEN, DEPUTY EDITOR, "THE SUNDAY TIMES," FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.g [...] |
2002-11-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2166 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MARKANDU RAMATHASAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, EUROVILLE ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS (PVT) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTI [...] |
2002-11-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2167 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MOHAMED AMIR, DIRECTOR, POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTION, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAI [...] |
2002-11-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2168 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST NOMINATES MS. KHADEEJA HASSAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MALDIVES MONETARY AUTHORITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS C [...] |
2002-11-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2169 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. S. DINESH KUMAR, JOURNALIST, VIRAKESARI NEWSPAPER, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DAT [...] |
2002-11-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2170 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUHUSIN ABDULLA, DIRECTOR FINANCE, MALDIVES TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTING COMPANY (PLC) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITT [...] |
2002-11-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2171 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MS. ROSE COORAY, DIRECTOR- GENERAL, FISCAL POLICY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colomb [...] |
2002-11-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2172 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES DR. (MS.) NELUKA SILVA, SENIOR LECTURER AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colo [...] |
2002-11-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2178 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. NISSANKA WEERASEKERA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEXTVENTURES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPO [...] |
2002-11-22 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2179 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST NOMINATES DR. MOHAMED ALI, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRAN [...] |
2002-11-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2184 | Meeting of Sri Lankan PM with LTTE nets heavy [...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and LTTE negotiator Balasingham in Oslo on November 24 has received extensive press coverage in Sri Lanka. In other peace process developments, LTTE leader Prabhakaran is preparing to give his annual speech on November 27. Missi [...] |
2002-11-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO PHUM CE NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2188 | FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] PAS COLOMBO REQUESTS FOR A FUNDED VOLVIS (TWO INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING TOGETHER - ITT) PROGRAM ON JUDICIAL PROCESS AND RULE OF LAW. POST NOMINATES JUSTICE NISSANKA UDALAGAMA AND JUSTICE NIMAL DISSANAYAKE, BOTH JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL OF SRI LANKA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN A 14-DAY VOLUNTARY VI [...] |
2002-11-26 03:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02COLOMBO2195 | OSLO MEETING REAPS LAVISH, UPBEAT PRESS COVERAGE; DEPUTY SECRETARY´S REMARKS EARN PRAISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Oslo meeting on the Sri Lankan peace process has received lavish, upbeat press coverage. Deputy Secretary Armitage´s remarks -- which were specifically highlighted in the press coverage -- earned special praise. President Kumaratunga has not yet issued a public statement on the [...] |
2002-11-26 10:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2261 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION [...] DUE TO A PERSONAL COMMITMENT, POST'S SECOND APPROVED NOMINEE FOR SUBJECT PROJECT, DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, HAS DECLINED ACCEPTING INVITATION TO ATTEND PROGRAM. POST, THEREFORE, WISHES TO SUBSTITUTE HIM WITH THE NOMINATION OF MR. KEITH NOYAHR, DEPUTY EDITOR, "DAILY MIRROR" - ENGLISH DAILY. [...] |
2002-12-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02HANOI1189 | ARMY DAILY SEEKS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE PEOPLE'S ARMY DAILY IS DETERMINED TO HELP STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. AND MIGHT BE WILLING TO USE PAS-PRODUCED MATERIALS, ITS EDITOR TOLD AMBASSADOR ON MAY 9. THE EDITOR EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ANTI-SRV VIETNAMESE IN THE U.S. AND THE IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM H [...] |
2002-05-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO OIIP VM HUMANR |
| 02HANOI149 | COUNTER-TERRORISM: THE WORD IS GETTING OUT [...] EVEN DURING AN EMBASSY-SPONSORED LANGUAGE IMMERSION TRIP TO THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF HUE JANUARY 19-22, THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM REMAINED A SURPRISINGLY RECURRENT THEME. IN RANDOM AND INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE [...] |
2002-01-23 04:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO OIIP VM CWG PD CTERR |
| 02HANOI2956 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROFILES-VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02956 01 OF 02 120931Z 2. (C) AS FAR AS EMBASSY CAN ASCERTAIN FROM THIS DISTANCE, VIETNAM IS AT BEST A MARGINAL PLAYER ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND AT TI [...] |
2002-12-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO VM UNHRC HUMANR |
| 02HARARE1091 | INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWS CRITICIZES DESPOTS [...] Under headline "Rastiraka: Another old man resisting change" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 2 editorial to criticizing despotic African leaders, especially Didier Rastiraka of Madagascar and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe. Excerpts: 2. "Didier Rastiraka [...] |
2002-05-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1092 | MEDIA REPORT FRENCH ELECTION; HARARE [...] Under headline "Chirac's massive victory: The lesson for African leaders" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 7 editorial to hailing French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac's resounding defeat of Jean-Marie Le Pen in Sunday's run-off as a "reaffirmation" of t [...] |
2002-05-07 09:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI KPAO |
| 02HARARE1275 | "STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FOURTH TIME [...] On May 28 Bornwell Chakaodza, editor of the independent weekly "Standard" was arrested for the fourth time in less than two weeks. As has become customary, Chakaodza was picked up by police at his office, taken to Harare Central police station, and charged with violating [...] |
2002-05-29 06:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1287 | ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION ANNOUNCES [...] (U) On May 25 the government-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) announced massive staffing cuts and personnel changes. According to Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, the de-facto director of all government-owned media, approximately 60 percent of the ZBC's 9 [...] |
2002-05-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1296 | "STANDARD" EDITOR ARRESTED FIFTH TIME [...] On May 29 Bornwell Chakaodza, editor of the independent weekly "Standard," was arrested for the fifth time in less than two weeks. The May 29 arrest was, like the May 28 arrest, sparked by a story in the Standard detailing conditions Chakaodza and two of his colleagues e [...] |
2002-05-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1355 | GOVERNMENT PUULS PLUG ON SEMI-INDEPENDENT TV [...] The government of Robert Mugabe refused to re-new the broadcast license of semi-independent television broadcaster "Joy TV" and the station ceased operations on May 31. The following report from the Zimbabwe office of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) offers [...] |
2002-06-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1357 | PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA COMMISSION NAMED [...] On June 1 Information Minister Jonathan Moyo appointed a six-member Media and Information Commission to license media organizations, accredit journalists, and assume other functions related to controlling the media in Zimbabwe. The Media and Information Commission is a s [...] |
2002-06-04 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1358 | MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE; [...] Under headline "Government in a state of denial of reality" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its Tuesday 4 editorial to declaring that the travel restrictions imposed on Mugabe's government are effective. Excerpts: 2. "The government's attempts to preten [...] |
2002-06-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1371 | DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL ON US FOOD ASSISTANCE TO [...] Under headline "Looking a gift horse in the mouth" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 5 editorial to calling on the government of Zimbabwe to "avoid politicizing food aid." Excerpts: 2. "For the estimated six million of the 13 million Zimbabweans on t [...] |
2002-06-05 08:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1375 | AMERICAN JOURNALIST WILL FACE TRIAL [...] (U) American citizen Andrew Meldrum, the Zimbabwe correspondent for the "Guardian" (UK) newspaper, will be tried on June 12 for violating a section of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Meldrum was arrested on May 1 and charged with "abusing [...] |
2002-06-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1378 | LAW SOCIETY LEADERS FREED AFTER 48 HOURS IN JAIL [...] Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) President Sternford Moyo and LSZ Executive Secretary Wilbert Mapombere were released from police custody on June 5 after spending 48 hours in custody on charges of plotting to overthrow the government of Robert Mugabe. The two have be [...] |
2002-06-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PHUM KPAO |
| 02HARARE1390 | EDITORIAL URGES NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MEDIA [...] Under headline "Moyo: You have lost the plot" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its June 9 editorial to calling on the privately owned media to "simply ignore the restrictions" of the newly enacted Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), sayi [...] |
2002-06-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1419 | TRIAL OF AMCIT JOURNALIST ANDREW MELDRUM [...] The trial of American citizen Andrew Meldrum, the Zimbabwe correspondent for "The Guardian," begins on June 12 at the Harare Magistrate's Court. Meldrum was charged with "publishing falsehoods," a violation of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) af [...] |
2002-06-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1423 | INDEPENDENT EDITORS LAUNCH FORUM [...] Editors of five privately-owned mainstream newspapers have launched a national editors' forum "to promote and defend press freedom and free speech" in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe National Editor's Forum (ZINEF) was launched on June 12 by editors Geoff Nyarota of "The Daily [...] |
2002-06-14 05:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1437 | GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER MEDIA -- NEW [...] The government of Zimbabwe has announced the new registration and accreditation requirements for media organizations and journalists as prescribed by the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). According to an extraordinary gazette published on Jun [...] |
2002-06-18 03:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1438 | TWO NEW NEWSPAPERS HIT THE STREETS [...] Two new newspapers debuted in Harare during the week of June 10. "The Business Tribune" and its sister publication "The Weekend Tribune" will hit the streets every Thursday and Saturday respectively. 2. The Media Africa Group (MAG), a consortium of businessmen led by a [...] |
2002-06-18 03:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1449 | NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS [...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...] |
2002-06-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1533 | NEW MEDIA LICENSING REQUIREMENTS - ANOTHER MEANS [...] Summary: On June 15 the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) published new media registration and licensing regulations. The new regulations are mandated under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). AIPPA became law on March 15, 2002 and has since gained inte [...] |
2002-07-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1563 | TRIAL OF ANDREW MELDRUM CONTINUED UNTIL JULY 12 [...] THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZEN ANDREW MELDRUM, CHARGED UNDER ZIMBABWE'S CONTROVERSIAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (AIPPA), CONTINUED THIS MORNING. THE PROSECUTION FINISHED PRESENTING ITS EVIDENCE. MELDRUM'S LAWYER THEN MADE AN APPLICATION FOR THE CASE TO [...] |
2002-07-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CASC |
| 02HARARE1564 | ANOTHTER MEDIA TRIAL BEGINS [...] The trial for independent "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa, charged with violating the country's controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), opens in Harare on June 20. Mudiwa is accused of having abused journalistic privilege by [...] |
2002-07-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1567 | GOVERNMENT OP-ED CRITICIZES BUSH PLAN TO [...] An op-ed published in the June 27 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald," dismisses President Bush's planned visit to Africa next year as a "non-event." Under headline "Bush's visit a non- event: West should stop meddling in Africa's internal a [...] |
2002-07-03 08:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1568 | JOURNALIST'S TRIAL POSTPONED [...] The trial of "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa has been postponed. Mudiwa was charged on April 30 with "publishing falsehoods" because of his report about a woman supposedly beheaded by ruling party supporters. That story has since been disproved. On June 20 Mudiwa pr [...] |
2002-07-03 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1576 | MEDIA REPORT -- G8 SUMMIT AND NEPAD [...] Under headline "G8 summit a damp squib for NEPAD's lofty goals," the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 3 editorial to stating that the G8's proposed aid package to Africa falls short of expectations. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The Group of Eight (G8) summit paid more [...] |
2002-07-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1577 | MEDIA REPORT -- GOVERNMENT-OWNED NEWSPAPER [...] The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has suspended Zimbabwe's largest newspaper and publishing company, the government-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) Group. The company, publishers of "The Herald" and five other titles, was suspended on Monday, July 2 for violat [...] |
2002-07-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1591 | MEDIA REPORT REPORTER ARRESTED UNDER AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-07-08 08:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1596 | MEDIA REPORT ZIMPAPERS BACK ON THE BOURSE; HARARE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-07-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1611 | GOVERNMENT PAPER TAKES AIM AGAINST BIOTECH [...] Under the headline "We say NO to GM food" the editorial in the July 9 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" offered a stunningly uninformed diatribe against the supply of biotech food to hungry Zimbabweans. Excerpts: 2. ".It.boggles the mind [...] |
2002-07-10 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1615 | GOVERNMENT PAPER CALLS ON WEST TO RELAX [...] Under headline "AIDS statistics sobering" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its July 7 editorial to calling on Western countries to "amend intellectual property regulations" so as to pave the way for African countries to manufacture lo [...] |
2002-07-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1715 | MEDIA REPORT MUDIWA TRIAL REFERRED TO SUPREME [...] No summary [...] |
2002-07-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE1729 | MEDIA REPORT- EDITOR SUES INFORMATION MINISTER; [...] Geoff Nyarota, Editor-in-Chief of the independent daily "The Daily News," has filed a Z$6 million lawsuit against Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for defamation. Nyarota has also slapped the editor of the government-controlled daily "The Her [...] |
2002-07-26 06:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1779 | MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD; [...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...] |
2002-08-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1780 | MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Ban sanction campaigners" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 5 editorial to calling on the government of Zimbabwe to retaliate against the "smart sanctions" imposed by the European Union and the United States against Robert [...] |
2002-08-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1782 | MEDIA REACTION EU TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Stung by the recent detention and deportation of former Bulawayo mayor Joshua Malinga at Gatwick Airport (London) and Sweden's refusal of visas to four ZANU-PF women legislators, an editorial in the August 5 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" calls [...] |
2002-08-05 10:14:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PGOV PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1783 | MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PROCESS; HARARE [...] An editorial published in the August 4 edition of the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" and an opinion peace published in the August 3 edition of government-controlled daily "The Herald" focus on the recent signing of the peace deal between the Democratic Republic [...] |
2002-08-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1784 | MEDIA REPORT FOOD CRISIS IN ZIM AND GMO FOOD; [...] Under headline "We'd rather starve: Importing of genetically modified food risky" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (08/05) carried the following op-ed by Isheunesu Magwaza: 2. ". . .Let me point out clearly that genetically modified (GMO) food has a [...] |
2002-08-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR EAID EAGR SENV KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1785 | MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PACT; HARARE [...] Under headline "DRC peace pact: not another mirage, please" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 2 editorial to persuading the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to implement their peace deal, saying "this pact cannot be allow [...] |
2002-08-05 10:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1786 | MEDIA REPORT: SCRIBES TO CHALLENGE AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-08-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1788 | MEDIA REPORT FOOD AID IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Food aid prolongs nation's suffering" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" uses its August 1 editorial to castigate the government of Zimbabwe for causing the current food crisis and question the utility of Western food donations. Excerpts: [...] |
2002-08-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE1789 | MEDIA REPORT GMO FOOD; HARARE [...] A press conference held on July 24 by Roger Winter, Assistant Administrator at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), received blanket coverage by the local print and electronic media, including foreign news agencies - Reuters, Asso [...] |
2002-08-05 10:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO EAGR EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE1812 | MEDIA REACTION FOOD AID; HARARE [...] Under headline "Flush out rogue NGOs" the government- controlled daily "The Chronicle" dedicated its August 7 editorial to calling on the government to excommunicate all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) accused of "abusing the privilege" to hand out drought relief [...] |
2002-08-08 05:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1824 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ TO CLAMP DOWN ON OPPOSITION; [...] Under headline "Signs of the end" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its August 8 editorial to criticizing the government of Zimbabwe for mooting a plan to clamp down on opposition by withdrawing traveling documents from Zimbabweans opposed [...] |
2002-08-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1825 | MEDIA REPORT LOCAL BUSINESSMEN TO CHALLENGE ZDERA; [...] The lead story in the August 8 edition of the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" centers on an application by a consortium of unidentified local businessmen - allegedly "denied entry into the U. S. A. early this year under the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic [...] |
2002-08-09 10:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1838 | MEDIA REPORT MUGABE ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Mugabe vows to slap sanctions on EU, U. S.," the August 13 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following article as its lead story. In the piece, President Mugabe promises to strike back against the punitive travel restrictio [...] |
2002-08-15 06:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1839 | MEDIA REPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Retaliatory sanctions welcome" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 14 editorial to backing Mr. Robert Mugabe's "retaliatory sanctions" against the United States, European Union and other Western countries that have imposed t [...] |
2002-08-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1849 | MEDIA REPORT U. S. FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Bush's policy disastrous" the August 12 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Tim Chigodo on page 8: 2. "Since the fall of the Communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War, the United States h [...] |
2002-08-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1850 | MEDIA REPORT LAND REFORM IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Under headline "Farming: a great leap forward into uncertainty" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 10 editorial to criticize the haphazard land reform program in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "The land reform program reached its peak this week [...] |
2002-08-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1851 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S., UK obsession with Hussein only makes him more popular" the August 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op- ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on page 6: 2. ". . .There is a kind of immoral resignation that Ge [...] |
2002-08-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1859 | MEDIA REACTION: LAND REFORM ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Evict defiant farmers" the government- controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 15 editorial to encouraging the government of Zimbabwe to eject all "defiant farmers" from the designated commercial farms under the fast-trek land reform program. [...] |
2002-08-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1879 | MEDIA REPORT AFRICAN AMERICANS UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "African Americans betraying Zimbabwe" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 19 editorial to criticizing a group of African Americans who are currently in the country at the invitation of the Zimbabwe government. The editorial accuses the gro [...] |
2002-08-19 07:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1880 | MEDIA REPORT "ZIM WITHDRAWAL FROM DRC;" HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim withdrawal from DRC" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its August 14 editorial to welcoming the withdrawal of Zimbabwean troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). "Now that peace is possible in the DRC, the U. N. Securi [...] |
2002-08-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1885 | MEDIA REPORT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CRITICIZES POWELL; [...] A group of African-Americans, who flew into the country last week at the invitation of the Zimbabwean government, has accused U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell of extreme dislike of Africa. According to an article carried on page two of the August 19 edition of th [...] |
2002-08-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1912 | MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Powell faces more protests on return to Africa" the August 22 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following opinion piece by Tim Chigodo on page 11: 2. "U. S. Secretary of State, Mr. Colin Powell is returni [...] |
2002-08-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1913 | MEDIA REPORT KANSTEINER/NATSIOS BRIEFING; [...] The transcript of a press briefing by USAID Administrator Natsios and A/S Kansteiner on food aid to Southern Africa received prominent placement in the government-controlled daily "The Herald." The independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" also published a Reu [...] |
2002-08-22 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1925 | MEDIA REPORT MUGABE ATTACKS WEST; HARARE [...] The August 23rd edition of the government- controlled daily "Herald" gave prominent coverage to the Government of Zimbabwe's reaction to recent US criticism of the Mugabe regime. Under headline "President raps West" the paper ran two, page-one, above-the-fold st [...] |
2002-08-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1927 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim must stand its ground at summit" the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" dedicated its August 22 editorial to encouraging Zimbabwe to advance its controversial land redistribution program at the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable D [...] |
2002-08-23 07:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1948 | GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OF MEDIA [...] The government-owned weekly "Sunday Mail" reported on August 25 that the government has introduced amendments to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that will further tighten government control of the media. According to [...] |
2002-08-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE1949 | MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] The World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in South Africa has become the subject matter for editorials in two mainstream newspapers - the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror." Editorial excerpts follo [...] |
2002-08-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1951 | ZIMBABWE'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP "PLOT" [...] Under the headline "American madness" the weekly ZANU-PF house organ "The People's Voice" (08/25) comments: "The U.S. Government this week shamelessly went public about its plans to oust the democratically elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe R [...] |
2002-08-26 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1963 | BIOTECH STILL UNDER FIRE IN ZIMBABWE [...] Under headline "Distinguishing drought from famine" an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem carried in the August 27 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News," accuses the United States of "cynically exploiting the plight of the starving to create an artificia [...] |
2002-08-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1964 | MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQI STANDOFF; HARARE [...] Under the headline "Will Bush attack Iraq?" the August 25 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried the following article in the "Scrutator," the unsigned column written by publisher Ibbo Mandaza: 2. "U.S. President George W. Bush's plan [...] |
2002-08-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1965 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Needed: sustainable political development" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 27 editorial to encouraging African leaders attending the Earth Summit in South Africa to "relate the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS to the [...] |
2002-08-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1966 | GOVERNMENT PRESS SAYS WEST CANNOT STOP "LAND [...] Under the headline "Demonisation won't derail land reform" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 27 editorial to declaring that Zimbabwe's land reform program is irreversible. Excerpts: 2. "A new wave of hysteria has gripped Britain, [...] |
2002-08-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1977 | GOVERNMENT PRESS STILL INDIGNANT [...] Under headline "We stand by our cause" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its August 27 editorial to criticizing the United States for meddling in Zimbabwe's internal affairs. Excerpts: 2. "The American and their cousins in Europe have [...] |
2002-08-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1984 | INDEPENDENT RADIO OFFICES BOMBED [...] Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 29 the offices of independent radio "Voice of the People" (VOP) were firebombed and destroyed. The offices were in a house in a residential neighborhood near downtown Harare. There were no injuries, but the house and its content [...] |
2002-08-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1994 | EDITORIAL ON WSSD [...] Under headline "Too many words, too little action," the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its August 29, 2002 editorial to the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Excerpts: 2. "Zimbabweans, as indeed many other Africans, will be forgiven [...] |
2002-08-29 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1998 | MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "West's concern on Zim baffling" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 30 editorial to encouraging the West to seek a face-to-face audience with the government of Zimbabwe to discuss issues of concern. Excerpts: 2. "T [...] |
2002-08-30 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2008 | GOVERNMENT PAPER BLAMES OPPOSITION PARTY AND "THE [...] The government-controlled "Herald" used its August 31 editorial to suggest that the bombing of the "Voice of the People" radio station offices on August 29 was the work of western-sponsored "enemies of Zimbabwe" bent on sullying the nation's reputation. 2. Unde [...] |
2002-09-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2011 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Editorials in Zimbabwe's newspapers continue to focus on the ongoing World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Earth summit hopes of ending African poverty" the independent daily "The Daily News) [...] |
2002-09-03 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2013 | MEDIA REACTION DROC: HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim troops return as heroes" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its September 3 editorial to urging the United Nations to deploy "more peacekeeping forces" into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) "to avoid the creation of a [...] |
2002-09-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO |
| 02HARARE2015 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "Demonstrations a seal for land reforms" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its September 2 editorial to criticizing the West for failing to endorse the land reform program in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "Some Western leaders have [...] |
2002-09-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2016 | RESULTS REPORT: AUGUST 30 INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE [...] This program was extremely useful and successful -- one of the best interactive programs we have had. U/S Larson's hard-hitting yet respectful exegesis on the biotech issue was absolutely on target. We were particularly impressed with Larson's quick and thoughtful react [...] |
2002-09-03 15:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC |
| 02HARARE2022 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Following are excerpts of editorials carried in the September 4 editions of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the government-controlled daily "The Herald" on Robert Mugabe's speech to the WSSD: 2. Under headline "As millions face starvation, Mugabe sco [...] |
2002-09-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2033 | MEDIA REACTION WSSD; HARARE [...] Government-owned print and broadcast media in Zimbabwe gave prominent coverage to the heckling of Secretary of State Powell at the WSSD on September 4. The story featured prominently on television and radio news programs and was page 1, above-the-fold in the gov [...] |
2002-09-05 12:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2034 | INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER CRITICIZES GOVRNMENT FOR [...] Opposition MDC party efforts, thus far in vain, to bring donated food into Zimbabwe have begun to generate media attention. The independent "Daily News" dedicated its September 5 editorial to the issue. Under the title "Let food roll in without the import papers" the [...] |
2002-09-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2039 | GOVERNMENT PAPER REPORTS ZIMBABWE WILL ACCEPT [...] According to a front-page, above-the-fold report in the September 6 edition of the government-owned Herald, President Mugabe has ruled that Zimbabwe will accept food aid that may contain biotech products. However, the President added that that such food relief w [...] |
2002-09-06 07:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2061 | G0VERNMENT PAPER [...] Under headline "Correct labeling of GM food a must" the government-owned daily "Herald" uses its September 7 editorial as a petulant parting shot at food assistance from the U.S. Excerpts: 2. "Now that government has accepted genetically modified food aid from [...] |
2002-09-09 13:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2062 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Who will pre-empt the war on Iraq?" the independent, pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 8 editorial to urging the United Nations Security Council to stop the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: [...] |
2002-09-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2069 | INDEPENDENT PAPER ASKS GOVERNMENT TO EXPLAIN [...] Under headline "State must explain policy flip- flop on GM food" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its September 10 editorial to challenging the government to explain President Mugabe's ruling that Zimbabwe will accept food aid that may contain bi [...] |
2002-09-10 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2088 | GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO RENEW AFP [...] American citizen Griffin Shea, senior reporter for the Agence France Presse (AFP) bureau in Harare, is expected to leave Zimbabwe on Saturday, September 14, following the Government of Zimbabwe's refusal to renew his work permit. Shea, who has been working in Zimbabwe si [...] |
2002-09-13 07:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2106 | GOVERNMENT PAPER SAYS U.S. IS FINANCING "ANTI- [...] The September 17 edition of the government- controlled daily Bulawayo "Chronicle" carries a page- one, above-the-fold story entitled "Unholy alliance: Washington finances anti-government NGOs." Excerpts follow. 2. "The U.S. Government is assisting non- [...] |
2002-09-18 04:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2133 | MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ; HARARE [...] U.S. policy toward Iraq was the favored topic of Zimbabwean op-ed writers over the Sept 21-22 weekend. While none of the writers defended Saddam Hussein, they were unanimously opposed to U.S. unilateral action in Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush, [...] |
2002-09-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2157 | INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS CRITICIZE INACTION IN [...] Under title "The dialogue of the deaf" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette' (09/26) comments: "South African President Thabo Mbeki and his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo have predictably decided to postpone taking the tough decisions t [...] |
2002-09-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2176 | MEDIA REACTION U.S./IRAQ STANDOFF; HARARE [...] Under title "Will the drums of war quieten?" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 29 editorial to encouraging President Bush to heed "international public opinion" against a unilateral attack on Iraq by the United States. Excerpts: [...] |
2002-09-30 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2205 | GOVERNMENT PAPER CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY ON [...] Under the title "DRC has chance to develop" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 29 editorial to accusing the United States of triggering "the continuing strife in most parts of Africa," adding that the West has everything t [...] |
2002-10-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2206 | PRO-GOVERNMENT PAPER URGES SADC EFFORTS IN [...] Under the title "Angola peace initiative: Now or never" the independent, pro-government "The Daily Mirror" dedicated its September 30 editorial to urging SADC leaders meeting in Luanda, Angola this week to work towards long-lasting peace in the country. Excerpts [...] |
2002-10-02 06:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2215 | MEDIA BACKGROUND AND THEMES FOR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Media Background: The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) has deliberately and successfully limited media freedom and the flow of information into and out of Zimbabwe. The majority of Zimbabweans must rely on heavily propagandistic government media for news and analysis of lo [...] |
2002-10-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE2241 | INDEPENDENT PAPER PRAISES SADC MOVE TO SIDELINE [...] Under headline "SADC commended for seeing light at last" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its October 8 editorial to welcoming the decision by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block Robert Mugabe from SADC chairmanship. Excerpts: [...] |
2002-10-08 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2243 | INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS CHALLENGE MEDIA [...] Journalists working for the privately owned media in Zimbabwe have filed an urgent application with the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe to challenge certain sections of the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Lawyers representin [...] |
2002-10-09 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2269 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "American war drums discord" the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" used its October 13 editorial to argue against an U.S. attack on Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "As President George W. Bush presses ahead with his plans to attack Iraq, there ar [...] |
2002-10-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2275 | MEDIA REACTION BUSH/BLAIR UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Blair, Bush terrorism must stop" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 12 editorial to ordering the British and American governments to stop meddling in the affairs of other countries. "We demand that Blair and Bush l [...] |
2002-10-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2305 | GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ANTI-BIOTECH [...] Under headline "Beware of Americans bearing `gifts'" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" published a silly anti-biotech article attributed to Raj Patel of "Third World Network Features": 2. "Food aid from U.S. is increasingly met with suspicion and ske [...] |
2002-10-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2316 | MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S., UN AND IRAQ; [...] Under headline "U.S. drums of war silenced - for now" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 21 editorial to applauding the recent United Nations resolution regarding arms inspection in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. ". . .While we applaud the ne [...] |
2002-10-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2317 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "Elusive peace in the DRC" the editorial in the independent, pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" encouraged the African Union (AU) to take the lead in enforcing the peace deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Excerpts: 2. "As Zimba [...] |
2002-10-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2324 | "DAILY NEWS" COMMISSIONS NEW PRINTING PRESS [...] Twenty months after its presses were destroyed by expertly placed, sophisticated explosive devices (no arrests were ever made) the independent "Daily News" inaugurated new presses. In an October 22 ceremony attended by Zimbabwean media, human rights, law and business lea [...] |
2002-10-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2346 | MEDIA REPORT U. S. UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush wants to create space for decision strike on Iraq" the October 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Chinondidyachii Mararike on page 8: 2. "Will the U.S. go ahead and launch military stri [...] |
2002-10-28 07:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2347 | ZIMBABWEAN PAPERS REACT TO UN REPORT ON [...] Editorials focus on the UN report on "Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)." Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Zimbabwe deserve truth on DRC looting" the independent daily "The Daily [...] |
2002-10-28 10:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2369 | GOVERNMENT MINISTER SAYS LAND REDISTRIBUTION [...] According to an article in the pro-government "Daily Mirror, Minister for Youth, Gender and Employment Creation Elliot Manyika has threatened to "repossess land allocated to people who do not support the ruling party." 2. A report in the October 28 edition of t [...] |
2002-10-31 07:31:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2370 | MEDIA REGISTRATION DEADLINE POSTPONED [...] According to media reports, the government- appointed Media Commission has postponed the deadline for registration of journalist and media organizations to November 21, 2002. The original deadline was October 31. 2. According to a report in the October 28 edit [...] |
2002-10-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2374 | ZCTU SECY-GNL'S THOUGHTS IN ADVANCE OF IVP VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Laboff met with Mr. Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions SIPDIS (ZCTU), to review any last-minute questions about his upcoming IVP travel to the United States. Mr. Chibebe is prepared and excited, and looks forward to the opportunit [...] |
2002-11-01 05:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2409 | DATE SET TO HEAR AIPPA CHALLENGE; HARARE [...] On November 21 Zimbabwe's Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The case, brought by journalists working in Zimbabwe's privately owned media, seeks the Court's ruling on the constitutionality [...] |
2002-11-05 09:58:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2414 | U.S. COMMENTS ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S FOOD CRISIS [...] Drawing on the Reuters report of Deputy Assistant Secretary Bellamy's November 2 interview with the Washington Times, both the government-owned Herald and independent Daily News lead with reporting on U.S. concern about Zimbabwe's food crisis. The Herald's page [...] |
2002-11-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2429 | EDITORIAL ON FOOD CRISIS AND ZIMBABWE'S [...] In its November 7 editorial, "NEPAD peer review: why it scares some leaders," the independent daily "Daily News" challenged the Government of Zimbabwe to address allegations of using food aid as a political weapon. Excerpts follow. 2. ". . .The government has s [...] |
2002-11-07 08:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2444 | DAILY NEWS CRITICIZES POLITICAL USE OF FOOD [...] Under headline "SADC ministers must act to avert disaster" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its November 8 editorial to criticizing the government of Zimbabwe for politicizing the distribution and purchase of much-needed maize-meal in the country [...] |
2002-11-08 07:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2454 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT BANS RETURN OF ITS OWN [...] On November 8 government-owned media reported that the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) has imposed travel bans and visa requirements on a variety of people. Among those affected are British government officials, members of the British Parliament, an American human rights activis [...] |
2002-11-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2480 | GOVERNMENT PAPER ACCUSES U.S. AND BRITAIN OF [...] Under the headline "Zimbabwe is no colony" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its November 10 editorial to accusing the United States and Britain of practicing "gunboat diplomacy." Excerpts: 2. ". . .This week, the Deputy Secretary of Sta [...] |
2002-11-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2481 | INDEPENDENT EDITOR MARK CHAVUNDHUKA DIES [...] The November 10 death of journalist Mark Chavundhuka represents a loss to Zimbabwe's independent media. Chavundhuka was founding editor of the independent weekly "Standard," a position he held through April 2002. He died Monday night at a private hospital in Harare afte [...] |
2002-11-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2493 | MAJOR PLACEMENT OF POWELL BYLINER [...] Harare is pleased to report that the November 14 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the full text of Secretary Powell's byliner on Iraq (Washington File story AEF20012 of 11/12/2002). 2. The article got prominent play as the lead opinion piec [...] |
2002-11-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2616 | INDEPENDENT WEEKLY GETS NEW EDITOR [...] The privately owned weekly "Financial Gazette" has na Nqobile Nyathi, 29, as editor. Nyathi replaces veter journalist Francis Mdlongwa who led the "FinGaz" from 1997 to 2002. Nyathi is the first woman and the youngest editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper Zimbabwe. 2 [...] |
2002-11-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2617 | GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER REPLAYS CARTER CRITICISM OF [...] Under headline Bush needs political education the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its November 18 editorial to urge President Bush to take advice from former President Carter. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The United States is in the forefront of calling for th [...] |
2002-11-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2618 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Iraq: U.S. war drums continue" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its November 17 editorial to accusing the United States of itching for a military showdown against Iraq irrespective of Iraq's acceptance of United Nations [...] |
2002-11-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2707 | MEDIA REPORT U. S./U. K. UNDER FIRE, HARARE [...] Under headline "Are the U.K. and U.S. moving against Zimbabwe7" the independent daily the "The Daily News" published a November 25 op-ed by "Ann Talbotr" (sic) accusing the United States and Britain of "using starvation. . .as a means of tightening their grip on [...] |
2002-11-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2732 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "Solidarity with the people of Palestine" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 1 editorial to accusing the United States of throwing spanners into the Middle East peace process. "The main stumbling block seems to be the U [...] |
2002-12-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2735 | MEDIA REPORT: AMERICAN DELEGATION CRITICIZES U.S. [...] The lead story in the December 2 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" is based on a report released by a delegation of American elected officials after their two-week fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe. The report criticizes the United States' position [...] |
2002-12-02 13:36:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2737 | MEDIA REPORT "WORLD MUST FIGHT TERRORISM"; HARARE [...] Under headline "World must fight terrorism" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its November 30 editorial to calling for "a united front against terrorism" and urged world leaders to "desist from harboring terrorist groups." Excerpts: 2. "Ter [...] |
2002-12-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2738 | MEDIA REACTION WORLD AIDS DAY; HARARE [...] Under headline "The AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 1 editorial to calling for "political commitment" in the fight against HIV/AIDS, adding that "there should also be financial commitment to allocat [...] |
2002-12-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2765 | GOVERNMENT PAPER HAILS REPORT BY NEW YORK ELECTED [...] Under headline "Now that the truth is out. . ." the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its December 3, editorial to praising the trip report released by a delegation of elected officials from the U.S. after their recent visit to Zimbabwe. Excerpts: [...] |
2002-12-04 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2783 | AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ACCOSTED BY ANGRY RULING [...] Summary: On December 7 two journalists, including an Amcit and a South African citizen, were surrounded, detained and lightly roughed up by a group of about 30 ZANU-PF supporters. The incident occurred at a shopping center in Harare's upper-middle class Newlands [...] |
2002-12-10 05:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL KPAO ZI |
| 02HARARE2858 | MEDIA REACTION MEP; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S. stumbling block to Palestinian state" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its December 22 editorial to accusing the United States of stalling the peace process in the Middle East. Excerpts: 2. "Palestinian leader Yasser [...] |
2002-12-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE2891 | MEDIA REPORT: NYAROTA FIRED; HARARE [...] Geoffrey Nyarota (52), award-winning Editor-in-Chief of the "Daily News," has been fired by the newspaper's board of directors. His deputy, Davison Maruziva, who had been asked to step in as acting editor by management, has also resigned in protest against Nyarota's d [...] |
2002-12-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
| 02ISTANBUL2088 | REVIEW OF THE FULBRIGHT GLOBAL WOMEN'S [...] SUMMARY. PA Istanbul cooperated with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in executing the first-ever Fulbright-sponsored conference bringing together 110 r 110 women from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central Asia to focus on the role of women as leaders in [...] |
2002-11-29 12:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL TU |
| 02KATHMANDU2168 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY FOR [...] Post hereby submits its anti-trafficking strategy as requested reftel. This document provides information on both ongoing and proposed programs and some results to date. 2. Background of Situation Nepal is a source country for trafficking of children and women mainly to India. Inter [...] |
2002-11-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KSEP ASEC KPAO SNAR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2245 | U.S. ARMS SALES TO NEPALI ARMY MAKES FRONT-PAGE [...] (SBU) Reports on U.S. sales of M-16 rifles to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) appeared on the front pages of the November 23 editions of leading newspapers. Disclosure of this information, apparently leaked by the RNA itself, follows a November 15 Maoist statement claiming responsibility for the [...] |
2002-11-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER KPAO CASC NP |
| 02RANGOON1167 | PATRIOT DAY IN RANGOON [...] (U) Some 325 invited guests, including high-ranking GOB military and civilian officials, Aung San Suu Kyi and the senior NLD leadership, Muslim representatives, ethnic leaders, and about 100 resident American citizens gathered September 11 in downtown Rangoon to observe Patriot Day. COM Marti [...] |
2002-09-12 05:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO BM ASSK NLD |
| 02ROME6134 | UNHCR PROFILE: ITALY [...] (C) FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS TO ASSIST IN PREPARATION OF CHR COUNTRY PROFILE FOR ITALY. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 06134 241147Z 2. (C) THE MFA WILL DEVELOP AND COORDINATE ITALY'S POSITIONS ON CHR RESOLUTIONS AND RELATED ISSUES; BUT [...] |
2002-12-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO IT UNHRC |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2753 | MEDIA REACTION: RAUL MORENO, SALVADORAN ECONOMIST, [...] September 28, "El Heraldo," a moderate Tegucigalpa-based daily, carried a full-page article on the presentation of a Salvadoran Economics expert to the Honduran national Congress. The President of the Honduran National Congress, Porfirio Lobo, had invited him to talk about the "Social Impact o [...] |
2002-09-30 21:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2819 | MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS WILL SUPPORT THE INVASION [...] October 5, "El Heraldo" a moderate Tegucigalpa-based daily, reported on remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guillermo Perez Cadalzo, regarding Honduran support for a U.S. invasion of Iraq. "If the United States gets United Nations support, Honduras wil [...] |
2002-10-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2855 | MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS AND THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2871 | MEDIA REACTION: "INTEGRATION AND LEADERSHIP" [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3062 | MEDIA REACTION: FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS [...] Orlando Henrquez writing in "La Tribuna" Tegucigalpa- based daily (11/05): "The Free Trade of the Americas even though it is viewed with skepticism and opposition by many Latin American countries, especially for the subsidy that U.S. agricultural sectors receive-- the trea [...] |
2002-11-07 16:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3170 | MEDIA REACTION:"GREEN LIGHT" [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-20 22:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO PA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3435 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECT [...] Post welcomes the opportunity to submit anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) project proposals. After discussing reftel among the Political, Public Affairs, and Consular Sections, as well as INS and USAID, Post proposes two Honduras-specific program recommendations. Embassy is also collaborating [...] |
2002-12-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KPAO KWMN HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3440 | MEDIA REACTION:"AMBASSADOR PALMER AND THE JUSTICE [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based daily "La Prensa"(liberal party periodical) (12/23),"Palmer and the Justice System": The statements of Ambassador Larry Palmer have bothered some thin-skinned members of the political establishment. Essentially, what Ambassador Palmer sai [...] |
2002-12-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO HO |
| 02VATICAN4444 | HOLY SEE AND THE ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE PRESENTS DISTINCTIVE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN REGARD TO IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. UNLIKE MOST POSTS, OUR ""PUBLIC"" WITHIN THE VATICAN IS LIMITED, BUT THE PUBLIC REACH OF THE VATICAN IS TRULY GLOBAL AND AMONG THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 [...] |
2002-09-13 04:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KPAO OPRC PREL VT |
| 02VATICAN6156 | ADM. JOHNSON/AMB. NICHOLSON BALKAN TRIP FOCUSES ON [...] SUMMARY: AT THE INVITATION OF AFSOUTH CINC ADMIRAL JOHNSON, AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON TRAVELED TO THE BALKANS TO MEET WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN BOSNIA AND KOSOVO AND WITH AMBASSADOR BUTLER IN SKOPJE, TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 06156 01 OF 02 [...] |
2002-12-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KIRF KPAO VT VTPREL |
| 03ABUDHABI1136 | PROPOSAL FOR UAE MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP [...] PROGRAM REQUEST: PAS ABU DHABI REQUESTS ASSISTANCE TO RECRUIT VETERAN JOURNALIST GIL BUTLER FOR A MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP WITH UAE JOURNALISTS FOR EARLY MAY 2003. SIMILAR TO A RECENT MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP IN AMMAN, PAS ABU DHABI REQUESTS MR. BUTLER CONDUCT TWO FIVE-DAY WORKSHOPS FOR GROU [...] |
2003-03-10 10:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ZP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1335 | GETTING OUT THE WORD: PAS ABU DHABI LAUNCHES [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION ABU DHABI LAUNCHED AN AGGRESSIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH STRATEGY FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS WITH IRAQ, USING E-MAIL LIST-SERVES, CD-ROMS, AND OTHER IIP PRODUCTS TO GET OUT THE MESSAGE ON U.S. POLICIES TOWARD IRAQ AND OTHER KEY MIDDL [...] |
2003-03-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KIRC OIIP |
| 03ABUDHABI1461 | TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 7, MARCH 26 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, Wednesday 3/26. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside [...] |
2003-03-26 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1467 | TFIZ01: PUBLIC OPINION WRAP-UP: [...] (U) Six days into Operation Iraqi Freedom, even our closest and most westernized Emirati contacts are disturbed by the coverage they are seeing of the Iraq war. The emotional impact of the images of civilian casualties and the negative spin being imparted by the vast bulk of the Arab media [...] |
2003-03-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1482 | UAE STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR [...] (U) This cable is classified by Ambassador Marcelle Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: War coverage dominates most UAE print and electronic media, whether state-owned or private. Because of the federal structure of the UAE, virtually all state-owned media are owned by the [...] |
2003-03-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPRC OIIP KPAO KWWW TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1624 | IRAQI EXPATS URGE COALITION TO STAY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) We recently met with two well-placed Iraqi expats who expressed gratitude for coalition efforts to rid Iraq of WMD and change the regime. Describing President Bush as a "savior," they advised us not to pay too m [...] |
2003-04-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1724 | WHILE ROME BURNS, UAE CAMPUS FIDDLES, CALMLY [...] SUMMARY: THE ABU DHABI CAMPUS AT THE UAE'S ZAYED UNIVERSITY (ZU) FOR WOMEN RECENTLY HELD A STUDENT BAZAAR TO EXHIBIT STUDENT PROJECTS AND ARTWORKS AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE UAE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY'S HUMANITARIAN AID DRIVE FOR IRAQI CHILDREN. DURING THE BAZAAR, APAO DISCUSSED LOCAL EVENTS A [...] |
2003-04-09 12:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC PREL CASC TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1727 | TF1Z01: EMPOWERMENT, NOT CHARITY: PRESENTING [...] NOW THAT THE BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD IS LARGELY WON, THE MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR MESSAGE SHOULD BE THE RESTORATION OF ORDER AND RULE OF LAW, THE REBUILDING OF IRAQI INSTITUTIONS, AND THE TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY, GRADUAL OR OTHERWISE, TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AS WE MOVE TO GET FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE, AND OTHER [...] |
2003-04-09 12:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1750 | IRAQI EXPATS IN UAE CONVEY MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Polchief -- after securing agreement from the organizers that she would be in listening mode only -- accepted an invitation t [...] |
2003-04-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPAO KDEM IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1820 | IS THE MIGHTY MENGASH MOSCOW BOUND? [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-15 11:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1852 | GETTING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OUT: WINNING [...] SUMMARY: TO GET THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OUT, THE ABU DHABI PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION ENGAGED KEY UAE MEDIA ON MULTIPLE LEVELS PRIOR TO AND DURING THE WAR. PD EFFORTS INCLUDED INTENSIVE TARGETED OUTREACH WITH KEY PUBLIC DIPLOMACY MATERIALS, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH UAE NATIONALS, ARAB EXPA [...] |
2003-04-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2300 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S REMARKS TEMPER CRITICISM OF [...] SUMMARY: ON APRIL 18, PAO ARRANGED A TELEPHONE PRESS CONFERENCE (TPC) FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY WITH THE UAE'S MOST WIDELY READ PAN-ARAB ARABIC DAILY "AL- KHALEEJ" AND SISTER ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DAILY "GULF TODAY." BOTH CARRIED THE ENTIRE TEXT OF THE INTERVIEW ON SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2003. THE D/S [...] |
2003-05-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OIIP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2329 | UAEG WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S SPEECH ON THE MIDDLE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge drew from reftel points and provided a copy of the President's speech to MFA Assistant U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi, May 12. Al-Nuaimi said that President's speech was welcome and timely. [...] |
2003-05-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO KPAL IS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI25 | UAE MINISTER OF INFORMATION GIVES GREEN LIGHT [...] SUMMARY: I CALLED ON UAE MININFO AND PRESIDENTIAL SON SHAYKH ABDULLAH BIN ZAYED ON DECEMBER 30 TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST TELEVISION NETWORK (METN). THE MINISTER WELCOMED BOTH THE IDEA OF THE NEW STATION AND THE PROSPECT OF LOCATING IT IN THE UAE, ESPECIALLY IN ABU DHABI. SHOULD TH [...] |
2003-01-05 10:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | BBG PREL KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2734 | MEPI: UAE MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP ON NEWS, [...] SUMMARY: UNDER THE MEPI GOAL OF PROMOTING A MORE PROFESSIONAL AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA, VETERAN JOURNALIST PAUL MILLER CONDUCTED TWO, WEEK-LONG "NEWS, FEATURES AND ANALYTICAL WRITING" WORKSHOPS FOR THE STAFF OF THE EMIRATES NEW AGENCY. MR. MILLER COMPARED WESTERN AND ARAB MEDIA SOURCES AND FOC [...] |
2003-06-09 05:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3037 | UAE MEPI COUNTRY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY: Following is the UAE's country strategy for MEPI, which has been developed by PA and coordinated with POL and ECON. This includes long-term goals, specific objectives, suggested mechanisms by which goals could be realized, and a request for funding for two UAE-specific projects. END SU [...] |
2003-06-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ETRD SOCI SCUL BTIO EAID PGOV |
| 03ABUDHABI325 | NEXT STEPS ON U.S.-MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: POST WELCOMES THE LIST OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS, DETAILED IN REFTEL. THEY WILL PROVIDE WELCOME REINFORCEMENT FOR OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE UAE'S DEVELOPMENT IN THESE CRITICAL AREAS. IN PARTICULAR, WE SEEK WAYS TO ACCELERATE THE POSITIVE MOVEM [...] |
2003-01-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3300 | AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON MEPI [...] Summary: In the last two weeks, the Ambassador has used a number of public fora, including the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research and the UAE Diplomatic Institute, to explain and promote the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and related initiatives such as the Middle Ea [...] |
2003-07-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3496 | UAE QUIETLY SUPPORTS THE IRAQ GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van De Vate for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) The Ambassador met with both Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Minister Of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to urge that the UAEG support the Iraq Governing Council. B [...] |
2003-07-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KPAO IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3976 | INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO NAJAF TERRORIST ATTACK - [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 31, Charge delivered ref A points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi urging a strong statement of condemnation for the terrorist attack in [...] |
2003-09-01 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAO IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4010 | UAEG WELCOMES IRAQI CABINET [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) On September 3, the UAE Foreign Ministry issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new government in Iraq. In it, the UAEG expressed faith in the ability of the Iraqi Governing Counc [...] |
2003-09-03 07:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI437 | STILL RELEVANT: ARABIC BOOKS AT THE SHARJAH [...] SUMMARY: THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE IN ABU DHABI RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR, ONE OF POST'S MAJOR ANNUAL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. PAO DISPLAYED AND SOLD MORE THAN 300 TITLES TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL AN [...] |
2003-01-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4396 | WITH THE ARAB WORLD WATCHING, USG AND IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE DUBAI 2003 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) AND WORLD BANK (WB) ANNUAL MEETINGS, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION (PA) AT THE US EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI WORKED WITH USG, COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA), AND IRAQI OFFICIALS TO ENGAGE THE PRESS ON RECONSTRUCTION ISSUES IN IRA [...] |
2003-09-30 06:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4408 | UAE STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS LOW BUT HOPE ABOUNDS [...] SUMMARY: UAE NATIONALS CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR STUDENT VISAS IN LOW NUMBERS, ATTRIBUTED MOSTLY TO VISA REQUIREMENTS, SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS WITH THE TIMING OF FINAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADES, AND PARENTS' MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT US DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS AND ARABS. DESPITE THIS, POSITIVE SIGNS [...] |
2003-10-01 06:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI447 | COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES: U.S. AND UAE [...] SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 7, 2003, APAO ATTENDED A DIGITAL VIDEO CONFERENCE BETWEEN EMIRATI WOMEN FROM ZAYED UNIVERSITY AND STUDENTS OF A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. AS PART OF A COMMUNICATIONS COURSE PROJECT, THE EMIRATI STUDENTS DESIGNED A SURVEY AND A SERIES OF DVCS TO BRIDGE A [...] |
2003-01-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4479 | CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL ABIZAID TELLS ABU DHABI TV [...] SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 28, US CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN ABIZAID CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH REGIONAL ARABIC SATELLITE TV CHANNEL ABU DHABI TV. DURING THE INTERVIEW, GENERAL ABIZAID NOTED THAT MOST OF IRAQ IS CALM, BLAMED ELEMENTS OF THE FORMER REGIME AND TERRORISTS FOR CURRENT UN [...] |
2003-10-06 04:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4597 | UAE HOSTS FIRST ECONOMIC BUSINESSWOMEN'S FORUM [...] Summary: A U.S. delegation from the Embassy and the Department attended the First Economic Businesswomen's Forum, held in Abu Dhabi, October 7-10, under the patronage of Shaykha Fatima bint Mubarak, wife of UAE President Shaykh Zayed bin Sultan. Shaykha Fatima did not attend the forum. Toute [...] |
2003-10-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV KWMN KPAO KMPI TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4609 | GLOBE IN THE UAE: OCTOBER 6-7 VISIT OF CHARLIE [...] SUMMARY: ABU DHABI PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE ORGANIZED THE VISIT OF MR. CHARLIE KELLET, SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST OF GLOBE USA, TO THE UAE. THE PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT WAS TO WORK WITH THE UAE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (MOE) ON AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR GLOBE AND TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES OF CONCERN THEY MIGH [...] |
2003-10-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4792 | UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS REACT [...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NA [...] |
2003-10-29 03:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS CMGT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4793 | AMERICAN CORNERS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES [...] POST REQUESTS 3 (THREE) AMERICAN CORNER COLLECTIONS AND SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT TO BE HOSTED AT THREE UAE INSTITUTIONS LISTED BELOW. POST ESTIMATES THE COST OF EACH CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY USD 75,100. BASED ON MODULE COSTS PROVIDED BY IRO MENDELSOHN AND CURRENT PROCUREMENT COSTS OF EQUIPMENT AND [...] |
2003-10-29 03:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4802 | A/S MAURA HARTY: TRANSLATION OF ARTICLE IN UAE [...] THE HEADLINE OF THE ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL SECTION OF THE DAILY READS: "ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS: 'EFFECTIVE SIPDIS MEASURES ARE UNDERWAY TO SPEED UP ENTRY VISAS TO THE UNITED STATES.'" FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSLATION OF THE ENTIRE ARTICLE: [...] |
2003-10-29 11:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4835 | IRAQI EXPATS: U.S. NEEDS TO LISTEN TO [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with two prominent Iraqi expats in the UAE. They recommended that the Coalition move quickly to establish an Iraqi satellite TV station to beam more balanced coverage of Iraqi developments to the Arab world. They wanted a new UN resolution that would solve the i [...] |
2003-11-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4845 | UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS WARMLY [...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NATIONAL SE [...] |
2003-11-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS CMGT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4859 | UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS WARMLY [...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NATIONAL SE [...] |
2003-11-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS CMGT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4871 | RAMADAN 2003 PD STRATEGY: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] THE EMBASSY WILL HOST TWO FORMAL IFTARS: THE AMBASSADOR WILL HOST AN INTIMATE IFTAR FOR HIGH LEVEL CONTACTS; PAO WILL HOST ONE FOR PRIMARILY MEDIA CONTACTS IN ABU DHABI. DCM, PAO AND POLOFF WILL ATTEND VARIOUS IFTAR AND MAJELIS MEETINGS. IN DUBAI, OFFICERS FROM THE CG ON DOWN HAVE ATTENDED NUM [...] |
2003-11-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SPECI |
| 03ABUDHABI5031 | ADNOC EXECUTIVES AND STUDENTS ALLEGE MISTREATMENT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT VISITED THE ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC) SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE. DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED VISA PROCESSING DELAYS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) PROCEDURES AT US PORTS OF ENTRY [...] |
2003-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO CVIS CMGT ECON EPET BEXP TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5034 | BIOMETRICS STIR THE POT IN THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND CONSULAR SECTION IN ABU DHABI HOSTED A PRESS BRIEFING ON THE FINGERPRINTING OF NIV APPLICANTS AT THE US EMBASSY. IN ADDITION, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION (DCM) AND CONSULAR CHIEF BRIEFED THE DIRECTOR OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) [...] |
2003-11-22 06:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5132 | UAEG, Iraqi expats, welcome visiting Iraq [...] (U) The UAE leadership once again put out the welcome mat for members of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) during their visit to Abu Dhabi last week. President Shaykh Zayed told the delegation November 26 that the UAE would always support the Iraqi people and called on Iraqis to work together [...] |
2003-12-01 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5341 | SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED ON AL ARABIYA [...] (U) This is an action request ee paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: The UAE's leadership have raised objections with the management of Al Arabiya Arabic Satellite News Channel about the station's controversial broadcasts and have suggested that we also speak with the Saudis and Kuwaitis as they [...] |
2003-12-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5343 | AT YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, CROWDS TURN OUT TO BOO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: AFTER BATTLING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF THE FEDERATION DE INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION'S (FIFA) WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP (UNDER 20), THE US TEAM LOST A HEARTBREAKER IN ABU DHABI TO REIGNING CHAMPION ARGENTINA, 2 TO 1 IN SUDDEN DEATH. THE STORY OF TH [...] |
2003-12-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5411 | WHAT YONDER LIGHT DOTH SHINE? UAE NEWSPAPER [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ARABIC DAILY AL KHALEEJ NEWSPAPER RECENTLY PUBLISHED A TWO-PART COMMENTARY ON A POLL CONDUCTED RANDOMLY OF 500 UAE NATIONALS IN SEVERAL UAE CITIES. THE POLL ASKED A WIDE RANGE OF QUESTIONS ON POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A UAE PAPER PU [...] |
2003-12-29 03:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5428 | US SPEAKER PHILIP REEKER DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: PHILIP REEKER, SPOKESMAN-AT-LARGE AND FORMER DOS DEPUTY SPOKESMAN AND DAS FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, VISITED THE UAE ON DECEMBER 15. HIS PROGRAM INCLUDED A VISIT TO THE EMIRATES INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY, A VISIT TO THE EMIRATES CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND RESEARCH, A ONE-ON- ONE WITH THE UAE SE [...] |
2003-12-30 09:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI726 | UAE OPINION MAKERS TO NEA/RA GRAPPO: MEPI WILL FOUNDER ABSENT [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: NEA/RA Office Director Grappo visited the UAE on February 4 to discuss MEPI issues. He elicited a few program ideas, but also a wide range of reactions with local contacts -- from [...] |
2003-02-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON EAID ETRD KPAO KDEM TC |
| 03ABUDHABI85 | UAE SUCCESSFULLY COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: AT A TIME WHEN THE U.S.-ARAB EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE IS THREATENED, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE ORGANIZED THREE MAIN ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE U.S. EDUCATION AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES DURING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK. PROGRAMS ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS OF UAE STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND ACADEMICS WITH R [...] |
2003-01-08 07:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 03ABUJA1151 | "If only Ms. Foster had come before the [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC NI |
| 03ABUJA1330 | NIGERIA "ENGAGING ISLAM IN NIGERIA: THE TWO - [...] (SBU) Summary: In late January an unprecedented forum initiated by the Emir of Kano brought together Embassy officials, American scholars, and Moslem leaders from northern Nigeria to explore perceptions of the US and Islam, U.S. Middle East Policy, the Global War on Terrorism, and economic dev [...] |
2003-08-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL SCUL OIIP NI |
| 03ABUJA1471 | JOURNALISM TRAINER SAM SWAN BREAKS [...] SUMMARY: Recent news reports broadcast on government- owned radio and TV channels in northern Nigeria have shown a major shift in their focus from personalities in government to community-based issues thanks to the wealth of practical journalistic and academic experience of U.S. media traine [...] |
2003-08-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL NI BBG |
| 03ABUJA1627 | NORTHERN NIGERIA'S MOST STRIDENT ANTI-U.S. RADIO [...] SUMMARY: "America gives more freedom to Muslims to practice their religion than anywhere else in the Islamic world," says FRCN Kaduna on the eve of 9/11 in the seventh episode of the program series on "Muslim Life in America" presented by State Department-sponsored TV Co-op producer, Buhari A [...] |
2003-09-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
| 03ABUJA1646 | VOA SPORTS REPORTING WORKSHOP ON TARGET [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL NI |
| 03ABUJA1679 | USAID SUCCESS STORIES SURPRISE NIGERIANS, COUNTER [...] Summary. Nigerians reacting to Mission-sponsored media reports June - September 2003 on U.S.-Nigeria partnership successes on health, HIV/AIDS, agriculture, education, and conflict resolution, say they are amazed at the level of support given to Nigeria by the U.S. Government. They expressed [...] |
2003-09-29 15:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KPAO NI OEXC OIIP OPRC |
| 03ABUJA1949 | Ramadan 2003 PD Strategy: Engaging Islam in Nigeria [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SOCI |
| 03ABUJA2007 | Ramadan 2003 PD Strategy: Engaging Islam in Nigeria [...] (U) This is in response to an action request. This telegram has been cleared by DCM Rick Roberts. 2. (U) As in previous years, the Mission in Nigeria, including PAS, is planning an active schedule of events. 3. (U) Washington File. PAS will distribute President Bush's Ramadan message [...] |
2003-11-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SPECI |
| 03ABUJA2207 | Success Stories Take Media Beyond Visas [...] Summary. Dozens of PAS success story placements over the last six months broadened Nigerians' perception of USG involvement in southern Nigeria. Beyond the routinely negative visas stories, audiences now see, and want more, stories on the positive USG programs in agriculture, health and edu [...] |
2003-12-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS KPAO NI OEXC OIIP OPRC |
| 03ABUJA2208 | World AIDS Day Activities in Nigeria [...] Summary. The U.S. mission held events in Lagos and Abuja in commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1, as well as throughout the month. PAS Abuja on December 1 screened the AIDS film documentary, "A Closer Walk," to a variety of government officials, NGO activists, and journalists, and [...] |
2003-12-24 10:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KPAO OIIP NI |
| 03ABUJA250 | NIGERIA: WTO BIOTECH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS [...] (U) The GON and the Nigerian public are split on the issue of biotechnology. Senior GON officials and farmers recognize that biotechnology promises improved agricultural productivity. President Obasanjo has said, "I am convinced that the only reliable way forward for rapid biotechnological dev [...] |
2003-02-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO |
| 03ABUJA630 | IALOGUE BETWEEN U.S. AND NORTHERN [...] Summary: Hosted by the Emir of Kano, a two day dialogue to discuss perceptions about U.S. Middle East Policy, the U.S. and Islam, the Global War on Terror and Poverty Alleviation in Northern Nigeria took place in the ancient Northern Nigerian city of Kano on January 27-28. The conference, t [...] |
2003-04-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL PREL OIIP NI |
| 03ABUJA670 | EMBASSY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NIGERIAN MEDIA [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and Mission PAS staff have worked assiduously to ensure broad coverage within the Nigerian media of USG policy positions on Iraq. Our media strategy has included placement of an op-ed that addressed many Nigerian misperceptions regarding U.S. military intervention [...] |
2003-04-11 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA732 | NIGERIA: "MUHAMMAD LAWAL SALISU, PARTICIPANT [...] Summary: MRP participant Muhammad Lawal Salisu returned to Nigeria extremely pleased with his program. He has already started sharing his U.S. experience with his Nigerian colleagues engaged in poverty reduction efforts. Following his visit to Heifer International and Watershed Human and Dev [...] |
2003-04-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC NI |
| 03ABUJA819 | NIGERIAN MEDIA AND THE RECENT ELECTIONS [...] Summary. GON media officials have reacted angrily to what they view as instances of negative foreign press coverage of Nigeria recent elections and to comments by some international observer missions critical of government-owned media treatment of opposition candidates during the campaign [...] |
2003-05-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PREL NI |
| 03AMMAN141 | ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK [...] Summary: PAS Amman supports PAS Cairo's request for increased funding, and seeks an additional USD 65,000 supplement for Amman's Arabic Book Program. Funds will be used to encourage greater initiative on the part of publishers and to expand program capacity to publish books in support of ME [...] |
2003-01-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN1650 | MEPI: POST PLAN TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF GOOD [...] POST'S INTERAGENCY MEPI COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF USAID, POL, ECON AND PA HAS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO ENCOURAGE GOOD GOVERNANCE IN JORDAN. OUR PLAN AIMS TO STRENGTHEN CITIZEN AWARENESS AND ACTIVISM THROUGH NGO'S AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE LEG [...] |
2003-03-19 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN17 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR NAME/TITLE OF MINISTER OF [...] Per reftel, the GOJ has no ministerial position for women's affairs. Women's issues in large part fall under the Ministry of Social Development, which is headed by Ruwaida Ma'ita. In addition to Ma'ita, several other prominent Jordanian women are engaged in women's issues. Farah Daghistani [...] |
2003-01-02 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP KWMN KPAO KSEP |
| 03AMMAN1855 | MEPI ELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR JORDAN [...] (SBU) IN THE COURSE OF A COURTESY CALL BY THE NEW USAID DIRECTOR AND THE AMBASSADOR ON MARCH 27, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED WITH PLANNING MINISTER BASSAM AWADALLAH THE PROPOSED $400,000 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI) ELECTION ASSISTANCE. THE PROJECT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN COOPERATION [...] |
2003-03-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN1880 | TFIZ01: JORDANIAN STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. WE ASSESS JORDAN'S STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ TO BE REACTIVE AND CAUTIOUS, RATHER THAN INCITEFUL. REFLECTING BROAD OPPOSITION AMONG JORDANIANS TO THE WAR AND ADMIRATION FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE, JORDAN'S STATE-OWNED MEDIA HAVE ADOPTED AN EDITORIAL LINE AGAINS [...] |
2003-03-29 17:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP |
| 03AMMAN1882 | TFIZ01: VENTING ON THE WEB: JORDAN INTERNET USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The two major Internet providers in Jordan report a sharp upsurge in Internet use, particularly email traffic, over the past week. Technical support managers said that sophisticated software is allowing users to access and download inflammatory TV news reports, which are then g [...] |
2003-03-30 07:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS PREL KPAO IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2035 | JORDAN MEDIA PLAYS UP GOJ DEMARCHE AGAINST THE WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROUNDING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S THREE-DAY EFFORT TO ALIGN ITS PUBLIC STANCE MORE CLOSELY WITH THE FEELINGS OF AN ANGRY NATION, JORDAN'S STATE-OWNED AND INFLUENCED MEDIA APRIL 4 PLAYED UP THE PM'S CONVOKING OF THE AMBASSADOR AS EVIDENCE THAT THE GOJ IS TAKING TANGIBLE AND MEANINGFUL [...] |
2003-04-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN2132 | IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...] |
2003-04-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ |
| 03AMMAN2504 | JORDAN TO HOST SPECIAL WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM [...] Post received original letters from King Abdullah to President Bush, NSA Rice, Secretary Powell, USTR Zoellick, Administrator Natsios, and Senator John Kerry, inviting them to participate in an extraordinary meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held in Jordan June 21-23. The theme [...] |
2003-04-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO OVIP JO |
| 03AMMAN3365 | TRAVEL OF NEA ADVANCE TEAM FOR WORLD ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance to State/NEA personnel Gary Grappo, Amy Schedlbauer, Jessica Davies and Sonia Franceski to Amman, Jordan from o/a June 10 to o/a June 25, 2003. Purpose of the trip is to assist in coordinating and preparing for USG participation in the World Economic For [...] |
2003-06-09 07:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OTRA ECON AMGT JO POWELL COLIN |
| 03AMMAN3454 | 2003 Jazz Ambassadors Fall Tour [...] PAS wishes to be included in the Jazz Ambassadors Program for the fall FY03. We request the Jazz Ambassadors, Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope for four or five program days during their fall tour. We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity. There is a great interest here in Latin jazz, [...] |
2003-06-11 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN3462 | MEPI - ARABIC BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM [...] POST HAS DISCUSSED SUBJECT PROGRAM WITH RELEVANT JORDAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OFFICIALS. THE MOE IS INTERESTED, IN PRINCIPAL, IN PARTICIPATION. HOWEVER, THE FINAL DECISION MUST BE MADE BY THE MINISTER HIMSELF, WHO WILL ONLY RESPOND TO A WRITTEN PROPOSAL, AND WHO WOULD WANT TO PERSONAL [...] |
2003-06-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN3838 | PA AMMAN'S WEF COVERAGE [...] Summary: The June 21-23 Extraordinary Meeting of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea provided the USG an unprecedented opportunity to highlight for much of the world's media -- and, in particular, the usually ultra-critical Arab satellite TV channels -- positive messages and new foreig [...] |
2003-06-26 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECON OVIP JO |
| 03AMMAN4038 | Jordan MEPI Strategy [...] Following per State 126550 is the post's integrated MEPI strategy divided into the three MEPI Pillars: A) Economic Reform and Private Enterprise b) Political Reform and C) Education. Our approach is based on the good governance and citizen awareness strategy outlined in reftel B plus the Jor [...] |
2003-07-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID BTIO PGOV SOCI KWMN PREL KDEM SCUL BEXP PHUM KPAO XF JO ETRO |
| 03AMMAN4374 | New Book Published CAIRO PLEASE PASS TO ALEXANDRIA [...] Amman is pleased to announce a new title from the Arabic Book Program. "The Best American Short Stories of the Century", edited by John Updike and Katrina Kenison was published in early July. This book is the sixty-second in an annual series by the American publisher. This edition includes o [...] |
2003-07-16 06:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO IIP |
| 03AMMAN4441 | JORDANIAN ARTICLE ON "HI" MAGAZINE [...] The following is an Embassy translation of a commentary on "Hi", the IIP-funded Arabic language magazine now on the stands in Jordan, that appeared in the independent, mass appeal Arabic language daily, "Al Arab Al Yawm.". Begin Embassy Translation: . "HI: Connection or Communication? T [...] |
2003-07-20 05:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN4761 | MEET U.S. FOLLOW-UP: JORDAN [...] (u) Embassy appreciates DOC feedback from the first MEET U.S. conference. Regarding the proposed issue areas for future MEET U.S. programs listed reftel, we believe it will be easy to find a solid group of qualified applicants for virtually any sector-specific program. Reftel suggestions f [...] |
2003-07-31 08:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN4979 | SOLICITATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK [...] Per REF: A) post would like to place the following publications order: ITEM QTY COST/ITEM U.S. DOLS ---- --- --------- --------- 01-A 100 2.50 250.00 01-E 100 2.50 250.00 02-A 50 1.60 080.00 02- [...] |
2003-08-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 03AMMAN5037 | ESTIMATED RECYCLING CARRY-OVER BALANCES FOR [...] Post reports the following status for its revenue generating programs in US Dols: English Teach Library(ARC) Post's X Allotment as of 7/31/03: 189,420 342 Obligations 10/1/02 - 7/31/03: 189,420 342 Projected Obligations 8/1/ [...] |
2003-08-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO |
| 03AMMAN5532 | JORDAN CONDEMNS NAJAF BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian Information Minister Nabil Sharif publicly condemned the bombing in Najaf just a few hours after the blast on August 29. In the name of the GOJ, Sharif denounced the bombing and assassination of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim as "a hideous crime," saying that the "horrid a [...] |
2003-09-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5905 | American Studies Books For Amman [...] Post would like to re-confirm request for two sets of "Library of America" and two sets of "Gale Collection", the first set of each to be provided by ECA/A/E/USS as noted in emails. Funding information for the second of each set included below. 2. Post understands costs for second sets as f [...] |
2003-09-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OIIP JO |
| 03AMMAN5943 | JORDAN IV DENIED ENTRY TO U.S. [...] (U) While the Department correctly notes the difficulties facing some students in fulfilling NSEERS requirement (reftel), other travelers bearing different visa classifications can also get caught up in the system. A recent experience by a Jordanian contact traveling under the International V [...] |
2003-09-16 04:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CLOK PREL KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN6505 | Jordan: No Biotech Regulations [...] (U) According to senior officials of the Jordanian health and agriculture ministries, Jordan does not currently have agricultural biotechnology laws or regulations. They did not preclude that such regulations might be put in place, but did not suggest that any planning was underway to do so [...] |
2003-10-09 18:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN6820 | American Corners In The Middle East [...] Post requests 4 (four) American Corners collections and supporting equipment to be hosted at the institutions listed individually below. Post estimates the cost of each Corner at approximately USD 102,000 based on module costs provided by IRO and current procurement costs of equipment and su [...] |
2003-10-26 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP |
| 03AMMAN741 | FOUR NEW TITLES FROM THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM [...] THE AMMAN BOOK PROGRAM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE FOUR NEW TITLES: "WATER FOR THE FUTURE: THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP, ISRAEL AND JORDAN" BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, "ISLAM, GENDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE" BY YVONNE YAZBEK HADDAD AND JOHN ESPOSITO (EDS), "CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT: CAUSES, CONS [...] |
2003-02-03 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO IIP |
| 03AMMAN7880 | SELECTION FOR PD LES EXCHANGES TRAINING PROGRAM, [...] Amman Public Affairs Section is nominating Ms. Zena Nasereddin Cultural Affairs Assistant to attend the PD LES Exchanges Training Program, February 21 to March 18, 2004. 2. Following is Ms. Nasereddin's information: A. Name:(as it should appear on FSI's travel order cable) Zena Nasereddi [...] |
2003-12-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AFIN APER AFSN AFSI |
| 03AMMAN8254 | OUTCOME OF SUCCESS STORIES INITIATIVE IN JORDAN [...] SUMMARY: LAST SEPTEMBER (FY03), THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN AMMAN PARTICIPATED IN A STATE DEPARTMENT PROJECT DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF U.S. ASSISTANCE AROUND THE WORLD. IN COOPERATION WITH THE JORDANIAN MEDIA (TELEVISION, RADIO, PRINT, AND INTERNET), 10 U.S.-FUN [...] |
2003-12-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO OIIP ECPS OEXC JO KMDR EAID PREF |
| 03AMMAN8347 | ORDERING THE NEW PRINT PUBLICATION "U.S. [...] POST WOULD LIKE TO ORDER 225 COPIES OF THE ARABIC EDITION OF SUBJECT TITLE AND 175 OF THE ENGLISH EDITION OF THE SUBJECT TITLE FOR A TOTAL COST OF U.S. DOLLARS 380. 2. PLEASE CHARGE THE ORDER AND SHIPPING COST TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL DATA: APPROPRIATION: 1940113.0 [...] |
2003-12-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC |
| 03AMMAN8467 | PROMOTING MIDDLE EAST FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] Summary. Embassy and USAID Amman would like to alert our counterparts in Morocco and Bahrain to a January 21- 22 retreat of the "TIJARA" public-private partnership initiative for promoting trade and investment under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement. We thought these posts might find it [...] |
2003-12-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID BEXP KMPI KPAO JO |
| 03AMMAN854 | PD FSN TRAINING PROGRAM AT FSI, CURRENT ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-06 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO APER AFSN AFSI |
| 03AMMAN938 | Jordan Media Training: Workshop on Feature and [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, veteran journalist Gil Butler conducted a 3-day "feature and analytical writing" workshop for Jordanian journalists January 21-23. The program was part of PAS Amman's ongoing Media Professionalization [...] |
2003-02-10 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN940 | IRAQ PD: DVC WITH JAMES PLACKE, OIL ANALYST [...] IN A FEBRUARY 4 DVC HOSTED BY PAS AMMAN, OIL ANALYST (AND FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT DAS) JAMES PLACKE REFUTED EFFECTIVELY ALLEGATIONS THAT "CONTROL" OF OIL RESERVES -- AND NOT DISARMAMENT -- IS AT THE CENTER OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. ROUGHLY 20 JORDANIAN JOURNALISTS FILLED THE ONE HOUR PROGR [...] |
2003-02-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN941 | SUBJECT: TV CO-OP PROPOSAL: BILATERAL AND [...] Summary: Embassy Amman proposes a TV Co-op with a three-person crew from Jordan Television, the government-owned and sole local television station in Jordan, to produce original news features in the United States on the role of the Arab and Jordanian community in the United States, with spec [...] |
2003-02-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO JO |
| 03ANKARA1035 | Turkish Officials to Suspend New Quarantine Regs [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials announced that the temporary suspension of new phytosanitary regulations implemented on January 3, 2003 that have impacted agricultural trade with Turkey. Post expects official announcement shortly. Pressure from Turkish poultry and feed representatives, tr [...] |
2003-02-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1069 | Turkey Officially Suspends New Quarantine Regs [...] Turkey officially announced the temporary suspension until July 7, 2003 of new phytosanitary regulations that had been implemented on January 3, 2003.(Refs A&B) The announcement was published in the "Official Gazette" on Tuesday, February 18. The suspension will be retroactive to January 3, [...] |
2003-02-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1281 | New Approach at Ministry of Agriculture? [...] (SBU) Summary. Since his appointment as the new Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in November, Sami Goclu appears more willing than his predecessors to engage agriculture businesses and seek their input on important issues. Moreover, many officials believe Goclu will delegate greate [...] |
2003-02-27 06:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA1304 | TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, JAN. - FEB. [...] Proposed environmental law withdrawn 2. WSSD Follow-up 3. Euros 126 million for accession preparation 4. Law on membership goes into effect 5. REC plans for Turkey move forward 6. Municipal recycling postponed 7. Possible source of Hepatitis B and C in Ankara -------------------------- [...] |
2003-02-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA1393 | THE GLOBE PROGRAM: TURKEY'S VIEWS [...] Embassy met with GLOBE national coordinator Fatma Baykal 2/7 to explore ways to energize program activities. Baykal advised that despite great interest in the program, the Ministry of National Education (MONE) is no longer able to implement the program as fully as it would like. Baykal advis [...] |
2003-03-04 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO TSPL TPHY KGLB KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA2319 | MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR ON FUNDING FOR [...] Two years of patience, persistence and cooperation among Turkish and American agencies have yielded a successful conclusion to a remarkable series of legal exchanges. By the end of 2002, nearly 600 Turkish jurists had participated in discussions and workshops, debating solutions to problems w [...] |
2003-04-10 07:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM KDEM OIIP OTRA TU |
| 03ANKARA4170 | TURKEY: ENVIRONMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, MAY-JUNE 2003 [...] Illegal fishing plagues Black and Azov seas 2. International team of scientists explore the Black Sea aboard the Research Vessel Knorr 3. "Blue Flags" for Turkey's safe and clean beaches 4. No change in winter air quality for big cities 5. Ambassador salutes environmental education [...] |
2003-07-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA4313 | JUDGE BUMIN'S MAY VISIT TO US DEEMED A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Constitutional Court Chairman Mustafa Bumin called his May visit to the US "intensive and valuable" and said he was exposed to US trial alternatives and police practices that could be beneficial for Turkey. Bumin also said he plans to follow through on a recommendation to [...] |
2003-07-09 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA4337 | Turkish Quarantine Regs-Oops They've Done it Again [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent assurances from the Ministry of Agriculture officials that new quarantine regulations would not go into affect until July 2004, Turkey announced and implemented new phytosanitary regulations on July 6, 2003. Most foreign embassies, trade associations and tradin [...] |
2003-07-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA441 | Turkish Officials Responding to Quarantine Concerns [...] (SBU) Summary. In the weeks following the implementation of Turkey's new phytosanitary regulations, Turkish agriculture and quarantine officials have been socked with objections and concerns expressed by Turkish industry, importers and embassies. Although Turkish quarantine officials have t [...] |
2003-01-17 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA4464 | IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...] |
2003-07-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA4468 | IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL: TURKS UNHAPPY WITH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) After several unsuccessful attempts to schedule a joint US/UK meeting to deliver reftel points to MFA's Iraq department at the working level, UK Ambassador Westmacott reportedly raised the points with MFA U/S Ziyal and DG Burcuoglu July 15 during a [...] |
2003-07-17 05:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA4475 | What Drives Investment in Turkey's Ag Sector? [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a low level of direct foreign investment and foreign companies who are discouraged by the investment climate, local Turkish business are continuously seeking the next investment opportunity - even in Turkey's agriculture sector. The cattle sector is a prime example. [...] |
2003-07-17 07:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA4539 | MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR-GENERAL: THERE IS A [...] (U) Action request at para 7. Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) SUMMARY. DCM met with Tahsin Burcuoglu (Director-General for Middle East, OIC, and North Africa Affairs at the MFA) on July 18 at the latter's request. Burcuoglu passed the DCM a paper outlining the reasons why the GOT beli [...] |
2003-07-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | IZ KPAO PGOV PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA466 | Turkey Now on Both Sides of GSM Issue [...] (SBU) Summary: After hearing about the benefits of USDA credit guarantee program from the Turkish private sector, the Undersecretariate for Foreign Trade seems to have softened their opposition to the U.S. proposal on export credits. However they remain concerned that the program' [...] |
2003-01-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA5015 | Turkey Suspends Import Licenses, Raises Corn Duty [...] (SBU) Summary. At the end of July, the government of Turkey (GOT) stopped issuing licenses for corn imports without any prior notification. Turkish officials claim that the action was taken in order to assess the number of licenses issued rather than to inhibit trade. After the corn duty was [...] |
2003-08-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA6070 | EU to Inspect Turkish Poultry Plants for Export [...] (SBU) Summary. Five Turkish poultry facilities are being inspected by the EU veterinarians for approval to export poultry meat to the European Union. Turkish officials estimate that, during the first year, exports for the five plants could total up to 10,000 tons. An additional 4 plants wil [...] |
2003-09-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR |
| 03ANKARA6534 | SECURING UNDELIVERED IRAQI MEDIA EQUIPMENT -- [...] Istanbul Pol/Econ chief contacted the Al Huda San company, which ref a identified as the company which prior to the war had contracted to ship USD 17,881,020 worth of media equipment to Iraq. He spoke with one company official, Ahmet Cakir, who had been involved in the early stages of the dea [...] |
2003-10-17 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IZ KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA6614 | PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON TURKISH TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA7007 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...] |
2003-11-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL TU GR |
| 03ANKARA7015 | GAZIANTEP BUSINESS COMMUNITY: LET'S GET DOWN TO [...] SUMMARY: DPO and the PD FSN visited Gaziantep October 21-24 to become familiarized with the American Corner operation there and meet with local business people. Gaziantep presents itself as a forward-thinking, business-oriented city which seeks to overcome any obstacles to commerce. There a [...] |
2003-11-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | BBSR ECON IZ KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA7397 | Turkish Officials Comment on WTO Agriculture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE THE APPARENT FAILURE TO REACH AGREEMENT IN CANCUN, TURKISH OFFICIALS CONSIDER THE CONTINUATION OF WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY. TURKISH OFFICIALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CANCUN MEETINGS COMMENTED THAT THE UNITED STAT [...] |
2003-12-03 07:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KPAO TU |
| 03ANKARA7691 | NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK), replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...] |
2003-12-16 10:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OEXC SCUL TU |
| 03ANKARA7881 | COMBATING MISINFORMATION - THE CASE OF "YENI SAFAK" [...] On October 22, "Yeni Safak," an Islamist-oriented Turkish daily close to the AKP Government, ran a story claiming that U.S. forces in Iraq had raped "at least 4,000" Iraqi women since the end of the war. The misinformation was based on a distortion of an article written by Dr. Susan Block, a U [...] |
2003-12-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER TU |
| 03COLOMBO1008 | MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 10) Tokyo Conference: Colombo [...] Summary. Tamil newspapers reserved pride of place for optimistic headlines about an interim administration and the future of the peace talks. Donor money and international support of the peace process were also well-represented subjects. English and vernacular government-owned and independe [...] |
2003-06-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1015 | MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 11) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. In the aftermath of the Tokyo Conference, Sri Lankan English and vernacular media was in high gear. Tamil newspapers ran positive headlines about Tokyo's outcome, but reflected concern about opposition party views of donor money. Tamil editorials encouraged the LTTE to return to pe [...] |
2003-06-11 08:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1018 | Despite some Opposition criticism, the Tokyo [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tokyo donors conference continues to generate a positive reaction in Sri Lanka. The president maintains a studied silence, however, despite some criticism of the conference by her party. The Tamil Tigers, who controversially did not go to Tokyo, have also been mum, thus fa [...] |
2003-06-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE JA NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1025 | Tigers stick to hard-line stance, essentially [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reacting with haste to the Tokyo donors conference, the Tamil Tigers restated their view that the GSL must take quick steps to form an interim structure in the north/east. The Tigers also underscored that they did not accept the understandings reached at Tokyo. In spite of the [...] |
2003-06-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO CE JA NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1028 | MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 12) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. Sri Lankan media coverage of the Tokyo Donor Conference and its implications lessened somewhat, but was still energetic. Tamil newspapers' lead headlines concentrated on the LTTE rejection of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's suggested interim administration for the north and e [...] |
2003-06-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1039 | FY-2004 IV MRP ON "AMERICAN STUDIES" - [...] POST NOMINATES MS. DORINE E. ARULANANDAM, LECTURER IN SOCIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washingt [...] |
2003-06-16 07:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1040 | FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. MOHAMED ALI MUHAMMED ARIFA, ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL SECRETARY, DIVISIONAL SECRETARIAT, KATTANKUDY, EASTERN PROVINCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format wh [...] |
2003-06-16 07:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1041 | FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. PRABATH SAHABANDU, DEPUTY EDITOR, "THE ISLAND" - CENTRIST ENGLISH DAILY, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Was [...] |
2003-06-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1042 | FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. REBECCA C. CONSTANTINE, PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR MICRO CREDIT AND SAVINGS PROGRAM, YMCA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated pr [...] |
2003-06-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1043 | FY-2004 IV MRP ON "U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] POST NOMINATES MR. SEEVALI I. AMITIRIGALA, LECTURER, SRI LANKA LAW COLLEGE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and shou [...] |
2003-06-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1044 | FY-2004 SOUTH ASIA RP ON "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] POST NOMINATES MR. TILINA B. TENNAKOON, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR KANDY DISTRICT, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and [...] |
2003-06-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1046 | FY-2004 IV SOUTH ASIA RP ON "RELIGIOUS [...] POST NOMINATES VEN. KIRINDE ASSAJI THERO, BUDDHIST MONK/PRINCIPAL, SRI SUMANGALA DHAMMA SCHOOL, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in [...] |
2003-06-16 07:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1047 | FY-2004 MRP "NGO MANAGEMENT" - JANUARY 22- [...] POST NOMINATES MS. P. VISAKA HIDELLAGE, COUNTRY/REGIONAL DIRECTOR, INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP(ITDG), SOUTH ASIA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which e [...] |
2003-06-16 07:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1048 | MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 13) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1131 | FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. M. P. ASOKA DIAS, NEWS DIRECTOR- SIRASA, MBC AND MTV, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should [...] |
2003-07-01 07:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1132 | FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MS. GOTHAMI INDIKADAHENA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not [...] |
2003-07-01 07:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1133 | FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. W. UPUL JOSEPH FERNANDO, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR POLITICAL EDUCATION, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in [...] |
2003-07-01 07:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO1152 | FY 03 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOW PROGRAM - SRI LANKA EL FELLOW [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 03COLOMBO1273 | Media Play: "Mystery American" attends Sri [...] On Sunday, 7/14, readers of the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekender), one of Sri Lanka's mass circulation newspapers, woke up to front-page, above-the- fold headlines: "Mystery American at government intelligence meetings." The gist of the allegation: an AmCit had participated in me [...] |
2003-07-22 07:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1323 | MEDIA PLAY: "Mystery American" attends Sri Lankan [...] As reported in reftel, from 7/14 through 7/22 Sri Lankan newspapers had a field day reporting that an AmCit -- a "mysterious American" -- had participated in meetings of the GSL's intelligence community. Several dailies carried straightforward coverage of the allegation. Others treated the s [...] |
2003-07-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1387 | Key Minister expresses optimism that talks [...] (C) SUMMARY: G.L. Peiris, a key minister, has announced that the peace talks could start up again by September. In related news, the U.S. press statement speaking out in support of resuming talks has received widespread publicity and reaction from contacts is rolling in. Concerning another [...] |
2003-08-08 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAO CE NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1408 | MEDIA PLAY: U.S. "NOTES WITH CONCERN" LTTE CAMP, [...] On 8/7 Colombo issued a press release reiterating the 8/6 Washington File article, "U.S. Looks Forward to Resumption of Sri Lankan Peace Talks ... State's Reeker says U.S. concerned about rebel activity." The statement said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is "undermining conf [...] |
2003-08-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1517 | MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA ACCUSE U.S. of [...] In a 9/1 editorial, "Self-inflicted wounds," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily), launched one of the most vigorous criticisms of U.S. policy seen in Sri Lanka's mainline press since the occupation of Iraq. "Self- inflicted wounds" accuses the U.S. of searching for "a new bogeyman" [...] |
2003-09-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1551 | MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN COLUMNIST SAYS U.S., [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-08 05:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1588 | Mission conveys WSIS/freedom of the press [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-11 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PREL CE MV |
| 03COLOMBO1641 | EL FELLOW CAROL CREHAN [...] Post is pleased to report that Ms. Crehan has arrived in Sri Lank assignment with the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies. 2. Post has two requests to make on the enhancement funds and the st - Enhancement funds: Post requests that enhanced funds unused from h 2003 grant be ma [...] |
2003-09-22 07:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ABUD AMGT CE |
| 03COLOMBO1693 | Prime Minister's vocal support for Coalition [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Wickremesinghe's remarks supporting Coalition actions in Iraq during his recent UNGA address have netted a small backlash, with several newspapers criticizing the PM's stand as being too pro-U.S. In discussions, observers had a mixed reaction as to whether the PM [...] |
2003-09-30 09:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO CE IZ UN |
| 03COLOMBO174 | PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION [...] As reported in reftel (B), Colombo provided Worldnet coverage of the State of the Union address to three Sri Lankan telecasters for use during prime-time on 1/29. ITN (government-owned, island-wide penetration) and Rupavahini (government-owned, island-wide penetration), took extensive clippi [...] |
2003-01-30 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR OIIP ECPS OEXC |
| 03COLOMBO1826 | In meeting with the Ambassador, Defense [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Marapana related that based on what he understood the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) had inadvertently thwarted a recent attempt by the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) to intercept a suspected Tiger arms ship. In light [...] |
2003-10-21 11:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER PHSA KPAO CE NO |
| 03COLOMBO183 | MEDIA REACTION: State of the Union Address; [...] "Flights of fancy? We hope not" Independent English daily, Daily Mirror, commented (1/31): "The key phrase is `where it began'. Yes, it all began in the United States, a country responsible for the mayhem that the world is in today and the coming cataclysm. "It is the United States lopsi [...] |
2003-01-31 06:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP ECPS OEXC |
| 03COLOMBO1831 | Norwegian envoy briefs donors on status of the [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead attended a meeting of major bilateral donors to Sri Lanka on October 21. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed the group on the status of the Tiger's counterproposals developed in response to the GSL's north/east interim setup proposal. Brattskar commented t [...] |
2003-10-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS KPAO CE NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1888 | MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] On 11/1 the LTTE unveiled its long-await response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals (see septel). The LTTE counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous press coverage. Some headlines covered straightforward reportage: "LTTE hands over IA proposals; copies to President and par [...] |
2003-11-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1901 | MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] In reftels Colombo reported on the 11/1 unveiling of the LTTE's long awaited response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals. As noted in reftel (B), the counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous coverage: all major front pages carried the story, and three English, two Sinhala, a [...] |
2003-11-04 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1926 | Sri Lanka Update: MPs reportedly rally to [...] (C) SUMMARY: In reaction to the President's dramatic actions of November 4-5, MPs from the governing coalition and Tamil parties have reportedly rallied in support of the Prime Minister. There are still indications, however, that the President may be trying to tempt possible defectors. Aft [...] |
2003-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER ASEC KPAO ECON CASC CE NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1940 | MEDIA PLAY: POLITICAL CRISIS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Since the eruption of Sri Lanka's latest political crisis, the English and vernacular media have been in a frenzy. Over the weekend, television stations and newspapers in Sri Lanka avidly chronicled the political tug-of-war between President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and P [...] |
2003-11-10 11:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1953 | MEDIA PLAY: THE LATEST ON SRI LANKA'S POLITICAL [...] Summary. The Sri Lankan English and vernacular media's intense scrutiny of the political stand-off between the Prime Minister and the President continued. The Prime Minister's decision to meet with the President dominated the headlines in all languages. The reaction of political players in [...] |
2003-11-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO196 | Sri Lanka: Proposal for anti-trafficking in [...] (U) Per Reftel, Mission is providing the attached program proposal to strengthen the capabilities of the Sri Lankan National Child Protection Agency (NCPA) in enforcing the government's laws regulating trafficking of children in regards to prostitution and labor. 2. (U) Attached is the proj [...] |
2003-02-03 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID SMIG ELAB KPAO CE |
| 03COLOMBO1967 | MEDIA PLAY: Sri Lankan President Meets PM, [...] Summary. The 11/12 meeting between the President and the Prime Minister dominated the headlines in Sri Lankan English and vernacular media. Government-owned television and newspaper headlines predictably slanted toward the President, but the independent press was less positive. The media al [...] |
2003-11-14 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO1971 | Norwegian DFM Helgesen says Prabhakaran ready [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador attended a November 14 briefing for key local diplomats given by Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Helgesen regarding his visit to Sri Lanka. Helgesen said V. Prabhakaran was relaxed during their November 13 meeting, with the LTTE leader underscoring support for [...] |
2003-11-14 07:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR KPAO CE NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1980 | MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKA'S POLITICAL CRISIS CONTINUES [...] Summary. Over the weekend, English and vernacular media headlines focused on reaction to Norway's recent comments about the Sri Lankan Government's political crisis and their impact on the peace process. The President's comments also made splashy headlines. Meanwhile, media reports of the P [...] |
2003-11-17 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO2041 | POST EVALUATION ON CLASSICAL PIANISTS PROGRAM [...] Headline: COLOMBO BRINGS AMERICAN CLASSICAL PIANIST TO SRI LANKA 2. The enduring value of performing arts programs was illustrated once again when the American Pianists Association, Embassy Colombo, and ECA brought Michael Sheppard, a gifted, young American classical pianist to Sri Lanka. [...] |
2003-11-28 05:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP SCUL CE OEXC |
| 03COLOMBO205 | Low key reaction to Secretary's UN Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction to the Secretary's speech to the UN Security Council has been low key in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Press coverage was limited to wire- service reports. Neither the GSL nor GoRM have issued public statements as of yet. With the speech wrapping up very late February [...] |
2003-02-06 06:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO CE MV IZ |
| 03COLOMBO2196 | Taking advantage of cohabitation crisis, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tamil Tigers have launched a public relations effort meant to burnish their image in comparison with the ongoing cohabitation imbroglio in Colombo. The effort has included repeated (and accurate) pronouncements that the Tigers are ready to recommence talks, but cannot do so [...] |
2003-12-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM KPAO CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO33 | USDA'S JUNE 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-07 06:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TSPL SENV ECON KPAO CE OEXC |
| 03COLOMBO396 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English weekly lay out "repercussions to the economies in this and many other parts of the world" On 3/9 an editorial in the SUNDAY TIMES (independent English weekly), "Gulf War and US," described the negative effects of another Gulf war on the Sri Lankan economy. The editorial [...] |
2003-03-10 09:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE ECONOMICS |
| 03COLOMBO42 | FY-03 MRP: "FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] THE ONWARD TRAVEL ITINERARY OF GRANTEE FOLLOWS: DEP. COLOMBO 0245 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 VIA UL 505 ARR. LONDON (LHR) 0845 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 DEP. LONDON (LHR) 1200 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 VIA UA 919 ARR. WASHINGTON(IAD)1520 HRS. TUE. JAN. 14 PLEASE MEET AND ASSIST. 2. FOLLOWING IS THE RETU [...] |
2003-01-08 03:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO421 | Snapshot of a sour, suspicious Jaffna [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Jaffna, March 11. The March 10 sinking of a LTTE arms resupply ship was on everyone's minds, with the military and Tamils in sharp discord on the GSL's action. The military, which was highly critical of the LTTE, defended the size of its security zones. T [...] |
2003-03-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM ECON KPAO CE NO JA LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO428 | MEDIA PLAY: AMBASSADOR WILLS VISITS JAFFNA [...] Ambassador Wills' 3/11 visit to Jaffna (see reftel) was noted in segments of the English and Sinhala press, and garnered substantial and positive coverage in the Tamil press. 2. English and Sinhala dailies. Under the front-page headline "Wills says 'peace at hand'" the DAILY MIRROR (indep [...] |
2003-03-13 10:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO458 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily says that the "ides of Bush" indicate "the creation of a new god who demands that all other nations must worship him and subscribe to his policies...." Under the headline "`The hour has come!' the ides of Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwid [...] |
2003-03-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OPRC OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO460 | TFIZ01: PM negative on possible UNGA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The PM told the Ambassador that he agreed that there was no need for UNGA involvement re Iraq. He said he would look into possibly issuing a "constructive" statement re the overall situation. Mission has reviewed Department's points re Iraqi intel officers, but does not think f [...] |
2003-03-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ |
| 03COLOMBO463 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] On 3/20 the ISLAND (opposition daily, islandwide circulation) said "there is no doubt which way the war will go," but predicted that it will not only "bring about radical changes in the politics of ... the Middle East but ... will also turn the new political order ... topsy turvy," as the "the [...] |
2003-03-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO468 | TFIZ01: Low-key reaction in Sri [...] (S) SUMMARY: General reaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the start of military operations against Iraq has been low-key, so far. The PM has asked to see the Ambassador late today. Sri Lanka's envoy to the U.S. called the Ambassador earlier, and said the GSL plans to issue a "helpful" [...] |
2003-03-20 07:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ |
| 03COLOMBO473 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Independent English daily wonders whether "war on Iraq [will] free US from terrorists threat." Under the headline "Will war on Iraq free US from terrorists threat?, the ISLAND (opposition English daily, islandwide circulation) wrote on 3/21: The question arises whether elimination of the S [...] |
2003-03-21 04:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO476 | TFIZ01: GSL releases relatively constructive [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The GSL has issued a relatively constructive statement re the Iraq situation (text in Para 10). In a meeting late March 20, the PM gave the Ambassador the opportunity to help craft the message and some improvements were made. The PM confirmed that the GSL would not be able [...] |
2003-03-21 05:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ |
| 03COLOMBO480 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend Colombo's newspapers continued to criticize the war. "Stop this war forthwith," insisted the independent English DAILY MIRROR. The government-owned Sinhala weekender, DINAMINA, spoke of the "Middle East war environment: crisis and impact." "Alas! War" said the opp [...] |
2003-03-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO485 | Sixth round of talks proves constructive; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up on March 21, with the two sides issuing a comprehensive press statement. Minister Moragoda, a key GSL negotiator, told the Ambassador he was encouraged by the talks -- the Tigers seemed committed to the peace track for now and badly w [...] |
2003-03-24 09:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE NO JA CH LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO488 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. J.W.M. RANJITH THOMAS SEIMON, DIRECTOR (ENGINEERING), MINISTRY OF IRRIGATION, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing i [...] |
2003-03-25 04:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO502 | TFIZ01: Mission presses points re CHR, UN; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission is continuing to press points re keeping the Iraq issue out of the CHR and the UNSC/UNGA. Overall reaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the Iraq situation continues to be low-key. Media coverage is heavy, with almost all commentary anti-U.S. Our best educated guess [...] |
2003-03-25 11:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAO PHUM ASEC CE MV IZ |
| 03COLOMBO508 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] As reported in reftel (b), Colombo's weekenders (3/22- 23) widely criticized what is usually described as an "American war" in Iraq. At mid-week, however, interest is subdued. 2. True, the war dominates Wednesday's (3/26) front-page, above the fold headlines. "Six Iraqi war tanks destroye [...] |
2003-03-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO517 | FY-03 MRP ON "MULTI-CULTURALISM IN A [...] GRANTEE JAYASURIYA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. HER COMPLETE BIODATA FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of [...] |
2003-03-27 04:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO518 | FY-03 SA/RP ON "WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT": [...] GRANTEE SEIMON ACCEPTS INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. HIS COMPLETE BIODATA FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edited except by means of the [...] |
2003-03-27 04:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO519 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] In reftel we noted that as of mid-week (3/26) the war in Iraq was receiving substantial front-page treatment but limited editorial coverage. The trend continued into Thursday (3/27): the war dominates this morning's front- page above-the-fold headlines. Again, however, only one of Sri Lanka [...] |
2003-03-27 04:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO522 | MEDIA PRIMER [...] Newspapers (English). ----- DAILY MIRROR, a popular, centrist independent daily published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. The MIRROR is available on line at . DAILY NEWS, a government-owned daily. The DAILY NEWS is the English medium flagship of the Lake House newspapers, all of which are go [...] |
2003-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO535 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lanka's English front pages found room for only two war-related headlines: "US-led forces destroy Iraqi column" and "US-led troops poised to enter Baghdad as week two begins." The vernacular dailies, by contrast, splashed the war across all front pages with headlines such as "Iraq `Repub [...] |
2003-03-28 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO550 | MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ [...] Sri Lanka's English-medium front pages found room for only two war-related headlines on 4/1: "U.S. pounds Baghdad, battles to the south," said one; "U.S. in first major clash with Republican guard" said the other. More -- and more strident -- headlines appeared on the vernacular front pages, [...] |
2003-04-01 09:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO556 | MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ [...] Under the front-page headline, "CBK hits out at Bush," the DAILY MIRROR (independent English daily, islandwide circulation) pursues a leitmotiv that often appears in the Sri Lankan media's coverage of the war: mixing local issues with news from Iraq. (See reftel, which reported that an edito [...] |
2003-04-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO560 | TFIZ01: Mission conveys latest message re [...] (C) This update, focused on reaction to Operation Iraqi Freedom in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, reviews: >> Mission conveys latest points re blocking possible UNGA meeting >> Taking a different tack than the government, President Kumaratunga hits out at the U.S. >> NGO, Muslim criticis [...] |
2003-04-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC CE MV IZ UN |
| 03COLOMBO629 | MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Sri Lankan front-page readers woke up to headlines describing the Iraqi regime's collapse and to photographs of coalition forces and Iraqi civilians enjoying each other's company. English front pages ran headlines such as "Saddam's rule collapses in chaos," "Saddam's rule crumbles," and "U.S. [...] |
2003-04-10 08:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO646 | Leahy Amendment: Mission reviews human rights [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the human rights record of Army Commander Balagalle in light of a recent adverse court ruling involving the December 2001 election. Balagalle's human rights record, heretofore, has been excellent and we do not think the ruling rises to the level of a "gross v [...] |
2003-04-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV MOPS KPAO CE |
| 03COLOMBO650 | MEDIA PLAY - IRAQ - 4/11/03 [...] In Sri Lanka the 4/11 front pages anticipate -- and celebrate -- a conclusion to the conflict in Iraq. They also ponder post-war scenarios. "America to hoist flag of victory very soon" says a Sinhala daily. "Pentagon studying whether to announce end of war" and "100 Iraqi tanks in American [...] |
2003-04-16 00:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO670 | MEDIA PLAY - 4/14 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE [...] On April 14 Deputy Secretary Armitage hosted an international conference on Sri Lanka for representatives of 21 countries and 16 international organizations who gathered to discuss Sri Lanka's peace negotiations, and international assistance for the Island's development and reconstruction. As [...] |
2003-04-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO682 | MEDIA PLAY - 4/14 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE - [...] On April 14 Deputy Secretary Armitage hosted an international conference on Sri Lanka for representatives of 21 countries and 16 international organizations who gathered to discuss Sri Lanka's peace negotiations, and international assistance for the Island's development and reconstruction. La [...] |
2003-04-21 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO688 | Tigers announce they are suspending peace talks; GSL, most observers see move as tactical [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a press release dated April 21, the Tamil Tigers suspended their participation in the peace talks and said they will not attend the June donors conference. The GSL has not yet reacted in public to the statement (short of a very brief letter to the Tigers taking note of their stateme [...] |
2003-04-22 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO EAID CE NO JA LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO695 | MEDIA PLAY - LTTE SUSPENDS PEACE TALKS [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it suspending peace talks scheduled for April 29 in Thailand. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had no [...] |
2003-04-23 08:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO707 | PRESS RELEASE - "US AMBASSADOR'S REACTION TO LTTE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-24 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE PTER EGEN LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO714 | MEDIA PLAY - AMBASSADOR WILLS' 4/24 REUTERS [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it was suspending peace talks. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had not focused enough on rebuilding t [...] |
2003-04-25 05:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE EGEN LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO720 | Tigers issue constructive response to U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late April 25, chief Tamil Tiger negotiator Anton Balasingham issued a direct response to the April 24 U.S. statement re the group's pullout from the peace talks. Balasingham's statement underscored that the Tigers still support a negotiated settlement to the conflict and said [...] |
2003-04-26 06:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINS KPAO CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO721 | MEDIA PLAY - MORE COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR WILLS' [...] On April 21, the LTTE announced it was suspending peace talks. In a letter to the GSL, the LTTE listed its reasons for suspending talks as: its exclusion from the 4/14 Washington Conference, problems with the ceasefire accord implementation, and that GSL had not focused enough on rebuilding t [...] |
2003-04-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE EGEN LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO740 | FY-2003 VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN [...] PAS COLOMBO REQUESTS FOR A FUNDED VOLVIS (TWO INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING TOGETHER - ITT) PROGRAM ON CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS. POST NOMINATES MR. NAUFEL ABDUL- RAHMAN, SECRETARY TO THE LEADER OF THE PARLIAMENT, AND MR. N.V. KEERTHIRATNE KARUNASENA WERAGODA, SECRETARY TO THE CABINET OF MINISTERS, FOR P [...] |
2003-05-05 02:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO744 | MEDIA PLAY -- EMBASSY COLOMBO EMPLOYEES INDICTED [...] On 5/2 Colombo's Administrative Officer and her husband, who had been employed by the mission as a Consular Associate, were indicted on visa fraud and alien smuggling charges. PD issued a press release regarding the indictments, noting that they were the result of an 11- month investigation. [...] |
2003-05-05 09:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO769 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUHSIN ABDULLA, DIRECTOR FINANCE, MALDIVES TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTING COMPANY (PLC) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. MR. MUHSIN WAS ORIGINALLY NOMINATED FOR MRP ON "ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE U.S." BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION I [...] |
2003-05-08 07:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO779 | MEDIA PLAY: International "Safety Net" for Sri Lanka's [...] Summary: The fate of the peace talks, together with international efforts to coax the LTTE back to the negotiating table, dominated the week's press. English and vernacular headlines chronicled a string of international visitors who made their way to the Wanni to encourage the LTTE to retur [...] |
2003-05-09 06:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO787 | Cohabitation crisis erupts as president takes [...] (C) SUMMARY: Another in Sri Lanka's long series of cohabitation crises has erupted as President Kumaratunga has taken steps to take over the lucrative national lottery board. The GSL has resisted the move fiercely and the dispute seems bound for the courts. In the meantime, the GSL is mull [...] |
2003-05-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KPAO CE |
| 03COLOMBO790 | MEDIA PLAY: COHABITATION CRISIS RETURNS [...] Sri Lanka's chronic cohabitation problems resurfaced on Friday (5/9) when President Kumaratunga announced her intention to remove the Development Lotteries Board from the Ministry of Economic Reforms and put it under presidential purview. Media reaction was quick. Some Saturday (5/10) headli [...] |
2003-05-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO809 | FY-2003 VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN [...] COLOMBO REQUESTS A FUNDED VOLVIS PROGRAM FOR MR. IQBAL ATHAS, CONSULTANT EDITOR AND DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT, "THE SUNDAY TIMES" (INDEPENDENT ENGLISH WEEKENDER, NATIONAL CIRCULATION). ATHAS IS VISITING WASHINGTON TO ATTEND THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS ANNUAL CONFERENCE. AS A TARGET OF [...] |
2003-05-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO83 | FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINATION FOR [...] POST NOMINATES MR. MUHSIN ABDULLA, DIRECTOR FINANCE, MALDIVES TRANSPORT AND CONTRACTING COMPANY (PLC) LTD., FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. MR. MUHSIN WAS ORIGINALLY NOMINATED FOR MRP ON "ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE U.S." BUT WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROJECT. 2. NOMINATI [...] |
2003-01-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO831 | MEDIA PLAY: Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca [...] Summary: The media received Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca's May 11-14 visit to Sri Lanka positively and interpreted her visit as further indication of international support for the Island's peace process. English, Sinhala and Tamil television coverage of Rocca's visit was extensive. [...] |
2003-05-19 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO898 | MEDIA PLAY: Armitage to Attend Tokyo Conference [...] Summary: On 5/23 Washington announced that Deputy Secretary Armitage would attend the Tokyo Conference on SIPDIS reconstruction for Sri Lanka. Post issued a similar press release to local media on 5/24. Independent and government-owned television stations heralded Armitage's decision in [...] |
2003-05-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO906 | PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY HIV/AIDS [...] Reftel requested posts to use IIP materials to publicize the president's new HIV/AIDS initiative. 2. Colombo used two IIP products to splash the rollout across the Sri Lankan press. - News File. During noon and evening newscasts "News File" clips describing the initiative were used by MT [...] |
2003-05-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP IR ZP CE |
| 03COLOMBO965 | MEDIA PLAY (JUNE 5): TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. In the run-up to the Tokyo conference, June 5 coverage is apprehensive. Will the LTTE go to Tokyo? Will the conference, donor contributions, and the peace process itself be adversely affected if the Tigers aren't there? Headlines are anxious. Vernacular editorialists are silent o [...] |
2003-06-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO979 | MEDIA PLAY Subject: Media Play (June 6): Tokyo [...] Summary. As the Tokyo conference approaches, the media scene grows dyspeptic. "Ways to solve [the] dispute ... can be found," the Prime Minister is reported to argue, but others speak of racists, i.e., Sinhalese nationalists, who want the LTTE to miss Tokyo, while voices closer to the LTTE b [...] |
2003-06-06 06:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO982 | MEDIA PLAY: (June 7) Tokyo Conference; Colombo [...] Summary. The Sri Lankan media continued its feverish coverage of whether or not the Tigers will go to Tokyo. The LTTE's Tamilchelvan said that if the Tigers' request for an interim administration is met, they might yet go to Japan. Tamil newspaper headlines buzzed with Minister Moragoda's pr [...] |
2003-06-09 05:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO983 | MEDIA PLAY: (June 8) Tokyo Conference; Colombo [...] Summary. On the eve of the Tokyo Conference, a frenetic Sri Lankan media was consumed with talk of an interim administration for the north and east and the fate of donor money sans LTTE participation. Tamil newspapers were engrossed with Tokyo-related issues large and small - but especially [...] |
2003-06-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE |
| 03DJIBOUTI1633 | DJIBOUTI: DEMARCHE ON ALIEN EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: In response to ref A demarche dissociating the U.S. from Djibouti's on-going expulsions of foreigners, Minister of Interior Wais deplored U.S. insistence on making a public statement. He stressed Djibouti's good historical record on handling refugees, noted that foreigners had b [...] |
2003-09-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL DJ KPAO |
| 03DJIBOUTI1656 | DJIBOUTI: MEDIA COVERAGE ON EXPULSIONS [...] (U) PER REF A POST RELEASED A PRESS STATEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 4 DISSOCIATING THE USG FROM THE DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT'S RECENT IMMIGRATION POLICY. POST PRODUCED A FRENCH TRANSLATION AND GAVE WIDE RELEASE TO THE STATEMENT IN BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. POST ALSO DISTRIBUTED THE STA [...] |
2003-09-08 12:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM DJ |
| 03DJIBOUTI1675 | DJIBOUTI: 9/11 CEREMONY [...] (U) Post held a simple commemorative ceremony in the residence garden on the morning of September 11. The event was widely attended by the diplomatic corps and the resident military leadership. The Charge d'Affaires delivered portions of President Bush's Patriot Day message. The Djiboutian [...] |
2003-09-14 05:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO DJ |
| 03DJIBOUTI536 | DJIBOUTI: FOUR INJURED IN ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Four people have been injured, two seriously, in three days of anti-war student demonstrations in Djibouti City. Two local students were seriously wounded when local police fired on demonstrators on March 24; they remain hospitalized. In addition, two German soldiers were injured on the sa [...] |
2003-03-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL CASC KPAO DJ |
| 03HALIFAX119 | HALIFAX CULTURAL DIVERSITY SEMINAR [...] The Department of Canadian Heritage hosted a seminar on a proposed International Instrument on Cultural Diversity (IICD) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 27-28, 2003. Most of the discussion focused on audiovisual trade issues. Culture ministry officials and NGO representatives argued that a new [...] |
2003-04-09 19:13:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KPAO SCUL UNESCO |
| 03HALIFAX91 | CANADIAN PUBLIC OPINION ON THE IRAQ WAR: [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) CANADIANS IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES, MOST OF WHOM CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO HAVE A STAUNCHLY PRO-U.S. WORLD VIEW ON MOST ISSUES, ARE DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER THE WAR IN IRAQ. IN DISCUSSIONS DURING THE PAST WEEK WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE INCLU [...] |
2003-03-26 21:17:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC KPAO CA US |
| 03HARARE10 | MEDIA REACTION: FOOD CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Only return to sanity will end food shortages" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its January 3 editorial to persuading the government of Zimbabwe to cooperate with the international community, adding that "the survival of the nation shoul [...] |
2003-01-03 10:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE101 | MEDIA REPORT: PAPER TO CHALLENGE AIPPA; HARARE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-15 09:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ZI |
| 03HARARE1028 | MORE NEGATIVE COMMENTARY IN GOVERNMENT MEDIA [...] Under the headline "Archbishop Ncube shameless" the government-controlled daily "Herald's" May 24 editorial criticized Archbishop Pius Ncube for meeting with Secretary Powell. Excerpts follow: SIPDIS 2. "Like the proverbial Judas Iscariot, Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was in Wash [...] |
2003-05-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1029 | GOVERNMENT PAPER COVERS POWELL-NCUBE MEETING [...] The meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube provided the lead story in the May 22 edition of the government- controlled daily "Chronicle." The article distorted the purpose and substance of the may 20 meeting Wash [...] |
2003-05-27 16:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1031 | GOVERNMENT MEDIA CRITICIZE ARCHBISHOP NCUBE FO [...] Under headline "Pius Ncube must make his intentions clear" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle's" May 22 editorial was critical of Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube for having met with Secretary of State Colin Powell during a recent visit to Washington. Exce [...] |
2003-05-28 05:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1034 | STATE-CONTROLLED PAPER HAILS JOURNALIST'S [...] Under headline "Meldrum's expulsion was long overdue" the editorial in the May 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" said: "After painting the situation in Zimbabwe in dark colors and generally portraying the country as a lawless community [...] |
2003-05-28 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO ZI |
| 03HARARE1035 | LAWYER SEEKS COURT ORDER FOR RETURN OF EXPELLED [...] Beatrice Mtetwa, lawyer for expelled U.S. citizen journalist Andrew Meldrum, has filed an application in the High Court seeking the return of her client, expelled on May 16. The application, filed on May 21, seeks a ruling that would compel Home Affairs Minister Kembo [...] |
2003-05-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI |
| 03HARARE1080 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Under headline "First duty of army, police is to the nation" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 30 editorial to urging Zimbabwe's uniformed forces not to use strong-arm tactics against demonstrators who may participate in next week's possible anti [...] |
2003-05-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1092 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] While editorials in the independent newspapers are in favor of the proposed week-long mass protests that are expected to begin in Zimbabwe today (June 2), called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to force Robert Mugabe to enter into a serious and g [...] |
2003-06-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1095 | MEDIA REPORT U. S./UK UNDER FIRE FROM ZANU PF; [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1113 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the mainstream media remain sharply divided over the implications of the week-long national protests organized by the opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) to pressure Robert Mugabe to the negotiating table. While the independent media is [...] |
2003-06-03 11:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1133 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the June 4 editions of the two national dailies - the independent "Daily News" and the government- controlled "Herald," continue to focus on the on-going nationwide anti-government protests that are expected to end on Friday, June 6. The demonstrations [...] |
2003-06-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1139 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Under headline "What next after mass action?" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 5 editorial to challenging the leadership of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to "come up with an imaginative and focused plan that can sav [...] |
2003-06-05 07:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1150 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ ACCUSES WEST OF BACKING MDC; [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1151 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the June 5 editions of the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" and the pro-government "Business Tribune" concentrated on the continuing mass action in Zimbabwe called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to pressure the Mugabe [...] |
2003-06-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1158 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] The week-long mass action, called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) aimed at forcing Robert Mugabe to address the economic and political crisis afflicting the country, remains the mainstay for editorials being carried in the mainstream media [...] |
2003-06-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1166 | MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Weekend editorials concentrated on the five-day anti-government protests, called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), that completely shutdown commerce and industry in the country from June 2 through 6, 2003. Editorial excerpts follow: [...] |
2003-06-09 09:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1169 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush and Blair lied about Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 8 editorial to criticizing the United States-led war against Iraq, saying, "the invasion of Iraq was unjust." Adding: "Bush and Blair are shameless liars." [...] |
2003-06-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1179 | MEDIA REPORT MASS ACTION IN RETROSPECT; HARARE [...] Two journalists working for the independent short-wave radio station Voice of the People (VOP) were detained and beaten by ZANU-PF youths and war veterans at the beginning (June 2) of the week-long mass protests organized by the opposition Movement for Democratic Chang [...] |
2003-06-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1209 | MEDIA REPORT IMF AND ZIMBABWE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Embrace the devil" the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" dedicated its June 12 editorial to encouraging the government of Zimbabwe "to seek rapprochement and mend fences" with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) "for the good of the na [...] |
2003-06-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1217 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. N.'s indifference to DRC conflict disturbing" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its June 13 editorial to accusing the United Nations of dragging its feet in solving the political discord in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] |
2003-06-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1222 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bombing out Iraq's ruins" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to calling on the United States "to ship out" of Iraq and "hand over the country to its rightful owners" - the Iraqis. Excerpts: 2. ". [...] |
2003-06-16 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP ZI |
| 03HARARE1223 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "Uganda must be condemned" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 15 editorial to accusing Uganda of throwing spanners into the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Excerpts: 2. "The United Nations, [...] |
2003-06-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP ZI |
| 03HARARE1236 | MEDIA REACTION G8 SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa should adopt one position on G8" the independent weekly "The Business Tribune" dedicated its June 12 editorial to criticizing the G8 for failing to meet their obligations to Africa at the just-ended summit in Evian, France. Stating: "Africa must [...] |
2003-06-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1292 | MEDIA REACTION ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Pretoria becomes chief stumbling block", the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 24 editorial to encouraging South African President Thabo Mbeki to stop obstructing international efforts meant to resolve the deepening political and [...] |
2003-06-25 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE13 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S./IRAQ/NORTH KOREA STANDOFF; [...] With headline "Under the specter of a third world war," the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its January 5 editorial to encouraging the United States, at a time when a military showdown against Iraq seems inevitable, to resolve the nuclear sta [...] |
2003-01-06 08:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1317 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL ON ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] The op-ed column by United States Secretary of State Colin Powell in the "New York Times" has made front-page headlines in the mainstream print media. While the independent newspapers welcomed Secretary Powell's commentary and recommendations, the state-controll [...] |
2003-06-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1318 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL ON ZIM CRISIS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Ball in your court" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 26 editorial to encouraging Robert Mugabe's government to embrace Secretary Colin Powell's recommendations, carried in an op-ed published in the New York Times, in supp [...] |
2003-06-27 08:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1319 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Powell is a slow learner" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its June 27 editorial to criticizing Secretary of State Colin Powell for penning a critical op-ed in the "New York Times" on Robert Mugabe's government. Excerpts fol [...] |
2003-06-27 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1368 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. POLICY TOWARDS ZIM UNDER [...] Under headline "U. S. taking out carrot and stick once again" the July 3 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Kuthula Matshazi on page 8 that was critical of the United States policy towards Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .The car [...] |
2003-07-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1369 | MEDIA REACTION AU SUMMIT; HARARE [...] Under headline "AU must make a stand" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 3 editorial to urge the African Union (AU) - meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, next week for its second summit - to "publicly and firmly denounce Harare" for human rights abuse [...] |
2003-07-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1370 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains the top issue for discussion in lengthy editorials being carried in the mainstream newspapers ahead of the July 7 - 12 visit. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Bush must respect African leadership" the gover [...] |
2003-07-08 09:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1371 | MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An avalanche of news articles and opinion pieces focusing on the decisive African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Zimbabwe and Eritrea, especially in the government-controlled print and electronic media, failed to eclipse critical articles against Pr [...] |
2003-07-08 09:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1372 | MEDIA REPORT PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] The June 29 edition of the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" devoted considerable space to articles talking about the forth-coming historic visit to Africa by United States President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell's op-ed in the New Yor [...] |
2003-07-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1373 | MEDIA REPORT EDITOR CHARGED UNDER POSA; HARARE [...] Nqobile Nyathi, Editor of the independent daily "The Daily News," was arrested, charged and released on June 26 under the controversial Public Order and Security Act (POSA) for allegedly publishing adverts insulting Robert Mugabe. The ostensibly illicit adverts [...] |
2003-07-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1375 | MEDIA REACTION SECRETARY POWELL'S OP-ED ON ZIM [...] The government-controlled daily "The Herald" continues to publish discourteous articles against Secretary of State Colin Powell. Excerpts of an op-ed carried in the July 2 edition follow: 2. Under headline "U. S. Secretary of State ignorant of Zimbabwean situa [...] |
2003-07-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1377 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Weekend editorials continue to focus on President Bush's first trip to Africa. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Rude awakening awaits Bush" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" (06/29) comments: "The announcement that U. S. President George W. [...] |
2003-07-08 09:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1378 | MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] The lead article in the June 27 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" and an op-ed in the same edition collectively criticize Secretary of State Colin Powell for writing an op-ed column in the "New York Times" criticizing Robert Mugabe's govern [...] |
2003-07-08 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1383 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush must tell Mbeki to act decisively on Zimbabwe" the July 8 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" printed an op-ed by Joseph Whande on page 8, in which he urges President George Bush to help resolve the socioeconomic and political impasse [...] |
2003-07-08 13:44:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1389 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush must demand that Mbeki act on Zimbabwe" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 9 editorial to calling on President George W. Bush "to use his immense influence to pressure" South African President Thabo Mbeki to stand up [...] |
2003-07-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1390 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush must demand that Mbeki act on Zimbabwe" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its July 9 editorial to calling on President George W. Bush "to use his immense influence to pressure" South African President Thabo Mbeki to stand up [...] |
2003-07-09 07:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE14 | MEDIA REACTION: HIV/AIDS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Why the world watches as Africans die of Aids" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its January 4 editorial to urging African leaders to be at the forefront in the fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic in their countries. Using Uganda as an example, th [...] |
2003-01-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1400 | MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa continues to make headlines in the local print and electronic media. While the independent press is casting the visit in positive light, the government-controlled print and electronic media is denouncing the whistle stop tour [...] |
2003-07-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1404 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH;S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Tsvangirai exhibits inferiority complex" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its July 10 editorial to hailing President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki for coming up with a shared position on how to [...] |
2003-07-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1405 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "U. S. has a role to play in solving Zimbabwe crisis" the July 10 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op-ed by Marko Phiri, political commentator, in which he advocates for a United States involvement in resolvi [...] |
2003-07-10 08:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1408 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's remarks on the challenges facing Zimbabwe during a joint news conference with his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, in Pretoria made the top story during the state-run radio and television, ZBC/TV, news programs broadcast on July [...] |
2003-07-10 12:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1409 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush putting up a faade" the July 10 edition of the independent weekly "The Financial Gazette" carried the following opinion piece by Taungana Ndoro under his regular column "Inside Politics" on page 13, in which he bemoans the exclusion of Zimbabwe from President Bush's itine [...] |
2003-07-10 12:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1417 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Talks on Zimbabwe between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, continue to dominate editorials in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "Mbeki has his job cut out" the independent daily "The Daily News" (07/1 [...] |
2003-07-11 09:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1418 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Africa must resist West's machinations" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its July 3 editorial to accusing Washington of conspiring to unseat Robert Mugabe and his government. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Mr. Bush's African visit. . .s [...] |
2003-07-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1419 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] There has been an outpouring of articles, op-ed and opinion pieces in the mainstream newspapers following talks on Zimbabwe between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki, including President Bush's visit to Botswana, in the lead [...] |
2003-07-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1422 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Bush visit sees welcome consensus on Zim" the independent weekly "The Zimbabwe Independent" dedicated its July 11 editorial to hailing President Bush's trip to Africa, saying: "By reaching out to Africa. . .Bush has indicated that post-Iraq Ameri [...] |
2003-07-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1437 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to five nations in Africa remains a sizzling issue in the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. An epigrammatic sample of some of the articles, op-ed and opinion pieces follow: 2. Under headline "Cyclone Bush hits Africa" the [...] |
2003-07-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1438 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "President finally vindicated" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its July 15 edition to declaring that the just-ended five-nation tour in Africa, especially South Africa, by President George W. Bush had managed to shore up Rob [...] |
2003-07-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1439 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "White House in crisis over Iraq invasion lies" the government-controlled daily "The Herald"(07/15) carried the following op-ed by Patrick Martin on page 6, in which he argues that the on-going muddle surrounding the contents of President George W [...] |
2003-07-15 10:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1447 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "MPs call for Blair to resign: Bush hangs British PM out to dry over Iraqi nuclear claims" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" (07/17) carried the following opinion article by Chris Marsden on page 9: 2. "In admitting U. S. doubts over B [...] |
2003-07-17 08:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1448 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] Under headline "Liars like Bush annihilate themselves" the ruling ZANU-PF weekly mouthpiece "The People's Voice" dedicated its July 13 editorial to criticizing the United States policy towards Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. ". . .Since when (has) Britain and the U. S. starte [...] |
2003-07-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1457 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An editorial and an op-ed article carried in the July 13 edition of the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" concentrate on the talks between President George W. Bush and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, during President Bush's visit to Africa. Excerpt [...] |
2003-07-18 05:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE146 | MEDIA REACTION U.S./AFRICA TRADE; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. should treat Africa as single entity" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its January 19 editorial to cautioning the United States against the promotion of selective trade agreements, warning that such agreements "have the pote [...] |
2003-01-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1462 | MEDIA REPORT PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO AFRICA; [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1463 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa remains a core issue for discussion in op-ed and opinion pieces being carried in some of the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "U. S. seeks to strengthen its position in Africa" the go [...] |
2003-07-18 09:43:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1466 | MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA; HARARE [...] Under headline "China shows the way" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 20 editorial to hailing China's "efforts to encourage and promote a diplomatic solution" over a crisis stemming from North Korea's alleged nuclear weapons program. E [...] |
2003-07-21 08:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1467 | MEDIA REPORT U. S./ ZIM RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Back-to-back leading articles in the July 20 and 21 editions of the independent weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" and its sister daily "The Daily News," respectively, focus on the failing relations between the United States and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Th [...] |
2003-07-21 10:06:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1471 | MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE [...] Under headline "DRC rebel ministers irresponsible" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 20 editorial to urging leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) two main rebel movements "to act responsibly and in the interests of their l [...] |
2003-07-22 08:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1476 | MEDIA REACTION U. S. FOREIGN POLICY, BUSH'S VISIT [...] The July 20 editions of the two government-controlled weeklies - "The Sunday Mail" and the "Sunday News" - carried lengthy articles centering on United States foreign policy, President George W. Bush's visit to Africa, and another urging the United States to loo [...] |
2003-07-23 07:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1477 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH ON "CAPTIVE NATIONS [...] Under headline "Africa must resist" the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its July 20 editorial to criticizing President George W. Bush for including Zimbabwe on the list of country's he said, in a proclamation to mark "Captive [...] |
2003-07-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1478 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICAL; [...] Under headline "U. S. crop subsidies disadvantage African farmers" the July 20 edition of the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" carried the following article by Mbongeni Mguni, in which he criticizes President George W. Bush for dodging t [...] |
2003-07-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1519 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. S. shows unparalleled savagery, contempt for human life" the July 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following article by Barry Grey, in which he criticizes the American Government for sanctioning the emblaz [...] |
2003-07-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1535 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush humbled by uncertainty in Iraq" the July 30 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" carried the following op-ed by Lovemore Mataire in which he blames the United States for going into Iraq without possessing "a brilliant exit [...] |
2003-07-30 09:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1536 | MEDIA REPORT VOA'S STUDIO 7 UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] Information and Publicity Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the United States and Britain of toughening "their hostility towards Zimbabwe," by "churning out propaganda about regime change" through the Voice of America's (VOA) Studio 7 channel on Zimbabwe. S [...] |
2003-07-30 12:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1544 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "America's medieval barbarism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 27 editorial to condemning the United States for making public the pictures of Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Quasy, who were killed in a gun batt [...] |
2003-07-31 05:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1607 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE/TAYLOR ARROGANT; HARARE [...] Under headline "Alternative to dialogue" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 13 editorial to urging Robert Mugabe to be sincere in finding a durable solution to the current political impasse in Zimbabwe, adding that Mugabe's "demand that [...] |
2003-08-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1614 | MEDIA REACTION MUGABE/TAYLOR HOLD POLITICAL [...] Under headline "Africa must now bear on Mugabe to step down" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 14 editorial to calling on African leaders to "use their influence" to encourage Robert Mugabe, blamed for the "deepening political and economic ana [...] |
2003-08-14 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1643 | MEDIA REACTION TAYLOR/MUGABE; HARARE [...] Under headline "Curse of quiet diplomacy" the independent weekly "The Daily News On Sunday" dedicated its August 17 editorial to criticizing South African President Thabo Mbeki's "quiet diplomacy" towards Robert Mugabe, arguing, "It was not quiet diplomacy which [...] |
2003-08-19 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1649 | MEDIA REPORT GOZ BANS NGOS FROM DISTRIBUTING FOOD [...] Under headline "Merchants of hunger" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 20 editorial to denouncing the government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) for ordering donor agencies in Zimbabwe to surrender all food aid to village headman. Excerpts: 2. [...] |
2003-08-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1651 | MEDIA REACTION TRUCK BLAST AT U. N.'S IRAQ HQ; [...] The August 19 truck bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, has received extensive coverage in both the local print and electronic media. The blast made the lead story in the August 20 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald." The [...] |
2003-08-21 05:48:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1656 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Will America learn from its past mistakes?" the pro-government weekly "Business Tribune" carried the following feature article by Billet Magara in which he criticizes the United States for leading a military campaign against Saddam Hussein, sayin [...] |
2003-08-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1671 | MEDIA REACTION EDITORIALS AGAINST LIFTING OF [...] Back to back editorials in the August 25 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the July 24 edition of its sister weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" are against the call for the lifting of travel and economic restrictions imposed on Robert Mugabe a [...] |
2003-08-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1672 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U. N. abuse by UK and U. S. must be probed" the August 24 edition of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" carried the following opinion piece by Tafataona Mahoso under his regular column "African Focus": 2. "For those nations who [...] |
2003-08-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1732 | MEDIA REACTION PAPER REBUTS "HERALD" STORY; HARARE [...] The August 29 edition of the independent weekly the "Zimbabwe Independent" carried an article rebutting a front-page article in the August 28 edition of the government-controlled daily "The Herald" that deliberately mis-reported and quoted out of context a most [...] |
2003-09-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1736 | MEDIA REACTION COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN ZIM; HARARE [...] While an editorial in the September 3 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" saw the outcome of the weekend urban council elections, in which the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) narrowly defeated the ruling ZANU PF party, as a demonstr [...] |
2003-09-03 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1838 | MEDIA REACTION CUBA/ZIM/U. S. RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Under headline "Cuba, Zimbabwe lead the way" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 7 editorial to demonizing the West, especially the United States and Britain, for allegedly maltreating Cuba and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: [...] |
2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1839 | MEDIA REPORT ZIMABWEANS SEEK ASYLUM IN THE U. S.; [...] The lead article in the September 8 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" concentrates on an application for "Temporary Protection Status" by Zimbabweans living in the United States. Under headline "Zimbabweans seek U. S. shelter," Farai Mutsaka, Ch [...] |
2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1840 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ - CALL FOR BLAIR TO RESIGN; [...] Under headline "Blair lacks moral fiber to remain in office" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 7 to calling on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resign over his decision to commit Britain to military action in Iraq. Excerp [...] |
2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1841 | MEDIA REACTION SA DRUG DEAL WITH WTO HAILED; [...] Under headline "SA drugs deal with WTO noble" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 7 editorial to hailing a drug manufacturing and importation deal between South Africa and the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying the deal "has [...] |
2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1842 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The United States-led mission in Iraq, including a U. S. proposal for a new United Nations resolution to attract more money and troops for Iraq, have again come under fire in articles published in the government-controlled mainstream newspapers. Article excerpt [...] |
2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1843 | MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER ELEVEN SECOND [...] Under headline "Americans to mark grim anniversary" United States-based columnist for the government controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" (09/07), Tendayi Kumbula, dedicated his article to reflect on the second anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks [...] |
2003-09-15 05:19:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1844 | MEDIA REPORT PLACEMENT OF OP-ED ON WTO CANCUN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-15 05:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1845 | MEDIA REPORT SUPREME COURT ORDERS DAILY NEWS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-15 05:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO |