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00HANOI1160	A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...]	2000-05-26 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL

00HARARE1970	MDC TO OFFER AMNESTY TO KEY MILITARY FIGURES [...] (C) A SMALL DEPUTATION OF MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MEMBERS LED BY HARARE BUSINESSMAN CLIVE PUZEY CALLED ON AMBASSADOR MCDONALD APRIL 10 TO INFORM HIM OF A PLAN TO OFFER AN AMNESTY DEAL TO APPROXIMATELY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01970 121839Z TE [...]	2000-04-11 16:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI MDC
00HARARE3910	ZIMBABWE'S NEW CABINET: MUGABE REARRANGES THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED HIS NEW 19 MEMBER (DOWN FROM 27 MEMBERS) CABINET CONSISTING OF 19 MEMBER ON JULY 15. A NUMBER OF THE OLD GUARD, INCLUDING WOMEN, WERE JETTISONED IN FAVOR OF TECHNOCRATS AND PARTY LOYALISTS. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE FACT THAT THE CONFIDE [...]	2000-07-17 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE5731	THE FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EXERCISE: MFA [...] (C) DURING A ONE AND A HALF HOUR BRIEFING OF SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION OCTOBER 11, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR DONORS ON QUESTION ON LAND REFORM, WILLARD CHIWEWE, ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT HAD NO CHOIC [...]	2000-10-11 17:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI
00HARARE6283	THE AMBASSADOR CALLS ON A MUGABE LOYALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON OLIVIA MUCHENA, MINISTER OF STATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND A MEMBER OF THE ZANU-PF CENTRAL COMMITTEE. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO GAUGE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT [...]	2000-11-07 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PINR ZI
00HARARE7263	LAND TASK FORCE TRIES TO PUT BEST FACE ON [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO HOSTED A MEETING ON DECEMBER 21 FOR SELECTED HEADS OF MISSION WITH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S LAND TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDED MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING IGNATIUS [...]	2000-12-28 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR EAID PINR ZI
00JAKARTA4700	SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...]	2000-09-29 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID
00KINSHASA8579	AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON MASASU AND THREE OTHER [...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 27 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SHE OKITUNDU (SEPTEL),AMBASSADOR SWING REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THREE POLITICAL PRISONERS, AS WELL AS "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU. THE AMBASSADOR SUGGESTED THAT THEIR RELEASE AS A NEW YEAR'S GESTURE, COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE RELEASE OF HUN [...]	2000-12-27 14:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CG
00STATE228765	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 20 [...]	2000-12-01 20:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228767	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...]	2000-12-01 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
01ABUJA1841	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CHIEF OF AIR STAFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, Ambassador Jeter met with the new Chief of Air Staff (COAS),Air Vice Marshall Jonah Wuyep. Wuyep was strongly supportive of the MPRI program. He and his staff emphasized the need for undergraduate pilot training and a domestic capability to carry out periodic depot m [...]	2001-07-26 08:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MASS PINR NI
01ABUJA1971	REQUEST FOR UPDATE ON BAKASSIA BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Department is concerned by possible negative developments in the Bakassi Peninusla and requests addressee posts provide an update on the status of dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. 2. (S/NF) Recent press reports refer to a June skirmish between Cameroonian and Nigerian military al [...]	2001-08-09 11:02:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NI CM
01ABUJA3228	NIGERIA: NEW ELECTORAL LAW SPARKS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo signed the controversial electoral law on December 6. By shifting local government elections from 2002 to 2003, the measure has pitted the National Assembly against the state governors in a struggle to gain influence over local governments and electoral politi [...]	2001-12-19 09:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
01HANOI3124	SLOW BUT STEADY ARGENTINA-VIETNAM RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A RECENT VISIT BY ARGENTINA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERSCORED A SHARED DETERMINATION TO ADVANCE THE LIMITED ARGENTINA-VIETNAM BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. THE VISIT FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND TRADE ISSUES AND ALSO INCLUDED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENE [...]	2001-11-28 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG VM AR CTERR
01HARARE1727	DEFENSE MINISTER MAHACHI DIES SUDDENLY [...] (C) ADRESSEES WILL HAVE SEEN PRESS REPORTING OF THE DEATH MAY 26 OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI. MAHACHI WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A HEAVILY LOADED LAND ROVER DISCOVERY THAT WAS HIT BROADSIDE BY A CAR WHOSE DRIVER WAS REPORTEDLY DRUNK. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE MINISTER'S VEHICLE TO ROLL AND [...]	2001-05-29 15:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE2397	MUGABE HEWS TO HARD LINE IN HEROES' DAY [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE'S NATIONAL HEROES' DAY ADDRESS TO A LARGE BUT LISTLESS CROWD AT HEROES' ACRE WAS DEFIANT IN TONE AND UNCHANGED IN SUBSTANCE. MUGABE LAMBASTED THE BRITISH FOR THEIR HISTORICAL SINS AND TOOK AIM AT THE U.S. OVER THE SENATE PASSAGE OF ZDERA. HE TALLIED UP FIGURES FOR LAND [...]	2001-08-14 11:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UK US ZI
01HARARE3612	UNDP TEAM FINDS LITTLE TO APPLAUD IN ABUJA [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UNDP-LED MISSION TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH, AND SUGGEST WAYS FORWARD ON THE ABUJA ACCORD ON LAND REFORM HAS FOUND MOSTLY FRUSTRATIONS AND ONLY OCCASIONAL BRIGHT SPOTS DURING THEIR EXTENDED MISSION IN ZIMBABWE. PATTERNS VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THE DISRUPTION PROV [...]	2001-12-03 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
01HARARE754	MUGABE SAID TO BE BEHIND OVERTURE TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) PRESIDENT MUGABE IS BEHIND OVERTURES MADE TO THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) IN LATE JANUARY BY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR. THE SECRET CONTACTS ARE CONTINUING BETWEEN ENVOYS FROM BOTH SIDES AND MIGHT LEAD TO A MEETING B [...]	2001-02-15 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI ZANU PF MDC
01HOCHIMINHCITY684	TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN STANDOFF WITH BUDDHISTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN HCMC AND HUE AS POLICE MAINTAINED TIGHT SURVEILLANCE OVER SEVERAL PAGODAS WHOSE RESIDENTS INCLUDE MONKS LOYAL TO THE BANNED UNIFIED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM (UBCV). UBCV MONKS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM HAD PLANNED TO CONGREGATE IN CENT [...]	2001-06-07 09:28:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
01LIMA3418	TOLEDO AT THE HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALEJANDRO TOLEDO WAS TENACIOUS IN HIS STRUGGLE TO REACH THE PRESIDENCY AND WILL APPLY THE SAME TENACITY TO SUCCEED IN OFFICE. HE COMES TO OFFICE WITH NO GOVERNMENT OR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, AND HIS PROPENSITY TO BE A ONE-MAN SHOW CAN BE A NAGGING SHORTCOMING. NONETHELE [...]	2001-06-19 14:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PE
02ABUJA3313	NIGERIA--AN IMPEACHMENT POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: Roughly a month has passed since the impeachment threat against Obasanjo was effectively shelved; however, its repercussions continue to be felt throughout the Nigerian polity. President Obasanjo has been made painfully aware of his electoral vulnerabilities, and is trying to dra [...]	2002-12-16 09:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NI
02ABUJA3372	NIGERIA: DECEMBER POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) This periodic update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- INEC: 30 Political Associations for Registration -- Cabinet Shake-Up -- Rimi and Others Sue the PDP -------------------------------------- [...]	2002-12-24 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI
02ABUJA3374	NIGERIA: PARTIAL UPDATE ON INEC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Under growing scrutiny from domestic political parties and the international donor community and sensing that the sand is emptying from the electoral hourglass, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is attempting to show mastery of its brief. On December 18, INEC released a [...]	2002-12-27 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NI
02AMMAN2371	EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DOES LITTLE FOR JORDAN'S [...] (sbu) Jordan's Association Agreement with the EU entered into force May 1 after a five-year ratification process that had frustrated Jordan and embarrassed EU diplomats here. While both sides have publicly lauded the agreement as a catalyst for investment and trade, privately the GOJ, EU and [...]	2002-05-14 07:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV JO WTRO EUN
02AMMAN4086	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...]	2002-07-24 10:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO
02AMMAN5514	JORDAN GPA ACCESSION UPDATE [...] (sbu) Jordan's number two trade official, Samer Tawil, told econcouns and econoff September 24 that the GOJ has nearly completed drafting its initial entities offer for GPA accession. He said the draft should be completed and delivered to the Prime Ministry for clearance through the cabinet [...]	2002-09-25 06:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID JO WTRO
02AMMAN5515	JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTRY GEARING UP FOR JOINT [...] (u) The Ambassador delivered the USG's official invitation to convene the 2002 U.S.-Jordan Joint Commission to Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir on September 22. Accepting the invitation, Bashir provided the GOJ's preferences for dates, events, and agenda items for the Joint Commissio [...]	2002-09-25 06:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAGR JO OPIC
02AMMAN5823	MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S [...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, REGIONAL REFCOORD MONITORED PRM- FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2002. WE UNDERSTAND PRM/ANE MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE SEEDS SUMMER CAMP IN MAINE AND THEREFORE ARE REPORTING ONLY ON ACTIVITIES AT THE JER [...]	2002-10-08 03:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN6469	TEXTILE DIVERSIFICATION CHALLENGES IN JORDAN [...] (U) Embassy Econ staff and USAID Jordan have maintained an extensive and productive dialogue with Jordan's government and private sector along the lines of reftel recommendations since the inception of the QIZ initiative in 1998. The GOJ in particular is eager to see Jordan's industrial base [...]	2002-11-05 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD EINV JO
02AMMAN7328	JORDAN: CAPITALIZING ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (u) Jordan's government and business community are hailing the first annual U.S.-Jordan Joint Economic Committee meeting held in Washington December 11, and the private-sector trade events that surrounded it, as unqualified successes. Jordanian participants were impressed by and appreciativ [...]	2002-12-18 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV SENV BEXP JO
02AMMAN7434	JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BACK ON TRACK? [...] (SBU) Summary. According to local press and contacts, the Jordanian government may be on the verge of ratifying a new law, heralding the creation of a new, free-standing, ministry of environment. Jordanian government officials believe the new ministry will retain the General Corporation for E [...]	2002-12-23 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PGOV JO
02ANKARA7919	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02HARARE1819	GLOOMY COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION CONGRESS ADJOURNS [...] (C) Summary. The 59th annual Commercial Farmers, Union (CFU) Congress was a gloomy affair that took place under the pall of an August 8 deadline for the eviction of the majority of CFU members from their farms. There was unusual division within CFU ranks over whether or not to mount court ch [...]	2002-08-08 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON ZI
02HARARE1943	MUGABE'S CABINET RESHUFFLE REWARDS LOYALTY, NOT [...] (C) In a long-anticipated move, President Mugabe named a new Cabinet on August 24 that looks very much like the old one, albeit with some portfolios shifted around. Finance Minister Makoni and Health Minister Stamps were the only ones dismissed, while two new Ministers (former Ambassador to [...]	2002-08-26 13:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR ZI
02HARARE1982	ZIMBABWE CABINET BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [...] (C) Reftel reported President Mugabe's August 24 cabinet reshuffle. As promised reftel, we provide below additional biographic information on the new appointees (we have not included cabinet members who retained the same portfolios): --------------------------------------------- ----------- [...]	2002-08-29 05:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZI
02JAKARTA685	EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO -- FINALLY -- DECLARES [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO DECLARED HIS INTENT TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. WITH LESS THAN 90 MINUTES TO GO BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE EXPIRED, GUSMAO ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION OF MINOR OPPOSITION PARTIES TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE MAJORITY PARTY [...]	2002-02-27 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN
02KATHMANDU1774	NEPAL'S GOVERNMENT DISMISSES AS INSINCERE MAOIST [...] (U) On September 11 Maoist leader Prachanda issued a press statement calling for a ceasefire. The statement does not refer to the U.S. directly, but contains a general condemnation of the Government of Nepal (GON) "running to buy weapons to kill people." Should the GON proceed with its pla [...]	2002-09-12 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02ROME4122	ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP (ISSWOG) WAS HELD IN ROME ON MAY 7. SENIOR US MILITARY OFFICIALS MET WITH EMBASSY ROME REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS ISSUES EFFECTING US PERSONNEL STATIONED AT MILITARY FACILITIES IN ITALY. PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA ITE [...]	2002-08-22 17:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR FORCES IN ITALY
02ROME4807	ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...]	2002-10-03 15:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5131	OCTOBER 18 ITALIAN GENERAL STRIKE GENERATES [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) ILLUSTRATING BOTH ITS REACH AND DEPTH AS ITALY'S LARGEST TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, CGIL (THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF ITALIAN WORKERS) BROUGHT MUCH OF ITALY TO A CRAWL, IF NOT A COMPLETE HALT, DURING ITS ONE-DAY STRIKE OCTOBER 18. THE EIGHT-HOUR ACT [...]	2002-10-22 04:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV IT
02ROME610	RUTELLI STILL "LEADER" OF ITALY,S CENTER-LEFT -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AFTER PUBLIC SQUABBLING WHICH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00610 01 OF 02 071804Z UNDERSCORED THE DISARRAY IN ITALY'S CENTER LEFT, PRESIDENT OF THE DAISY ALLIANCE FRANCESCO RUTELLI REMAINS LEADER OF THE CENTER-LEFT OLIVE TREE COALITION, AT LEAS [...]	2002-02-07 17:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02TEGUCIGALPA2996	RENEWED DEBATE ON DOLLARIZATION IN HONDURAS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Liberal Party congressman and businessman Jaime Rosenthal Olivia and banker Jorge Bueso Arias have renewed their appeals for dollarization in recent weeks. The two bankers argue that replacement of the lempira with the dollar would help increase capital investment and lower in [...]	2002-10-30 18:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO ETRDECD ETRD
02VATICAN5607	HOLY SEE URGES CHURCH TO PROMOTE VENEZUELAN DIALOGUE, AVOID POLITICAL ACTIVISM [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF CIVIL VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA IN THE COMING MONTHS, AND THE POPE HIMSELF HAS URGED THE VENEZUELAN BISHOPS TO "COOL IT" ON POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND INSTEAD TO ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE. THE HOLY SEE VIEWED THE BISHOPS' OCTOBER LETTER ENCOURAGING DIALOGU [...]	2002-11-19 09:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
03ABUDHABI1240	ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE [...] (U) Seventy five expatriate workers went on strike and refused to return to work until they were paid, reported the local press on March 13. The laborers accused a contracting firm of failing to pay their salaries for three months. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs investigated the al [...]	2003-03-15 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1267	UAEG ARTICULATES POSITION ON GATS, TRIPS, AND NAMA [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: Following his return from the WTO services negotiations in Geneva, UAE Ministry of Economy Director of WTO Affairs (and head of the UAE's delegation) Saeed Al-Nasibi confirmed to Econoff o [...]	2003-03-17 09:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIPR ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI1284	UAE WOMEN MAY BE ELECTED TO THE CHAMBERS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: IN WHAT COULD BE A FIRST STEP TO WOMEN IN THE UAE'S PARLIAMENTARY FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC),THE ABU DHABI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE HAVE PROPOSED ELECTING BUSINESSWOMEN TO THE BOARD OF THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL- LEVEL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UAE FEDE [...]	2003-03-17 13:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL ECON EAID KPAL KWMN KDEM TC
03ABUDHABI1292	(C) ABU DHABI'S OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY (C- [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S/NF) Summary and comment: In separate meetings with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) CEO Yousef bin Omeir and Deputy CEO Abdulla Nasser Al-Suweidi on March 17, Econchief was provided an unprecedented l [...]	2003-03-17 14:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PINR ENRG EINV EPET ETRD
03ABUDHABI1337	(C) WESTERN OIL EXEC CLARIFIES COMMENTS REGARDING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) A western oil executive previously commented to Econchief that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is producing about 10 percent or 200,000 barrels per day (b/d) over its current OPEC quota of 2. [...]	2003-03-19 12:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1340	STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOLLOW-UP: OPIC COVERAGE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Finance Minstate Dr. Muhammad Khalfan bin Khirbash (the de facto Finance Minister) on March 18, the Ambassador followed-up on the issue of OPIC coverage for the UAE, first raised by the UAEG last Fall in the context of the bilateral Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washin [...]	2003-03-19 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PREL PHUM PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1345	UAE FEDERAL CUSTOMS AUTHORITY STILL A WORK IN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador discussed the status of the UAE's Federal Customs Authority (FCA) with Finance Minstate Dr. Muhammad Khalfan bin Khirbash (the de facto Finance Minister) on March 18. Dr. Khirbash stated that while the legislation creating the Federal Customs Authority has been passed -- [...]	2003-03-19 14:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI1367	UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UAE [...] (U) Local Arabic language press reported on March 15 that the official unemployment rate in the UAE was 2.6%, the lowest in the Arab world. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs supplied this information to the Arab Labor Force Conference held in Tunisia in early March. The official rate [...]	2003-03-22 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON SOCI TC
03ABUDHABI1621	UAEG RECEIVES U.S. INITIAL OFFER ON WTO SERVICES [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Econoff delivered ref A demarche to the Office of UAE Ministry of Economy Director of WTO Affairs Saeed Al- Nasibi, who is in Geneva on business. Al-Nasibi's assistant confirmed that he had received the initial U. [...]	2003-04-05 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIPR ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI1634	UAE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL WORKERS FAILS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG's much-hyped amnesty program has thus far not been as successful as government officials had predicted. The amnesty, which began on January 1, 2003, and will terminate on April 30, 2003, will exempt workers from payment of fines or other legal liabilities related to the [...]	2003-04-06 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1754	LABOR ATTACHES PAINT A RELATIVELY ROSY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In conversations with the Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Filipino Labor Attaches, Econoff was repeatedly told that the vast majority of labor disputes in the UAE between foreign nationals and Emirati businesses and institutions are generally handled on an inform [...]	2003-04-13 10:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1794	UAE INCREASES THE NUMBER OF WORK VISAS [...] (U) Local press reported on April 13 that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs issued more than 32,000 employee labor cards and 12,000 work permits to companies last month. Approximately 60% of the cards were new and there was also a "sizeable increase" in the issuance of group visas. T [...]	2003-04-14 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1902	UAE CREATES NEW LABOR INSPECTION PLAN OF [...] (U) Local press reported on April 18 that the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has developed a new inspection and training plan centered on improving the quality of labor inspection. The objective of the program is to create safer and more secure working conditions by encouraging companie [...]	2003-04-21 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1935	UAE HOPES TO IMPLEMENT LABOR UNION LAW BY [...] (SBU) UAE Labor Minister Matar Al-Tayer informed DCM on April 21 that the final draft of the new UAE labor law which permits the creation of formal labor associations/unions, would be sent to the inter- ministerial review committee by the end of the week. (See reftel). The proposed legislatio [...]	2003-04-22 13:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1946	UAEG OFFICIALS OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON WHY THE [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a conversation with the DCM on April 21, UAE Labor Minister Matar Humaid Al-Tayer noted that the final number of amnesty seekers would be approximately 50,000 -- significantly lower than the expected 200,000-250,0 [...]	2003-04-23 11:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI1960	FISH STOCKS HEAVILY DEPLETED OFF THE UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: A yearlong study of the UAE's fish and marine resources conducted by Bruce Shallard and Associates of New Zealand for the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA),found commercial and non-commercial fish stocks significantly depleted since the last survey [...]	2003-04-23 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS EINV EIND ETRD ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2083	ANOTHER STRIKE MEDIATED AND RESOLVED BY THE [...] (U) The local press reported that three hundred expatriate workers at an Abu Dhabi-based construction company gathered at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on April 28 to protest their employer's failure to pay salaries for more than three months. The Minister of Labor Matar Humaid Al-T [...]	2003-04-30 10:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI2161	UAEG SIGNS DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS WITH 65 [...] (U) ADDRESSING A SEMINAR ON LEGAL AND TAX ISSUES RELATING TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ON 5/4, UAE MINISTRY OF FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND REVENUE KHALID AL- BUSTANI CONFIRMED THAT THE UAEG HAS SIGNED BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH 65 COUNTRIES ON AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND INCOME TAX. T [...]	2003-05-04 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ELAB ETTC PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2175	UAE EXTENDS AMNESTY [...] (U) The UAEG announced that it has extended the amnesty period for illegal aliens to depart the country without penalty an additional month. (See ref A). The four month amnesty period was scheduled to end on April 30, but officials have given illegal aliens until May 31 to leave the UAE. The [...]	2003-05-05 10:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI2196	WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-06 09:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL TC
03ABUDHABI2274	(SBU) INHERENT CONTRADICTIONS OF THE UAE [...] (SBU) In a recent address to the Indian Business and Professional Group, UAE Labor Undersecretary Khalid Al-Khazraji said all the right things. First, he confirmed that the UAE will continue to import multiethnic labor, primarily from the Indian subcontinent (something that no doubt went down [...]	2003-05-10 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI2299	ABU DHABI'S EXPORTS REMAIN A ONE-TRICK PONY [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-11 14:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2323	LABOR MINISTRY MEDIATES STRIKE IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 10:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI2345	ABU DHABI: A RENTIER STATE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Local press reported that commercial and residential rents in Abu Dhabi jumped between twenty and thirty percent in the last year as the UAE capital maintained its status as one of the world's most [...]	2003-05-14 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2364	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHES ON CUSTOMS CLASSIFICATION [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Econoff delivered ref demarches 5/17 to Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology Deputy Director General Dr. Rashid bin Farhad regarding the U.S. position on the classification of Fanta beverage a [...]	2003-05-17 11:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KIPR TC
03ABUDHABI2407	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON WHO SCALE OF [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL WHO TC
03ABUDHABI2670	THREE MORE LABOR STRIKES RESOLVED [...] (U) In the last week, the local English dailies reported on three labor strikes, two in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi. All three labor stoppages involved the nonpayment of wages by contracting firms and resulted in the intervention of the UAE Labor Ministry to mediate a resolution between the par [...]	2003-06-07 05:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI2678	UAE INTERESTED IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Nasser Sweidan, office director for de facto Finance Minister Dr. Khirbash, called A/DCM June 5 to say that he was drafting a letter from MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid to Secretaries Powell and Evans outlining the UAEG's strong interest in pursuing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U [...]	2003-06-07 09:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN USTR PREL TC
03ABUDHABI2892	UAEG UNDECIDED ABOUT THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 16 to UAE Authority for Standardization & Metrology Deputy General Director Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad. Dr. Ahmad said that his office is responsible for CODEX issues but is unlikely to attend the CODEX Alimentarius Commis [...]	2003-06-16 11:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR TC
03ABUDHABI2961	UAE SIGNS WILDLIFE PACT WITH BAHRAIN [...] (U) Local press reported on June 17 that the Abu Dhabi Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA) signed an agreement to cooperate on environmental and wildlife protection with the Bahraini General Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife. [...]	2003-06-21 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2969	UAE AMNESTY FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAEG's amnesty program failed to significantly reduce the number of illegal laborers in the UAE. Only 60,000 illegals have left the country, far less than the hoped for 250,000-300,000. Though the amnesty may continue on indefinitely, it failed because illegal workers do not [...]	2003-06-22 12:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI3477	DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER - CENTRAL [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Oliver B. John for reasons 1.5 (B and D) 2. (C) Summary: The Central Bank Governor told the Ambassador that, despite press reports, banks and financial institutions operating in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) will be subject to UAE law, at lea [...]	2003-07-27 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL TC
03ABUDHABI4361	UAE'S REPRESENTATIVE TO OPEC "SURPRISED" BY [...] (U) Classified by Economic Section Chief Oliver B. John, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) In a 9/28 meeting with Econ Chief, UAE Ministry of Petroleum Director of Economic Affairs and OPEC delegate Hamdan Al-Akbari said he was "a little bit surprised" by the organization's decision las [...]	2003-09-28 09:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4507	BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM ANNUAL UPDATE [...] Embassy Abu Dhabi Blue Lantern point of contact is Economic Section Chief Oliver John. Telephone: 971 2 443- 6691 extension 2409. Fax: 971 2 443-4771. Email JOHNOB@STATE.GOV. Estimated Departure Date: Summer 2006. Post requests a copy of 2003 Blue Lantern Guidebook. We do not have one in [...]	2003-10-07 11:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TC
03ADANA28	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-29 11:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1193	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEW FDA, PHRMA ISSUES WITH [...] (c) Summary: Jordanian Health Minister Dr. Walid Ma'ani explained his plans to create a Jordanian FDA in a meeting with the Ambassador February 23. The Ambassador and Ma'ani also discussed drug pricing and registration concerns voiced by local PhRMA member company representatives. Followin [...]	2003-02-27 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID BEXP PGOV JO
03AMMAN1477	MONITORING AND EVALUATING PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT [...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER OFFICIALS JANUARY 27 TO MONITOR PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE. ALTHOUGH POLITICAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPEDE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SEEDS [...]	2003-03-12 05:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
03AMMAN1544	JORDANIAN TELECOMS PREPARED FOR CONFLICT PRESSURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with Jordanian telecom operators, we were assured that fixed-line and wireless telecom networks were prepared for pressures on their systems in the event of a conflict in neighboring Iraq. Plans have been made to protect physical infrastructure, fleets, offi [...]	2003-03-13 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV BEXP JO
03AMMAN1905	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 20 (3/31 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-03-31 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN7507	NEW JORDANIAN PM REACHES OUT TO PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) Since his designation as Prime Minister on October 22, Faisal al-Fayez has undertaken an ambitious campaign to reach out to diverse segments of Jordanian society that have received little attention from past PMs. In addition to meeting with parliamentary blocs, Fayez has engaged in formal [...]	2003-11-19 13:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
03AMMAN8162	JORDAN: FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS, MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister told a visiting CPA official that Jordan would accelerate transfer of Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq and agreed on a mechanism for joint Jordanian-Iraqi assessment of commercial claims against those assets. However, th [...]	2003-12-15 08:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8205	JORDAN: TRANSFER OF FROZEN IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: During multiple conversations on December 15, I obtained renewed assurances from the Prime Minister (and affirmed by the Finance Minister) that no further payments would be made against claims for a finite period of time. The PM also affirmed that all Jordanian claim files wou [...]	2003-12-16 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN8312	IRAQI-PALESTINIANS FACE HARDSHIP IN JORDAN [...] (U) The 386 Iraqi-Palestinians who were permitted to leave Ruweished refugee camp in August and reside in Jordan are seeking U.S. help. They want to regularize their status in Jordan or leave for a third country. The families have only limited access to humanitarian assistance and are unabl [...]	2003-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
03AMMAN8573	JORDAN: RAFIDAIN BANK HELP ON FROZEN ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Jordan's Finance Minister confirmed that the GOJ would work with Amman-based Rafidain Bank employees in assembling basic information about Jordanian commercial claims against Iraq, but said bank secrecy laws require that he first receive a letter from the Iraqi government aut [...]	2003-12-30 18:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03ANKARA4426	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4486	GOT AGREES TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 3. (SBU) At a July 14 meeting with Assistant Air Attache and Econoff, MFA and Civil Aviation Authority (Turkish acronym DHMI) representatives agreed to receive a [...]	2003-07-17 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA6266	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03BRASILIA2124	Economic Growth Remains Sluggish [...] Summary. The Brazilian economy is showing the sluggish effects of high real interest rates, which were raised in October, 2002 to contain growing inflationary pressure. On a quarterly basis, GDP fell slightly in the first quarter of the year. Annual results are somewhat better, growing 2.2% [...]	2003-07-09 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR
03BRASILIA3405	GOB TAKES STEPS TO REDEFINE REGULATORS, STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A GoB draft bill aims to better demarcate the powers and responsibilities of Brazil,s nine federal regulatory agencies. The most material change would shift authority for awarding and monitoring concessions from the agencies to the corresponding GoB Ministries. The bill,s main [...]	2003-10-22 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECPS ECON BR
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
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
03COLOMBO1048	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 13) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 07:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
03GUATEMALA1084	APPEAL OF 2002 MACK CASE SENTENCE [...] (U) Summary: On April 23, the Fourth Court of Appeals heard the public arguments from both the defense and the prosecution for the appeal of the Third Sentencing Court's October 3, 2002 decision in the Myrna Mack murder case, in which retired Colonel Juan Valencia Osorio was convicted and sent [...]	2003-04-28 15:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1191	ANOTHER LANDMARK TOPPLED: MACK CONVICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, the Fourth Court of Appeals overturned the Third Sentencing Court's October 3, 2002 conviction of Colonel (ret.) Juan Valencia Osorio (Ref A). The Fourth Court of Appeals also found Helen Mack's appeal of the acquittal of General (ret.) Edgar Godoy Gaitan and Colonel (re [...]	2003-05-07 22:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA127	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON HELEN MACK [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Helen Mack at the Myrna Mack Foundation on January 13. They discussed the proposal to investigate clandestine groups, the impending decertification decision, the Consultative Group meeting, the status of the Mack case, and recent wave of [...]	2003-01-16 16:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA1596	LAST CHANCE FOR JUSTICE IN MACK CASE [...] (C) Summary: On June 19, Helen Mack, the prosecution, and the defense presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court for the final appeal in the case against the three retired military officers allegedly responsible for ordering the murder of Myrna Mack in September 1990. All three officers [...]	2003-06-20 18:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS PREL KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA2288	VIOLENT CRIME: GROWING THREAT TO GUATEMALAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalans have become numbed by the daily press reports of violent crime, and an increasing number identify the lack of public security as the nation's number one problem. The emergence of gangs ("maras") has taken the violence even to the remote rural areas of the country, an [...]	2003-09-04 22:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC PINR PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2563	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: COURT UPHOLDS GERARDI [...] (U) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights in Guatemala. Topics include: -- Constitutional Court Rejects Defense Request to Annul Gerardi Sentence -- Murder of Community Organizer in Chichicastenango -- Ovalle Shooters Sentenced to Life [...]	2003-10-03 17:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA2587	GERARDI WITNESS MURDERED [...] Press reported the murder on October 5 of Erick Urizar, a defense witness in the murder case of Bishop Juan Gerardi. Urizar was shot while exiting his gun shop in the capital with his brother. He had provided an alibi for ex-Capitan Byron Lima Oliva, convicted to 30 years imprisonment (since [...]	2003-10-07 17:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC GT
03GUATEMALA2764	ELECTION SNAPSHOT #3: LEGACY OF NEGLECT LIVES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Quiche, historically a bastion of the FRG, told us that their votes this time would be for any candidate other than the former General. Berger and Colom led the pack of presidential preferences. While there is little concern among the international observers or the loc [...]	2003-10-29 20:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR EAID GT UN
03GUATEMALA2850	SCENE SETTER FOR GUATEMALA'S ELECTIONS: A GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The November 9 elections will pit Guatemala's past (represented by General Rios Montt and his authoritarian vision of Guatemala rooted in the armed internal conflict) against the region's future (represented by Oscar Berger and Alvaro Colom, and their vision of private sector-drive [...]	2003-11-06 19:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA428	PRISON RIOT KILLS GERARDI MURDERER, SIX OTHERS [...] Summary. Sergeant Jose Obdulio Villanueva, serving a 30-year sentence for the murder of Bishop Gerardi, was decapitated along with three other inmates during a prison riot on February 12. The riot was an internal power struggle between two groups of inmates. The sixth prison uprising in the [...]	2003-02-18 17:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM GT
03GUATEMALA571	AMBASSADOR PRESSES LABOR AGENDA WITH NEW LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Labor Minister Victor Moreira during a courtesy call March 3 that there is heightened USG interest in labor rights in Guatemala in the context of CAFTA negotiations, and urged Moreira to address cases in outstanding GSP petitions. Moreira said that his pri [...]	2003-03-04 15:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PINR GT
03HARARE468	Heinz subsidiary barely weathering the storm [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET POSTING (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to an American company in Zimbabwe shows that no strategy is too insignificant for a local branch of a multinational to consider in its efforts to stay afloat in the current economy. Despite crippling pri [...]	2003-03-05 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON ZI
03ISTANBUL1687	GEBZE INDUSTRY SEES AWAKENING ECONOMY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrialists in the Marmara region industrial town of Gebze told visiting P/E Section Chief and Poloff that recent positive economic developments are finally beginning to be felt at their level, and that they [...]	2003-11-12 13:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03KATHMANDU1033	NEPAL: KING NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) On June 4 King Gyanendra named former National Democratic Party President and four-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa to head a new interim government. The Palace is reportedly seeking the participation of other mainstream political parties in the Cabinet. Many observers bl [...]	2003-06-04 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU1377	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JULY 15 - 21, 2003 [...] PEACE TALKS -- Maoists close Kathmandu contact office: The Maoists have closed down the contact office in Kathmandu, open from April 10. The government is shocked with the Maoists' decision to close the Kathmandu contact office, but it "thinks" such a move will not affect the forthc [...]	2003-07-23 01:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU1670	NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY AUGUST 23 - 29 [...] ON AUGUST 27, NEPAL'S MAOIST REBELS ISSUED A PRESS STATEMENT EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE SEVEN-MONTH LONG CEASE- FIRE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) (REF C). IN THE PRESS STATEMENT, THE INSURGENTS ATTEMPTED TO BLAME THE GON FOR THE FAILURE OF THE PEACE PROCESS, CITING ALLEGED GON VIOLATIONS OF [...]	2003-08-29 10:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1888	NEPAL: MAOISTS OFFER TEN-DAY HOLIDAY TRUCE; [...] (U) On September 26 the Maoist leadership issued a press statement declaring a ceasefire from October 2-9 in honor of the Hindu festival of Dashain. In announcing the truce, Maoist leader Prachanda cited the "feeling of the masses and appeals from different political and human rights organi [...]	2003-09-29 08:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP GON
03KINSHASA3015	WANTED: LEADERSHIP AT DRC'S HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: AFTER AN INITIAL BURST OF ACTIVITY, THE DRC'S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS LOST MOMENTUM TOWARDS REUNIFYING THE COUNTRY. PRESIDENT KABILA IN PARTICULAR HAS FAILED TO ENERGIZE HIS CUMBERSOME GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, BUT PARLIAMENT AND MINISTERS HAVE LIKEWISE FAILED THE LEADERSHIP C [...]	2003-11-28 16:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINS PREL CG
03KUWAIT1001	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 19: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] Summary: President Bush's call for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq within 48 hours was echoed by Kuwait's National Assembly on March 18. Commentators point out that the President's ultimatum reflects the proposal of Oman's Sheikh Zayed for Saddam's exile, but that the time for that [...]	2003-03-20 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1022	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21: WAR IN IRAQ; POST- [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators who have viewed the end of Saddam's regime as a fait accompli for months look in greater detail at issues in post-Saddam Iraq. Pushing aside any thought of generous gestures, one writer states that Kuwait should not waive the financial compensation it has coming [...]	2003-03-21 19:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1035	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 22: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators complain that Arab world media continue to be biased towards Kuwait, and ask rhetorically why other Arabs do not decry Iraq's launching of surface to surface missiles against Kuwait in recent days. One commentator lauds Kuwaitis for their behavior on the first ni [...]	2003-03-22 17:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1048	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 23: WAR IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: An editorial encapsulates the conflicting opinions on war with Iraq that have appeared for months in the Kuwaiti press. The end of Saddam will be a good thing, says the writer, but "we would have been more pleased to see the Iraqi people take on this task to spare us the turmoil of [...]	2003-03-23 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1079	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Calls for boycotting and withdrawing from the Arab League are raised following the organization's communique condemning the war, with one commentator labeling the League as a "house of ill-repute." Another notes pointedly that Kuwait is the only Arab country to commit aid to Iraqi re [...]	2003-03-25 16:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 30: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Media commentary reflects a sense of alienation and resentment vis-a-vis Kuwait's Arab League confreres. Demonstrations were held this week in front of the Libyan and Syrian embassies in Kuwait, and a proposal now before the National Assembly calls for parliamentary approval of any f [...]	2003-03-31 15:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1215	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2: WAR IN IRAQ; ARAB [...] SUMMARY: Commentators call for moderation of the Kuwaiti rhetoric denouncing other Arab states that has dominated opinion over the last week, appealing to feelings of Pan-Arabism. However, frustrations remain keen, with reports that the Kuwaiti government has decided not to fund the Al-Arabi [...]	2003-04-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1308	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 7: WAR IN IRAQ [...] Despite the anger at Arab media portrayals of the war, one commentator writes that the televised image of American soldiers retreating from Al-Najaf when faced with a mob that mistakenly believed the troops were heading to occupy the mosque is a positive example of US respect for Muslims. An [...]	2003-04-08 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1842	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI [...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...]	2003-05-05 12:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1914	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 7: DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: A strong call for the end of the Arab League appears on the commentary pages, citing the League's repeated failures to solve Arab problems or maintain Arab unity, most prominently during the Iraq crisis. Arab satellite news channels are attacked for the negative tone of their covera [...]	2003-05-07 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT1995	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MAY [...] SUMMARY: The Editor-in-Chief of a prominent Arabic daily writes that President Bush's speech is "an indication that the US is beginning to follow a serious and balanced policy in the region." The absence of Kuwait from the examples of freedom in the region cited by President Bush provided more [...]	2003-05-12 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2062	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI [...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...]	2003-05-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2118	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, MAY 19: TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY: Leading Kuwaiti liberals take to the op/ed pages to condemn recent terror attacks in the region and link them to Arab world failure to address the political, social and economic conditions that "breed" Islamic terror. Noticeably absent is any tendency to blame the US/Israel/the West fo [...]	2003-05-19 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2266	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 19-27: TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY: In contrast to the strongly pro-American tone of commentary during Operation Iraqi Freedom, free style US bashing has returned to some corners of Kuwait's Arabic press. Dr. Sadeq al Bassam writes in liberal Al-Qabas that the US "bears responsibility" for the massacres Saddam commit [...]	2003-05-27 15:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2449	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL: PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] News stories: On May 31, Al-Qabas reported on its front page that Kuwaiti political circles were "astonished" that Kuwait was left out of the President's regional tour. On June 1, all newspapers report Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed's announcement that President Bush has "dela [...]	2003-06-04 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2452	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 29-JUNE 4: TERRORISM; DE- [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-04 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2545	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JUNE 10: GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: All media report that Mohammed al-Jassim, the liberal editor-in-chief of Kuwaiti Arabic daily "Al Watan," was summoned to the office of the public prosecutor and charged with "contesting the authority of the Amir," a charge that can carry a five-year prison term, before being relea [...]	2003-06-10 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2565	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 8-11: NORMALIZATION [...] SUMMARY: Comments early in the week by the State Minister for Foreign Affairs that Kuwait supports normalization of relations with Israel "within the framework of a joint Arab position" unleashed a torrent of denunciations from conservative and Islamist groups. Liberal commentators see gover [...]	2003-06-11 15:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2657	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 14-16: ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's State Minister for Foreign Affairs condemned the June 10 attack by Israeli helicopters that injured senior Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Al-Rantissi as "terrorism." One conservative writer calls for Jihad as the only option for Palestinians in an editorial titled, "No Peace With [...]	2003-06-17 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2704	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND [...] SUMMARY: Op/ed by Ambassador Jones on the Middle East Roadmap receives fulsome coverage in today's print media, including four Arabic and two English newspapers. Charges of corruption and governmental malfeasance dominate all Arabic dailies over the past week as the country prepares for Jul [...]	2003-06-18 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2847	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 21-25: US-KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: In widely reported remarks, an Islamist MP lashes out at former Kuwait oil minister Sheikh Saud Al- Sabah for the latter's establishment of a committee to collect donations for the families of coalition soldiers killed in Iraq. MP Busairi goes on to denounce normalization of relations [...]	2003-06-26 19:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2908	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JUNE 28-30: PROSPECTS FOR [...] SUMMARY: A top Kuwaiti official said Kuwait welcomes the ceasefire by three Palestinian factions saying, "Hamas' position has changed, and we welcome this positive change." One commentator writes that Israel bears most of the responsibility for whether the ceasefire will lead to a lasting se [...]	2003-06-30 16:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2957	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 1-2: PARLIAMENTARY [...] SUMMARY: The parliamentary elections to be held on July 5 dominate the news pages. One candidate believes that "embassies buy individuals and have pushed them to run in the election to serve their interests," while an Islamist candidate rails against "secularists trying to tamper with our ed [...]	2003-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2993	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2994	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDMR KU
03KUWAIT3043	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 8-9: NATIONAL [...] News Stories: All newspapers continue to analyze and interpret the election results. Defeated incumbent and liberal Ahmed Al-Rubie refutes claims that the new assembly is an "Islamic parliament," while defeated incumbent and Islamist, Mubarak Al-Duwaila, denies that the new assembly is pro- [...]	2003-07-09 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3139	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JULY 14: APPOINTMENT OF [...] News Stories: All newspapers lead with news of the appointment of former Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad as the new Prime Minister of Kuwait. All newspapers report that Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad sent a letter to the Crown Prince and former Prime Minister, Sheikh Saad, "commending hi [...]	2003-07-14 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 12-16: FORMATION OF NEW [...] SUMMARY: The composition of the new Kuwaiti Council of Ministers (Cabinet) has generated considerable criticism. Despite a reported seven new ministers, the government is seen by a substantial cross section of opinion (ranging from liberals to the Islamist Salafi Movement) as mediocre, with o [...]	2003-07-16 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3213	SHAYKH SABAH OPENS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; GOK FOCUSED [...] (U) In a brief July 19 speech on behalf of the Amir opening the inaugural session of the tenth National Assembly, newly appointed Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah offered an olive branch to the new parliament and laid out his government's priorities. He began by stressing [...]	2003-07-19 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KU
03KUWAIT3267	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 14-21: WOMEN'S [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, Kuwaiti Islamist commentator (and regular al-Jazeera talking head) Mohammed al-Awadi wrote an editorial directed at US Ambassador to Kuwait Richard H. Jones, urging the Ambassador to stop "interfering" in Kuwait's internal affairs, warning that "someone might lose contro [...]	2003-07-21 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3402	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JULY 26-28: ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report government initiatives to oversee Islamic charitable donations, including formation of a joint committee to "inspect" charitable organizations and a proposed ministerial department to monitor Shiia charitable funds, leading to denunciations by Shiia MPs. One li [...]	2003-07-28 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3604	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 2-4: ANNIVERSARY OF [...] SUMMARY: Some commentators see the August 2 anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as a reminder of Iraqi reparations still due to Kuwait and the POWs still unaccounted for, while others evince a desire to move forward with reforms and national development now that this external threat [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3703	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...]	2003-08-12 11:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU JO IS KPAL KDMR
03KUWAIT3731	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 11-13: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: In an article entitled "Why the Distortion?" one commentator takes issue with President Bush's evaluation of the situation in Iraq one hundred days after the end of major military operations. Despite Prime Minister Abbas' reported statement of condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of [...]	2003-08-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3774	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 14-17: KUWAITI FORCES [...] SUMMARY: One newspaper reports official denials that Kuwait will send peacekeeping forces to Iraq, contradicting a local press report of August 16 that Kuwait, Qatar and UAE would contribute forces to the coalition effort. One commentator believes that Arab unity is dead as a result of the w [...]	2003-08-19 03:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3830	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 18-20: UN [...] SUMMARY: All newspapers report strong denunciations by the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad condemned the "terrorist attack" which "targeted the lives of innocent emp [...]	2003-08-20 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3946	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 21-24: UN [...] SUMMARY: In an interview with Al-Qabas, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that despite the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad, "we are committed to continuing our mission in Iraq." All papers report increased security around foreign missions in Kuwait in response to the attack in Ba [...]	2003-08-26 09:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT3970	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 25-27: ISRAELI- [...] SUMMARY: Conservative commentators accuse the US of "unification with the Zionists" for a "lack of condemnation" of Israeli attacks on Hamas members and the freeze of Hamas assets earlier in the week. One commentator defends the US Ambassador to Kuwait, Richard H. Jones, from allegations [...]	2003-08-27 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4053	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1: [...] SUMMARY: The Kuwait Ministry of Interior denies media reports of the arrest of two Kuwaitis in Iraq in connection with the August 29 bombing in Najaf that killed Shiaa cleric Mohammad Baqer Al-Hakim. While Al-Hakim's death is viewed as a great loss, one Shiaa writer feels Al-Hakim's "martyrdo [...]	2003-09-02 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4433	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4467	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER 28-29: [...] SUMMARY: MEDIA REPORTS OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO CPA ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER THAT KUWAIT SHOULD RECONSIDER SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM IRAQ FOR THE 1990-1991 IRAQI OCCUPATION HAVE SPARKED A FUROR IN THE KUWAITI PRESS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST 15 EDITORIALS LAMBAST BREMER AND THE U [...]	2003-09-29 16:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4629	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 4-7: WMD IN IRAQ; [...] News Stories: Al-Rai Al-Aam reports on (10/7) that Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed, reassured the families of the Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees that he spoke to USG officials about this issue and that they were "understanding." All newspapers reported (10/7) that Kuwait urged the UN [...]	2003-10-08 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4710	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 8-15: ISRAELI RAID [...] SUMMARY: The somewhat delayed diatribes against Israel for its October 5 attack on Syria have a tired and formulaic quality in Kuwait's Arabic press. Two editorialists denounce Sharon's villainy but note that Syria must institute democratic reforms and stop its support for terrorist groups [...]	2003-10-16 05:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT486	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, 30 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY: [...] Summary: For the second time this week, Kuwaiti Islamic activist Mohamed al-Mulaifi has offered a carefully worded apologia for al-Qaeda's terrorist operations based on his exegesis of Quranic texts. Asserting that the Prophet Mohammed abided by a truce with the city of Mecca while continuing [...]	2003-02-06 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4959	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 17-26: IRAQ: MADRID [...] SUMMARY: Some MPs oppose Kuwait's support of Iraqi reconstruction, saying money should not be given to the "enemy occupier." A liberal commentator writes that Islamists reject the aid because they are opposed to "liberal concepts." Another comments on the memo by Secretary of Defense Rumsfel [...]	2003-10-28 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4990	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 26-29: ICRC HQ [...] SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister and the Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society both condemned the October 27 bombing of the ICRC offices in Baghdad. Amid opposition in the National Assembly to Kuwaiti contributions to Iraqi reconstruction, a former MP argues that, "a stable and civilized [...]	2003-10-30 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5080	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 1-3: WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: A prominent liberal commentator states that the government refuses to admit that "Al-Qaeda exists in Kuwait" so as to not irritate Kuwait's Islamist groups in parliament. Another states that the only way for liberals to confront "extremist religious interpretations" is with a "moderni [...]	2003-11-05 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5184	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 12: NOV. 6 POTUS SPEEC [...] President Bush's November 6 NED speech has garnered mixed placement in Kuwait's Arabic press, with some major papers putting the speech in the back pages of the international section as opposed to the front-page treatment POTUS statements are usually accorded in Kuwait. (Comment: we think this [...]	2003-11-12 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5186	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: [...] SUMMARY: Condemnations of the Riyadh attacks have dominated the Kuwaiti Arabic press this week, with liberals and Islamists alike interpreting the attacks as a distortion of Islam and an assault on the political structure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf governments. END SUMMARY. 2. News Stor [...]	2003-11-12 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5189	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, NOVEMBER 12: SECRETARY POWELL'S [...] SUMMARY: On November 7, two Arabic daily newspapers front- paged coverage of Secretary Powell's Iftar, quoting the Secretary as saying, "I learned a lot about Islam." The SIPDIS President of the US Branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students, Khamees Al-Mutairi, attended the Iftar and hi [...]	2003-11-13 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5317	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 15-19: TIMETABLE FOR IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: Reaction to the timetable for transfer of sovereignty in Iraq has been limited to one editorial that ties the decision to the upcoming US presidential elections. Commentary on democratization in the region reflects a lack of faith in regional governments to carry out reforms, but al [...]	2003-11-20 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5381	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, NOVEMBER 20-23: ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: All media report condemnation by Kuwait's Council of Ministers of the November 20 bombings in Istanbul, although editorial commentary has not yet caught up with the event during this late-Ramadan period in Kuwait. In regard to the November 15 attack against a synagogue in Turkey, one [...]	2003-11-24 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT544	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 3-10: WAR AGAINST [...] Summary: Support for US-led action against Iraq is strong despite being alloyed with rhetorical angst over Israel and other issues. The US presence in Kuwait is seen as necessary even after Saddam is removed, but one commentator also expresses embarrassment that "Kuwaiti soldiers are playing c [...]	2003-02-11 05:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5737	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION DECEMBER 12-16: CAPTURE OF [...] SUMMARY: News of Saddam Hussein's capture was trumpeted in banner headlines on the front pages of all Arabic dailies as "The End of the Tyrant" and "The Mother of All Good News." Commentators call for a public trial and hope that Saddam's capture will contribute to a "change in the Arab menta [...]	2003-12-18 05:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5807	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communique issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communique. Among the points of the communique highlighted i [...]	2003-12-27 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT5808	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, DECEMBER 21-23: GCC [...] News stories: All newspapers report on December 23 the contents of the final communiqu issued at the conclusion of the GCC Summit in Kuwait on December 22. Al-Watan, Al-Anba and Al-Rai Al-Aam published the full official text of the communiqu. Among the points of the communiqu highlighted in t [...]	2003-12-27 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
03KUWAIT818	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 6: EXILE FOR SADDAM; [...] Summary: While Kuwaiti chief editors spend today penning editorials of sputtering outrage following the Iraqi vice-president's characterization of Kuwait at Wednesday's OIC session as "a monkey and a valet" in the service of America, op/eds from earlier in the week praise the proposal of Sha [...]	2003-03-07 04:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT900	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 12: IRAQ; BLIX [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators show predictable sympathy to the US position with the UNSC and the Turkish Parliament's refusal to accept US troops for an attack on Iraq. Blix's "indecisive" reports are blamed for contributing to the disunity on the Security Council. Opposition to war in Iraq c [...]	2003-03-12 16:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT944	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 16: IRAQ; FRENCH [...] Summary: Kuwaiti commentators lash out at France as the embodiment of opposition to war against Saddam's regime. The Arab League delegation to the US, and possibly to Baghdad, is derided as a "tour group." In an op/ed entitled "A Leader is Needed at the White House," one commentator remarks [...]	2003-03-17 04:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03MONTREAL1377	World Anti-Doping Agency has Financial Problems [...] SUMMARY: The World Ant-Doping Agency (WADA) is experiencing financial problems because member countries, including the United States, are behind on paying dues, according to WADA President Richard Pound. The agency collected 80 percent of its U.S.$20 million budget in 2002 and thus far, has r [...]	2003-09-29 20:48:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	KOLY SCUL SNAR TBIO PREL CA CH
03RANGOON900	BURNING FOR BOOKS IN BURMA: HIGH SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: American Center publications and library programs are currently enjoying new highs of popularity. The military government of Burma censors the press, dictates radio and television broadcasts, limits access to the internet, and controls every educational institution across Burma, c [...]	2003-07-29 09:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KDEM PGOV BM
03ROME1270	TFIZO1: ITALY EXPELS FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND STAFF [...] (S) ON MARCH 25 GOI MFA CONFIRMED TO US DETAILS OF ITS EXPULSION OF FOUR IRAQI DIPLOMATS. TWO (THIRD SECRETARY ALI RIFAT AND ATTACHE MOHAMMED HUMADI) HAVE DEPARTED ROME FOR AMMAN. TWO STAFF MEMBERS (TAHER AHMED AND ABDULLAH HUMADI) WERE OUT OF ITALY WHEN DECISION WAS MADE AND WILL NOT BE ALL [...]	2003-03-25 17:02:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1312	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH TELECOM ITALIA MANAGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AT A MARCH 19 LUNCH WITH TELECOM ITALIA MANAGING DIRECTOR RICCARDO RUGGIERO, THE AMBASSADOR RAISED ADVOCACY CASES INVOLVING U.S. TELECOM FIRMS TERADYNE, LUCENT AND MOTOROLA. HE ALSO STRESSED THAT MANY U.S. TELECOM FIRMS WERE INTERESTED IN SELLING TO AND WORKING WITH TELECOM IT [...]	2003-03-27 13:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD BEXP EIND IT
03ROME2067	ITALY'S UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS: POLITICS AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS INVOLVING A THIRD OF ITALY'S ELECTORATE ARE UNLIKELY TO HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON NATIONAL POLITICS, THOUGH A CASUAL OBSERVER WOULD NEVER KNOW IT FROM THE PITCHED MEDIA BATTLES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION. POLITICIANS ARE MADLY SPINNING T [...]	2003-05-13 14:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT
03ROME294	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT APPROVES REFERENDUM ON KEY [...] SUMMARY: LABOR LAW REFORM HAS BEEN A TOP CAMPAIGN ISSUE AND A MAJOR POLITICAL PRIORITY FOR ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI, CONSUMING MUCH OF HIS AND THE GOI'S TIME THROUGH 2002. ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT MADE A DEAL WITH TWO OF ITALY'S THREE MAJOR TRADE UNION CONFEDERATIONS, REFORM LEGISLA [...]	2003-01-25 12:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV IT
03ROME3799	WFP EMERGENCY (EMOP) APPEAL FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION TO THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) APPEAL FOR DONOR SUPPORT TO WFP'S NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES COVERING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 15, 2003 THROUGH JULY 14, 2004. THE FOOD AID APPEAL IS VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 31 MI [...]	2003-08-22 07:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF AORC WFP UN
03ROME4541	OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIAN PAINTS A SOMBER VIEW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CENTER-LEFT PARLIAMENTARIAN NICOLA ROSSI EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN ABOUT ITALYS ECONOMY IN A SEPTEMBER 24TH CONVERSATION WITH ECONOFFS. CIRCUMSPECT IN HIS CRITICISM OF THE CENTER-RIGHT GOVERNMENT, ROSSI ARGUED, NONETHELESS, THAT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL REFORMS, ECONOMIC GRO [...]	2003-10-03 13:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV IT EUN
03ROME619	TAREQ AZIZ'S VISIT TO ROME - PART I [...] (SBU) FM FRATTINI WILL CALL THE SECRETARY EARLY AFTERNOON EDT FEB. 14 TO DEBRIEF THE SECRETARY ON FRATTINI'S MEETING WITH TAREQ AZIZ IN ROME FEB. 14 (REF A). THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF AZIZ'S TRIP/STATEMENTS IN ROME SO FAR. --------------- AZIZ STATEMENTS --------------- 2. (U) EMBAS [...]	2003-02-14 14:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME763	BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM, [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...]	2003-02-24 16:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03SANTODOMINGO5035	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNGA ATTENDEES [...] The GODR has provided the following information on its delegation to the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations: A. Head of State, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. B. Head of Government, President Hipolito Mejia, does not plan to attend. C. Foreign Minister [...]	2003-09-17 20:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KSEP DR
03TEGUCIGALPA1253	JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO - U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since 1982 the U.S. military has maintained a presence at the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) airbase at Soto Cano (commonly known by Hondurans as Palmerola). The base is also the site of the Honduran Air Force Academy. Currently, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) houses more than 60 [...]	2003-06-02 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA625	THREAT TO CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ [...] At an event hosted by the Papal Nuncio, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez privately told the Ambassador that he had received a recent death threat that he was taking very seriously. Apparently, the gatekeeper at Cardinal Rodriguez's office had been kidnapped while running an errand recently. The gat [...]	2003-03-07 23:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HO
03THEHAGUE1633	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DISCUSSIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC)-33, U.S. DELOFF PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS RELATED TO RUSSIAN CWD ASSISTANCE THAT INCLUDED VIKTOR KHOLSTOV, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR-GENERAL (D-G) OF THE RUSSIAN MUNITIONS AGENCY (RMA). U.S. DELOFF EMPHASIZED THE URGENT NEED FOR [...]	2003-06-25 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC

03YEREVAN2975	TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]	2003-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
03ZAGREB1342	CROATIA/ICTY: PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA GOES PUBLIC [...] (U) In an undated interview published June 10, ICTY fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina reportedly told Ivo Pukanic, editor of Croatian newsmagazine "Nacional," that he acknowledged the authority of the Hague Tribunal. Gotovina said that he was willing to surrender to the ICTY on the condition that [...]	2003-06-11 16:13:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL BH HR UN UNSC
04ABUDHABI1156	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO THE UAE: [...] (SBU) Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the visit of Deputy Secretary Armitage April 20-21 and proposes the following schedule, based on the availability of key UAEG interlocutors. Deputy Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed Al- Nahyan has [...]	2004-04-14 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP TC
04ABUDHABI434	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP - EMBASSY ABU [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador convened the Abu Dhabi G- 8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on February 17. Representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia, and Canada attended. Spain and Switzerland also sent representatives. CTAG members discussed their contributi [...]	2004-02-18 14:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC ETTC TC
04ABUDHABI932	OPIC VISIT READOUT [...] SUMMARY: A delegation from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited the UAE February 27 to 29 to assess progress on labor rights issues. They met with representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Industry, Labor, Foreign Affairs, and the Central Bank, as well as U.S. ba [...]	2004-03-31 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
04ADANA176	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 22, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM [...]	2004-12-28 07:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04AMMAN1721	MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S [...] REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER IN DECEMBER 2003 AND THROUGH FOLLOW-UP PHONE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH 2004. CABLE IS KEYED TO MONITORING GUIDANCE PROVIDED REF A. A. REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF PEAC [...]	2004-03-07 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
04AMMAN203	JORDAN TRANSFERS $100 MILLION TO DFI [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Muhammad Abu Hammour confirmed to the Ambassador January 8 that he had that day transferred $100 million from Iraqi accounts frozen in Jordan to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This brings the total transferred t [...]	2004-01-08 18:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
04AMMAN3430	JORDAN: UPDATE ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Finance Minister Abu Hammour told us that to date $170 million in frozen Iraqi assets had been released to settle Jordanian commercial claims, with an additional $60 million agreed for release last week. ($235 million has been transferred to Iraq to date.) He said the [...]	2004-05-05 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN3485	JORDAN: CLARIFICATION ON IRAQI ASSET FIGURES [...] (C) On May 6, 2004, Charge called alone on Jordanian Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour to clarify the figures on the remaining frozen Iraqi assets he relayed in the earlier May 4 meeting (Reftel). Abu Hammour admitted to some reluctance to speaking openly in front of the Iraqis who part [...]	2004-05-06 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN4581	ROYAL WEDDING ROCKS AMMAN [...] (U) Jordan -- or at least part of it -- was swept up in elaborate festivities May 26-28 marking the wedding of Crown Prince Hamza to his 22-year old distant cousin, Princess Noor Bint Assem, despite the prince's reported desire for a low-key event. The widely-publicized celebration makes o [...]	2004-06-06 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JO
04AMMAN8145	TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The textiles and apparel sector continues to increase its share of Jordan's GDP, due largely to the contribution of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and their duty-free, quota-free exports to the United States, which stood at USD 584 million in 2003. In 2002-2003, manufactu [...]	2004-09-30 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB JO
04AMMAN8402	TENSIONS APPARANT ON HANDLING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Habashneh, taking his cue from the King, has continued to apply pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, with a series of arrests of activist preachers and threats to prosecute certain MPs. Each step he takes seems to be reversed the following day by PM Fayez, who [...]	2004-10-07 15:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
04ANKARA4587	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4811	GOT Confirms Completion of Most ISPS Port [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (U) Econoff delivered revised demarche (ref A) to the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at [...]	2004-08-25 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5777	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7038	DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred on November 24 in Ankara and the week of December 6-10 in Izmir and at Incirlik Air Base outside of Adana. Due in part to new leadership and attitude on the Turkish side and a new US strategy, and i [...]	2004-12-17 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB MARR TU
04BRASILIA181	LULA FINALLY MAKES HIS BIG CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Thirteen months into his term, Brazilian President Lula da Silva on January 23 announced his long-awaited first cabinet shuffle. The changes affect twelve of 35 cabinet posts and address all three of Lula's goals: bringing the PMDB party officially into the governing coaliti [...]	2004-01-26 15:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ECPS SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2506	RESULTS OF BRAZILIAN OCTOBER 3 ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2802	PMDB PARTY AGAIN THREATENS TO LEAVE BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's PMDB party, a large but unreliable member of President Lula's ruling coalition, is going through another bout of angst about whether to leave the coalition. A November 10 meeting of the party's leadership left such a threat --made by the party's "oppositionist wing"-- ha [...]	2004-11-12 12:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BR
04BRASILIA2905	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSS THE GOB'S DIGITAL FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 4, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS EUNICIO OLIVEIRA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S PITCH FOR THE GOB TO CONSIDER FAVORABLY THE US STANDARD FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION, THE MINISTER REPLIED THAT BRAZIL WAS KEEPING ITS OPTI [...]	2004-11-24 16:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR
04BRASILIA3075	LULA MAY END UP WINNER IN PMDB PARTY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The large PMDB party decided at a December 12 convention to defect from the governing coalition of Brazilian President Lula da Silva. The decision exacerbated the rift between the party's pro- and anti-government wings, but as the dust settles it appears that Lula could benefit [...]	2004-12-16 15:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
04BRATISLAVA161	THE SDKU DIVORCE [...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Ivan Simko's new "Free Forum" party is the product of both a personality conflict and a struggle for power with PM Dzurinda. However, Simko's indecision about making a complete break from the SDKU and its government program lost him momentum. Coalition pa [...]	2004-02-17 13:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LO
04BRUSSELS1094	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN: WHAT TO EXPECT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 13:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2518	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: NEGATIVE ON EUROPE, NOT ON U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The provisional results of the June 10-13 European elections largely confirm the status quo: in a European Parliament (EP) that remains a complex amalgam of parties, nationalities and personalities, the Christian Democrats and Conservatives group (EPP-ED) keeps its plurality. Th [...]	2004-06-14 13:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3190	EU ON UNGA PRIORITIES, ATTENDEES [...] (C) Summary: EU officials welcomed early consultation on UNGA priorities and highlighted shared interest in combating human trafficking and reducing the number of Middle East resolutions -- although they underscored several times that this would be best achieved by resolving the underlying r [...]	2004-07-27 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC KSEP OVIP OTRA UN UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4347	EU VOTE FOR CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION EXPECTED [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 13:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD CU UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS898	BELGIUM TO ATTEND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 13:38:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL RS BE USEU BRUSSELS
04BUENOSAIRES2912	ARGENTINA CRACKS DOWN ON PIQUETEROS IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early in the morning of Saturday October 2, 85 members of an elite Gendarmeria riot control unit, assisted by provincial police, broke up a roadblock and forcibly ended the piquetero occupation of an oil depot in the town of Caleta Olivia in President Nestor Kirchner,s home prov [...]	2004-10-14 17:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR PROTESTS
04BUENOSAIRES3427	TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S MENDOZA PROVINCE LEADING [...] (C) Summary: POLOFFS recently traveled to Mendoza to attend a political development conference, meet with leading political leaders, and participate in a cosmic ray observatory dedication ceremony. Mendoza enjoys greater political diversity than the nation as a whole, with three well-develop [...]	2004-12-10 14:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
04CARACAS1080	CHAVISTAS LAND PUNCH IN SUPREME COURT BOXING MATCH [...] (C) THE SUPREME COURT (TSJ) CONSTITUTIONAL CHAMBER MARCH 23 NULLIFIED THE TSJ ELECTORAL CHAMBER'S MARCH 15 DECISION ORDERING THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL (CNE) TO INCLUDE OVER 870,000 DISPUTED SIGNATURES, GIVING THE OPPOSITION ENOUGH FOR A REFERENDUM. D'LSA SOLORZANO, DEMOCRATIC COORDINATIN [...]	2004-03-29 20:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1540	THE ABCS OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL [...] (U) The Venezuelan government (GOV) has crafted a targeted and generously funded political propaganda strategy to convince Venezuelans and the international community that Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution is the true democratic road to prosperity and to divide, discredit, and demoralize opposi [...]	2004-05-11 14:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR VE
04CARACAS1728	HUGO CHAVEZ' MAY 16 SPEECH [...] The following is a summary of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' May 9 speech during the Venezuelan government's (GOV) "Rally for Peace and against Paramilitaries, and in Defense of Sovereignty and the Dignity of the Nation" in Caracas, which substituted for Chavez' usual Sunday Alo Presidente [...]	2004-05-19 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OPRC KIRC VE
04CARACAS1942	VENEZUELA REFERENDUM: RECALL OR RATIFICATION [...] (C) Before a multitude of supporters June 6, President Hugo Chavez morphed the recall referendum sought by his opponents into a referendum to ratify his mandate. He called on his supporters to help him once again defeat the enemies of the Bolivarian revolution who would deprive them of the s [...]	2004-06-09 12:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2089	REVOLUTIONARY SOAP OPERA BUBBLES OVER FOR GOV [...] (C) "Amores de Barrio Adentro (Love Inside the Neighborhood)," a state-sponsored soap opera, premiered on national television on June 22 after a two-hour national premiere party. "Amores" is filled with pro-Chavez rhetoric, GoV propaganda, and attacks on the opposition, while providing the cl [...]	2004-06-25 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2108	VENEZUELA'S AUTOMATED VOTING SYSTEM: UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Venezuela's new automated voting system will make its premiere in the August 15 recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The consortium behind the untested system, led by the U.S. company Smartmatic, has yet to finalize its contracts with the National Electoral Council (CNE). The [...]	2004-06-28 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2643	VENEZUELA REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 17 [...] (C) Violence in Altamira Plaza in Caracas left one dead and 10 injured when a group of opposition demonstrator?T?Qi"QQ\s August 16, President Hugo Chavez said the attack was orchestrated by the opposition to destabilize the country. Chavez once again invited the opposition to a dialogue and [...]	2004-08-17 22:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2668	VENEZUELAN BUSINESS ADJUSTS TO CHAVEZ'S VICTORY [...] (C) Venezuela's business community has absorbed the unpleasant news of Chavez's referendum victory. Albis Munoz, President of umbrella business confederation FEDECAMARAS, made a relatively conciliatory public statement (even as the opposition Democratic Coordinating Committee, with which it [...]	2004-08-19 19:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS2689	REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 19-20 [...] (C) On August 17 political police service DISIP and local police authorities arrested the three men suspected of shooting on demonstrators in Altamira on August 16. On August 18 and 19, the government heavily criticized the opposition's latest claims of fraud and calls for public protests an [...]	2004-08-20 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2692	CORRECTED COPY: REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 19-20 [...] (C) On August 17 political police service DISIP and local police authorities arrested the three men suspected of shooting on demonstrators in Altamira on August 16. On August 18 and 19, the government heavily criticized the opposition's latest claims of fraud and calls for public protests an [...]	2004-08-23 13:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS338	CHAVEZ CARRIES BOLIVIA'S WATER IN CHILE SEA SCUFFLE [...] (C) Three months ago President Hugo Chavez began a rhetorical offensive in support of Bolivia's claim to its historic Pacific coastline, seized by Chile in 1879. Chavez's campaign has made international headlines, and resulted in Venezuela and Chile recalling their ambassadors for consultation [...]	2004-01-30 12:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS3855	COPEI ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Venezuela's Christian Democratic party (Copei) agreed to restructure during party federal council and general assembly meetings December 8-9. Frustrated with Copei's refusal to cede leadership space at the national level and failure to share funds, the leadership of the Copei youth wing [...]	2004-12-15 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04COLOMBO104	MEDIA PLAY: President Kumaratunga claims right to [...] Summary. President Kumaratunga's 1/13 address to the nation on government-owned Independent Television News (ITN) in which she claimed the right to serve until 2006 sparked a firestorm of contradictory headlines in the Sri Lankan media. Government-owned (and Kumaratunga- controlled) English [...]	2004-01-21 08:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO1084	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of Ambassador's roundtable [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following an Ambassadorial roundtable on June 24 with senior newspaper editors (see Reftel),press coverage in Sri Lanka was largely positive and upbeat. Newspapers, both English and vernacular, covered the event factually and placed their coverage of the event prominently. Key [...]	2004-06-28 09:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1145	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of suicide bombing by alleged Tamil [...] (U) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, on July 7, a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a police station in the heart of downtown Colombo, near the Prime Minister's office, U.S. Embassy and British High Commission. The suspected targ of the suicide bombe [...]	2004-07-09 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER PHUM OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO126	TRYING TIMES FOR JOURNALISTS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. The media scenes in Jaffna and Trincomalee are dramatically different from each other and from the scene in Colombo. Local newspapers are king in the Jaffna media world, with consistently pro-LTTE reporting and editorials. Coverage of local Muslim issues in Jaffna is nonexist [...]	2004-01-23 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
04COLOMBO13	MEDIA PLAY - SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTERS TO [...] Summary. Secretary Powell's letters to Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and President Kumaratunga were front page news over the weekend. English and vernacular headlines implied that the Secretary was critical of the President; one English weekly reported, "End political infighting CBK told - [...]	2004-01-06 03:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1401	MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT'S AUGUST 19 STATEMENT [...] SUMMARY. The Department's August 19 statement on Sri Lanka elicited widespread media coverage, with the vast majority of papers (both English and vernacular) placing the statement very prominently in above-the-fold banner headlines. TV news programs on August 20 also led with the full statem [...]	2004-08-23 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1514	MEDIA REACTION: Visit of State Department [...] SUMMARY. S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Cofer Black's September 7-8 visit to Sri Lanka elicited copious media coverage, with the vast majority of papers (both English and vernacular) placing coverage of a roundtable media discussion with newspaper editors prominently in above-the- fold banner he [...]	2004-09-13 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1726	SRI LANKA: EXAGGERATED PRESS REPORTS OF LTTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Weekend press reports in both the government-owned and independent media trumpeting a breakthrough in stalled negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) appear to have been overblown. According to sources in both the [...]	2004-10-18 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO216	MEDIA PLAY: President Kumaratunga dissolves [...] (U) Summary. On February 7, President Kumaratunga dissolved Sri Lanka's Parliament. Newspaper reporting was partisan, particularly in government-owned (and Kumaratunga-controlled) media outlets. The independent press carried Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and his UNP party's story, as well [...]	2004-02-09 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO307	MEDIA PLAY: Sri Lanka Co-Chairs Meeting in [...] (U) Summary. While media reaction to the statement Washington released after the 2/17 Sri Lanka co-chairs meeting was headline heavy, editorial comment was limited. All major English, Sinhala and Tamil Sri Lankan media outlets reported on the post-meeting statement with straightforward head [...]	2004-02-25 08:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO592	MEDIA PLAY: Sri Lankan Media Consumed by [...] (U) Summary. Sri Lanka's English and vernacular media offered exhaustive coverage and commentary about the nation's April 2 parliamentary elections. The morning after the poll (4/3),glowing lead headlines focused on the relatively peaceful election. The media also reported on election vio [...]	2004-04-06 02:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04HARARE1758	Heinz's Burdensome Subsidiary [...] (SBU) Olivine, Heinz's Zimbabwe subsidiary, is barely staying afloat, according to its top official. Unable to freely convert its zimdollar earnings into foreign exchange for needed imports, the firm is operating at 40 percent capacity. Meanwhile, South African manufacturers of cooking oil, [...]	2004-10-22 07:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1860	GOZ Seizes 4 White Farms this Week [...] (SBU) Summary: Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) officials tell us the GOZ recently accelerated its acquisition of mostly-white commercial farms under fast- track land reform, causing four CFU members to lose their farms per week at present. However, the CFU officials note in that in the last th [...]	2004-11-10 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1943	COURT CASES UPDATE -- ZIMBABWE'S STRESSED JUDICIARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several noteworthy cases over the last few months suggest the continuing vitality of elements within Zimbabwe's beleaguered judiciary despite political and professional pressures. Courts dismissed charges in the Cain Nkala murder trial, for example, and ordered Information Mini [...]	2004-11-30 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI
04HARARE1963	ZIMBABWE'S CRICKET DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit by England's cricket team is exposing conflicts inside the ruling party and may evidence further impetus within the GOZ to moderate its anti-Western posture. The GOZ's decision to admit 13 originally barred journalists to cover the tour suggests the waning influence of [...]	2004-12-03 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
04HARARE249	RESHUFFLING THE OLD GUARD [...] SUMMARY: (C) On February 10, President Robert Mugabe announced a new cabinet that looks very similar to the old one. Only one minister was removed from cabinet, the rest either retaining their posts or being moved to other positions. The absence of significant change in a ZANU-PF government [...]	2004-02-10 13:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
04KATHMANDU121	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTY BICKERING CONTINUES DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's political parties, like the King, continue to talk about how best to restore democracy in the kingdom, but persistently resist working together. On January 14, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) party published a political "roadmap" that c [...]	2004-01-16 08:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU122	NEPAL: ARE THE STUDENT PROTESTS RESONATING WITHIN [...] (C) Summary. Now at the month-long mark, student union-led protests have grown increasingly critical of the King and have even begun calling for the abolition of the monarchy and the institution of a republican state. The demonstrations are the largest and most sustained protests since the d [...]	2004-01-16 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
04KATHMANDU1697	NEPAL: THE CPN-UML PARTY (C-NE4-00843) [...] (U) Post greatly appreciates the opportunity to help inform the Department's analytic process. Post's responses are keyed to Ref A questions by letter. ================= HISTORY, PLATFORM ================= 2. (C) The modern CPN-UML party is a centrist European social-democratic style p [...]	2004-08-25 06:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR NP
04KATHMANDU819	NEPAL: ROYAL INSIDER OPTIMISTIC ON PROGRESS [...] (C) On April 29 Prabhakar Rana, King Gyanendra's confidant and business partner, called on Charge d'Affaires and DCM to brief them on progress toward reconciliation between the parties and the Palace. Rana expects Nepali Congress President Girija Koirala will agree to meet the King soon and [...]	2004-04-29 08:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
04KATHMANDU889	NEPAL: NO CONSENSUS ON NEW PM YET [...] (C) Three days after the May 7 resignation of Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa (Ref A),the search for his successor continues, with no clear contender in the lead. King Gyanendra appears to be sending out simultaneous and duplicative "feelers" to the leaders of the two largest parties--the [...]	2004-05-10 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
04KINSHASA1141	DRC - THE NATIONALITY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent events in Bukavu (reftel) highlight the explosive nature of the nationality question, particularly for Tutsis in eastern Congo. Current Congolese law does not recognize the citizenship claims of some longtime residents whose ancestors immigrated to the country, includin [...]	2004-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1260	CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...]	2004-07-08 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG
04KINSHASA1299	DEPARTING BELGIAN AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) During TDY Charge Gerald Scott's July 9 courtesy call on outgoing Belgian Ambassador Renier Nyskens, Nyskens stressed the need to maintain cohesion within the International Committee to Assist the Transition (CIAT) as many senior members will be rotating this summer and some elements with [...]	2004-07-14 15:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PGOV PINR CG BE VT
04KINSHASA1357	EMBASSY ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT FOREIGN MINISTER GHONDA REMAINS IN OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In demarches to both President Kabila's Chef de Cabinet and Vice President Bemba, the Embassy argued that FM Ghonda was a key element in the success of the July 14 and 15 meetings in Washington. Given the importance of his likely contribution to future such negotiations, we arg [...]	2004-07-20 15:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG UG US
04KINSHASA1500	FORMER FM GHONDA DISCUSSES HIS DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: In an informal August 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda (protect) observed that he had had growing problems over time with the leader of his ostensible party, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba. In addition, Ghonda reported that Ugandan President Museveni [...]	2004-08-09 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CG
04KINSHASA1608	VP RUBERWA COULD BE BACK IN KINSHASA SOON, SAYS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CG
04KINSHASA2055	MLC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES INTERNAL TENSIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A top official from vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC movement reported tensions between Bemba and his number two, Olivier Kamitatu, and described MLC efforts to court potential voters in eastern Congo. Rumors of strained relations between Bemba and Kamitatu are nothing new [...]	2004-11-08 09:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV CG
04KINSHASA2146	CORRUPTION CHARGES COULD OUST SOME MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing to vote, November 25 or 26, on a report identifying six ministers and President Kabila's Chief of Staff as involved in corruption. If the investigating committee's report is accepted by the Parliamentary plenary session, the ministers will be dismissed, [...]	2004-11-24 12:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR CG
04KINSHASA2168	KABILA SUSPENDS SIX MINISTERS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of a parliamentary report on corruption, President Kabila on November 25 suspended six ministers while the Minister of Porftolio minister suspended the managers of ten state-owned enterprises. In our view, this action is an attempt to seize the moral high ground befo [...]	2004-11-26 15:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON CG
04KUWAIT1061	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MARCH 29-31: AHMAD YASEEN [...] SUMMARY: Festering outrage over the assassination of Sheikh Yaseen and perceived U.S. approval, if not complicity, in the act, continues to color local perception of U.S. reform efforts in the region. "So, what are these human rights that the Americans are calling for, if they allow their pla [...]	2004-03-31 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1219	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 10-124: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY:. END SUMMARY. 2. "Escalation In Iraq, In Whose interest?" Adel Al-Qassar wrote in independent Al-Watan (4/11): "The reason beh escalation in Iraq is the clash of wills between the people and the o freedom, and what democracy is the United States promising with this violence an [...]	2004-04-13 07:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1248	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 12-14: IRAQ, KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators have been rattled by events in Fallujah and the rise of Moqtada al-Sadr. Islamist MPs and others decry what they term a "brutal" US response and have issued press statements calling for Muslims to resist the "US occupation of Iraq" and the presence of US troops i [...]	2004-04-15 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1316	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 17-19: IRAQ: SHIA REBELS; [...] SUMMARY: Outrage at both the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi and what is widely perceived as the American submission to Sharon's settlement plan joins continued condemnation of the violence in Iraq. Former Islamist MP Abel Muhsin Jamal wrote in independent Al-Qabas (4/14)," [...]	2004-04-20 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1399	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 24-28: MIDDLE EAST: VANUNU'S [...] SUMMARY: Continued criticism of Pres. Bush's perceived closeness to Sharon and tacit approval for Sharon's "crimes" gave way slightly as the week went on to calls for increased security in the wake of the Riyadh bombings. Nabil Al-Fadhl wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (4/24),"As Kuwaitis, [...]	2004-04-29 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1449	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 2-5: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS [...] SUMMARY: Outrage and bitter cynicism characterize many editorials addressing the reported abuse of Iraqi prisoners by coalition forces, highlighting "similiarities" between Saddam's regime and US forces, including the location of the incidents at Abu Gharib prison which was notorious under Sadd [...]	2004-05-05 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1477	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 8-10: ABU GHRAIB; IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators continued strident criticism and outrage at revelations of the abuse at Abu Ghraib. A prominent conservative commentator notes with satisfaction that the abuse scandal has resulted in the "postponement until further notice" of the issuance of the State Department [...]	2004-05-10 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1505	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 11-12: ABU GHRAIB ABUSE; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: Condemnation of the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib continues to dominate local opinion pages. A small but consistent number of editorials also continue to appear, praising the transparency with which U.S. authorities are dealing with the issue, as in one column titled [...]	2004-05-12 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1547	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 15-17: WOMEN'S POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: The swell of commentary on Abu Ghraib was slightly abated by the introduction of a bill by the Kuwaiti cabinet on May 16 supporting full political rights for women. The news pages report statements of support by liberals and women activists for the measure and flat rejection by conse [...]	2004-05-17 16:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1650	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 22-24: RAFAH INCURSION; [...] SUMMARY: The coincidence of the Israeli operation in Rafah with alleged American bombing of a wedding party in Iraq leads a prominent conservative commentator to cite both as examples of "Arab blood being cheap." The first court martial trial to come out of the abuses at Abu Ghraib was dealt w [...]	2004-05-24 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1674	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 25-26: IRAQ [...] "No Worse..." Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh wrote in independent Al-Qabas (5/25): "Had the American policy in Iraq succeeded, the transfer through the United Nations Security Council would have been welcomed. This did not happen, and the American policy in Iraq has been a great disappointment so [...]	2004-05-26 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1732	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 30-31: TERRORISM; IRAQ. [...] SUMMARY: The wave of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia impelled ma 2. "Incitement And Demagoguery In The Arab Mind " Sami Abdel Latif Al-Nisif wrote in independent Al-Anba (5/30): "One 3. "Time To Eradicate The Boils Of Terrorism" Editor in Chief Ahmad Al-Jarallah wrote in independent [...]	2004-06-02 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1735	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 1-2: TERRORISM; IRAQ. [...] SUMMARY: Condemning the Saudi terror attacks and the creation of 2. "Media Incitement" Faisal Al-Qenai, Secretary General of the Kuwait Journalist Associati 3. "Defeating Terrorism Is A National Responsibility" Dr. Ayed Al-Mana'a wrote in independent Al-Watan (6/1): "If Ghazi Al [...]	2004-06-02 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1836	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 8-9: IRAQ; HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Liberal commentators rose to defend the USG against criticism of the State Department Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, characterized by Islamists as "interference in Kuwaiti internal affairs." One conservative MP also denounced US Embassy public diplomacy programs and [...]	2004-06-10 08:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT189	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION JANUARY 8-12: BAKER [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti MPs and the head of the Shiite clerics in Kuwait have reacted angrily to the reported suggestion by the Vice President of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress that Kuwait should lease two of its islands to Iraq to use as ports. The leading editorial in daily Al-Watan procla [...]	2004-01-19 04:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1895	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 15-16: IRAQ; G8 SUMMIT. [...] SUMMARY: Commentators reacted to the increase in violence in Iraq 2. "Dangers Facing Iraq" Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (6/16): " 3. "Eradication" Dr. Yacoub Al-Sharrah wrote in independent Al-Rai Al-A'am (6/15): "T 4. "President Bush's Straw" Dr. [...]	2004-06-16 15:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1934	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 19-21: IRAQ; TERRORISM. [...] SUMMARY: In a rare show of near-unanimity, Kuwaiti commentators joined together in near-total condemnation of the beheading of Paul Johnson and terror in general. Some still found a way to blame Zionism. And others cautioned the Kuwaiti government not to allow such a home-grown terror movement [...]	2004-06-21 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2005	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 26-28: Iraq, Terror, Arab [...] SUMMARY: Atrocities by terrorists in Iraq and Saudi Arabia are a principal focus of Kuwaiti columnists this week. Walid Al- Ibrahim wrote in independent Al-Watan (6/26): "Every time a westerner is taken hostage or killed by Arabs and Muslims, Islam's image is tainted further and feelings of hat [...]	2004-06-29 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2075	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 5-7: IRAQ; TERROR [...] SUMMARY: Isolated calls for Arabs to take responsibility for combating terror and religious extremism have been drowned out in a flood of conspiracy theories that allege US and Israeli roles in supporting Al-Zarqawi, rigging Saddam's trial, and torturing detainees. Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote [...]	2004-07-07 16:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2188	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 10-14: IRAQ; ICJ RULING; [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2287	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 17-21: ICJ RULING, ARAFAT, [...] SUMMARY: Familiar criticism of U.S. policy in Israel, now relating to the ICJ ruling on the Israeli Wall, is being drowned out by harsh criticism of Palestinian Authority corruption and Arafat's leadership. Dr. Ayed Al-Mana' wrote in independent Al- Watan (7/19): "...Israeli aggression is not [...]	2004-07-21 15:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2345	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Armitage's exclusive interview with local Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-A'am (7/18) generated a wealth of coverage in the local press. The interview, which ranged widely from democracy in Kuwait and stability in Iraq to the war on terror, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Le [...]	2004-07-27 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OIIP KU
04KUWAIT253	SPECIAL KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, JANUARY 23: VISIT OF [...] SUMMARY: Local media reports that the Kuwaiti government has agreed to "substantial reduction" of the debt owed by Iraq to Kuwait in response to the visit to Kuwait on January 22 by Special Presidential Envoy James Baker provided Kuwait's National Assembly approves this policy. Prime Minister [...]	2004-01-24 09:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2630	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 14-16: TERRORISM; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: While hand-wringing over the origins and motives of as many as 20 Kuwaiti extremists arrested for suspicion of al- Qaeda ties and terrorist plots, the fighting in Najaf rose as the primary topic of discussion in the Kuwaiti media. Some commentators saw an insidious Iranian influence i [...]	2004-08-16 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2800	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 24-25: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ, TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: The long-awaited recognition by the government Kuwait of an NGO dedicated to human rights became a lightning rod for comments both for and against. Many commentators condemned the violent incursion of Coalition forces into Najaf, and others continued to discuss extremist ideologies a [...]	2004-08-25 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT3032	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT: YOUSEF QARADAWI'S [...] SUMMARY: Friday's (9/3) edition of leading Arabic daily al-Rai al-A'am contained a transcription of an interview given in Cairo by Islamist Dr. Yousef Qaradawi. In answer to a question about the religious propriety of kidnapping Americans in Iraq and mutilating their corpses, Qaradawi reported [...]	2004-09-08 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT3148	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT SEPTEMBER 10-13: 9/11, [...] SUMMARY: The anniversary of 9/11, arriving just after an extended crackdown here on Islamists allegedly planning terror operations in Kuwait and Iraq, has apparently forced many commentators to take an uncharacteristic look within. Many decry the lack of progress the Arab World has made as th [...]	2004-09-14 11:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR

04KUWAIT446	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 4-8: HEZBOLLAH [...] SUMMARY: The February 7 signing of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) by US and Kuwaiti officials received prominent coverage, focusing on the economic benefits to be gained by Kuwait through the agreement. Also on the news pages, a number of MPs are requesting discussion of [...]	2004-02-09 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT483	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION FEB 10-11: Iraq, Halliburton, [...] SUMMARY: Press reports that in response to pervasive rumors of malfeasance on the part of a Kuwaiti firm hired by US company Halliburton to supply fuel to Iraq, Kuwait's Minister of Energy has asked the public prosecutor to investigate whether local company "Al Tanmiya" and others in Kuwait i [...]	2004-02-12 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT535	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION FEB 14-16: IRAQ, PEACE [...] SUMMARY: Dire assessments of US-led efforts in Iraq as generating "stumbling chaos" are juxtaposed with the conflict in Palestine on Kuwait's op/ed pages this week. On the issue of whether local Kuwaiti firms improperly profited from contracts with US company Halliburton to provide fuel oil [...]	2004-02-17 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT569	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION FEB 17-18: AL-HURRA SATELLITE [...] "A New Satellite Channel" Dr. Ahmed Al-Rubei, former MP and liberal columnist wrote in independent Al-Qabas (2/17): "The launch of Al-Hurra satellite channel elicited angry reactions and was labeled an American conspiracy by many Arab news media. This reaction is nave and clear sign of an o [...]	2004-02-19 06:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT791	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION MAR 6-8: STATE DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Several Kuwaiti editorialists blame Mossad for "masterminding" the recent explosions in Karbala and Baghdad, while a Shiite professor at the University of Kuwait says the attacks are the fruit of US policies of "pure evil" foisted on the Arab world by America--"truly the Great Satan. [...]	2004-03-09 06:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT89	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 7: [...] SUMMARY: In an article titled "Do Not Accept Colonialism," one writer claims that Iraq's oil resources will be controlled by "companies with strong ties to the American administration," specifically Halliburton who he writes is "accused of rigging the price of fuel sold to the US army." New [...]	2004-01-08 08:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT951	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MARCH 18-23: SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY: The assassination of Sheikh Yaseen has pushed an evolving positive perception of the Greater Middle East Initiative resulting from Secretary's Powell's recent visit to Kuwait off the op/ed pages March 23, with the US now being cast as the willing stooge of Israeli perfidy. "Jews are [...]	2004-03-24 04:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04LILONGWE488	OPPOSITION LEADER JUMPS SHIP; JOINS WITH RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: In an act of breathtaking (though not surprising) opportunism, opposition leader Gwanda Chakuamba has allied himself with newly-elected president Bingu wa Mutharika and the United Democratic Front (UDF) party. The UDF believes the addition of the 19 parliamentary seats Chaku [...]	2004-06-04 11:10:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR MI
04MADRID2670	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-APRIL 2004, TWO INDIVIDUALS, REFERRED TO AS AL QAEDA MEMBERS, WERE IN MAICAO, COLOMBIA, TO OBTAIN [...]	2004-07-14 13:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3907	AZNAR DOMINATES POPULAR PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Mariano Rajoy, a long-time Aznar ally and the Popular Party's presidential candidate in the March 14 elections, was elected as the new President of the Popular Party (PP) during the 15th PP Party Congress. The event was dominated by enthusiastic expressions of support for former [...]	2004-10-06 11:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SP
04MANAMA1608	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY, [...] (C) Human rights activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja October 16 pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting hatred against the regime and circulating false information about top officials. During the opening session of his trial October 20, Al Khawaja repeated his plea and asserted that at the Sept [...]	2004-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BA
04OTTAWA3058	CANADA: DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to FAC Deputy Director for Eastern Europe Habib Massoud and Desk Officer Claude Demers November 12, the latter of whom recently returned from observing the first round of elections in Ukraine. Massoud thanked us for the points and commented that we are gen [...]	2004-11-15 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA EU PGOV PHUM PREL UP FAC
04PANAMA1700	WHERE IS PANAMA'S NEW GOVERNMENT HEADING? [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his inner circle, due to take power on September 1, are pushing an energetic and ambitious transition agenda featuring clear-cut goals in foreign policy (priority to the U.S. and Colombia),security (cooperation with U.S. objectives, new attention to the Caribbean coast [...]	2004-07-01 12:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA1949	PANAMA: SCENE SETTER FOR GEN. HILL'S AUG. 12 VISIT [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your August 12 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to expanding training programs shared between our two countries, and to press for continuing focus on civilian controlled security forces, transparency and anti-corruption within P [...]	2004-08-02 14:15:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA1992	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO THE [...] (SBU) US Embassy Panama welcomes the USG delegation to the National Security Planning Workshop, Aug. 11-13, which is designed to assist the incoming PRD government headed by President-elect Torrijos who assumes office September 1. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to [...]	2004-08-06 12:18:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2105	SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I want to express our warmest welcome on your upcoming September 1, 2004 visit to Panama's Presidential Inauguration. Following your November 3, 2003 visit to Panama's Centennial celebrations (reftel),your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos [...]	2004-08-18 22:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2691	SCENESETTER: DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Panama I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming November 13-14, 2004 visit to Panama. Your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos enters its third month signals the great interest of the United States in strengthening our excellent rela [...]	2004-11-02 13:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV SNAR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA324	SCENESETTER: CODEL WELLER'S VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Codel Weller on their February 19-22 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate US appreciation for the ongoing security and drug enforcement cooperation between our two countries. Your visit highlights our governments' mutual focus on the strate [...]	2004-02-11 20:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC PREL ECON PM
04PANAMA440	PANAMA ELECTIONS - NOTES FROM THE FIELD - CHIRIQUI [...] (SBU) Residents of Chiriqui, Panama's largest dairy, coffee, and vegetable producer, and its capital David, Panama's third-largest city, want politicians to focus on unemployment and an agricultural sector threatened by a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Pol Counsel [...]	2004-02-25 18:17:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PM PINR PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA828	PANAMA PUBLIC OPINION POLLS NOT DEPENDABLE [...] (SBU) Panama's nationally-published public opinion polls are probably biased, do not offer a dependable measure of Panamanians' voting preferences, and probably will not accurately predict outcomes for the May 2 elections. While we still think Martin Torrijos will win the May 2, 2004 presiden [...]	2004-04-08 15:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA85	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR OTTO REICH'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives Ambassador Otto Reich on his January 17 - 24 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate the Ambassador's good governance message to GOP officials, including Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso, priva [...]	2004-01-15 20:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR OVIP PM NAS
04PANAMA929	SCENESETTER: AUSTR VARGO'S TRIP TO PANAMA FOR THE [...] (U) I warmly welcome your April 25-30 visit to Panama. The USDEL's visit marks the culmination of a long campaign by the GoP to move forward on an FTA with the U.S. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to expanding trade and investment between our two countries, and to pre [...]	2004-04-22 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PARIS5935	FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Venezuelan desk officer Hedi Picquart on August 9 and delivered demarche as per reftel. Picquart noted that France had hoped EU international election observers would participate in the August 15 referendum vote. Unfortunately, the GoV-imposed restrictions were deemed [...]	2004-08-10 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE KPAO FR KDEM
04PARIS8983	FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...]	2004-12-16 08:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC FR
04PRETORIA5466	CLOUD CUCKOO-LAND'S LAST REDOUBT: A VISIT TO ORANIA [...] Summary: A dusty little Karoo farm town situated an hour and a half south of Kimberly, Orania would be unexceptional except for one thing: all of its 600 residents are white Afrikaners. Founded on the principles of self-reliance and preservation of Afrikaner culture, non-whites are not allowe [...]	2004-12-21 11:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV
04QUEBEC80	KANESATAKE CALM BUT CONFRONTATION CONTINUES [...] Confidential - Entire text. 2. (C) Summary: The situation within the Mohawk settlement of Kanesatake, a territory (not a reserve) bordering the U.S., remains tense and complicated but some progress has been made in keeping the peace in the past week. Quebec's provincial police force (SQ) has taken [...]	2004-05-17 22:52:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM CA
04RANGOON1563	NLD ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO THAN SHWE [...] (C) Summary: Excerpts from a December 2nd letter from the NLD to Senior General Than Shwe indicate a new effort to engage the SPDC and prompt a bilateral dialogue. The letter is purportedly the "soft" approach, which, if ignored, will be followed up by more "confrontational methods." Though t [...]	2004-12-10 05:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM BM NLD
04ROME1278	EUROPEANS MAY BE FROM VENUS, BUT PRODI IS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 17:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1566	IRAQ: ROMAN BREAKFAST:BERLUSCONI SERVES HAM, PRODI [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM BERLUSCONI REACTED TO ZAPATERO'S WITHDRAWAL DECISION BY PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST AND CLAIMING THAT ITALY IS NOW AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ALLY IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE. IT WILL STAY THE COURSE BUT PUSH FOR AN ENHANCED UN ROLE TO ASSIST WITH IRAQ'S POLITICAL TRANSITION. ROMANO PRODI, NOW [...]	2004-04-22 05:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2190	CIVAIR: ITALIAN VIEWS ON U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affairs, as well as Alitalia, all confirm that Italy has serious concerns about accepting a first-step U.S.-EU air services agreement. However, our discussions with all three entities revealed a range of rationales for the GOI's current re [...]	2004-06-09 09:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IT EUN AVIATION
04ROME2245	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI AND BERLUSCONI IN THE [...] (U) Italy's June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections are the latest contest, albeit indirect, between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his once and likely future challenger, European Commission President Romano Prodi. Italy's next national elections will almost certainly not o [...]	2004-06-10 17:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2389	ELECTION RESULTS: SOMETHING GAINED, SOMETHING LOST [...] (U) In Italy's EU elections, the governing coalition obtained a total of 45.4 percent of the votes, compared to 46.1 percent obtained by all parties on the center left. The remaining 8.5 percent went to other smaller parties. mainly center-right oriented. The center-left now holds 37 seats, [...]	2004-06-18 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME3832	ALITALIA: RESTRUCTURING PLAN CLOSE TO APPROVAL [...] (U) Summary: Alitalia, the Italian government, and labor unions are expected to sign a final agreement soon on the restructuring of Italy's flag carrier. The airline will be split into two companies, one to continue the core flight operations, the other to take over Alitalia's ground service [...]	2004-10-04 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB EU IT KPRV PGOV FAA AVIATION
04ROME4474	ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Mission believes renewing the Title III Libertad Act waiver would enhance the possibility of increased US-Italian cooperation on Cuba and have a positive impact on already strong bilateral relations with Italy. Italian policy towards Cuba follows the EU Common Position, which is b [...]	2004-11-24 11:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT UN
04ROME973	IRAQ: WFP WARNS OF POSSIBLE BREAKS IN FOOD PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: During February 26 meetings in Rome with the Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Robin L. Raphel, officials of the World Food Program (WFP) warned that difficulties in the management and coordination of food contracts and deliveries with authorities in Baghdad, if [...]	2004-03-12 07:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC IZ WFP IRAQI FREEDOM
04SANTODOMINGO4637	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #14: FERNANDEZ TELLS [...] (U) This no. 14 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. Lunch with Leonel (U) On August 6, the Ambassador and visiting Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) attended a lunch hosted by President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) at the office of his G [...]	2004-08-12 10:46:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET MCAP DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO483	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USTR ZOELLICK LAUNCHES FTA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Zoellick told Dominicans on January 15 that bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations offer an opportunity for new engagement, economic growth and strengthened institutions. He stressed that an FTA, free and fair presidential electio [...]	2004-01-27 16:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP OREP
04SANTODOMINGO5777	DOMINICAN POLITICS #6: THE PRD: IT'S BROKE. FIX [...] (SBU) This is #6 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The PRD: It,s Broke. Fix It. (U) ** Without Hipolito Mejia to hold it together, the venerable populist PRD is not mounting a coordinated response to Leonel Fernandez's PLD administration. We look at the conten [...]	2004-10-20 22:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR DR
04TAIPEI3224	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations "The Remarks about Coming to Help Defend Taiwan in 12 Days" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" said in an editorial (10/14): "Legislator Lee Wen-chung said a high-ranking U.S. defense official has given him a guarantee that so long as Taiwan buys def [...]	2004-10-15 08:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3668	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 23:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TASHKENT2609	AFTER THE BOMBINGS: KARIMOV'S DECISION-MAKING [...] (C) Summary. This is the second of two cables, which provides insight into President Karimov's decision-making process. The first of which looked at Karimov's possible succession plans (ref D). Although Uzbekistan was rocked twice this year by terrorist bombings, little has changed for Pre [...]	2004-09-30 13:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBIO PINR PTER UZ
04TEGUCIGALPA1577	Honduras Poised to Become Leader in Port Security [...] SUMMARY: Following a June visit to the ports of Honduras, a United States Coast Guard delegation confirmed that Honduras was taking the appropriate measures to ready its ports for certification on July 1, and to successfully comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements an [...]	2004-07-16 18:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EINV ETRD PBTS SNAR PTER BEXP ECON PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1581	March For Life Focused on Forests Reenergizes [...] (U) SUMMARY: The March for Life (Marcha por la Vida) appears to have successfully launched a new committed environmental protection movement in the country. It remains to be seen if the movement can sustain its momentum and maintain political pressure on the government and Congress, and whet [...]	2004-07-16 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2646	HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY: PASTOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. With the February 20, 2005, primary elections three months away, the race is tightening on the Nationalists side with President of Congress Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo closing the gap on Tegucigalpa Mayor Miguel Pastor. On the Liberal side, politician Mel Zelaya is pulling away from [...]	2004-11-26 12:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR KJUS PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA55	FFP: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LATIN [...] SUMMARY THE HONDURAS OFFICE OF FOOD FOR PEACE (FFP) HOSTED A REGIONAL FOOD AID MANAGERS' WORKSHOP IN LA ESPERANZA, HONDURAS, ON NOVEMBER 17 THROUGH NOVEMBER 19, 2003. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORKSHOP WERE THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE FFP DIRECTOR, LAUREN LANDIS AND OTHER FFP/W STAFF, ON NEW FFP POLIC [...]	2004-01-09 19:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA HO
04TELAVIV1389	New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's [...] (SBU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona, Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to discuss the Embassy's ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the Hebrew Israelite Community (HIC). Also present at the meeting was ex-Deputy Mayor, Alber [...]	2004-03-05 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1631	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 16, 2004; (1630 [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli press reports suggesting that a "severe" military crackdown on Gaza was likely following last week's suicide bombing at Ashdod port and a rumor that internationals were being ordered to leave Gaza, fueled widespread concern that internationals were preparing to evacuat [...]	2004-03-16 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV1742	HAMAS CHARGES USG CULPABILITY IN YASIN KILLING; [...] (S/NF) Summary: Hamas leaders have responded to the IAF's assassination of Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin March 22 by vowing retaliation against Israel and blaming the USG, saying &The Zionists did not take such a step without the approval of the terrorist U.S. Administration. Therefore, it [...]	2004-03-22 16:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KWBG KPAL PREL PTER GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV2416	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 28, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli media reported that four Israelis were injured, one seriously, in an attempted suicide car bombing April 28 when a jeep exploded under IDF gunfire as it was speeding towards the settlement of Kfar Darom. Three Palestinians were killed April 26 in the Mughazi camp in an [...]	2004-04-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV6197	WB/G SITREP: ONE SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR INJURED [...] (SBU) Summary: A member of the IDF canine unit and his dog were killed near Karni Crossing December 7 when an IED exploded as soldiers were conducting a search for weapons. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. Four additional IDF soldiers were injured in the ensuing gun battle as they [...]	2004-12-07 16:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6238	WB/G SITREP: FOUR PALESTINIANS KILLED IN RAFAH: [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and killed four Palestinians in two separate incidents December 8-9 while the men were attempting to smuggle weapons across the Gaza-Egyptian border at Rafah. A fifth Palestinian was seriously wounded. In addition to the small number of laborers being allowe [...]	2004-12-09 15:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6261	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Jerusalem and settlements correspondent Nadav Shragai wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's victory in the Likud convention destroyed the strategy adopted in recen [...]	2004-12-10 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6650	SHARON: OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE PROGRESS EXISTS, BUT [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon told Sen. Lieberman December 27 that he is confident of forming a new coalition government soon. He said the Left in Israel cannot implement disengagement and has never removed an Israeli settlement; and the Right is against disengagement and removal of settlements. [...]	2004-12-30 08:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04THEHAGUE2989	DUTCH STUDYING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IST [...] (SBU) Embassy political counselor passed reftel demarche to MFA Director for Gulf Affairs Adri van Loopik on November 10. Van Loopik was noncommittal and suggested that he and his colleagues in the MFA Legal Division would need to study the request. In a follow-up conversation with Olivia S [...]	2004-11-17 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ NL
04VATICAN1171	HOLY SEE TAKING SMALL STEPS IN RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Holy See official responsible for relations with the Orthodox Church, judged his February trip to Moscow to meet with Russian Orthodoxy's highest officials "not easy, but helpful." Kasper told the Ambassador that Patriarch Alexei II and Metropolitan Kirill, th [...]	2004-03-24 08:58:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL RS SOCI VT
04YEREVAN1148	TWO MEN DETAINED ON CHARGES OF ATTACKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Office of the Procurator General (PG) announced May 12 that they had identified and officially charged two men for attacking journalists during an opposition rally on April 5. An assaulted journa [...]	2004-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN1490	INVITATION TO THE G8 GLOBAL PARTNERS WORKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post delivered reftel invitation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vartan Oskanian on July 1, 2004. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will confirm attendance with Post and supply the requested passport information, and [...]	2004-07-01 10:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP
04YEREVAN1516	ARMENIAN TENTATIVE ACCEPTANCE OF INVITATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The GOAM Foreign Ministry has tentatively accepted the invitation to the G8 Global Partners Working Group to be held in Paris on July 12 (reftel),and supplied the participant's information as requested. 3. (SBU) The [...]	2004-07-07 12:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP
04YEREVAN1899	ARMENIA'S OLIGARCHS: STAYING RICH ON FOOD, GAS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Trade in the most basic goods in the Armenian economy is controlled by a small number of oligarchs with strong ties to government. While it is considered common knowledge that oligarchs use p [...]	2004-08-30 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND ETRD PGOV KCOR AM
04YEREVAN2071	IMF TEAM LEAVES ARMENIA UNIMPRESSED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The IMF team conducting the Sixth review of Armenia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program has left Armenia concerned about Armenia's progress in key areas of reform. The Resident Representative, James McHugh, told us that he anticipated problems completing the sixth rev [...]	2004-09-20 12:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD KCOR AM
04YEREVAN2154	FOLLOW UP ON G8 GLOBAL PARTNERS WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-30 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP
04YEREVAN2323	INVITATION TO ATTEND NOVEMBER 17 G8 GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 12:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP
04YEREVAN2407	ARMENIA'S STEADY GROWTH, STABLE ECONOMY: [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's 2004 economic performance should lend confidence to investors and development economists alike. Armenia's oft-cited problems maintaining a transparent and fair business [...]	2004-11-01 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EAID AM
04YEREVAN2446	CORRUPTION HINDERS ARMENIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia faces severe and continuing deforestation. Although the law prohibits commercial cutting, corruption and inefficacy in Hayantar, the state forestry agency, result in the continued illeg [...]	2004-11-08 06:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD AM
04YEREVAN2579	IFI'S CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Lack of transparency in recent GOAM financial actions is an increasing concern for the representatives of the IMF and World Bank in Yerevan. Because Armenia continues to record steady economic growth and will likely continue to meet criteria set by both the Fund and the Bank, these conce [...]	2004-12-01 07:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN AM
04YEREVAN2769	RUSSIAN POWER GIANT MOVES TO CONSOLIDATE CONTROL [...] (C) Russian energy giant RAO-UES is moving to take over Armenia's sole electricity distributor, Electricity Networks of Armenia (ElNetArm),which would consolidate its hold on Armenia's energy infrastructure. The director of ElNetArm and officials in the Government of Armenia have acknowledged [...]	2004-12-22 10:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG AM RS
04YEREVAN777	HUMMERS, NUMBERS, AND OLIGARCHS: WHO'S WHO ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SOMETIMES FOR PURE VANITY, SOMETIMES AS A CHARM AGAINST TRAFFIC POLICE, ARMENIA'S RESIDENTS ARE PICKING THEIR OWN LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS AND PAYING HANDSOMELY FOR THEM. FLASHY NU [...]	2004-04-01 06:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL AM
04YEREVAN844	A NOT-SO-HOT SPRING? WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG... [...] (SBU) We continue to believe that the current round of opposition protests across Armenia is unlikely to develop into a revolution, rose, velvet or otherwise (reftel). The Ambassador has urged restraint in the strongest possible terms during meetings this week with both senior government offi [...]	2004-04-08 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04ZAGREB1335	CROATIA HALTS VAT EXEMPTIONS FOR MOST NGOS [...] (SBU) A recent change to taxation law means Croatian NGOs will again be required to pay VAT on purchases financed with foreign donations. Though some NGOs have raised alarms over alleged unfairness and lack of transparency, GoC efforts to clean up its tax policy are welcome steps. Although the [...]	2004-07-22 07:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM EFIN PREL HR
05ABUDHABI3441	OVERVIEW OF OIL AND GAS IN THE UAE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Oil and natural gas form the basis of the modern economy in the United Arab Emirates, which holds 8 to 9 percent of the world,s proven oil reserves and controls the world,s fifth largest natural gas reserves. Over 90 percent of the country,s established oil and natural gas [...]	2005-08-08 07:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ENRG EPET TC
05ABUDHABI5131	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND HAMAS/GCC SUMMIT/IRAN'S [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" asks why the United States considers Palestinian resistance an act of terror. Columnists in "Al Ittihad" and "Al-Bayan criticize the Gulf Summit as ineffective. English daily "Gulf News" comments on the GCC's concerns with Iran's nuclear program and alligat [...]	2005-12-21 09:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ACCRA1517	GHANA CENTRAL BANK'S NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) The Bank of Ghana (BoG) instituted a new monetary policy framework on July 1 -- including reduced reserve requirements -- to move towards an inflation targeting regime, increase transparency, and make the financial sector more competitive. Despite the potential expansionary effect of th [...]	2005-08-01 17:15:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GH
05ADANA172	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / ZAMAN: According to AKP Adana Provincial Chairperson Abdullah Dogru, followers of the former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel's agricultural policies devastated the agricultural sector in Turkey. 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA / BOLGE / EKSPRES [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ALGIERS1199	POLISARIO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS THE NON-VIOLENT [...] (SBU) In a departure from recent sabre-rattling rhetoric, Polisario leader Abdelaziz told a press gathering in Algiers June 11 it was the intent of the Sahrawis to use peaceful means in their struggle for self-determination. Blaming the Government of Morocco for the violence of late May, Abde [...]	2005-06-13 09:41:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PHUM AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1426	POLISARIO LEADER IS WORKING TO RELEASE MOROCCAN [...] (U) On July 16 Algerian French-language newspapers El Watan, Liberte and Expression, as well as the leading Arabic-language newspaper El Khabar quoted a July 14 article from French newspaper Le Monde stating that Polisario "President" Abdelaziz, on a diplomatic mission to Spain, announced hi [...]	2005-07-16 15:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PBTS AG
05ALGIERS2245	POTENTIAL NEXT GENERATION ALGERIAN LEADER COMMENTS [...] (C) Arslan Chikhaoui (strictly protect),a private consultant in his late thirties or early forties, has close ties to the Algerian military and intelligence communities, the business world, and the political leadership. A strong advocate of Algerian reform and modernization, Chikhaoui is a t [...]	2005-11-07 12:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR AG
05ALMATY1992	ILO CONFERENCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED; KZ DELEGATION [...] (U) Econoff delivered Reftel A and B demarches and talking points to Askar Akhmetov, Head of the Division for Specialized International Organizations of the Kazakhstani MFA. Akhmetov acknowledged the demarche but did not have an immediate substantive response. 2. (U) Akhmetov informed Econ [...]	2005-05-27 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV PHUM BB CU KZ
05ALMATY2828	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-INDIA STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered Reftel demarche to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA Division on the OSCE and International Security Institutes, on July 29. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev said that Kazakhstan is supportive of the normalization of civilian nuclear cooperation between the U.S. and India. He ex [...]	2005-08-03 01:50:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL KZ IN ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3451	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S FRIED,S MEETINGS WITH KAZAKHSTANI [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with Kazakhstani opposition presidential candidates, A/S Fried heard several common themes about Kazakhstan's differences from its neighboring countries, the importance of strengthening its western orientation, the need for political reform, and the toll that corr [...]	2005-10-04 06:39:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN2776	AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE BUBBLE: WIDER DANGER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A dramatic rise at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) over the past two years has both reflected and reinforced the Jordanian economy,s healthy growth since the 2003 coalition invasion of Iraq. The ASE was one of the best performers in the world over 2004, turning in one of the best [...]	2005-04-04 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KPAL JO
05AMMAN2973	OPPONENTS OF REFORM ALREADY BALKING AT JORDAN'S [...] (C) Summary. Public opposition to the new cabinet from southern tribesmen in parliament comes as no surprise ) they loathe the Palestinian reformists who are the stars in the new government ) but has rattled PM Badran and some of the targets of this attack. The cabinet brings together an ex [...]	2005-04-12 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON IZ JO
05AMMAN4440	ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with two new reformist Jordanian ministers from the Ministries of Trade and Planning on the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Finance Conference held in Amman May 18. Both laid out the GOJ's aggressive plans for fiscal reform, [...]	2005-06-05 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EAID ECON JO
05AMMAN5258	C-NE5-00725: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on June 28 and 29 with King Abdullah, National Security Advisor Saad Khayr, and special adviser to the King (and the King's first cousin) Prince Ghazi, Charge received an update on plans for the conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society," to b [...]	2005-06-30 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IZ JO
05AMMAN6266	RECOMMENDED JORDANIAN ATTENDEES FOR THE U.S. ARAB [...] In response to Ref A request, post recommends the following government, business, association and NGO executives be invited to the U.S. Arab Economic Forum. The lists are not meant to indicate a priority preference. 2. GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN, IN ADDITION TO THOSE OFFICIALS ALREADY INVITED [...]	2005-08-04 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAID CVIS ECON JO
05AMMAN6689	UPDATE ON CURRENT JORDAN-IRAQ RELATIONS [...] (C) Official Jordanian-Iraqi relations remain strong despite GOJ fears that insurgent violence may cross the border, and tensions related to Ahmad Chalabi. The GOJ has worked hard to smooth over the King,s December public warnings of a "Shi,a Crescent", as well as the diplomatic row sparked b [...]	2005-08-18 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO
05AMMAN6832	MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PRM'S COOPERATIVE [...] (U) Following is a monitoring and evaluation report for PRM's $100,000 cooperative agreement (SPRMCO04GR131) with the non-profit organization Seeds of Peace, which is designed to extend that NGO's conflict resolution program to Palestinian refugee youth residing in the West Bank, Jerusalem an [...]	2005-08-24 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL EAID IS JO
05ANKARA1906	TURKEY PREPARING TO BREAK SILENCE ON THE US CARGO [...] (S) Following nine months of silence since the US formally asked Turkey to allow the US to establish a cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base for the transit of cargo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),recent public comments by Turkish officials may sugge [...]	2005-04-03 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA2114	TURKEY SETS PRIVATIZATION MODEL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Aiming to expedite delayed privatization of Turkey's electricity distribution network (in which at least one U.S. company has expressed strong interest),the GOT has decided to move forward based on a "transfer-of-operating-rights" (TOR) sale of shares model, rather than throug [...]	2005-04-13 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA2317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2972	CENTRAL BANK PREPARES TO WEATHER FRENCH "NO" [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5354	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6259	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA967	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-22 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ASUNCION1116	MORE FROM PARAGUAY ON ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF [...] (SBU) On 9/2, the MFA advised PolOff that the GOP has designated the Ministry of Health's Director of Epidemiology, Wilma Baswaldo, tel: 595-21-203-998, as the GOP's senior-level point of contact with respect to avian influenza. Dr. Carmen Portillo, also of the Ministry of Health, leads the a [...]	2005-09-02 15:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI PA KSTH WHO
05ASUNCION1197	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER [...] 353/01/T0023 2. 092105 3. P.O'Reilly 4. 353 5. N 6A. Contact -- 6B. Lic. Emilio Presentado, Director 6C. MOPC - U. Operativa de Contrataciones Calle Oliva y Alberdi, Piso 1 Asuncion, Paraguay Ph/Fx: (595-21)414-9820 7. Refer to: LLAMADO No. 3/2005 8. Bid deadlin [...]	2005-09-21 19:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO PA
05ASUNCION1198	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER [...] 353/01/T0022 2. 092105 3. P.O'Reilly 4. 353 5. N 6A. Contact -- 6B. Lic. Emilio Presentado, Director 6C. MOPC - U. Operativa de Contrataciones Calle Oliva y Alberdi, Piso 1 Asuncion, Paraguay Ph/Fx: (595-21)414-9820 7. Refer to: LLAMADO No. 3/2005 8. Bid deadlin [...]	2005-09-21 19:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO PA
05ASUNCION1199	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER [...] 353/01/T0021 2. 092105 3. P.O'Reilly 4. 353 5. N 6A. Contact -- 6B. Lic. Emilio Presentado, Director 6C. MOPC - U. Operativa de Contrataciones Calle Oliva y Alberdi, Piso 1 Asuncion, Paraguay Ph/Fx: (595-21)414-9820 7. Refer to: LLAMADO No. 3/2005 8. Bid deadlin [...]	2005-09-21 19:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO PA
05ASUNCION1514	PARAGUAY: CONSTRUCTION OF SENAD OFFICES IN PEDRO [...] On 12/12, Charg, DEA Director, and INL Assistant attended the ground breaking ceremony for the new National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) Operations Base, funded by INL, in the SIPDIS city of Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),Department of Amambay, Paraguay. The ground breaking ceremony initiated [...]	2005-12-15 19:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SNAR PA

05ATHENS2992	GREEKS FLEXIBLE ON WTO MARKET ACCESS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of a week of pressing at all levels, Ambassador met with Greek Minister of Finance Alogoskoufis for second time, who admitted that while Greece is willing to be flexible regarding market access for the Doha Development Agenda (DDA),their national interest does not [...]	2005-11-23 11:21:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD GR
05ATHENS3113	DISSENSION IN THE RANKS: PUBLIC POWER [...] (U) Summary. On December 1st, Public Power Corporation's (PPC) President, Ioannis Paleokrassas resigned from his politically appointed post after his latest misstep within the ranks of the ruling New Democracy (ND) party. A former Minister of Finance in the previous Mitsotakis administration, [...]	2005-12-08 09:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR GR OIL
05ATHENS830	YOUR VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: I am delighted to welcome you to Greece March 30-31. The Greeks see your trip to Athens, following on the heels of Foreign Minister Molyviatis' March 24 visit to Washington, as more proof of America's reengagement with Europe. Greece will want to characterize your visit -- the [...]	2005-03-24 10:14:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	CY GR PGOV PREL TU ZL VISIT
05BAGHDAD2107	DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER AZEZ'S LAST WORDS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Finance Minister Azez Hassan said Iraq's reporting on fiscal data to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved significantly and is now strong. MOF is ready to close the books on 2004 and Azez said he expects the Budget Department to finalize by the June 6 Articl [...]	2005-05-18 20:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2839	PROMOTING PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT (PART 1) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Development of the private sector through mobilization of domestic and foreign investment is crucial to Iraq's economic recovery and reconstruction, long-term growth, and generation of sustainable jobs. Economic growth and creation of jobs is also essential for political stabil [...]	2005-07-06 14:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV IZ
05BAGHDAD2933	IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER'S IRAN VISIT: AN OLIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi Defense Minister Al-Dulaimi confirmed to Charge on July 10 that he had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran during his official visit to Tehran on July 5. Al-Dulaimi told Charge that his discussions with Iran centered on the need for Iran to monitor its [...]	2005-07-12 20:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD3393	LEITH KUBBA AND BARHAM SALEH ON BUILDING A VIABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political Advisor to Prime Minister Ja,fari Leith Kubba and Minister of Planning Barham Saleh told POLOFF separately on August 13 that, after the completion of the constitution, building a political center should be the immediate goal of the U.S. Government to ensure that the Dec [...]	2005-08-17 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BANGKOK7334	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, here are the results of posts inquiries into the bona fides of G.H. International. Company Profile Per the Thai Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, G.H.International Co. Ltd is filed under registration number 1160/2517, dated 9 OCT 1974. Capital re [...]	2005-11-28 06:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK7529	LUNCH WITH THAKSIN [...] (S) Summary: During lunch at the residence on December 7, Prime Minister Thaksin and I discussed the King's recent birthday speech, the situation in Thailand's south, the issue of extrajudicial killings, Thai-Malaysian relations, Burma policy, North Korea, the US-Thai Action Plan, Thailand's [...]	2005-12-07 12:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ETRD PGOV PHUM PTER TH BURMA CIA
05BANGKOK7571	THAILAND: CODEL HASTERT JAN 13-16 [...] (U) Post grants country clearance and looks forward to a successful visit by CODEL Hastert. Control officer for the Bangkok portion of the visit will be: Political Officer Mark Lambert Office: 66-2-205-4729 Fax: 66-2-253-3876 Cell: 66-1-808-1056 Home: 66-2-285-6186 Email: LambertMB@ [...]	2005-12-09 07:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH
05BOGOTA10889	NEWS FROM THE FARC FRONT [...] (U) On November 20, President Uribe authorized Peace Commissioner Restrepo to organize an international commission to help facilitate a hostage exchange with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Restrepo had earlier called on the FARC to commit itself to a cease-fire and peace ta [...]	2005-11-22 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA2011	FARC REPEATS EXCHANGE TERMS AND ATTACKS [...] (C) On February 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released a communique reiterating its interest in a humanitarian exchange of prisoners with the GOC. Such an exchange, according to the FARC leadership, would have to include Simon Trinidad (extradited to the U.S. in Decem [...]	2005-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3929	SENATE HEARING ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES: [...] (U) Summary: On April 19, the Senate Second Committee (Defense, Foreign Relations, Trade, and Borders) conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel details the purchases). Foreign Minister Barco and Minister of Defense Uribe were called to testify. Committee Chair Ramiro [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MASS VE CO PBTS
05BOGOTA8696	THE FARC'S INTERNATIONAL TENTACLES [...] (C) Summary: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has outgrown its local roots and should now be characterized as a regional terrorist group with hemispheric reach. Its tentacles reach into many Latin American countries. International law enforcement cooperation has led to the a [...]	2005-09-15 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC CO
05BRASILIA1578	BRAZIL: SENIOR GOB OFFICIALS DISCUSS HAITI WITH [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 21:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
05BRASILIA1660	LULA'S RIGHT-HAND WOMAN - DILMA ROUSSEFF BECOMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 21, Brazilian President Lula da Silva named Minister of Mines and Energy Dilma Rousseff to be his new Chief of Staff, replacing Jose Dirceu, who resigned last week amid an unfolding corruption scandal. Rousseff was an opposition militant who was jailed and tortured by [...]	2005-06-22 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA1819	BRAZIL: LULA CONTINUES TO SHUFFLE CABINET AMIDST [...] SUMMARY. On July 6, Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced a long-waited cabinet shuffle, his third. Lula's hand was forced by a series of interlocking and expanding corruption scandals that have engulfed the GoB and paralyzed Congress since mid-May. The current shuffle started on June [...]	2005-07-08 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI ENRG ECPS PREL BR
05BRASILIA1867	BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART II [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 19:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PINR BR
05BRASILIA1984	BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 18:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2031	BRAZIL: CABINET SHUFFLE--PART III [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-01 13:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2287	FARC SPOKESMAN ARRESTED IN BRAZIL [...] On August 24, Brazilian Federal Police, in cooperation with Interpol agents in Brazil, arrested Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) "spokesman" Francisco Antonio CADENAS at a Sao Paulo bus station under an international order for his capture. The Colombian government has accused Cade [...]	2005-08-25 16:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BR CO
05BRASILIA2539	BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 19-23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Chamber of Deputies President Severino Cavalcanti resigned both his position and his mandate this week in disgrace in the face of corruption allegations, the first Chamber leader to fall in such circumstances in Brazil's history. The resignation sets the stage for a succession [...]	2005-09-23 13:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2758	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 10-14 [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 12, the Brazilian Civilian Police found the body of Carlos Delmonte Printes, the medical examiner who initially determined that Santo Andre's PT Mayor Celso Daniel had been tortured before being shot dead in early 2002. Printes' death marked the seventh among persons [...]	2005-10-14 20:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2774	VISITING TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER [...] (SBU) Summary. The week of September 28 Robert J. Scavotto, Senior International Economic Advisor in the Comptroller of the Currency's International Banking and Finance unit and Oliver Taft, Financial Economist in the same office, visited Brazil to meet with a variety of government officials a [...]	2005-10-18 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV
05BRASILIA317	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AGENDA WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. In a private February 1 meeting with Finance Minister Palocci, Ambassador emphasized the need for the GOB to continue making progress on its micro-economic reform agenda. Discussion, in particular, focussed on the GOB's recently-enacted Public- Private Partner [...]	2005-02-03 18:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP SENV BR
05BRASILIA387	BRAZILIAN CONGRESS CHOOSES DARK HORSE AS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a surprising and potentially serious setback for the Lula administration, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on February 14 chose dark horse Federal Deputy Severino Cavalcanti (Progressive Party -'PP') to be its next Speaker. Cavalcanti took over immediately an [...]	2005-02-16 09:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
05BRASILIA599	BRAZIL'S NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. Brazil's National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Crimes (Council) has formulated a national plan consisting of 91 measures, broken down into three categories based on their expected timeframe for im [...]	2005-03-07 14:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KJUS BR IPR
05BRASILIA785	ALLEGATIONS OF FARC FUNDING TO LULA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent issues, Brazilian weekly newsmagazine VEJA ran stories outlining an alleged plan by Colombia's FARC to funnel US$5 million to the 2002 election campaign of Brazilian President Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party (PT). While the timing and sourcing of the VEJA stories [...]	2005-03-22 22:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR BR
05BRASILIA792	IRRITATED WITH PRESSURES, LULA PUTS OFF MOST OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Irritated by incessant clamoring from his allied parties as they jockeyed for cabinet posts, Brazilian President Lula da Silva dug in yesterday and put most of the cabinet shakeup on hold. The final straw for Lula was a challenge from the new Speaker of the Chamber, Severino C [...]	2005-03-23 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA804	BRAZIL THREATENS COMPULSORY LICENSING OF AIDS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASIFIED 2. (U) Summary. Faced with rising expenditures and supply shortfalls, on March 14, Brazil's Health Minister Costa sent letters to major multinational pharmaceutical companies that supply key drugs for the GoB's program to treat HIV/AIDS asking that they agree t [...]	2005-03-24 11:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD BR
05BRASILIA927	LETTER FROM BRAZIL'S CONGRESSIONAL FRONT FOR THE [...] (U) Eight Brazilian congressmen, members of the Congressional Front for the Fight Against Piracy and Tax Evasion, visited the Embassy on March 30 to deliver a letter addressed to the Ambassador regarding Brazil's inclusion on the Special 301 list and possible removal of GSP benefits. (Note, on [...]	2005-04-05 13:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KJUS BR
05BRASILIA944	LEBANON: SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche points to Foreign Ministry UN Division Chief Glivania de Oliveira late on 5 April. Pol Counselor emphasized that the authorities outlined in OP3 of the French draft resolution are seen by the USG and others as necessary for an effective investigat [...]	2005-04-06 16:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY UNSC
05BRATISLAVA473	REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES TRY OUT ALLIANCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of Slovakia's regional elections (scheduled for November 26),political parties have begun to experiment with different pairings and coalitions in the "consequence-free environment" of regional politics. At the local and regional level, Slovak politics is based less [...]	2005-06-20 11:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LO
05BRUSSELS2470	EU ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR UN REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, we delivered ref (A) demarche to Paulo Oliveira, Principal UN Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat. Oliveira's preliminary impression was that the SIPDIS U.S. points illustrated continued broad U.S.-EU agreement on the importance and main priorities of UN refo [...]	2005-06-28 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PGOV AORC UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3534	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OCT 4: READMISSION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The major outcome of the October 4 EU-Russia London summit is likely to be a Readmission Accord committing Russia to take back failed asylum seekers and other irregular migrants. In exchange, the EU will ease visa requirements on diplomats and other categories of Russians. Unli [...]	2005-09-28 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAIR RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS666	EU COMMISSION PROPOSES "NEW SOCIAL AGENDA" [...] The EU Commission on February 10 adopted the "New Social Agenda," designed as a framework for EU policy in the area of employment and social issues for the next five years. Further to reftel request, the blueprint outlines the priority concerns of Commissioner Spidla, who holds responsibilit [...]	2005-02-15 16:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS850	ISRAEL IN IO'S: DRAFT EU ACTION PLAN SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our EU interlocutors told us the EU plans to discuss Israeli membership in UN groups on March 8, after which the Luxembourg EU presidency will draft a formal reply to ref A demarche. In their estimation, the EU might support Israeli membership in the more &technical g [...]	2005-03-02 16:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ELAB KIPR IS WIPO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1003	GEOANA WINS SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. In a move that surprised the media and nearly all of Romania's political class, former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana won the presidency of Romania's opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the early hours of April 22 at a dramatic party congress. Other reformers within the [...]	2005-04-22 13:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO
05BUENOSAIRES141	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...]	2005-01-20 15:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
05CARACAS1336	CAN YOU SPARE A BILLION? NO? HOW ABOUT SEVEN? [...] (C) As Venezuela's international reserves continue to grow - to over USD 27 billion - the GOV continues to pursue methods to gain control of part of them. The amount the GOV wants also continues to rise. While a year ago Chavez wanted a "mere billion" ("un millardito"),and later that year go [...]	2005-05-02 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
05CARACAS1441	LAND "REFORM" PLACES NATURE RESERVE IN JEOPARDY [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SENV VE
05CARACAS2206	CARDINAL'S COMMENTS DRAW CHAVEZ'S IRE [...] (C) Retired Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara called the GOV a dictatorship and elections a farce in an interview published July 17, prompting President Hugo Chavez to call the prelate a bandit, coupster, devil, and a hypocrite on his Alo Presidente broadcast later that same day. Church and oppo [...]	2005-07-22 18:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
05CARACAS2267	TELESUR DEBUTS WITH MUCH FANFARE, LITTLE [...] (SBU) THE MUCH-AWAITED LAUNCH OF TELESUR, THE REGIONAL TELEVISION STATION HATCHED BY VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ-WITH NOMINAL COOPERATION FROM ARGENTINA, BRASIL, CUBA, AND URUGUAY-OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, JULY 24. THE INITIAL BROADCAST ORIGINATED FROM A THEATER IN CARACAS WHERE SELECT INVITED [...]	2005-07-27 15:53:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV VE
05CARACAS293	GOV TAKES ANTI-US TACK ON GRANDA AFFAIR [...] (C) Venezuelan officials shifted from the battle with Colombia over the capture of FARC leader Rodrigo Granda to anti-US criticism January 19. The officials took advantage of comments regarding Venezuela by the Secretary designate in her Senate confirmation hearings and began painting the G [...]	2005-01-28 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
05CARACAS53	CHAVEZ SPEECH SHOWS MILITARY "CUBANIZATION" AFOOT [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on December 27 addressed the armed forces in an over two hour pep rally and romanticized Venezuelan history lesson that glorified the military's growing role in society. Peppering his remarks with anti-US rhetoric, he unveiled to the public a r [...]	2005-01-07 12:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
05CARACAS729	MVR DEPUTY ON PLAN COLOMBIA: REDUCING FARC [...] (C) Movimiento Quinta Republica (MVR) Deputy Saul Ortega, President of the National Assembly International Relations Commission, said increased counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation would be an excellent basis for improved US-Venezuela relations, in a meeting with poloff March [...]	2005-03-10 19:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER VE
05COLOMBO1428	Special Media Reaction: Assassination of Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination has been the overwhelming focus of all media since late Friday night, with homages and retrospectives repeatedly broadcast on TV stations and printed in the press. Despite the public anger and shock over the slaying, however, the media [...]	2005-08-15 09:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1523	Grenade attack on pro-LTTE newspaper office shakes [...] (U) Summary: Two men threw two grenades into the premises of the Sudar Oli newspaper office in Colombo August 29, killing one and injuring three. Sudar Oli, an unapologetically pro-LTTE paper, was the object of an unsuccessful grenade attack on one of its Colombo branch offices on August 20, [...]	2005-08-31 07:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER PHUM EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1714	Special Media Reaction: E.U. Ban on LTTE Travel [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media reacted strongly to the European Union's travel ban on the LTTE. Mainstream and Sinhala nationalist media led with news of the ban, praising the move and speculating the decision could lead quickly to the EU's designation of the LTTE as a Foreign Terrorist Or [...]	2005-09-29 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2014	Special Media Reaction: LTTE Leader Vellupillai [...] (SBU) Summary: Following LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27(reftel),Sri Lankan television and newspapers on November 28 and 29 focused on the future of the peace process with a renewed sense of hope and pragmatism. In response to the election of President [...]	2005-11-29 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2017	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S PUBLIC STATEMENTS OFFER [...] (C) In public statements made since his November 17 election, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered few concrete details into how he plans to realize his oft-stated goal of achieving a political resolution to the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In particular, how [...]	2005-11-29 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2136	Special Media Reaction: December 19 Statement by [...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked banner headlines and lead stories of all print and electronic media on December 21. However, only the mainstream independent Daily Mirror and its sister Sinhala paper, Lanka [...]	2005-12-21 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO314	FROM COMITY TO CALUMNY: SRI LANKAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Six weeks after the tsunami that devastated the coasts of Sri Lanka, the main political parties have fallen back into their previous pattern of exchanging accusations and denunciations in the media. This return to fractiousness has dissolved the relative comity that prevailed imm [...]	2005-02-09 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO451	SRI LANKA: TIGERS TRY TO DOWNPLAY, DENY CHARGES [...] (SBU) Over the past week the local media have given broad coverage to reports of the February 23 UN Security Council session on child soldiers, highlighting in particular the reported recommendation by the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict that the Co [...]	2005-03-01 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER CE UNICEF LTTE
05COLOMBO832	Multiparty demonstration in Colombo over murder [...] (U) Summary: Five days after the murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, a.k.a.Taraki, (see Reftel) prominent journalists from all political persuasions along with Members of Parliament and trade unionists gathered on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to express concern for me [...]	2005-05-04 08:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO888	SRI LANKA: PROPOSED JOINT MECHANISM NOW POLITICAL [...] (C) Hopes that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would sign a joint mechanism on tsunami aid before the May 16-17 Development Forum are fading. The proposal has become a political hot potato for President Chandrika Kumaratunga, with her opponen [...]	2005-05-13 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO897	Journalists in Eastern Sri Lanka Constrained in [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists in the East of Sri Lanka, concerned about their welfare, hesitate to report fully on events in the region. Reporters from the Batticaloa Media Alliance allege they cannot report freely from the Eastern province due to pressure from the LTTE and Sri Lankan Army for [...]	2005-05-16 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05DAMASCUS6579	THE KILLING OF GEBRAN TUENI: WHAT WAS THE SARG [...] (C) Summary: A minority view in Syria of the December 12 assassination of an-Nahar publisher Gebran Tueni argues that careful scrutiny of events in Syria leading up to the assassination, and close examination of the messages that the killing sends, and of the costs and benefits accruing afte [...]	2005-12-19 15:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DUSHANBE1596	DOES EVERYONE LOVE A PARTY? TAJIKS ABOUT TO FIND OUT [...] (SBU) Three new political parties have recently started the process of registering with Ministry of Justice. Whether they will be successful depends less on their paperwork and more on their support of or threat to existing power structures. 2. (U) Party of the Economic Reform o [...]	2005-10-03 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV TI
05DUSHANBE1855	TAJIKISTAN: NEW ECON REFORM PARTY CHAIRMAN SAYS TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's new Party of Economic Reform (PER) calls for gradual economic changes beginning with agriculture reform, developing industry around farm products, and creating a financial [...]	2005-11-23 11:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1950	TAJIKISTAN'S NORTHERN REGION WANTS TO BE INDEPENDENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Historically, the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan served as the intellectual and economic hub of Tajikistan. Its proximity to Uzbekistan still grants it trade, business and access to media and information outside of Tajikistan. Although Dushanbe attempts to keep a tight re [...]	2005-12-06 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KISL KPAO TI
05GABORONE1224	MFA AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SHUFFLE SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is in the midst of rotating several of its senior officers into new positions. This movement will bring new incumbents to the offices of the Permanent Secretary, Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Director for Multilate [...]	2005-08-26 10:34:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV BC
05GUATEMALA2653	CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...]	2005-11-22 22:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA659	GUATEMALA'S CONGRESS REINSTATES DATA PROTECTION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Congress passed legislation by an overwhelming majority to reinstate data protection for drugs and agrochemicals, paving the way for consideration of the CAFTA in the U.S. Congress. This was the end of a drama played out over years that was fraught with misinformation, co [...]	2005-03-11 19:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL GT
05GUAYAQUIL424	EX-PRESIDENT BUCARAMS HOMECOMING CELEBRATION [...] (U) Summary: Former president Abdala Bucaram, of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE),made a flamboyant, celebratory return to Guayaquil on April 2. After eight years of self-imposed exile in Panama, he arrived in the city center by helicopter, accompanied by men on horseback, and with fir [...]	2005-04-04 19:59:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PREL EC
05HANOI1077	VIETNAM CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR OF "SAIGON LIBERATION" [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vietnam celebrated the 30th anniversary of the "liberation of Saigon" throughout the country April 29-30. As Vietnam geared up for the event, media sources charted an interesting path between highlighting the 10th anniversary of bilateral relations with the United St [...]	2005-05-10 01:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
05HARARE604	MORE OF THE SAME IN NEW GOZ CABINET [...] (C) President Mugabe on April 15 announced a new, expanded cabinet, which he said was geared to &turn around8 Zimbabwe,s economy. However, most members of the new Cabinet are holdovers from the previous one, including on the economic front, although some Ministers have shifted portfolios. Th [...]	2005-04-21 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
05HARARE872	OLIVINE STRUGGLING TO REMAIN OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Olivine Managing Director Ian MacKenzie told PolOff on June 21 that his company was on the verge of shutting down large parts of its operations due to lack of foreign exchange and the country,s small soya and cotton crop. As the single largest provider of bakers, fats, a shut down could al [...]	2005-06-23 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV ZI
05HARARE951	ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS - SUGGESTED ADDITIONS AND [...] (SBU) In response to the flawed March parliamentary elections, the EU,s new sanctions list, and the GOZ,s brutal Operation Restore Order, Post suggests the additions and deletions to the visa sanctions list detailed below. ------------------ Names To Be Added ------------------ 2. (SBU) [...]	2005-07-11 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
05HELSINKI613	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...]	2005-06-02 05:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT
05HELSINKI690	CODEL HYDE VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (U) CODEL Hyde -- House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL),HIRC Minority Leader Tom Lantos (D-CA),Representative Melvin Watt (D-NC),Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA),and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) -- visited Finland, May 29-31. On May 30, the CODEL met wi [...]	2005-06-27 11:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT FI
05JERUSALEM1859	WB/G SITREP: MAY 5, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops shot and killed two unarmed Palestinian teens near Bayt Liqya village (off Route 443) on May 4, during stone-throwing clashes and protests against the separation barrier. In Gaza, two mortar shells exploded May 4, one east of an IDF post near Khan Yunis and the othe [...]	2005-05-05 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2250	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 2, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen Palestinian and foreign peace activists were injured from tear gas inhalation during clashes with IDF troops over construction of the separation barrier near the village of Beit Suriq, northwest of Jerusalem, June 1. Israeli security forces arrested 21 Palestinians in [...]	2005-06-02 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2461	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 16, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested four members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) June 15. Israeli settlers uprooted or set on fire 140 Palestinian-owned olive trees near Nablus-area settlements. In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces entered al-Mughragha overnight June 15-16 and arre [...]	2005-06-16 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3019	WB/G SITREP: TARGETED KILLINGS, ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, Israeli helicopters on July 15 fired missiles at a vehicle traveling near Salfit, killing at least two Hamas activists. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and PA security forces have engaged in street battles July 14-15, resulting in the deaths of at least [...]	2005-07-15 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3914	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of August 23, approximately 15,000 IDF soldiers and Israeli Police commenced operations to evacuate more than 2,000 settlers and their supporters from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements in the northern West Bank. According to press, most of these people were infiltrat [...]	2005-08-23 16:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS
05KATHMANDU2418	POLITICAL PARTIES GET MESSAGE ABOUT DANGER OF [...] (C) The parties have clearly received our message warning of the dangers of a Maoist-Parties Alliance and have reiterated that they would not seek an alliance with the Maoists unless they lay down their arms (ref A). CPN-UML Acting General Secretary Bamdev Gautam, who had maintained the need [...]	2005-11-09 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER OPRC KMDR KPAO NP
05KATHMANDU2529	UML HAS SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION IN WEST [...] (C) On November 19, CPN-UML held a peaceful mass meeting to protest against the King and in favor of democracy in Butwal, Rupandehi District. Despite reported government efforts to prevent supporters from reaching Butwal, thousands attended. Estimates of the crowd vary: Birendra Chhetri, Cha [...]	2005-11-21 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2556	PARTIES AND MAOISTS ANNOUNCE 12 POINT [...] (U) This contains an action request. Please see paragraph 14. Summary ------- 2. (C) On November 22, the seven-party alliance and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) separately issued a twelve point "understanding" in which both groups agreed to the goal of a constituent assembly el [...]	2005-11-23 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KIEV5150	UKRAINE: PRESS COVERAGE OF THE GAS DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA [...] Summary: Most Ukrainian media have described Russia's intention to hike Ukraine's gas prices as politically motivated. Many press reports also highlighted the assertion from Ukrainian leaders that this is a step in Ukraine's transition from patriarchal to pragmatic relations with Russia. Depen [...]	2005-12-23 10:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EPET ENRG PREL PGOV RS UP
05KINGSTON100	2004 A BANNER YEAR FOR CRIME IN JAMAICA [...] (C) Summary: For many Jamaicans, crime remained a major preoccupation throughout 2004. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Crime Statistics Report (CSR) for 2004, close to nine thousand major crimes were committed island-wide during the year. By December 31, the number of ho [...]	2005-01-11 19:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV SNAR JM
05KINGSTON1446	INTEREST RATE DEBATE HEATS UP IN JAMAICA [...] Summary: Credit starved Jamaican businesses are arguing with commercial banks about the high interest rate regime following the reduction of interest rates on Bank of Jamaica open market instruments, which are at their lowest levels in over a decade. Commercial banks' unwillingness to reduce [...]	2005-06-06 20:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON24	OPPOSITION LEADER SEAGA TO STEP DOWN AFTER 43 [...] Summary. Opposition leader Edward Seaga on December 29 announced his retirement from representational politics after nearly 43 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Western Kingston. Seaga, who had previously stated his intention to step down as party leader by January 31, 2005, surpris [...]	2005-01-04 14:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV JM PREL
05KINGSTON2682	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- JLP Holds Annual Conference -- Poverty Cut in Half -- GOJ Increases Social Benefits -- Brazilians to Invest in Sugar Industry -- Chinese Government to Finance Mega Projects -- Tourist Arrivals to Surge -- Police Officers on Trial -- Crime Statistic [...]	2005-12-09 19:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINSHASA1649	VP RUBERWA MUSES ON ELECTIONS, CONGO'S FUTURE [...] (C) During an October 2 dinner, VP Ruberwa shared his insights on his evaluation of his own character and electoral chances/options, as well as his opinion of the other two likely presidential candidates, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba and President Joseph Kabila. A Tutsi Triumphant ---------------- [...]	2005-10-04 10:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CG
05KINSHASA1692	REOPENING OLD DEBATES [...] (C) The first week of the new Parliamentary session was disrupted by a debate on whether sitting Parliamentarians who have been named to posts on parastatal companies should be allowed to occupy double positions (and receive double salaries). National Assembly President Olivier Kamitatu told [...]	2005-10-11 14:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CG
05KINSHASA1893	IMPORTANT NEW POLITICAL COALITION BEING LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: Three veteran political figures, National Assembly President Kamitatu, and former ministers Endundo and Pay Pay, have formed a new political coalition that will back Pay Pay,s candidacy for President in next year,s election. News of the candidacy will be broached next week through [...]	2005-11-14 07:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1926	CABINET SHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: A long-expected cabinet shuffle was announced November 18. New ministers include Finance, Economy, Industry, Energy, Agriculture, Primary Education, Culture and Arts, Higher Education, and Youth and Sports. A new governor of Province Orientale has also been appointed. End summ [...]	2005-11-21 11:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CG
05KINSHASA1956	KAMITATU DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM MLC/GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Olivier Kamitatu, President of the National Assembly and Secretary General of the MLC party, along with 45 MLC senators and deputies from all provinces, delivered a letter on November 26 asking MLC founder and DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for a more democratic party. In it, the [...]	2005-11-28 14:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR CG
05KINSHASA2001	AMNESTY LAW: QUESTION MAY NOT BE SETTLED YET [...] (C) On November 29 the National Assembly passed the long-awaited amnesty law, but the central issue -- the fate of those accused of assassinating former president Laurent Kabila -- remains explosive and far from settled. Passage of the law itself triggered a spate of bad feelings, as the law [...]	2005-12-08 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG KPKO
05KINSHASA2017	PRE-ELECTORAL MOVES: KAMITATU GAMBIT COULD BRING [...] (C) The long-simmering tension between MLC president (and DRC Vice President) Jean-Pierre Bemba and National Assembly President Olivier Kamitatu (the Secretary General and number two of the MLC) has reached an explosive point which is fracturing the party. The divorce appears to have been trig [...]	2005-12-12 07:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG
05KINSHASA2088	DRC NEARS AGREEMENT ON ELECTORAL SYSTEM [...] (C) After extensive consultations, Congolese political leaders seem to be arriving at a tentative agreement on the DRC's draft electoral law, which will lay out the framework for the size of electoral districts and the type of voting system (i.e., majority or proportional) to be implemented for [...]	2005-12-23 10:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
05KINSHASA295	INFORMATION MINISTER BACKTRACKS ON MEDIA BAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The DRC's information minister on February 16 rescinded an order he issued in January which banned community radio stations from broadcasting political news. END SUMMARY. Information Minister Backtracks ------------------------------- 2. (U) Minister of Press and Information [...]	2005-02-22 07:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KDEM PHUM SOCI CG
05KINSHASA823	MLC: ISOLATING BEMBA [...] (1) PolCouns met May 17 and 18 with Movement for Congolese Liberation (MLC) members Olivier Kamitatu and Thomas Luhaka to discuss internal MLC politics and election strategy. (Note: Kamitatu is the President of the National Assembly and Luhaka both the Secretary General of the MLC and the par [...]	2005-05-19 11:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
05KUWAIT111	KUWAITI ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN AND TO THE [...] (C) During a January 8 meeting on a variety of subjects with the Prime Minister, the Ambassador raised continued provision of GOK assistance to Jordan. Shaykh Sabah said the Jordanian Prime Minister would be visiting Kuwait in a few days and Kuwait would consider any request for support. Amba [...]	2005-01-08 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL EPET JO IZ KU
05KUWAIT1192	Appeals Court Sentence Silences Liberal [...] (U) SUMMARY: Sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term and three years probation for "defaming Islam," a liberal columnist said he will stop writing. The sentence, overruling a January acquittal, has writers wondering about the government's position on press freedom, and fearful of stiffer p [...]	2005-03-23 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU
05KUWAIT217	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT [...] Summary: All columnists condemned the January 10 terrorist act that left two Kuwaiti security officers and one terrorist dead. Many commentators faulted the government. One writer cited "loopholes in our laws" and another blamed it for having disregarded "warning signs." Another directed a [...]	2005-01-12 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT321	Media Reaction: Ongoing Commentaries about Recent [...] Summary ----------- Most columnists blame the GOK for "having failed to contain a rising tide of radical Islamic thought" and call for legislation to combat terrorism. End Summary. ---------------- 2. Block Quotes ---------------- A. One liberal columnist with independent Al-Qab [...]	2005-01-19 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT366	MEDIA REACTION - SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION [...] On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one commentator advocated equating all human suffering. Other commentators wrote they expect little or no change in Administration policies during President Bush's second term. Writers were highly critical of GOK for having "miscalculated" e [...]	2005-01-26 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT414	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI ELECTIONS;JANUARY 31 [...] Kuwaiti TV dedicated extensive coverage to Iraqi elections and conducted an interview with a former MP and Minister of Education on the subject. All editorials praised the Iraqi people's courage in braving the security situation to cast their votes. End summary. ---------- Kuwaiti TV [...]	2005-01-31 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR

05KUWAIT447	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI ELECTIONS;FEBRUARY 1 [...] Kuwait TV reports on the Iraqi elections ran as a second lead due to the competing news of security operations against militants in Kuwaiti City. Editorials continue to praise the election process, which took place despite "threats of terrorism." Only one columnist voiced pessimism believing [...]	2005-02-01 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT475	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI ELECTIONS;FEBRUARY 2 [...] Kuwait TV coverage of Iraqi elections remained eclipsed somewhat due to ongoing reports about Kuwait's response to recent clashes between security forces and suspected terrorists. Commentators continue to praise the course of Iraqi democracy after "thirty years of fear." End summary. ----- [...]	2005-02-02 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
05KUWAIT941	MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS [...] Summary: With National Assembly discussion of the proposed bill granting women their political rights scheduled for March 7, media speculation on the bill's chances, and attempts to rally both support and opposition, has reached a steady pitch. While handicapping has evinced no clear favorite, [...]	2005-03-07 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
05LAGOS1369	NNPC HEAD TELLS OIL MAJORS - CONSTRUCT REFINERIES, [...] (C) ConocoPhillips Managing Director (MD) Todd Creeger briefed us on an August 25 meeting between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Group Managing Director (GMD) Kupolokun and the MDs of Nigeria's major energy companies. Kupolokun told the MDs he was under intense pressure, apparen [...]	2005-08-31 18:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON NI
05LAGOS3	GREEK NATIONAL KILLED IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (SBU) Francis Lauze, Security Manager for Nigerian firm Globestar Engineering and Construction Company (an affiliate of French firm Stolt Offshore Services),confirmed the killing of a Greek national, Anastassiou Stilianos, in Port Harcourt on January 1, 2005. Daniel Oliseh, President and C [...]	2005-01-04 16:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET CASC ASEC NI
05LAGOS4	GREEK NATIONAL KILLED IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (SBU) Francis Lauze, Security Manager for Nigerian firm Globestar Engineering and Construction Company, (an affiliate of French firm Stolt Offshore Services),confirmed the killing of a Greek national, Anastassiou Stilianos, in Port Harcourt on January 1, 2005. Daniel Oliseh, President and [...]	2005-01-05 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET CASC ASEC NI
05LAGOS749	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 2005 [...] (U) This economic update includes: -- American Business Leaders Discuss Local AmCham -- Stock Market Affected by Banking Reform -- Shipping Dinner Reveals Hands Behind Cabotage Act -- GON Introduces Presidential IPR Initiative: STRAP -- Nigeria Census 2005, Plan for the Worst and Hope for t [...]	2005-05-20 09:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
05LIMA1017	PRESIDENT TOLEDO REALIGNS CABINET: POLS REPLACE [...] (U) President Toledo replaced four cabinet members on 2/26, bringing in new heads for the Ministries of Justice, Agriculture, Labor and Production. The new faces raise the profile of Toledo's Peru Possible party in the government -- two of the new ministers are strong party members and the th [...]	2005-03-02 22:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PE ATPDEA
05LIMA2919	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two top presidential political counselors recently reviewed the political scene with Polcouns. They were optimistic that President Alejandro Toledo and the GOP will work out a modus vivendi with the opposition parties on a new Congress President and a smooth transition to the [...]	2005-07-05 15:26:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL PINS PE
05LIMA3416	CUZCO COCA REGULATION - NO LEGAL IMPACT BUT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 14:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV SNAR ETRD PE
05LIMA3476	APPOINTMENT OF FERNANDO OLIVERA AS FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Alejandro Toledo appointed coalition ally Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister on 8/11; Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero and Housing Minister Carlos Bruce resigned in response. Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti and Justice Minister Eduardo Salhuana reportedly boycotted Oliv [...]	2005-08-11 23:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA3489	CABINET CRISIS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIR FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 8/11 resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero, in response to the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, forced the resignation of the entire Cabinet and resulted in a serious political dilemma for President Alejandro Toledo. It remains an intergovernment [...]	2005-08-12 20:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PINR PE
05LIMA3498	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMAINING IN HAITI FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-12 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR HA PE
05LIMA3500	TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSCR 1617 IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 11:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PE
05LIMA3518	RESIGNATION OF FOREIGN MINISTER ENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The intergovernmental political crisis resulting from the resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero on 8/11, following the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, was resolved the evening of 8/12, when President Alejandro Toledo asked Olivera to step down. Tole [...]	2005-08-15 21:08:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
05LIMA3555	NAMING OF KUCZYNSKI CABINET CALMS POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: President Alejandro Toledo's 8/16 swearing-in of a new Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK),received a warm welcome from politicians across the political spectrum, the business sector and the media; calmed the recent political turbulence; and should not/not [...]	2005-08-17 17:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ECON SCUL PE
05LIMA4411	HIP-HOP ANTI-DRUG PROGRAM [...] From October 1 to 4, 2005, PAS and Peruvian anti-drug NGO Cedro organized a five-day Hip-Hop/rap program with U.S. group Havikoro in underpriveleged neighborhoods in Lima, Callao, and the provincial city of Trujillo. The program sent a positive anti- drug message to disadvantaged Peruvian yout [...]	2005-10-13 16:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PE
05LIMA4569	WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) In meetings with Foreign Ministry, congressional, economic, trade, counternarcotics, and human rights officials/activists on 10/17-18, visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French received a briefing on Peruvian views on bilateral relations (termed excellent, with a plug for a Toledo-POTUS me [...]	2005-10-24 18:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ETRD PHUM PTER PE
05LIMA4947	ACTION REQUEST: FY-2006 TEN-DAY FUNDED VOLVIS FOR THREE PERUVIAN ARCHAELOGISTS ON "PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF EARTH CONSERVATION STRUCTURES AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT" MARCH 20-30, 2006) [...] Post requests a ten-day funded Voluntary Visitor program for three (3) Peruvian Archaeologists/Curators in Archaeological Projects, Victor Armando "PIMINCHUMO," Carmen Cecilia "GAMARRA," and Dulce Maria "DELGADO" 2. We request program dates on March 20-30, 2006. 3. Contact in Lima i [...]	2005-11-21 22:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL PE
05LIMA5031	OPENING OF NEW POLICE BASE AT PALMA PAMPA [...] Summary: The new NAS-sponsored police base at Palma Pampa was inaugurated November 16, although airborne interdiction operations began in July. The base is in the heart of the Apurimac/Ene Valley (VRAE) that is one of the main source zones for coca cultivation -- around 14,000 hectares -- a [...]	2005-11-28 15:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PE PREL SNAR
05LIMA5192	OLLANTA HUMALA DRAWS FIRE FROM THE POLITICAL CLASS [...] (U) Ultra-nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's recent rise in the polls has galvanized the political class, kicking its immune response system into action against this anti-systemic threat. Ollanta has found himself under attack for having received approximately USD 250,000 i [...]	2005-12-07 16:01:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SNAR PE
05LIMA5198	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, NOVEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) On November 13, the GOP eradication team passed the 8,000-hectare mark, its 2005 goal. By the end of November, eradication totaled 8,512 hectares as operations in San Gaban continue. They are scheduled to end on December 15. The GOP's proposed 2006 Eradication Plan is awaiting final [...]	2005-12-07 18:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA5210	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER OSCAR MAURTUA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua believes that the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement adds a new political as well as commercial dimension to our relationship. He will wish to discuss how we can take advantage of this to raise the bilateral relationship to a higher level, emphasizing [...]	2005-12-09 16:08:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PE KICC
05LIMA5332	THE PERUVIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN BASELINE: HUMALA [...] (SBU) The Peruvian presidential race currently has four major contenders: Lourdes Flores of the Unidad Nacional alliance; ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala, who has yet to register his Peruvian Nationalist Party; former President Alan Garcia of the APRA party; and former Interim President Va [...]	2005-12-16 18:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD SNAR PREL PE
05LIMA5397	ANOTHER SENDERO LUMINOSO AMBUSH LEAVES EIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 12/20, Sendero Luminoso (SL) members ambushed and killed eight Peruvian National Police officers near the town of Aucayacu, located in the Huallaga River coca production zone. The attack followed by only two weeks the SL murder of five officers in northern Ayacucho, a differen [...]	2005-12-21 23:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LJUBLJANA369	MTAG 05-96: SLOVENIA TO INVESTIGATE PROCUREMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 09:19:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR SI
05LJUBLJANA885	SLOVENIA ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Oliver Dajic, North America desk officer at the MFA. Dajic said he would pass along the information within the MFA. Contacts on the MFA's Russia desk as well as at the Ministry of the Economy that deal with natural gas matters were all on leave [...]	2005-12-28 04:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA886	SLOVENIA ON EIB INVESTMENT IN SYRIA [...] Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Bostjan Jerman, MFA security policy staffer, and Oliver Dajic, MFA desk officer for North America. Both Jerman and Dajic understood the USG's dismay at the EIB decision and said they would immediately pass along the information within the MFA. Du [...]	2005-12-28 05:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SI
05MADRID1141	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]	2005-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID2359	ZAPATERO AND THE BASQUE PROBLEM: A HIGH STAKES [...] (C) Summary. In one of his most dramatic gestures since taking office last year, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero recently requested Parliamentary approval for direct government negotiations with the Basque terrorist group ETA, if ETA agrees to abandon the armed struggle. This was the [...]	2005-06-17 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID453	CHARGE MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TOURISM [...] Summary: Charge reviewed outstanding trade issues with Spain's number two trade official, Pedro Mejia Gomez, on 2/2/05. Charge pressed for progress on rice talks, airbus negotiations, biotechnology, intellectual property rights, and wine. Mejia urged U.S. support for Pascal Lamy's WTO candid [...]	2005-02-07 10:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO KIPR SP
05MANILA3251	MUCH DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: A group of party leaders from across the political spectrum (pro-President Arroyo to opposition) met July 12 and agreed that the Philippine Constitution should be changed to create a unicameral legislature. No firm work program was agreed to. Arroyo welcomed further discussions [...]	2005-07-14 08:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR PREL RP
05MANILA3282	ARROYO REBUILDING ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the exodus of key economic advisors, President Arroyo began reconstruction of her economic team on July 12 with the appointment of Margarito Teves as Secretary of Finance. On July 14, she announced other key appointments, including Peter Tavilia as Secretary of Tr [...]	2005-07-15 10:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TBIO RP
05MANILA3319	OPPOSITION PRESSES FORWARD ON IMPEACHMENT EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on an impeachment complaint against President Arroyo and believe that they are close to the needed number of House co-sponsors. Pro-Arroyo contacts still expect lengthy House hearings and a plenary vote before a trial in th [...]	2005-07-19 09:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP
05MANILA3391	OPPOSITION FILES IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: The Opposition filed amended impeachment charges in the House of Representatives against President Arroyo early July 25. The Opposition complaint charges that Arroyo betrayed public trust, violated the Constitution, and engaged in corrupt practices. The impeachment complaint di [...]	2005-07-25 08:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC RP
05MANILA3901	PRO-ARROYO MAJORITY WINS INITIAL VOTE IN HOUSE ON [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House won the initial vote in the Justice Committee on the Opposition's impeachment charges against President Arroyo on August 23. The vote in the Committee was 54-24 against an Opposition motion to move directly into discussion of the substance of [...]	2005-08-23 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA4019	MAJORITY SEEMS SET TO WRAP UP IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House voted August 31 to disallow the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo in favor of a weaker complaint filed earlier by a private citizen. There are also reports that the Majority is planning to throw out this remaining i [...]	2005-08-30 09:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4040	END GAME FOR IMPEACHMENT EFFORT DRAWS NEAR AS [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House Justice Committee voted down the final impeachment complaint left standing against President Arroyo late August 31. The Committee voted overwhelmingly to reject the complaint on the grounds that it lacked substance (the Committee had already [...]	2005-08-31 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA4503	PHILIPPINES: SLOW PACE OF ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine government and private sector leaders told U.S. Senior Official for APEC Michael Michalak that the Philippines continues to face problems with inefficient courts and corruption in general. Poor implementation and unpredictable enforcement of laws remain disincentive [...]	2005-09-22 09:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KIPR TBIO TSPL RP APEC WTRO
05MANILA4810	PHILIPPINES: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message is in response to the action request contained in "Democracy Promotion Strategies for EAP Focus Countries" (ref a). Responses are keyed to specific informational requests contained in ref a, p [...]	2005-10-10 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS ECON KDEM RP
05MAPUTO308	U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE VISITS [...] Summary: On February 15-18, a high-level USDA delegation, led by Deputy Secretary James Moseley, visited Mozambique to gain a better understanding of International Baby Food Network (IBFAN)-funded activities on breast-feeding, infant feeding and nutrition. USDA is reviewing IBFAN's 2004 Propos [...]	2005-03-07 09:19:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KHIV ECON ETRD MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
05MOSCOW15735	KREMLIN AGGRESSIVELY SEEKS TO DISRUPT KASYANOV'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, the only declared candidate for the 2008 presidential election, has faced a tough and thus far frustrating slog in his bid to unite the democratic opposition behind him. During several recent visits to the country's regions, Kasyanov has b [...]	2005-12-30 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
05MUSCAT1191	OPPENHEIMER OPTIMISM ON OMANI TOURISM [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with representatives of Oppenheimer and Fitch Ratings on July 27 to discuss the "Blue City" tourism project and other economic developments in Oman. Potential linkages with Boston University and Oppenheimer of North America also surfaced during the meeting. E [...]	2005-07-27 19:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EIND PGOV KMPI KPAO SCUL MU
05MUSCAT367	OMAN: FTA INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS [...] (SBU) Embassy Muscat is pleased to provide additional information regarding environmental matters in Oman to assist USG negotiators for the upcoming free trade agreement talks. The following responses are keyed to questions (a - t) in paragraph 5 of reftel. a. The Law on Conservation of The [...]	2005-03-02 10:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SENV MU ESTH
05PANAMA1023	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV MAY 12-13 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to meet with senior officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to [...]	2005-05-06 21:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA1117	SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JUNE 4-6 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic environment. You [...]	2005-05-19 22:31:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA331	SCENESETTER: CODEL TAYLOR'S FEBRUARY 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming February 20-22 visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues in [...]	2005-02-14 23:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL EINV AMGT ASEC PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA695	SCENESETTER: CODEL RENZI APRIL 1-3 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilate [...]	2005-03-29 17:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA701	SCENESETTER: GEN CRADDOCK APRIL 4-5 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and [...]	2005-03-29 22:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC MOPS OREP PGOV PM PREL
05PARAMARIBO748	SURINAME FACES POSSIBLE GAS STATION STRIKE IN [...] (U) Summary: On Monday November 14 gas station operators throughout Suriname shut down all pumps in order to focus public attention on their demands for an increased share of the profit margin on the fixed price of gasoline. This strike comes at an inopportune time for the government as it fa [...]	2005-11-18 17:42:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD ENRG PREL NS PROG
05PARIS1032	UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR LAUNCHES CAPACITY [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: SINCE THE U.S. RE-ENTRY, USDEL HAS ENCOURAGED UNESCO TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS STRATEGY HAS MET WITH SUCCESS. IN A LETTER TO AMBASSADOR OLIVER, UNESCO NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR DIRECTOR ERDELEN ANNOU [...]	2005-02-17 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS107	SYRIAN FORMER HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FILES LAWSUIT [...] (C) Summary and comment: French officials, in preliminary comments to us, stressed the strictly private nature of a lawsuit filed in a French court by a Syrian former hostage in Iraq, who accused named U.S. military officials of torture and war crimes during the weeklong period he was in MNF-1 [...]	2005-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS1486	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY DRAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Preparing a revised draft Convention on Cultural Diversity for adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference was the key goal at this 31 January-11 February meeting, despite a welter of unresolved substantive and drafting issues. Several days into the negotiations [...]	2005-03-07 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD FR UNESCO
05PARIS1714	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA [...] MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA 2. KAREN HUGHES NOMINATION - U.S. IMAGE ABROAD 3. CHINA - TAIWAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE NOMINATION OF KAREN HUGHES AS UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IS PROMINENTLY ANNOUNCED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF LE FIGARO, UNDER THE HEADING: "PRESIDENT B [...]	2005-03-15 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1800	EUROPEAN CFO VIEWS ON SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 404 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador hosted a discussion on March 15 at the Embassy, led by the SEC's Chief Accountant, Donald Nicolaisen, with Chief Financial Officers of SEC-listed companies operating in France. The CFOs expressed particular concerns about the high costs of complying with Section 404 of th [...]	2005-03-17 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON FR
05PARIS1857	EC MAKES NEW PITCH ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: DCM Koss and I attended a lunch March 19 hosted by Luxembourg ambassador to UNESCO Hubert Wurth. Wurth, who was acting for the EU presidency, also included his deputy and Xavier Troussard of the Culture and Education Division of the European Commission. Lunch discussion focused on t [...]	2005-03-21 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS1946	March 21-22 Informal Discussions on the draft [...] SUMMARY. A day and a half meeting in Paris organized by the Canadian government to discuss the UNESCO draft convention on cultural diversity brought us no closer to consensus on the final document. The meeting was a rehash of positions on such important issues as the relationship of the con [...]	2005-03-23 17:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS2051	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. [...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION - U.S. - RUSSIAN INFLUENCE 2. AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN REGIME B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLITICS DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO LEADING WITH THE RESULTS OF ITS LATEST IPSOS-EUROPE ONE POLL ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTI [...]	2005-03-29 10:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS206	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. UNESCO Senior Legal Officer John Donaldson called into question the October 2005 goal for adoption of a Cultural Diversity Convention, noting that UNESCO rules and past practice are consistent with a four-year timetable, not the current two-year schedule. He [...]	2005-01-11 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO EUN UN
05PARIS2162	(C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel),DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Aoun at the latter's request March 29. Throughout the hour-long discussion, Aoun stressed his status as the most long-standing opponent of Syria's occupatio [...]	2005-03-31 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS2231	UNESCO - EC PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. As I reported Reftel, the European Union members of UNESCO continue their push to have the European Commission sit at the table during the next round of cultural diversity (CD) negotiations at UNESCO in June alongside other member states. Just th [...]	2005-04-04 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS238	SUBJECT: KEY THEMES AT WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE 6- [...] Summary. The World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held a 6-11 December special session in Paris. The UNESCO World Heritage List's importance as a symbol of national pride and as a source of tourist revenues was [...]	2005-01-13 13:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SENV TBIO UN
05PARIS2402	UNESCO: EU Seems to be Gaining Ground in its Push for EC Representation at Cultural Diversity Convention [...] Summary. The Luxembourg Ambassador, representing the European Union Presidency, and European Commission (EC) officials held an April 7 briefing to support the request that the April 2005 UNESCO Executive Board issue a decision that EC may participate, but not vote, in UNESCO-based negotiati [...]	2005-04-08 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL
05PARIS2413	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - (MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2415	UNESCO/International Oceanographic Commission [...] SUMMARY and Introduction: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) convened The International Coordination Meeting for the development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 3-8 March 2005. The m [...]	2005-04-11 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC OTRA PBTS WWT UNESCO
05PARIS2441	UNESCO: UNESCO: NEED FOR DEMARCHE ON EU COMPETENCY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) I understand that there has been a lot of discussion in Washington about the need to demarche UNESCO Executive Board members on the EU's draft resolution on EC participation in the cultural diversity negotiations. I cannot emphasize strongly enough that we need to demarche capitals on t [...]	2005-04-11 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL
05PARIS2512	FRANCE: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DECISION CLEARING [...] Summary: In the most recent development in the on-going legal dispute between Yahoo Inc. and French anti-racism groups, a French court exonerated former Yahoo CEO Timothy Koogle of responsibility for providing links to now-defunct internet auctions of Nazi paraphernalia. End summary. 2. A [...]	2005-04-13 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS KJUS FR
05PARIS2546	USUNESCO: APRIL 4-6 NEGOTIATIONS ON DECLARATION ON [...] Summary. The first session of the intergovernmental meeting held April 4-6 to discuss development of a draft declaration on bioethics at UNESCO revealed that there is not consensus support for the Preliminary Draft of the Declaration submitted by the International Bioethics Committee (IBC). [...]	2005-04-14 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS2677	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - POPE BENEDICT XVI CHINA [...] POPE BENEDICT XVI 2. CHINA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: NOT SURPRISINGLY ALL FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CHOICE OF CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER, WHO BECOMES POPE BENEDICT XVI. THE VARIETY COMES IN THE NATURE OF THE COMMENTARY. FOR LE FIGARO THE CHOICE MA [...]	2005-04-20 11:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2831	UNESCO/INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION [...] Summary and Introduction: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)convened The International Coordination Meeting for the development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 3-8 March 2005. The me [...]	2005-04-26 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC OTRA PBTS WWT UNESCO
05PARIS2950	FRENCH VIEWS ON WHO/INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] Acting Science Counselor contacted the MFA and the Health Ministry on April 25 to convey USG position concerning the revision of International Health regulations (reftel) and explain the U.S. position on outstanding issues. 2. Our MFA contact stated that while France had [...]	2005-05-02 08:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL PTER FR WHO
05PARIS2990	USUNESCO ASSIGNMENT OF ATTORNEY TO THE MISSION [...] The conclusion of UNESCO's biannual Executive Board meeting last Friday once again showed how important it is to assign an attorney advisor to this Mission. Both Judy Osborn and Mike Peay did a fantastic job as usual, but we were left for over a week without legal advice and certainly felt t [...]	2005-05-03 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT UNESCO
05PARIS3024	USUNESCO -- UNESCO 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD: [...] Summary and Comment: The U.S. draft decision establishing a cross-sector capacity building program was adopted, to general acclaim, at the 171st meeting of UNESCO's Executive Board. The resolution, the first presented by the U.S. since reentry, was co-sponsored by twenty-one other member st [...]	2005-05-04 12:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3025	USUNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION DISCUSSIONS AT THE [...] Summary. UNESCO's ongoing efforts to elaborate a universal declaration on bioethics were discussed by the 171st Executive Board on April 22, 2005. Divisions on the nature and usefulness of the declaration remain and it is not clear that those divisions will be bridged before the next round o [...]	2005-05-04 13:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO US UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS3027	USUNESCO: OUTCOME OF EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU continues to focus on UNESCO as a place to enhance its influence in United Nations organizations. Following the rebuff last fall of the EU's attempts to gain a seat at the table during ongoing negotiations on a cultural diversity convention, the EU was back at it during [...]	2005-05-04 13:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3061	USUNESCO: OUTCOME OF EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU continues to focus on UNESCO as a place to enhance its influence and stature in United Nations organizations. Following the rebuff at last fall's Executive Board of the EU's attempt to gain "full participant" status and the February round of negotiations on a cultural d [...]	2005-05-06 10:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3156	USUNESCO: FRANCE PULLS OUT THE STOPS ON [...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, REASON-1.4D. 2. (C) Summary: France has made it clear that passage of a cultural diversity convention at this fall's UNESCO General Conference is a top foreign policy priority. The push for incre [...]	2005-05-10 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS3181	PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3192	FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3198	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3210	USUNESCO - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: UNESCO continues to be the sole UN organization where Israeli-Palestinian issues are handled with a minimum of polemics and polarization. Following concrete improvements in cooperation on UNESCO activities in the region, the UNESCO Secretariat submitted unbiased draft decisions on t [...]	2005-05-11 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	XE XF XG XD FR UNESCO
05PARIS3225	ROLE OF U.S. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO [...] The US National Commission for UNESCO will hold its first annual meeting in Washington DC on June 6/7. At that time the Executive Director of the Commission should propose a plan of action for the members of the Commission. The plan should consist of possible projects for each of the five c [...]	2005-05-11 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS3245	USUNESCO: 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM 65: [...] Summary. India's proposal to place a new UNESCO convention on broadcasting on the agenda of the next General Conference (GC) in October 2005 was derailed during the recent Executive Board meeting. The U.S. Mission successfully intervened to have the feasibility of such a convention considere [...]	2005-05-12 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KIPR UNESCO WIPO WSIS
05PARIS329	UNESCO "CULTURAL DIVERSITY" CONVENTION [...] Summary. Adopting a Convention on Cultural Diversity at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference remains the apparent goal for some key UNESCO members, despite the sharp differences on fundamentals shown during 14-17 December Meetings of Working Group ("Drafting Commission") charged with s [...]	2005-01-18 18:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV PREL EU ETRD UN
05PARIS3325	UNESCO'S MAN AND BIOSPHERE PROGRAM, SITE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3348	USUNESCO: EU members prepare for next round of [...] (SBU) The EU member states of UNESCO held a policy coordination meeting May 12-13 to prepare for the next round of negotiations on the cultural diversity convention. According to Christine Atkinson, deputy in the UK Mission, (protect),most EU Member states accept the chairman's new revised te [...]	2005-05-17 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD WTRO UNESCO
05PARIS3456	USUNESCO: May 13 UNESCO Conference of Donors for [...] Summary: During the Conference of Donors for the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Kosovo organized by UNESCO, donors pledged US$10 million, including U.S. $1 million from the United States, for the restoration, protection and enhancement of Christian and Islamic monuments [...]	2005-05-20 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV YI SR UNESCO
05PARIS3484	USUNESCO - INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC [...] (SBU) Summary: International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Secretary Patricio Bernal on April 29 outlined the IOC's plans for implementation and funding of an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system in an April 29 meeting with OSTP Officer Gene Whitney and USUNESCO science officer. H [...]	2005-05-20 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY AORC OTRA PBTS EAID SENV WWT KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3488	UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR OUTLINES POTENTIAL AREAS [...] Summary: OSTP Officer Gene Whitney met on April 29 with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. These discussions focused on the new capacity building unit (refs A and B),as well as on potential areas for U.S. engagement in the natural sciences, as follows: -- Assistant Director Gen [...]	2005-05-20 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS EAID IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3490	USUNESCO: INFORMAL BIOETHICS DECLARATION MEETING [...] An explicitly "informal" and ad referendum intersessional meeting on the draft bioethics declaration called by Ambassador Sader, President of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts, was held at UNESCO on May 17. The meeting was organized around a non-paper written by Sader and distributed a [...]	2005-05-20 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO US FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS3521	POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Deputy Barry Lowenkron met in Paris April 19 with French MFA Center for Analysis and Prediction (CAP) Director Pierre Levy and his deputy, Philippe Errera for discussions of Russia's drift towards authoritarian rule; democ [...]	2005-05-23 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS XF XI FR
05PARIS3535	USUNESCO: 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD, RESULTS OF F&A [...] Budget The Director-General proposed to the Executive Board a budget of $635 million, a 4% increase in UNESCO's budget. After contentious negotiations, the Executive Board adopted a decision that requests the Director-General to present to the next Executive Board a baseline budget proposal [...]	2005-05-24 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS3546	USUNESCO: TAIWAN SEEKS PARTICIPATION IN [...] Summary and action request: the Taiwan representative's office in France has requested U.S. support for its efforts to participate in planning for a tsunami early warning system under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). Taiwan has written to IOC officials e [...]	2005-05-24 13:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC EWWT PBTS EAID SENV TW KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3877	UNESCO: USG DELEGATION FINAL STATEMENT AT CULTURAL [...] Robert S. Martin, the co-head of the United States delegation to the UNESCO-based discussions concerning a draft Cultural Diversity Convention, summarized the USG objections to the proceedings in a 3 June oral statement delivered during the concluding session of the talks. The text follows. [...]	2005-06-03 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS3878	FRANCE: NEW GOVERNMENT LINE UP [...] (SBU) The new French government led by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, with Nicolas Sarkozy as Minister of the Interior (reftel) was formally announced by the Elysee palace the evening of Thursday, June 2. The new government, significantly smaller than the one it replaces (31 versus 43 [...]	2005-06-03 16:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ELAB FR
05PARIS4145	UNESCO: UNESCO Draft Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. The draft convention adopted (over U.S. objections) at the conclusion of the May 25-June 3 UNESCO cultural diversity negotiations, turned out to be about anything but culture. In proceedings marred by unveiled, anti-US hostility, France and the European Commission (EC),[...]	2005-06-13 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4196	PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 09:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4207	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 09:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4212	FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4375	USUNESCO: PLANS TO RECOGNIZE LE CORBUSIER'S WORK [...] Summary: Twenty Le-Corbusier-designed buildings have been chosen to represent the architect's work in a possible nomination for World Heritage site status, according to Le Corbusier Foundations officials who spoke at a June 21 informal UNESCO meeting. (A Le Corbusier-designed building on Ha [...]	2005-06-21 17:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL AORC FR UNESCO

05PARIS4457	USUNESCO: UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD, REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action request. 2. For the upcoming 172nd Executive Board in September, Mission would like guidance on the following two questions: a. Should the United States present its candidacy for the group I seat as Executive Board vice chair? b. Should the United States respond to [...]	2005-06-24 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR UNESCO
05PARIS4528	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 13 2. (U) This will be the first of periodic updates on the current state of play at UNESCO of the draft cultural diversity convention. 3. (U) The secretariat is preparing its final report that will accompany the draft convention. We have seen a [...]	2005-06-28 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL CA FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4621	USUNESCO: Conferences Focus on Illicit Traffic in [...] Summary. The 22-23 Paris UNESCO meetings of the Second International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Iraq (Second Iraq ICC),Iraqi officials, donor country officials and Iraqi specialists focused on the fight against illicit traffic in Iraqi cultural prop [...]	2005-07-01 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN PREL SOCI MOPS MARR SCUL FR UNESCO EUN
05PARIS4722	UNESCO: OCTOBER 2005 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Canadian Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Yvon Charbonneau, informed Ambassador Oliver 6 July that Canada intends to run in the October 2005 elections for a four-year term to the World Heritage Committee (WHC),which sets policy for the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO's fl [...]	2005-07-06 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SENV PGOV CJAN CA UNESCO
05PARIS4724	USUNESCO: UNESCO PLANS SMALL EXPERTS [...] Summary and Introduction: The Director of UNESCO's Science Analysis and Policies Division, Mustafa El Tayeb, informed USUNESCO science officer and intern (notetaker) that his office plans a September 8 - 10, 2005 meeting in Trieste, Italy to discuss efforts to rebuild Iraq's science infrast [...]	2005-07-06 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV IZ UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS4725	USUNESCO: CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE [...] This is an action cable. See action request in para. 7. 2. Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Council of the Rome Convention meeting at UNESCO headquarters on June 27-28, 2005 successfully advocated for a report from the Council that indicates that the right place for [...]	2005-07-06 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KIPR UNESCO WIPO WSIS
05PARIS4799	USUNESCO: INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISION [...] Summary and Introduction: At the 23rd Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly -- which took place June 20-30 2005 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal transparency and a [...]	2005-07-08 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV IZ UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5057	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NOMINATION OF NEW SUPREME [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-21 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5096	UNESCO: NASA DISCUSSIONS ON REMOTE SENSING OF [...] Summary and Introduction. NASA's Program Director for Applied Sciences, Mr. Ron Birk, and Mr. Steve Ambrose of the Program's Disaster Management group, met with various specialists in UNESCO's Earth Sciences Division for exploratory discussions about using NASA "remote sensing" technology on [...]	2005-07-22 13:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5116	USUNESCO: MEETING ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITH UK [...] UK ambassador to UNESCO (and EU president) Tim Craddock and Michel Vanden Abeele, the head of the EC observer mission, requested a meeting with Ambassador Oliver on July 22. Craddock came with a message that 99 percent of the EU countries' agenda at UNESCO, especially in areas like education [...]	2005-07-22 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UK EU UNESCO
05PARIS5140	UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL [...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...]	2005-07-26 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO
05PARIS5149	USUNESCO: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] Summary. The United Nations International Conference on Civil Society in Support of Middle East Peace was held at UNESCO headquarters July 12-13. The conference was organized by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and was invited by UNESCO to ho [...]	2005-07-26 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI IS XF UNESCO
05PARIS5195	USUNESCO: NEGOTIATIONS ON BIOETHICS DECLARATION [...] SUMMARY. The second and final session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts met June 20-24 at UNESCO and reached consensus on a draft "Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights." The US was successful in adding to the draft Declaration a statement that one of the aims of the [...]	2005-07-27 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNESCO KSCI HHS
05PARIS5207	OVERSEAS GRANT WARRANT FOR PAO RAYMOND F. [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ASUP AMGT APER KPAO FR KJRE UNESCO
05PARIS5422	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 10:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5573	USUNESCO: CROSS-WISE ON BORDER? NEW PUSH [...] SUMMARY: After a year of discussion and drafting meetings, the UNESCO/OECD non-binding guidelines for cross border quality provision in higher education went before the 171st UNESCO Executive Board for its blessing and instead got sidelined for further discussion at the upcoming General Confe [...]	2005-08-18 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS5855	USUNESCO: UNESCO TO ORGANIZE JUNE 2006 [...] This is a request for guidance, see Para 9. 2. Summary. The UN is planning an international scientific conference on desertification -- "The Future of Dry Lands" -- as part of its International Year of Deserts and Desertification. The conference, organized by a UN inter-agency committee [...]	2005-08-30 15:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5862	USUNESCO: NORDIC STATES AND UK CHAMPION [...] Guidance Request in Para 3. 2. Summary: In Advance of UNESCO's October General Conference, the Nordic States and the UK are circulating a draft resolution calling for an "overall review" of Programs II and III (the Natural Sciences Sector and the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS)). Th [...]	2005-08-30 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5921	USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING THE [...] (U) As reported ref, the UK Perm Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Timothy Craddock, suggested that USG lawyers meet with lawyers from EU member states so that the USG can better understand why the EU Member States have concluded that the preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention does not [...]	2005-08-31 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS5944	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. NIGER 4. RWADA 5. BURUNDI 6. CHAD 7. SUDAN Â [...]	2005-09-01 14:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5990	USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY JUGGERNAUT [...] (C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). Is UNESCO in the throes of mass hysteria --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (C) Summary: A picture is beginning to emerge of French and EU pressure on other UNESCO members to get the draft [...]	2005-09-02 14:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6021	USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Summary. The draft cultural diversity convention was a primary topic of discussion during Ambassador Oliver's meetings with UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura and several ambassadors, including the outgoing chairman of the general conference. All agreed that the convention must be adopte [...]	2005-09-06 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6028	USUNESCO: UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH [...] Summary and comment: Influencing the agenda of UNESCO's October 2005 General Conference will be preliminary discussions of the organization's medium-term strategy (2008-14). The negotiation process -- leading up to adoption of a new medium-term strategy by the October 2007 general conference [...]	2005-09-06 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UNESCO
05PARIS6047	UNESCO: DG DEPLORES KILLING OF IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: On August 31, the UNESCO Director General, Koichiro Matsuura, issued a statement that deplored the killing of a Reuters sound engineer by U.S. forces in Iraq on August 28, 2005. The statement, which UNESCO issued after the UN press office asked them to respond, did not directly im [...]	2005-09-07 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6080	UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: FRANCE CALLS [...] Summary. Agence France Press (AFP) reported that during a September 5 meeting with new WTO chief Pascal Lamy, the GOF Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said Sept. 5 that the WTO should not interfere in CD matter. The AFP report says that de Vabres quoted Lamy as saying that WTO [...]	2005-09-08 10:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6136	UNESCO GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE MEDIUM-TERM (2008- [...] This is a guidance request, see para 5. 2. The agenda of the September 13 meeting of UNESCO's Geneva group will include discussion of the medium-term strategy. This is the first time in UNESCO's history that the strategy has been discussed so far in advance of its projected adoption date [...]	2005-09-09 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UNESCO
05PARIS6231	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR'S 9/2 MEETING WITH DG [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Ambassador Oliver met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to discuss the Convention on Cultural Diversity, a call for no new instruments at the upcoming General Conference in October, management issues at a UNESCO field office in Brazil, oil for food, a [...]	2005-09-14 10:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6375	USUNESCO: MEETING WITH UK LAWYER ON CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. USTR and Department lawyers met Monday with British and Japanese lawyers at UNESCO to discuss the preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity. The UK indicated that they do not share our concerns and are prepared to bring the convention to a vote over US opposition. Th [...]	2005-09-19 17:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6376	(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]	2005-09-20 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6407	USUNESCO: CONTACTS BETWEEN UN AGENCIES AND [...] Mission has received letter from Director General in response to message delivered on June 28, 2005 (ref A) 2. Text of the letter is transmitted below: DG/13/05/46 16 September 2005 Dear Ambassador: I write in reference to your letter of 28 June 2005 concerning procedures to prevent co [...]	2005-09-20 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UN
05PARIS6481	USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ACTION: URGENT [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. On Friday morning, September 23, UNESCO Executive Board (EB) will act upon a draft decision (ref) that has important bearing for U.S. efforts to prevent adoption of the "preliminary" draft Cultural Diversity (CD) Convention, as currently drafted. [...]	2005-09-22 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6482	USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO [...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...]	2005-09-22 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6534	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]	2005-09-23 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV
05PARIS6547	(C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION, [...] (C) At the final negotiating session in Paris on the draft cultural diversity convention, Israel was one of the few countries to stick with the US. (Ref A) 2. (C) On Thursday, newly arrived Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO David Kornbluth gave Ambassador Oliver a read-out of his courtesy call o [...]	2005-09-23 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6548	USUNESCO: INDIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] In her statement today at the Executive Board on the Canadian draft decision to move the cultural diversity convention forward, the Indian Ambassador stated her concerns about reopening the convention. In her statement, she said, "The Draft Convention, which has gone through an extensive inte [...]	2005-09-23 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD IN UNESCO
05PARIS6632	USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO
05PARIS6648	UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: Should [...] (U) This requests clarification of paragraph 4 of instructions (ref),which asks USDEL to call for votes. UNESCO Rule 52 provides that "voting shall normally be by show of hands." UNESCO Rule 53 allows a member state to call for a roll-call vote, with the vote of each state recorded in the [...]	2005-09-28 13:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6666	FRENCH TELECOM REGULATOR GRANTS IRIDIUM TEMPORARY [...] On September 26, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to French Telecom Regulator ARCEP, which authorizes civilian use of radio frequencies in France. ARCEP acknowledged that they had received the request for Iridium, but had not yet completed their review due to the temporary absence of a [...]	2005-09-28 17:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS6709	(C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION, [...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, reason 1.4 (b and (d). 2. (C) The EU group at UNESCO has decided to play hardball with Israel on the cultural diversity convention. 3. (C) As reported reftels, the French have been putting stro [...]	2005-09-29 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6710	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION ADVANCES [...] (U) Summary. On September 29, 2005, in a lopsided vote in which the U.S. again stood alone, the UNESCO Executive Board meeting in plenary session adopted a decision recommending that the General Conference consider and in effect formally adopt as a UNESCO convention the preliminary draft text [...]	2005-09-30 05:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6726	UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]	2005-09-30 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6727	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]	2005-09-30 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6752	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS [...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...]	2005-10-03 08:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO
05PARIS6813	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]	2005-10-04 12:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6814	UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]	2005-10-04 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6827	USUNESCO: U/S DOBRIANKSY'S MEETING ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In her September 30th meeting with the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, Under Secretary Dobriansky expressed deep concern about the ramifications of certain language in the draft convention on cultural diversity. Highlighting both trade and human rights implicat [...]	2005-10-04 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS6837	USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 05:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI
05PARIS7037	USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO [...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...]	2005-10-13 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS7109	USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]	2005-10-18 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7128	USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]	2005-10-18 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS72	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON EURL AOG AERO- [...] As requested in reftel, post conducted a site visit to French company EURL AOG Aero-Spares, to check on the bona fides of this company as a registered broker and to verify the physical location of the operation and the nature of the business that the company conducts. Following paragraphs addr [...]	2005-01-05 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7230	USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL [...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]	2005-10-21 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7234	USUNESCO: UNESCO ADOPTS PROGRAM AND BUDGET [...] Summary: The United States voted against adoption of the 2006-07 Program and Budget for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The budget was adopted by vote, 126 in favor, 1 against (US),with no abstentions. In explaining the U.S. vote, Ambassador Oliver, U.S. [...]	2005-10-21 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7244	USUNESCO: 172ND EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT ON F&A [...] There was no controversy surround in the work of the F&A Commission at the 172nd UNESCO Executive Board. Agenda items 4, 6, 12, 34, 41, 49, and 53 items were requested to be forwarded to the PX Commission with no discussion in F&A. Of these USDel requested that Item 6 be discussed. 2. A [...]	2005-10-24 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7349	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency - [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7401	USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]	2005-10-31 08:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7446	UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE [...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC),the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...]	2005-10-31 18:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI
05PARIS7472	UNESCO and WSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...]	2005-11-02 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS7769	UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...]	2005-11-15 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS8192	USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING [...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...]	2005-12-02 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD UNESCO KSI
05PARIS8245	USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT [...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...]	2005-12-05 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8247	USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO
05PARIS8248	USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH [...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8280	USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN [...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...]	2005-12-06 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	XA UNESCO
05PARIS8327	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8353	UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD [...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...]	2005-12-08 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8456	UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US- [...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...]	2005-12-14 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR
05PARIS8458	USUNESCO: TEXT OF LETTER-UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] The following letter on Executive Board rotation was received December 14 from the Finnish delegation, the current chairs of electoral Group I. Please advise. QTE To Members of Electoral Group I Re: Meeting between the President of the General Conference and chairs of the various ele [...]	2005-12-14 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO FR
05PARIS8487	UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...]	2005-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	VE FR UNESCO
05PARIS8499	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8502	UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY [...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...]	2005-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR UNESCO
05PARIS8503	USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]	2005-12-16 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO
05PARIS8509	USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]	2005-12-16 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO
05PRAGUE547	CZECH GOVERNMENT CRISIS: PULLING BACK FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY The agreement on a new version of the old government, reached by the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the three coalition parties after 8 hours of negotiations late on the night of April 13, was rejected 15 hours later by the leadership of CSSD, the main party in the coalition. Jan [...]	2005-04-15 16:06:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
05PRETORIA2599	OPPOSITION TO MBEKI'S POLICIES AT ANC CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: There appeared to be a popular revolt by provincial representatives against South African President Thabo Mbeki's proposed program to legislate a dual economy and redesign the ruling ANC party on the first day (June 30) of a four-day ANC National General Council (NGC) conference [...]	2005-07-01 15:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB ECON PINR SF
05PRETORIA2834	EU GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ALREADY AFFECT SOUTH [...] Summary. There are a number of examples of South African food products currently on the shelves in major retail stores in Pretoria that would be affected by the European Commission's WTO proposal(s) on Geographical Indications (GIs). South Africa already recognizes EU GIs for wine and spiri [...]	2005-07-19 05:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD SF USTR
05QUITO1340	GUTIERREZ RETURN JUST ONE OF PALACIO'S PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Forty-five days young, the Alfredo Palacio government has hit its first snags. Two cabinet ministers resigned this week (Septel) amidst charges they owed money to the state. One other is backpedaling over accusations he conspired to depose former President Lucio Gutierrez. Mil [...]	2005-06-09 23:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EC
05QUITO1534	FARC ATTACKS FURTHER ALIENATE QUITO, BOGOTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: News of the FARC's lethal attacks in southern Putumayo June 25 spawned a counterproductive but oh-so-Ecuadorian response from politicians in Quito. Rather than condemning the narcoterrorists and acknowledging that border security requires bilateral cooperation, Palacio administ [...]	2005-06-29 15:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO2416	TRANSFORMING ECUADOR: ACTION PLAN FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Ecuador is one of the most unstable, undemocratic, and corrupt countries in Latin America. Its political and economic systems, based on competition by entrenched elites for lucrative state-provided economic privileges, threaten U.S. interests directly where they impinge on U.S. anti-nar [...]	2005-10-24 21:48:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ECON EAID EC
05QUITO2662	COLOMBIA OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH ON SPRAYING [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Vice FM Diego Ribadeneira and Colombian Vice FM Comilo Reyes met in Quito on November 17 to review key bilateral issues for the December 7 ministerial meeting. As predicted, the meeting primarily focused on northern border security issues including migration, refugees [...]	2005-11-21 21:45:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER SNAR CO EC
05QUITO848	MEDIA REACTION: ECUADOR UNREST [...] "Go Home!" an opinion column (04/18) by Diego Araujo Sanchez in Quito's center-left "Hoy" (circ. 38,500) Quote: "The straw that broke the camel's back was the return of [ex-president] Abdala Bucaram; the capital has not forgotten his scandalous corruption nor the offensive shamelessness o [...]	2005-04-18 22:14:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC
05QUITO852	ECUADOR: POLITICAL SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The political situation remains fluid in the wake of President Lucio Gutierrez' lifting of the state of emergency. In an emergency session on April 17, Congress unanimously revoked its December 2004 reorganization of the Supreme Court and adjourned until April 19, when it is ex [...]	2005-04-18 23:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EC
05QUITO854	ECUADOR: POLITICAL SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The political situation remains fluid in the wake of President Lucio Gutierrez' lifting of the state of emergency. In an emergency session on April 17, Congress unanimously revoked its December 2004 reorganization of the Supreme Court and adjourned until April 19, when it is ex [...]	2005-04-19 15:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EC
05QUITO976	ECUADOR: EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH, OAS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with Minister of Government Mauricio Gandara and First Lady Maria Paret de Palacio on April 28. The OAS delegation continued its round of meetings with political parties, indigenous, civil society groups, jurists, and ex-presidents, and will meet wi [...]	2005-04-28 22:33:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR EC
05RABAT1161	MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Poloff joined Dutch Counselor Caroline Weijers (as local representative of the EU Presidency) and EU Commission Charge d'Affaires Olivier Ruyssen to deliver ref (a) demarche (with ref b changes) to MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual on June 2. The delegation explai [...]	2005-06-03 17:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC IZ MO EUN
05RABAT1702	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. Table of Contents - King Mohammed VI Presents Vision for African Development - Spanish Foreign Minister Visits Morocco - Polisario Invites Spanish NGOs to Western Sahara - Europe to Send Humanitarian Aid to S [...]	2005-08-12 18:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM MO
05RABAT2016	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] Table of Contents - King Mohammed Shows He's a Man of the People - Swedish MPs Visit Laayoune - Socialist Alliance Holds Town Meetings in Western Sahara - PJD Organizes "Brotherhood Caravan" - Drug Seizure in the North -------------------------------------------- KING MOHAMMED [...]	2005-09-23 18:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS SNAR MO
05RABAT2540	AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO MOROCCO'S DESERT SOUTH [...] Summary: Ambassador traveled to Morocco's southeastern province of Errachidia December 6-9 to review USG assistance programs in the area and explore ways the Government of Morocco might use Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funding to generate income and employment in the overwhelmingly rur [...]	2005-12-20 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR KMCA SENV ASEC PGOV MO
05RABAT452	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PALACE ADVISOR MOHAMMED [...] (U) Summary: Continuing a series of calls on Royal Palace Advisors, Ambassador met February 18 with Mohammed Kabbaj, one of King Mohammed's lead advisors on trade, finance and investment matters. Kabbaj and Ambassador engaged in a free-flowing discussion of the GOM's economic plans and prior [...]	2005-03-03 13:23:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KMCA MO
05RIODEJANEIRO19	Brazil - Bahia State Growing Faster but Interior [...] While the State of Bahia has the sixth largest GDP in Brazil and expected growth of 8.6% in 2004, the concentrated nature of Bahia's economy - both in terms of geography and industry - is a challenge for state authorities. In response, the State has developed several special programs designe [...]	2005-01-04 17:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN BEXP BR
05ROME2011	ITALY MAY ESCALATE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras. 1 and 6 below. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED ---------------------------- 2. (C) Italy continues to press to delay the election of the Chairman of the OECD "Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busin [...]	2005-06-13 18:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IT OECD
05ROME3080	PROMOTING GREATER TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION: EUR [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker discussed BMENA, Iraq, Iran, Turkey's accession to the EU, and the Balkans with senior Italian MFA officials during his September 6 stopover in Rome. Greater transatlantic cooperation, especially in dealing with challenges outside of Europe, provided the backdrop [...]	2005-09-15 10:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IR IZ IT EUN
05ROME3196	POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 17:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT
05ROME3467	ITALY: PRODI WINS CLEAR VICTORY IN CENTER-LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former EU Commissioner Romano Prodi confirmed his role as Center-Left party leader in a decisive victory in Italy's first ever coalition primaries on October 16. A surprisingly high 4.4 million voters gave Prodi 74.6 percent of the vote, versus 14.6 percent for his nearest rival, [...]	2005-10-17 13:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3609	ITALY SEEKS "PARALLELISM" TO BREAK DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rome has met with senior officials in the Vice Ministry of Trade and Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs to urge the GOI to support EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on a new EU proposal on agricultural market access within the "negotiating zone" of the USG an [...]	2005-10-28 04:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD IT EU WTO
05ROME4064	PRODI SEES CENTER-LEFT LEAD, PLEDGES NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Center-left leader Romano Prodi December 14 called on the Ambassador at the embassy. The center-left leader broke no new ground on domestic or foreign issues and appeared to have no obvious agenda with us except to establish a dialogue. In the meeting, which took place at his initiativ [...]	2005-12-15 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME4188	ITALY: AVIAN INFLUENZA POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) In response to ref A, Embassy Rome DCM met on December 14 with representatives from the following sections/agencies: Management, Consular, Science, Health Unit, Foreign Agriculture Service, Foreign Commercial Service, and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC/DOD). The Regional Security O [...]	2005-12-30 11:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC AMED CASC AEMR KFLO TBIO SENV EAGR ECON PREL IT AVIAN INFLUENZA
05ROME799	IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...]	2005-03-10 05:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05SANAA1282	YEMEN HUNT LOOKING FOR DEAL ON BLOCK 18 EXTENSION, [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, Ambassador met with representatives of Yemen Hunt to discuss developments in the ongoing drama of the Block 18 extension (reftel). The ROYG officially confirmed the cancellation of its agreement with Hunt, endorsing Parliament's decision to explore a more profitable ar [...]	2005-05-14 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV YM COM ENERGY
05SANJOSE2532	COSTA RICA'S NOMINATION TO ATTEND ILEA CRIME SCENE [...] Per reftel, Post nominates the following Costa Rican police officers to attend the ILEA Course Crime Scene Management and Kidnapping in El Salvador from November 14 to 18, 2005. All nominated officers are Costa Rican nationals. Participants: Rigoberto Bogantes Vargas DOB: 09/02/1956 ID: [...]	2005-11-01 22:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM KJUS CS KTLA

05SANTODOMINGO5202	DOMINICAN BANKING #13: MORE FRAUD FOUND AT PROGRESO [...] (U) This is number 13 in a series of cables on the Dominican banking sector. (C) Summary. Investigators have discovered a new additional hole of 7 billion pesos ($220 million) in phony assets at Banco de Progreso, in addition to the 8 billion peso unfunded liability for commercial paper at [...]	2005-11-30 20:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SAOPAULO283	THE TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is version II of the Brazil TIP report, incorporating answers to questions raised by version I, and additional information. This report was a coordinated effort between Sao Paulo and Embassy Brasilia, which supplied much of the new information. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Brazil conti [...]	2005-03-11 10:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TIP
05SAOPAULO624	AMBASSADOR VISIT TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by officers from Consulate General Sao Paulo, visited Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, May 1- 3. During the visit, Ambassador met with the governor and the mayor; toured the modern General Motors and Dell Compute [...]	2005-05-23 20:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KIPR EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINR BR
05TAIPEI1090	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SECESSION LAW [...] Summary: Major newspapers in Taiwan continue to scrutinize the progress and possible impact of China's anti-secession law. Taiwan newspapers played up comments made by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that maintain that the law clearly raises cross-Strait tensions and several reported on po [...]	2005-03-14 23:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI20	CHEN CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN NEW YEAR ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: In his New Year's Speech, Chen Shui-bian called for reconciliation and cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties in order to stabilize domestic politics and promote cross-Strait peace. Chen suggested that the Pan-Green and Pan-Blue start dialogue on the areas on whic [...]	2005-01-04 08:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TAIPEI2075	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: President Chen Shui-bian's key moves in an attempt to quell the strong criticism against him within the DPP were the spotlight of the Taipei dailies May 7-9. All the major Taiwan newspapers reported in their front pages May 9 Chen's exclusive and live interview with the Sanlih TV cha [...]	2005-05-09 08:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2246	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S INAUGURATION [...] Summary: As May 20 is President Chen Shui-bian's first inauguration anniversary of his second term, several Taiwan dailies covered, among other issues, Chen's approval rating, his constitutional reform plan and the 2008 presidential race. The pro-unification "United Daily News" printed an opi [...]	2005-05-20 09:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2654	CROSS-STRAIT CONTACTS: TESTING THE WATERS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are cautiously optimistic over the PRC State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) response to Premier Frank Hsieh's June 13 offer to designate non-governmental bodies to start talks on cross-Strait economic links. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) issued a statem [...]	2005-06-16 09:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW
05TAIPEI2929	TAIWAN SEES RED OVER WTO BLUE BOOK [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials publicly claimed to be surprised by World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretary General Supachai's decision to release the long delayed "Blue Book" directory of WTO Permanent Representatives without listing diplomatic titles of Chinese Taipei staff. However, MOFA [...]	2005-07-06 23:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI3123	REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE: RESEARCH ON LOCAL USE OF [...] Summary: A broad survey of Taipei retail groceries shows that most products marked with the geographic indicators (GI) listed in reftel are actually from the region implied by the name. The biggest "offenders" in Taiwan are imported cheeses. Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office has responded [...]	2005-07-25 01:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON TW IPR
05TAIPEI4	"UNITED DAILY NEWS" COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT CHEN [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 07:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
05TAIPEI4980	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taiwan dailies focused their coverage December 24-27 on moves by pan-Blue legislators to reject review of the long-stalled U.S. arms procurement bill, the meeting between KMT Legislative Yuan President Wang Jin-pyng and PFP Chairman James Soong, the passing away [...]	2005-12-27 22:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI5	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 07:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI711	CROSS-STRAIT CHARTER FLIGHTS - LOOKING BACK AND [...] (C) Cross-Strait Lunar New Year charter flights ended February 20. Passenger loads were up from 2003, the last time charter flights were implemented, and airline financial losses were lower. The Taiwan government wants to proceed with cargo charter flights, but will attempt to insist on bil [...]	2005-02-23 10:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI821	MEDIA REACTION: CHEN-SOONG MEETING AND CROSS- [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave considerable reporting February 25 of the meeting between President Chen Shui-bian and People First Party Chairman James Soong, which took place Thursday. The meeting was treated as a local political issue, though the 10-point joint statement issued by Chen a [...]	2005-03-01 00:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI996	CAL AIRCRAFT PURCHASES ON HOLD [...] (C) Boeing Commercial Sales representatives Paul Fang and Scott Grimsby met with AIT economic and commercial officers on February 25 to discuss possible aircraft purchases by China Airlines (CAL). Boeing representatives asked AIT/T to inquire discreetly into two questions: whether European tra [...]	2005-03-09 06:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP ECON TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1247	MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS, JUNE 09, 2005 [...] On 06/09, the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled, "Funeral March" "As seen in Bolivia, once you enter a crisis it can set of a chain reaction in several directions with unpredictable results. Today this country is on the verge of a civil war because th [...]	2005-06-10 16:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1274	MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS AND BOLIVIA, JUNE 13, [...] On 6/11, the Tegucigalpa-based moderate paper "El Heraldo" published an editorial entitled "Bolivia: Limits to Patience." "The fact that Bolivia will have its 3rd president in 3 years, without breaking constitutional order, demonstrates the crisis created by a political and economic model that [...]	2005-06-14 21:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1433	NO DOUBLE "DIP"PING: SURPRISING RESULTS FOR SOME [...] With the general election approaching in the fall, a review of the results of Honduras' February primary elections tells an interesting story about Diputados (members of Congress) seeking reelection to the National Congress. 86 current Diputados (46 from the Nationalist Party (PN) and 40 fro [...]	2005-07-08 21:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1459	WOMEN FOR PEACE: COFADEH COORDINATOR NOMINATED FOR [...] Bertha Oliva, Coordinator General of the Committee of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared Persons in Honduras (COFADEH),has been nominated by the Project for 1000 Women for Peace in 2005 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize as part of a collective of 1000 women human rights activists. 1000 Wo [...]	2005-07-12 22:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2217	Honduras: Readout of Secretary Gutierrez [...] Summary: On October 19, Secretary Gutierrez met with President Ricardo Maduro in a closed session. The Secretary encouraged Maduro to attend the Summit of the Americas, and to quickly comply with any outstanding CAFTA requirements to expedite entry into force. Maduro welcomed the Secretary' [...]	2005-10-31 22:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2350	HONDURAN ELECTIONS: Mayoral Race in Danli Too Close [...] Summary: Emboffs met recently with the two leading mayoral candidates from Danli Municipality, Jorge Carcamo of the National Party and Luz Victoria Oliva Lobo of the Liberal Party. Danli is the second largest municipality in Honduras with 180,000 inhabitants. The Liberal Party has held pow [...]	2005-11-18 20:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2353	Honduran Elections: Mayoral Race in Danli Too Close [...] (U) Summary: Emboffs met recently with the two leading mayoral candidates from the medium-sized city of Danli in the Department of El Paraiso, Jorge Alfredo Carcamo Flores of the National Party and Luz Victoria Oliva Lovo of the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party has held power for the past 22 [...]	2005-11-21 13:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2492	A ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: In somewhat surprising election results, Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya is now the President-elect. While Zelaya is viewed as a friend of the USG, his personality, administration, and likely "government plans" could make working with him an interesting c [...]	2005-12-13 14:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCRM PINR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA476	MEDIA REACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, MARCH 2, 2005 [...] On 3/1, the evening television newscast "Hoy Mismo" on Channel 3 broadcast a statements by: - President Ricardo Maduro: "For the first time in history, we did a report on the execution of minors and we created a special commission which has brought to justice many policemen who have been accus [...]	2005-03-02 20:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PHUM PREL KPAO HO
05TELAVIV1028	WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS SIX PALESTINIANS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was lightly injured by IDF riot gas inhalation in the West Bank during a protest against the separation barrier and six Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Bank February 17. Two shooting incidents occurred near Rafah overnight February 17-18, but n [...]	2005-02-18 16:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1058	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-22 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1243	WB/G SITREP: PA INTERIOR MINISTER FIRES JENIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Interior Minister Nasir Yusif replaced all the PA security chiefs and deputies in Jenin during a March 1 visit to inspect the overall security situation in the city. The dismissals followed a confrontation that included a brief exchange of gunfire be [...]	2005-03-02 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1637	ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF MAJOR MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) Summary: Recently, Israel has been the nexus of several high profile money laundering cases. The cases illustrate a continuing need for effective bank supervision and the ongoing level of money laundering associated with criminal activity. On March 6, The International Crimes Unit (ICU [...]	2005-03-18 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EFIN ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV1805	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1840	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-25 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV229	MINISTER SHARANSKY: PA ELECTIONS A GOOD START, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Minister Natan Sharansky told the Ambassador January 10 that the Palestinian elections were important in that they have led to new leadership and opportunities. He added, however, that he could not refer to the elections as "free or democratic" given the "fear" that exists in Pa [...]	2005-01-12 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2362	WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS AL-AQSA MILITANT IN NABLUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on April 14 shot and killed an al-Aqsa Martyrs, Brigades militant during an arrest operation in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus, according to Israeli media reports. Palestinian sources, however, have termed the incident a targeted killing by the ID [...]	2005-04-14 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2615	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted security sources as saying that Israel will hand over Qalqilya to PA security responsibility next week if the [...]	2005-04-27 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2777	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...]	2005-05-04 09:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3032	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...]	2005-05-18 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3477	WB/G SITREP: SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL KILLED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the family of an alleged Israeli collaborator reportedly killed a senior Fatah official and his brother in Nablus, sparking demonstrations at the Muqata,a in Ramallah. An IDF soldier and two foreign national protesters were injured near Salfit in clashes bet [...]	2005-06-06 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV3526	WB/G SITREP: THREE QASSAMS FALL ON SDEROT, TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas militants fired five Qassam rockets into Israel the morning of June 7, three of which landed in the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported, but three Israelis were treated for shock. Also on June 7, Islamic Jihad and, according to some reports, Hamas, claimed respons [...]	2005-06-07 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3893	WB/G SITREP: IDF SWEEP ARRESTS 52 PIJ MILITANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 52 PIJ activists in the West Bank on June 20, including 25 in Bethlehem and a senior PIJ leader, Ra'id al-Hijawi, in Jenin, according to PA security sources. Eight Palestinians were injured in clashes with the IDF near Yatta village, south of Hebron, in anti-b [...]	2005-06-21 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4755	WB/G SITREP: EREZ CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 the GOI opened the Erez Crossing for Palestinian merchants and the Erez Industrial Zone for Palestinian laborers, both for the first time since the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya. Two UNDP consultants were kidnapped July 29 by a Gaza clan whose members hoped to [...]	2005-08-01 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5054	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5065	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5285	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on August 28 an agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border. Meanwhile, Israeli pundits and the weekend press ponder the impact of disengagement. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot reported A [...]	2005-08-26 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5708	ECF UPDATES ON BARRIER AND DESCRIBES MAJOR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Sounding an alarmist note regarding GOI settlement plans in a September 1 meeting with econoff, Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) officials (protect) urged the USG to intervene to prevent the building of the police station in E-1 and said that a planned "new Jewi [...]	2005-09-16 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6146	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 08:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6386	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France Riots 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with political developments at the Knesset on Monday. They reported that eight Likud "rebels" voted with the opposition to defeat by 61- [...]	2005-11-08 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6659	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. Palestinian parliamentary elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that Shimon Peres is considering joining Ariel Sharon, who may offer Peres a future position as "special ambassad [...]	2005-11-28 07:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6708	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All Israeli media led with pre-election stories on the movement of key figures between political parties and on public opinion polls. The Jerusalem Post reports that Professor Uriel Reichman, Shinui fou [...]	2005-11-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7072	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the IDF responded with artillery fire and aerial strikes to Sunday's Qassam fire. A Qassam rocket nearly missed a kindergarten in Kibbutz Sa'ad [...]	2005-12-27 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All leading media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the firing from Lebanon of at least four Katyusha rockets at Israeli communities -- particularly Kiryat Shmona -- la [...]	2005-12-28 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7090	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...]	2005-12-29 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7098	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...]	2005-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TORONTO2705	Canadian Financial Services Sector: Capital [...] (U) This cable contains a request for SEC guidance, see paragraph 14. 2. (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration issue perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance spon [...]	2005-10-17 12:26:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL CA US
05TORONTO3195	GUNS AN ELECTION ISSUE IN GREATER TORONTO AREA [...] (SBU) Summary: A November poll of Greater Toronto Area (GTA - population 5 million) voters revealed they considered crime to be their second most important issue in the context of the Canadian federal election campaign. Not coincidentally, Toronto is experiencing an unprecedented wave of fat [...]	2005-12-07 16:31:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CA
05TUNIS768	TUNISIAN LABOR UPDATE: UGTT SHOWS A MORE [...] (C) Summary. Labor negotiations between labor, private employers, and government take place every three years in Tunisia. The three parties negotiate 51 separate collective bargaining contracts covering Tunisia's entire active work force. Since 1990, Tunisia has had this unique system of un [...]	2005-03-25 09:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM TS
05VATICAN466	TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART III: THE CANDIDATES [...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, there will be no clear favorite. Despite intensive media speculation and a series of media bubbles for various candidates, heading into the conclave no candidate appears to have an i [...]	2005-04-18 16:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR VT
05VIENNA7	LACK OF COMPETITION IN AUSTRIA'S ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (U) According to a recent report from Austria's Federal Competition Authority, the anticipated benefits from the liberalization of the electricity market in 2001 have not materialized because incumbent providers have successfully cooperated to maintain a de-facto oligopoly. The incumbents ha [...]	2005-01-04 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV AU EUN
05WARSAW2887	EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED LUNCH WITH LAW AND [...] (C) EUR A/S Dan Fried met July 11 for lunch with center-right Law and Justice (PiS) leader and presidential candidate, Lech Kaczynski. They reviewed the bidding in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, with Kaczynski saying differences between PiS and expected coalition partn [...]	2005-07-20 09:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ECON PL
05WELLINGTON461	NEW ZEALAND MOVES CLOSER TO CUTTING MOBILE [...] Summary: New Zealand's two mobile-phone service providers are a step closer to being ordered to lower the fees they charge to complete calls into the country on their networks -- fees that are among the highest of OECD nations. The Commerce Commission on June 9 issued its final report on its [...]	2005-06-12 18:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON816	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GEOGRAPHIC [...] Summary: New Zealand shares the concern of the United States that the EU and others may attempt to hold up negotiations at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial unless their demands on geographical indications (GIs) are met. New Zealand will work closely with the United States to prevent this from oc [...]	2005-10-20 02:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON NU KIPR NZ WTRO
05YEREVAN1053	NAGORNO KARABAKH'S UPCOMING "PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) On June 19 Nagorno Karabakh (N-K) will hold its fourth "parliamentary elections." Eight parties (two of which united in a bloc) and independent candidates will contest the 22 majoritarian and 11 party list seats of the "parliament." The parties with the most active election campaigns a [...]	2005-06-16 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1169	ARMENIAN IMPORTER SPELLS OUT THE CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) In a rare kiss-and-tell affront to Armenia's powerful Customs Service, a major Armenian coffee importer has gone to press and publicly described corruption in the service, alleging that Customs is trying to push them out of business because they refuse to continue paying bribes to govern [...]	2005-07-01 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID AM
05YEREVAN1229	COMPETITION COMES TO ARMENIA'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) In the culmination of Armenia's years-long struggle to end Armentel's monopoly on telecommunications in Armenia, a second mobile telephone operator entered the market on July 1. Backed by Karabakh Telecom, the monopoly operator in Nagorno-Karabakh, VivaCell immediately undercut Armentel's [...]	2005-07-12 02:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EINV AM
05YEREVAN1453	ARMENIA TAX REVENUES CONTINUE TO RISE [...] (SBU) One of the GOAM's main stated goals remains to increase tax revenues in order to support social spending while making the business environment fairer and more inviting. During the first half of 2005, tax revenues grew by 21.1 percent compared to the same period of previous year and comp [...]	2005-08-12 10:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1707	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER TUMANYAN TO FORM A [...] (SBU) As local politicians begin to gear up for the 2007-2008 elections in Armenia, the rumor that President Robert Kocharian's Chief of Staff, Artashes Tumanyan, may enter national politics with his own party, is still big news. Tumanyan has been in politics since 1990 and has been promoted [...]	2005-09-20 13:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1961	GOAM HAS NO MANDATE TO RESOLVE N-K, ARMENIAN CIVIL [...] (C) During an October 18 breakfast with EUR A/S Fried and Ambassadors Mann and Evans, representatives of Armenian civil society were extremely skeptical about the implementation of a Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) peace agreement. While there was some divergence of opinion, the majority of the repres [...]	2005-11-04 13:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM RU
05YEREVAN1986	MONOPOLY CONTROL OF JET FUEL IMPORTS UNDERMINING [...] (SBU) Armenia is currently suffering from a severe jet fuel shortage which is undermining the profitability of the aviation sector and may have a long-term negative impact on Armenia's competitiveness. According to Executive Director of Armenia International Airports (AIA) Juan Pablo Gechijyan [...]	2005-11-09 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD AM
05YEREVAN1993	PUBLICITY AND CASH PUSH FOR A "YES" VOTE IN [...] (C) While politicians on both sides of the issue are busy trading political capital over the issue of proposed constitutional amendments, pro-government forces are spending hefty amounts of hard cash in a nationwide publicity campaign aimed to get out the "yes" vote. Post views the "Yes" media [...]	2005-11-10 13:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN52	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN: 2005 TO BE THE YEAR OF TAX AND [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's President Robert Kocharian has publicly said that 2005 will be a year of reform for the customs and tax services in Armenia. Besides increasing tax revenu [...]	2005-01-13 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP ECON AM
05YEREVAN626	ARMENIA FINALLY TAXING THE RICH? [...] (SBU) Four months after President Kocharian called for reform of the state tax and customs services, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have applauded improvements in Armenia's tax collection. The government has increased overall tax collections by 19.3 percent over last [...]	2005-04-08 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AM
05YEREVAN637	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON RUSSIAN INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) During his last press conference before the end of his posting, April 8, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Anatoliy Dryukov cited the large influx of Russian capital [...]	2005-04-12 04:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL AM RU
05YEREVAN83	MORE WORDS OF WARNING FOR OLIGARCHS -- OR FODDER [...] (C) A strongly-worded January 15 speech by Chief Presidential Advisor for Economic Issues Vahram Nercessiantz raised eyebrows during the recent Armenia International Policy and Research Group (AIPRG) Conference in Washington but did little to convince skeptics that real efforts by the GOAM to [...]	2005-01-19 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AM
05YEREVAN857	ARMENIA'S SOUTHERN PROVINCE: DEAD END? [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's Southern region of Syunik is a narrow swath of remote mountainous land, bound by the closed historical borders with Azerbaijan to the East and West, and stretching South [...]	2005-05-16 05:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KHDP PHUM PGOV PREF ETRD AM IR
05YEREVAN901	ARMENIA ENACTS ELECTORAL REFORMS, BUT DOES NOT [...] (C) In an extraordinary session May 19, the Armenian Parliament voted to increase the number of its seats apportioned on the party list basis, to nominally curtail President Robert Kocharian's authority to directly appoint members of electoral commissions, and to reform the way the government [...]	2005-05-20 13:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
06ABIDJAN316	SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: IVOIRIAN WORKERS, PARTY [...] (C) On March 20, PIT (the Ivoirian Workers, Party) suspended its participation in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),to protest the fact that the highest-ranking position it was given on the IEC's Executive Board was Deputy Treasurer. In the previous IEC, PIT held the position of Tre [...]	2006-03-23 16:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI3097	MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...]	2006-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3100	KIMMITT/ZELIKOW MEETING IN ABU DHABI WITH ARAB [...] (C) Summary: An interagency delegation led by Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the Department of State Philip Zelikow briefed Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Chairman of the Board Jassim Al-Mannai on the International Compact for Iraq on July 23 in Abu Dhabi [...]	2006-07-31 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4510	FTA WITH UAE ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, MinState Finance Kharbash and MinEcon Al-Qasimi told AUSTR Donnelly that given the time constraints imposed by the expiration of U.S. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA),the UAE did not believe that an FTA with the United States could be completed before TPA expired. [...]	2006-12-19 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV AE
06ACCRA2181	Western Region - Energy, HIV and Illegal Mining Top List of [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 17:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON GH
06ACCRA2693	2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: GHANA [...] Ghana is a market-based economy with relatively few barriers to trade and investment. The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ghana was $179 million in 2005, an increase of $15 million from $164 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $338 million, up 9.0 percent from the previous year. [...]	2006-11-08 10:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN
06ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 05:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA227	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 07:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA249	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 11:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADDISABABA1483	ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TENSION AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit (May 16-17) to the West Shoa Zone in the Oromia Region, Charge discussed the current political situation and economic development with the regional administrator, ruling and opposition party members, as well as leading local businessmen. On the surface, the [...]	2006-05-26 13:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ET
06AITTAIPEI536	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued February 18-21 to report on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's Lunar New Year's Day proposal to abolish the National Unification Council, and the controversy sparked by a KMT advertisement Tuesday in which (for the first time) [...]	2006-02-22 00:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI556	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN'S PROPOSAL TO [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taiwan dailies continued to focus their coverage February 23 on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's announced proposal to abolish the National Unification Council (NUC) and National Unification Guidelines (NUG). In addition, U.S. arms procurements, a B [...]	2006-02-23 08:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06ALMATY1144	KAZAKHSTAN: UNUSUAL PUBLIC DEBATE ON SARSENBAIULY MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 09:55:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY1153	CORRUPTION, KAZAKHSTANI STYLE: "ROTTING FROM THE HEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption is rife in Kazakhstan, affecting all sectors from education to health care. Kazakhstani perceptions of the impact and acceptability of the various forms of corruption are nuanced. While they are decidedly critical of the large- scale corruption found at the top levels [...]	2006-04-03 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON KDEM EINV KPAO PGOV KZ
06ALMATY1287	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Almaty continues its spring cleaning in preparation for the June 26 move to Astana. 2. The Almaty EXBS office initiated the CAJE process for a second LES position--an EXBS Program Assistant--and expects to have the new employee on board by June. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REP [...]	2006-04-12 01:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY1376	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Vice President's visit comes at a time of strengthened U.S.-Kazakhstani strategic ties, particularly noticeable in light of the deterioration in our relationship with Uzbekistan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reelected in December to what he and the constitution say wi [...]	2006-04-14 12:36:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	KZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1455	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with A/S Boucher, Kazakhstani civil society leaders argued that the February murder of opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly had touched off an "intra-elite struggle" which was, at its heart, a competition over who would succeed President Nazarbayev. [...]	2006-04-21 04:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1457	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Boucher discussed ways to improve Kazakhstan's "Democratization Commission" with opposition political leaders April 8 in Almaty. The political leaders lobbied for an OSCE role -- perhaps in helping set the DC agenda -- and for increased opposition representation. The polit [...]	2006-04-21 04:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY485	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW INFORMATION MINISTER APPOINTED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 11:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY733	KAZAKHSTAN: ALLEGED SARSENBAIULY MURDER MASTERMIND [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani law enforcement officials have detained the alleged mastermind of the Sarsenbaiuly murder (reftels),current Head of the Senate Administration, Yerzhan Utembayev. Utembayev was detained on February 22, after the alleged murderer (in custody but unidentified -- hereaft [...]	2006-02-24 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
06AMMAN1513	Jordan and EU Declare Reciprocal Liberalization [...] Summary: Jordan and the EU declared reciprocal liberalization measures in agricultural trade on February 28. The change liberalizes some categories of agricultural products ahead of schedule. However, some Jordanian producers and exporters report that the benefits of the agreement will st [...]	2006-03-02 10:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JO
06ANKARA2069	Turkish Agriculture Import Policies [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey is a major market for U.S. bulk commodities and other raw materials important to the domestic processing sectors. Nonetheless, Turkey continues to restrict trade in food and agricultural products with a host of tariff and non-tariff barriers. In addition to excessively [...]	2006-04-17 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU
06ANKARA3544	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4528	TURKEY'S NEW CHOD -- DIFFERENT STYLE, SAME STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 31 announcement of Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander General Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) five days earlier than expected (ref a) caused few ripples in the press. Buyukanit's appointment was preordained by military tradition and [...]	2006-08-08 05:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA5093	TURKEY (NOT SURPRISINGLY) HOPES TO SAVE GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials lost no time responding to news that the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program was up for review (ref a). State Minister for Foreign Trade Kursad Tuzmen's letters to USTR Schwab and Secretary Gutierrez were highly publicized in local media. MFA offi [...]	2006-09-01 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
06ANKARA5401	REMOVING TURKEY'S GSP BENEFITS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) Progress has been made and is still being made in opening Turkish markets to U.S. exports and resolving long standing problems like inadequate intellectual property protection. Reducing Turkey's access to GSP benefits would deprive us of one of the few instruments we have to work with [...]	2006-09-18 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU

06ANKARA5738	PKK DECLARES CEASEFIRE: NOW WHAT? [...] (C) The PKK leadership in Iraq declared a ceasefire as of Oct. 1, following Ocalan's Sept. 27 call from his Turkish jail cell. PM Erdogan took a measured stand, repeating the GOT position (and ours, as outlined by Gen. Ralston in his Sept. 27 press conference) that as a terrorist organization [...]	2006-10-02 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA5830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5851	RAMADAN IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The holy month of Ramadan, or Ramazan as it is known in Turkey, is welcomed in Ankara with a wide variety of degrees of observance of prayer and fasting. Acts of compassion and donations to the poor increase, while family bonds are affirmed over the break-fast table. Compared [...]	2006-10-10 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM TU
06ASHGABAT702	AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL WITH NIYAZOV [...] (C) During an hour long farewell call with Ambassador, an apparently healthy and engaged Niyazov: -described plans for upcoming elections at all levels, starting with village councils July 23 and leading up to presidential elections in 2009; -noted that he would maintain his chairmanship o [...]	2006-07-05 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX PHUM ENRG PINS KDEM ZK
06ASUNCION295	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- 500 Kilograms of Ephedrine Transited Through Paraguay -- Peasant Protest Against Government -- CDE Blockade Raises Tensions, Part 2 --------------------------------------------- -------- 500 Kilograms of Ephedrine Transited Through Paraguay ---------------------------------- [...]	2006-03-17 17:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION729	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 8 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Cocaine Seizure and Arrest of Trafficker's Son -- Judges Renounce Their Political Parties -- Lugo Will Not Run in 2008 --------------------------------------------- - Cocaine Seizure and Arrest of Trafficker's Son --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) On [...]	2006-07-15 14:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION750	PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL OLIVER [...] (C) Brigadier General Oliver J. Mason, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, emergency management, social reforms and other areas of cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political a [...]	2006-07-21 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION949	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR THE MCC [...] Luis Anibal Cabo De Vila police records indicate accused of extortion and is prohibited to leave Paraguay. 2. Antonio Aristides Florencianez Gibbons police records indicate disorderly conduct and death threats made in 1990. cate disorderly conduct and death threats made in 1990. 3. Jorge Ri [...]	2006-09-15 15:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV AID PA
06ASUNCION992	PARAGUAY: THE CHANGING RELATIONS WITH BOLIVIA [...] SUMMARY: (U) Paraguayan media September 27 trumpet charges by Bolivian Interior Vice Minister Puente that Paraguayan President Duarte is "a liar" FM Ramirez publicly told a midmorning radio call-in show that unless Bolivia withdraws such baseless accusations Paraguay will "withdraw the ambas [...]	2006-09-27 21:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR PREL PGOV PA BO VE
06ASUNCION999	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY -- If you Fail To Compete... -- Try a Winning Formula -- MANG Commander Visits Paraguay -- Paraguay Signs INL Amendment IF YOU FAIL TO COMPETE... 2. (U) Paraguay fares among the worst in the world - ranking 106th in a list of 125 countries surveyed (in 2005 Paraguay was [...]	2006-09-28 21:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON SNAR MASS PA
06BAGHDAD3031	IRAQ: FIRST USG WORKING MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 13, IRMO, USDA, USAID, and Econoff met with new Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Yaarub Nadhum Al-Obodi; the Deputy Minister, Dr. Subhi Al-Jumaily; and the Director General for Planning, Mr. Sabah This meeting was only the second between post officials and the minister, [...]	2006-08-21 03:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD USTR IZ PREL FAS
06BAGHDAD4721	SHI'A INDEPENDENT ON SISTANI, NEW POLITICAL FRONT, [...] (C) Summary: Khalid al-Attiyah, Shi'a independent and First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),gave Charge a readout of his December 23 trip to Najaf. Al-Attiyah and several other Shi'a leaders, primarily from the Dawa party, visited Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Muqtada al [...]	2006-12-27 06:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD747	PST BAGHDAD: BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL DISPUTE [...] In a recent meeting, Provincial Council (PC) Deputy Chairman Mohan Al-Saidi commented that the PC is firmly committed to ensuring that the dissolved Baghdad City Council (BCC) not be reconstituted. The PC holds this position despite a recent court decision in the BCC's favor validating the rig [...]	2006-03-08 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAKU411	ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING AZERBAIJANI STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ilham Aliyev is the lead economic and political decision-maker in Azeraijan. Aliyev, however, makes most economic polcy decisions relying upon a small close group ofbusiness contacts and trusted government ministers. High-level economic decision-making in Azerbaijan re [...]	2006-03-16 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON PGOV PREL AJ
06BANGKOK1300	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Marine from March 5 - 8, 2006. 2. (U) Per your request, Embassy expeditor and vehicle will meet and assist Ambassador Marine upon arrival and at departure. Embassy van will provide transport to the March 6 COM CT meetin [...]	2006-03-02 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1301	TO BE OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE THAI SNAP ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin led his Thai Rak Thai party in registering for the April 2 snap election Thursday. Only four other fringe parties have followed suit so far, as the major opposition parties held to their boycott. The Democrat Party canceled their planned rally at the Royal [...]	2006-03-02 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1845	A WEEKEND OF DEMONSTRATIONS; NOTHING CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A small bomb of unknown origin was defused at the headquarters of the opposition Democrat Party on Monday. This follows a very successful and large demonstration Friday evening by the Democrats, who have joined the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) call for a royally-appoint [...]	2006-03-27 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1971	THREE COMMENTARIES ON ELECTION RESULTS, THE PM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to an opposition leader, a Thai Rak Thai (TRT) "dove" and a TRT "hawk." The picture that emerges: each side feels a measure of vindication by the poll result, and each side is assessing its next move. The hawk claims Thaksin is ready to claim victory and f [...]	2006-04-03 12:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2004	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2005	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2293	LABOR EXPORT IS BIG BUSINESS IN THAILAND [...] (U) Summary: The recent experiences of Thai farm workers in the U.S., combined with evidence of widespread fraud in the H2A visa process (reftel),highlight the plight of Thai workers abroad who are frequently exploited by labor supply agencies (both Thai and foreign) that charge heavy and ill [...]	2006-04-20 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM CVIS KFRD SMIG PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5466	THAKSIN ADVISOR HEAPS SCORN ON OPPONENTS [...] (C) Efforts to destroy Prime Minister Thaksin represent the decrepit Thai royalist oligarchy's desire to overthrow democracy, according to close Thaksin advisor Pansak Vinyaratn. In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Pansak claimed Thaksin intended to withdraw from politics after the [...]	2006-09-06 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5565	THAKSIN LOYALIST SEES LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) Former House of Representatives Speaker Bhokin Bhalakula claimed the upcoming legislative election would reaffirm majority support for Thai Rak Thai (TRT),although Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra likely would not seek to remain as Prime Minister. In a September 8 lunch with the Ambassa [...]	2006-09-11 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BASRAH145	MURDER INVESTIGATION OF REO BASRAH LOCAL EMPLOYEE [...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom w [...]	2006-09-11 14:12:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	ASEC PGOV IZ
06BASRAH146	MURDER INVESTIGATION OF BASRAH REO LOCAL EMPLOYEE [...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom works [...]	2006-09-11 16:42:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IZ
06BEIJING11758	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SCO SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) The United States is gravely concerned over the participation, even as an observer, by Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held in Shanghai June 15, the Ambassador stressed to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang on June 9. The [...]	2006-06-10 06:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH IR KZ RS
06BEIRUT1915	MGLE01: INFORMATION ON SA'AD HARIRI [...] (C/NF) Reftel requested information on Member of Parliament Sa'ad Hariri. Embassy Beirut's answers are keyed to the questions as set forth in reftel. HARIRI'S PERSONALITY -------------------- 2. (C/NF) Hariri is open, engaged, generally warm and friendly, and easily accessible (when [...]	2006-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV FR LE SA
06BEIRUT2220	MGLE01: WITH SYRIA AND ITS ALLIES ON THE [...] (S) In a 6/28 meeting -- a day before the National Dialogue was to reconvene -- Druze leader and "March 14 Forces" figure Walid Jumblatt described a "stalemate" among National Dialogue participants over the deadline they had set on disarmament of Palestinian militias outside the refugee camps [...]	2006-06-30 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER KPAL ECON SY LE
06BEIRUT3226	LEBANON: NAYLA MOUAWAD STRUGGLING FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel, himself an aspiring politician, shared with the Ambassador on October 4 their concerns about political rivalries within the 14 March bloc and the Maronite community. Nayla Mouawad was critical of Prime Minister Siniora's microm [...]	2006-10-05 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BELGRADE1001	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the Serbia and Montenegro submission for the 2006 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims. As requested in reftel, we have sent tracked edits to the Serbia and Montenegro portion of the final 2006 report via e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA James Roseli. One of the two investment [...]	2006-06-22 07:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
06BELGRADE575	MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM: BLOC LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Djukanovic stated he would resign and call early parliamentary elections if independence gets fewer votes than continued union. Union bloc leader Bulatovic replied he would leave politics if the union is dissolved. Nascent political party Group for Changes (GZP) leader Medoj [...]	2006-04-13 11:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE654	CENTRAL BANK FIGHTS TO LIMIT CREDIT GROWTH [...] Summary: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CONFLICTING GOALS: PREVENTING DINAR APPRECIATION, WHICH IT PURSUES BY SELLING DINAR TO BUY UP FOREIGN CURRENCY, AND CURBING THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE IT CREATES IN THE FIRST STEP. THIS BALANCING ACT HAS PROVED DIFFICULT, AS IT HAS [...]	2006-04-26 14:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SR MW
06BELGRADE964	KOSOVO: GETTING REAL WITH SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COMs of Contact Group countries and the UN told influential Serbian opinion makers that the GOS must do more to prepare its citizens for the likely outcome of Kosovo's final status. The UN and Contact Group stand ready to assist Serbia to get through the Kosovo settlement and [...]	2006-06-16 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
06BERLIN3507	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered the Global Initiative (GI) draft Plan of Work and accompanying documents (ref) to officials from the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy December [...]	2006-12-14 17:54:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CACM GM AS CA CH
06BERLIN939	GERMAN RESPONSE TO AARHUS GUIDELINES DEMARCHE [...] (U) Global Affairs officer delivered points in reftel demarche April 6 to Hans-Peter Hofmann, Head of the MFA Taskforce on Environmental and Biopolitical Issues and to Oliver Lorenz, desk officer for North America in the same department. Hofmann replied the German Ministry of Environment (B [...]	2006-04-06 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECE KTIA SENV UNAUS XG GM
06BOGOTA10474	FARC PUBLISHES OPEN LETTER TO PROMINENT AMERICANS [...] On November 9, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) posted a letter to prominent Americans on its website (www.farcep.org). The letter, entitled, "Open Letter to the People of the United States," was addressed to academics James Petras and Noam Chomsky, political figures Jesse [...]	2006-11-09 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL MARR CO
06BOGOTA3617	SENATE STAFFER RIESER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS, SAN [...] (C) Senate Appropriations Committee staffer Tim Rieser met on April 20 with the Fiscalia's (Prosecutor General's office) new human rights unit chief, Leonardo Cabana, and human rights prosecutors. Rieser emphasized his support of the office. He asked about the trend of human rights violatio [...]	2006-04-25 15:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV CO
06BOGOTA5603	POSSIBLE GOC-FARC TALKS: VIEW FROM THE COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Reftel outlined reasons why some mainly leftist interlocutors considered GOC-FARC peace talks possible in President Uribe's second term. According to these contacts, the FARC's top demands are land reform, political reconstruction, and social welfare programs, along with a need for perso [...]	2006-06-21 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA7602	GOC PREPARING DETENTION CENTERS FOLLOWING URIBE'S [...] (C) Of the 38 AUC leaders the GOC is seeking, 16 have turned themselves in, 3 have been located, and 19 remain at large including Vicente Castano and Rodrigo Tovar (AKA Jorge Cuarenta). Police analysts expect the remaining leaders to turn themselves in soon; President Uribe may extradite any [...]	2006-08-18 21:28:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA9377	NAMES AND ALIASES OF THE 30 PARAMILITARY [...] (U) As of October 11, La Ceja held 30 paramilitary representative members and 34 rank and file. The 30 representative members include: - Salvatore Mancuso Gomez (AKA "El Mono") - Ramon Maria Isaza (AKA "El Viejo") - Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo (AKA "Macaco") - Rodrigo Perez Alzate (AKA " [...]	2006-10-12 00:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA9381	SECURITY FORCES GOING AFTER EX-PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Minister of Defense Santos said on October 10 that the time for the remaining ex-para leaders to turn themselves in was overdue. President Uribe authorized a USD 40,000 reward for anyone who had information on Castano's location. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador [...]	2006-10-12 14:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BRASILIA1139	COMPLETED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) U.S. Embassy and the Department of State have completed human rights vetting for Brazilian personnel as requested in Ref A. 2. (U) U.S. Embassy verifies that, as of June 7, 2006, the Department of State possess no credible information of gross human rights violations by the following [...]	2006-06-08 15:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS BR
06BRASILIA1455	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 77 [...] The following is the seventy-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views exp [...]	2006-07-19 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1467	NOMINATIONS FOR FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS TECHNIQUES (FIT) [...] Per reftels, this cable transmits Post's nomination of sixteen Brazilian participants to take part in the Financial Investigations Techniques (FIT) courses to be held at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Lima from July 31 to August 4, 2006 and August 7 to 11, 2006. These nom [...]	2006-07-20 15:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SNAR PREL KCRM BR
06BRASILIA1511	BRAZIL GRANTS ASYLUM TO FARC TERRORIST [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10 for action request. 2. (C) Summary: The Colombian government has called on Brazil to reverse a July 14 decision to grant asylum to wanted FARC terrorist Francisco Antonio Cadena. Some media in Brazil greeted the decision with speculatio [...]	2006-07-27 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MARR BR CO
06BRASILIA1670	BRAZIL NONCOMMITTAL ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary. GOB officials responded in a noncommittal fashion to visiting S/P Director Krasner's presentation on the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). During an August 4 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, GOB officials expressed concerns about the PDG's relationship, if any, to [...]	2006-08-14 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC BR
06BRASILIA1679	BRAZIL: RELEASE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 15:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BR
06BRASILIA1719	BRAZIL'S TRIANGULAR DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM [...] Summary: On August 4, Ambassador Sobel hosted a lunch for S/P Director Stephen Krasner and a cadre of Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and international officials, following Krasner's consultations with GOB officials on the Partnership in Democratic Governance (PDG) initiative. GoB interlo [...]	2006-08-17 18:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BR
06BRASILIA1960	NORTHEAST BRAZIL SOCIALIST LEADER SAYS LULA MUST IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The success or failure of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's second term will depend on Lula's determination to appoint good people and to achieve a higher economic growth rate, according to Eduardo Campos (protect),national president of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) [...]	2006-09-15 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
06BRASILIA2277	BRAZIL ELECTIONS: LULA RE-ELECTED IN DECISIVE [...] (U) Summary. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Workers Party - PT) was re-elected to a second four year term on October with 59,295,042 votes, or 60.83 percent of the vote. Challenger Geraldo Alckmin (Brazilian Social Democracy Party - PSDB) received 37,543,178 votes, or 39.17 percent. [...]	2006-10-31 10:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BR
06BRASILIA2278	BRAZIL: LULA REAFFIRMS MACROECONOMIC POLICY CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Only a day after winning reelection to a second four year term, President Lula was forced by an outburst from his Institutional Relations Minister and PT party stalwart, Tarso Genro, into reaffirming during a series of October 30 television interviews his commitment to his curre [...]	2006-10-31 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA2325	U.S.FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PROVIDES TRAINING AGAINST [...] Summary: A team of four officers from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, provided Brazilian Federal Police with a training course to prevent and combat illegal wildlife trafficking over the two week period of October 16-27, 2006. T [...]	2006-11-06 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD KSCA BR
06BRASILIA2458	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "TARGETED [...] On November 16, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 56, dated November 16, 2006) approving the research project proposal titled "Targeted Therapy for Burkitt Lymphoma in Resource [...]	2006-11-21 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA2523	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 85 [...] The following is the eighty-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-11-30 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2610	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "HIV-1 PROTEASE [...] On December 12, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 065, dated December 04, 2006, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "HIV-1 Protease CD4+ T Cell Epitopes and D [...]	2006-12-15 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA361	BRAZIL RESPONSE TO HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) During their visit to Brazil in July of 2005, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) representatives expressed interest in deepening ties between Brazilian and American transport authorities. The message was reinforced by Department of Transportation (DOT) Undersecretary for Policy Jeffrey N [...]	2006-02-21 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT ECON BR
06BRASILIA887	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "NICHD INTL [...] On May 4, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 022, dated April 27, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "The National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop [...]	2006-05-08 17:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRIDGETOWN1835	BARBADOS' LABOR AND POLITICS: A HISTORICAL [...] SUMMARY: The stable democratic history of Barbados has been characterized by occasional periods of upheaval predicated by a lack of political, social and economic parity. The Social Partnership, first established in 1993, was created to thwart the then-downward spiraling economy and provide [...]	2006-10-17 15:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN392	LIAT PILOTS' SURPRISE SICKOUT LEAVES HUNDREDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Without advance warning, Leeward Islands Air Transit (LIAT) cockpit crews staged a sickout beginning 4:00 a.m. March 1. This industrial action left hundreds of passengers stranded, including the Principal Officer in Grenada and an Embassy-sponsored jazz group. LIAT is vital [...]	2006-03-02 17:23:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB PREL PGOV KPAO XL
06BRUSSELS2543	FIREWORKS AT OSCE ELECTION MONITORING CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belgian OSCE Chairmanship focused its attention on election monitoring at a conference in Brussels on July 12. The technical theme was the need for continued strict adherence to observation guidelines when monitoring. The political message was that ODIHR remains the most co [...]	2006-07-20 10:27:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BE OSCE PHUM PREL
06BUCHAREST1653	ROMANIA AND U.S. ON SAME WAVELENGTH - DAS BRYZA AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza visited Bucharest October 26 to participate in a conference on Regional Energy Cooperation jointly sponsored by the Romanian Presidency, the U.S. and German Embassies, and the George C. Marshall Center ) Romania. In this forum and in earlier meetings [...]	2006-10-30 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1797	ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...]	2006-11-29 16:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1810	ROMANIAN PM TARICEANU UNDER FIRE AS PNL REVOLT [...] (C) Summary. A significant number of National Liberal Party (PNL) figures have joined Agriculture Minister Flutur in support of the rebel Stoica-Stolojan faction, handing Romanian Prime Minister Tariceanu his biggest Liberal Party leadership challenge to date. The breakaway faction has stren [...]	2006-12-04 15:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR RO
06BUCHAREST1884	ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES RELIGION LAW [...] (SBU) The Romanian Parliament in plenary session passed on December 13 a new religion law that has provoked criticism from human rights NGOs and the Helsinki Commission. It was approved by 220 deputies out of 224 present. It appears similar to an earlier draft that was withdrawn in March 2006 [...]	2006-12-21 12:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL DRL RO
06BUCHAREST208	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) On February 2, EmbOffs delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Enlarged Europe Razvan Rusu. Rusu agreed that transparency is needed in the Russia-Ukraine gas deal. However, he stated that this issue should be part of a comprehensive approach to [...]	2006-02-07 09:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON UP RS RO
06BUDAPEST2236	ON THE CONTRARY: FIDESZ OFFERS OPPOSITION WITHOUT [...] (C) Ambassador Foley's November 2 meeting with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Zsolt Nemeth highlights the inability of FIDESZ to match its ideological zeal with a detailed policy agenda in the ongoing confrontation with the Gyurcsany government. Divide and Destroy ... 2. [...]	2006-11-03 11:57:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HU
06BUENOSAIRES1038	MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...]	2006-05-08 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES109	QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - BUENOS AIRES: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES: Â [...]	2006-01-17 12:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
06BUENOSAIRES1624	K,OMICS REVISITED: KIRCHNER,S ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: During the first three years of his mandate, President Kirchner's rhetoric on economics was worse than his bite. Despite sometimes inflammatory, nationalist rhetoric, attacks on the IMF, oil companies, bondholders, various business sectors and orthodox economists, Kirchner did li [...]	2006-07-21 14:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES164	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso appreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD during the week to close at 3.05 ARP/USD, one cent below last Friday's close. This week's appreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar sales by exporters, accompanied by the Central Bank's constant intervention in the FX market to prevent [...]	2006-01-20 22:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1984	TRAVEL NOTE: ARGENTINA'S UNDERDEVELOPED NORTHWEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with leading political, economic and academic leaders August 14-19 in the politically and economically underdeveloped provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja. Poloff's meetings in Catamarca August 14-15 highlighted the province's economic potential, particularly in mini [...]	2006-09-01 23:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1985	GSP GRADUATION FOR ARGENTINA? - JUST ANOTHER BRICK [...] (SBU) A possible Argentine graduation from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program will certainly hurt both specific production sectors, including leather and food products and some underdeveloped provinces where U.S. GSP export production is concentrated, including Santa Fe, Chub [...]	2006-09-01 23:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2179	CHARGE SPEAKS WITH DAIA ON ANTI-SEMITISM ISSUE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Charge spoke with the president of the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Association (DAIA) Jorge Kirszenbaum on September 22 to express the Embassy's solidarity with the local Jewish community over th [...]	2006-09-25 11:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AR
06BUENOSAIRES2202	ARGENTINA'S PRICE CONTROL CZAR - A TRUE BELIEVER [...] (C) GoA Secretary of Domestic Trade Guillermo Moreno, President Kirchner's designated price control enforcer, justifies a GoA mix of export tariffs, export controls and strong-arm populist price controls as a means to correct monopolistic behavior and oligopolisitic collusion in Argentina's sm [...]	2006-09-27 10:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2441	1994 AMIA BOMBING; US-MEXICAN BORDER WALL; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Last weekend's key international stories include the implications of Argentine Prosecutor Nisman's request for an international arrest order against former Iranian government officials for the 1994 AMIA bombing case; the probable impact of upcoming US legislative elections [...]	2006-10-30 18:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2486	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PLEAS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado urged patience with his sequencing of reforms during an October 20 meeting with Charge, claiming that a program of gradual monetary tightening was impacting inflation and some delay was warranted before Argentina returns to a fully flo [...]	2006-11-03 21:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KTFN AR
06BUENOSAIRES2513	AMBASSADOR WAYNE TO ARGENTINA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major papers report on the arrival of US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, and his presentation of credentials to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. Other international stories include today's US legislative elections; the outcome of Nicaraguan presiden [...]	2006-11-08 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2576	ECONOMY MINISTER MICELI SEEKS SUPPORT ON GSP, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's November 14 courtesy call, Economic Minister Felisa Miceli welcomed the possibility to reengage on economic and trade issues and lobbied for Treasury Secretary Paulson to visit Argentina. In response to Miceli's request for support on maintaining Argentine GSP privi [...]	2006-11-17 15:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR
06BUENOSAIRES2612	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Argentine Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne to discuss ways to strengthen U.S.-Argentine cooperation on law enforcement, judicial reform, and anti-corruption issues. Iribarne noted that money laundering and terrorism financ [...]	2006-11-22 21:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTER AR
06BUENOSAIRES2683	GROWING RESISTENCE TO GOA PRICE, EXPORT CONTROLS: AGRARIAN [...] (SBU) GoA price control czar Internal Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno is encountering increasing resistance to his efforts to tamp down headline consumer inflation rates via expanded export controls on beef, wheat and corn and via pressure on wholesalers and retailers to observe publicize [...]	2006-12-04 14:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2754	IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...]	2006-12-15 09:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2783	IRAQ; US AMBASSADOR WAYNE; MIDDLE EAST; THE UN NEW STAGE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Robert Gates' taking office as head of the Pentagon; the style of new US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; confrontations in the Middle East; and the new scenario at the UN. Business-financials "El Cronista" and "Ambito [...]	2006-12-19 19:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES408	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 64 million in the FX market on February 14. Then the BCRA kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...]	2006-02-21 12:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES538	KIRCHNER TAKES ON TWO INFLUENTIAL DAILIES [...] President Kirchner recently took his contentious relationship with the Argentine press to a new level, publicly and directly attacking Argentina's two most influential daily newspapers -- Clarin and La Nacion. Although La Nacion is accustomed to being targeted by Kirchner, Clarin has enjoyed a [...]	2006-03-09 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL PHUM AR
06BUENOSAIRES964	MEDIA REACTION AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major local papers extensively report on statements made by US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez as the keynote speaker of a diplomatic and business lunch at Club de la Union Nacional. Ambassador Gutierrez is reported to have said that his country "never backed the violation o [...]	2006-04-28 17:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO3836	EGYPT: RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON TEMPORARY [...] (C) Drawing from reftel background and talking points, Poloff delivered on June 20 USG views regarding the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) for donor funding to the Palestinians to MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib. Labib shared that Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed A [...]	2006-06-20 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID EG IS
06CAIRO75	EGYPTIAN, EUROPEAN SOURCES CONFIRM RAFAH BORDER [...] (C) In separate conversations January 4, MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib and European Union Deputy Director Oliver Nette confirmed that the Egyptian-Gaza border terminals at Rafah remain open, despite press reports that Gaza militants closed the PA-controlled terminal. Lab [...]	2006-01-04 17:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS
06CARACAS1616	CHAVEZ OPENS OPEC 141ST EXTRAORDINARY MEETING [...] SUMMARY: President Chavez opened the 141st Extraordinary Meeting of OPEC mid-day June 1 with a speech of almost two hours that was long on attacks on U.S. imperialism and short on substance. After giving a rambling verion of Venezuelan and OPEC history, he proposed a 50 USD floor for oil pri [...]	2006-06-01 20:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1789	CHAVEZ AND THE RHETORIC OF HATE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez has successfully filled the Venezuelan political lexicon with hate-inspiring concepts to create and enlarge fissures within Venezuelan society and cement his domestic support. Unfortunately, it is already changing the way average Venezuelans think and act. Since tak [...]	2006-06-19 17:24:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
06CARACAS1898	MEETING WITH OUSTED FX COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Econoffs met with ousted Foreign Exchange Commission (CADIVI) President Mary Espinoza de Robles (protect) June 19. Espinoza said she "resigned" her position June 7 because the CADIVI Board continued to impose random requirements (not supported by law or regulation) on foreign currency req [...]	2006-06-23 17:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS2046	CAN HUMOR BEAT CHAVEZ? [...] (C) While the "serious" opposition candidates quibble over who will face President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan super-comedian Benjamin Rausseo is mulling over a tongue-in-cheek presidential bid. Despite his plans to make a "three month fiesta" out of the campaign, Rausseo, known to Venezuelans as [...]	2006-07-10 15:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR VE
06CARACAS2063	CARACAS' VIEW OF SMARTMATIC AND ITS VOTING MACHINES [...] (C) The Venezuelan-owned Smartmatic Corporation is a riddle both in ownership and operation, complicated by the fact that its machines have overseen several landslide (and contested) victories by President Hugo Chavez and his supporters. The electronic voting company went from a small technol [...]	2006-07-10 18:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS2535	THE FENCE CONTINUES TIGHTENING AROUND THE PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Two pieces of draconian draft legislation currently in the National Assembly - the Anti-Monopoly and Public Services Draft Laws - manifest the BRV's intention to further restrict and control the private sector. The draft Anti-Monopoly Law proposes replacing the existing anti-trust regu [...]	2006-08-24 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS2682	SNAPSHOT OF VENEZUELAN MILITARY OFFICIALS IN [...] (C) President Chavez continues to stack Venezuelan civil society with military loyalists, and a uniformed presence extends from ministries to national banks to local government. Chavez' BRV is at a profound level a militaristic regime, characterized by a strict hierarchy. The pervasive presen [...]	2006-09-06 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2845	THE CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN: VICTORY, AT ANY COST? [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez' re-election campaign is a disturbing mix of retrograde authoritarian tactics and creeping totalitarian tendencies. Chavez and his close campaign team exercise tight control over a formidable, country-wide grassroots electoral organization and an administra [...]	2006-09-18 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS3018	CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN TACTICS: MORE VIOLENCE, MORE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and his supporters continue to use coercive tools in the run-up to the December 3 presidential election. Chavistas attacked consensus opposition candidate Rosales' campaign events three times in the last two weeks of September, in addition to two previously repo [...]	2006-10-04 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB VE
06CARACAS3042	VENEZUELAN IMPORTS SURGING AS ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With implicit BRV blessing, the Commission for the Administration of Foreign Exchange (CADIVI) has significantly increased foreign exchange authorizations in recent weeks, much of which have gone to fuel the on-going import binge in Venezuela. These purchases seem to contradi [...]	2006-10-06 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS3068	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO CREATE A SINGLE [...] (C) Summary. During his September 9 campaign rally in Caracas, President Chavez announced his intention to hold a party conference in early 2007 to create a unified revolutionary party. Chavez has reiterated the need for such a single party at more recent campaign events. Leaders of parties [...]	2006-10-11 17:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3214	ROSALES ADVISOR: "WE'RE PULLING EVEN" [...] (C) Summary. Angel Emiro Vera, close advisor to consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, told the DCM October 24 that the Rosales campaign is gaining momentum and could defeat President Chavez in a free and fair election. The Rosales campaign is focused on trying to win the December 3 [...]	2006-10-26 14:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3284	CHAVEZ DEMANDS MILITARY LOYALTY -- AND WARNS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez' televised October 31 speech to a large group of senior military officials appeared to be a very public effort to cement the military's loyalty prior to the December 3 presidential election. Chavez accused the opposition of trying to conspire with unidentified m [...]	2006-11-01 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE

06CARACAS3425	FOREIGN MINISTER MADURO BLASTS PERUVIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro lashed out at the Peruvian government in the wake of Peruvian Foreign Minister Garcia Belaunde's reported reference to Venezuela's unsuccessful bid to secure a rotational UNSC seat. Maduro told reporters November 11 that his Peruvian counterpar [...]	2006-11-17 18:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS3476	CHAVEZ AND ROSALES MOBILIZE HUGE CROWDS IN FINAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales and President Chavez both held their last major campaign rallies in Caracas November 25 and 26, respectively. Rosales delivered a milestone stump speech November 25 to hundreds of thousands of supporters, easily his biggest campaign rally to d [...]	2006-11-27 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3671	THE DO-NOTHING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF 2006 POISED TO [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly, although composed entirely of pro-Chavez party members after the opposition boycotted the December 2005 parliamentary election, passed little important legislation in 2006. Among the more memorable National Assembly "Bolivarian accomplishments" of 2006 are [...]	2006-12-21 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL VE
06COLOMBO1018	SRI LANKA: WORST LTTE ATTACK ON CIVILIANS SINCE [...] (C) Summary. Following a presumed LTTE mine attack on a crowded civilian bus near North-central Vavuniya on the morning of June 15 that killed at least 64 people (Ref A),the Sri Lanka military launched limited retaliation on LTTE targets south of Trincomalee, and Mullaitivu, headquaters of [...]	2006-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1053	SRI LANKA: TIGER SUICIDE BOMBERS ASSASSINATE SRI [...] (C) Summary: At 7:45 AM on June 26, two presumed-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) motorcycle-mounted suicide bombers killed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Major General Parami Kulathunga and three soldiers in Pannapitiya, a suburb approximately 15 km from Colombo. Ku [...]	2006-06-26 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO111	Special Media Reaction: Further Reaction to [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan media over the holiday weekend continued to analyze the Ambassador's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he expressed grave concern over LTTE violence and predicted the Tigers would face a stronger Sri Lankan military if they chose to ab [...]	2006-01-17 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06COLOMBO140	Special Media Reaction: U/S Burns in Colombo [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to Sri Lanka January 22-24 elicited much high-profile attention from the Sri Lankan print and broadcast media on January 23 and 24. State-run media and mainstream independent media lauded the visit with the most [...]	2006-01-24 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO1601	SRI LANKA: MUSLIM LEADER HAKEEM SEEKS SEPARATE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called upon moderate Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauf Hakeem on September 28. Formed in 1981 and registered as a political party in 1989, the SLMC is the largest party representing the Muslim electorate in Sri Lanka. A key opposition leader, Hakeem t [...]	2006-09-29 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO306	Special Media Reaction: Conclusion of Ceasefire [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media, in an avalanche of commentary on the just concluded ceasefire talks in Geneva, spun the outcome in different directions according to their traditional political tendencies. Comment in state-owned media chided the local independent media and international wire [...]	2006-02-27 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO321	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06COLOMBO53	Special Media Reaction: LTTE Sinks Navy Ship Off [...] (U) Summary: English and vernacular press on Sunday, January 8, overwhelmingly led with January 7th's pre-dawn LTTE suicide attack on the Sri Lanka Navy Dvora-class vessel off the coast of the eastern port of Trincomalee. English, Sinhala, and some independent Tamil press readily blamed the L [...]	2006-01-09 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06COLOMBO54	Special Media Reaction: Sri Lankan Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera's first official visit to Washington D.C. January 5 - 8 elicited much attention from the government- owned and mainstream independent press. State-run and independent television news programs carried prominent footage of the Ministe [...]	2006-01-09 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO72	Special Media Reaction: Ambassador's January 10 [...] (U) Summary: English and Sinhala media January 11 ran bold front-page headlines and lead stories highlighting Ambassador's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he noted that peace should be the nation's highest priority, criticized recent LTTE violence and lauded the [...]	2006-01-11 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06COLOMBO723	GUNMEN ATTACK TAMIL NEWSPAPER ON EVE OF WORLD PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the evening of May 2 unidentified gunmen entered the offices of the Tamil language newspaper Uthayan in the northern district of Jaffna and opened fire on the employees, killing two and wounding at least three. The Minister of Mass Media and Information condemned the attack [...]	2006-05-03 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO808	Special Media Reaction: PDAS Camp Visit to [...] (U) The Sri Lankan media splashed SCA PDAS Donald Camp's media interviews prominently on their front pages and as leads on the evening TV news programs. While government-run media highlighted Camp's denunciations of the LTTE, independent papers, in both Tamil and English, played up his comment [...]	2006-05-17 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO89	Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to [...] (U) Summary: English and Sinhala editorialists January 12 praised Ambassador Lunstead's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he noted that peace should be the nation's highest priority, criticized recent LTTE violence and lauded the GOSL's restrained response to LTTE [...]	2006-01-12 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06DAKAR1100	WHAT DID SENEGALESE DO BEFORE THEY HAD CANDLES?; [...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest political joke making the rounds in Dakar these days is: "What did Senegalese do before they had candles? ... They had electricity." Unfortunately, Senegal's chronic electricity shortages are no laughing matter and continue to have adverse economic, social and politi [...]	2006-05-10 08:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET SG
06DAKAR1270	SENEGAL'S ACCELERATED GROWTH STRATEGY (AGS) AND [...] (SBU) The Minister of Finance met with the donors to update them on the development of Senegal's Accelerated Growth Strategy (AGS) on March 22. The Government intends to finalize and implement the strategy on July 1, but donors have not heard what changes have been made over the last two mon [...]	2006-05-30 16:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR SG
06DAKAR1740	SENEGAL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH: IS THE WINDOW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal,s real GDP growth for 2006 is likely to fall short of earlier expectations. Production in key export sectors is down; fish, phosphate and peanut exports all face difficulties, and indications are that industrial sector output is below projected levels. According to loc [...]	2006-07-19 17:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID ENRG SG
06DAKAR1746	SENEGAL PLANS TO TACKLE ONGOING ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) recently hosted a three-day workshop in the coastal town of Saly to diagnose the current energy crisis in the wake of the ongoing world market price increases that continue to negatively affect the Senegalese economy. The workshop featured energy [...]	2006-07-20 13:45:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID ECON EPET SG CH VE IR
06DAKAR2364	SENEGAL'S STRATEGY TO ADDRESS ITS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) As we enter the ninth month of Senegal's energy crisis, the GOS and energy parastatals have outlined a number of steps that they hope will stabilize the situation. With presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007, there is widespread agreement among sector analysts that th [...]	2006-09-29 17:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG CH IR LY MO
06DAKAR81	CODEL KOLBE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT WADE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Kolbe met with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for over 75 minutes on January 4. They discussed Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal; peacekeeping; human rights, especially the charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck; and the Casamance peace [...]	2006-01-12 15:47:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP EAID PHUM PREL KMCA KPKO SG
06DAMASCUS1273	FACING DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION, SYRIANS NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media is giving increasing coverage to the issue of inflation, with contacts estimating that the prices of basic commodities are rising much faster than the officially reported rate of 6%. Prices have refused to come down after a series of shocks in 2005, indicating a gen [...]	2006-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SY
06DAMASCUS2633	GAFTA: MORE BURDEN THAN BENEFIT FOR SYRIA? [...] (C) Summary: Although the Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement (GAFTA) was fully implemented on January 1, 2005, the benefits to Syria's economy have been limited. While trade exchange between Syria and the Gulf countries may have increased marginally, most Syrian business contacts and economis [...]	2006-06-06 12:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS3805	Damascus Media Reaction: Israel/Lebanon, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad and Chinese President Jintao exchanged letters of congratulation marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. President Asad expressed confidence that the relations of friendship and co [...]	2006-08-02 13:40:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DHAKA2739	FORMER PRESIDENT CALLS HOUSE FIRE BNP [...] (C) Summary. Former president B. Chowdhury and his son Mahi label the mysterious early morning fire that enveloped three areas of their Dhaka home an assassination attempt by BNP elements fearful of their party's allegedly growing popularity. BNP desire to deter the defection of restless parl [...]	2006-05-15 08:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV BG
06DHAKA6304	SECURITY TOPS LIST OF PRE-ELECTION CONCERNS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Observers in the Chittagong area, where high levels of violence and fraud are expected in the upcoming election, see security as their biggest concern. Like other parts of Bangladesh partially stabilized by the deployment of the notoriously aggressive Rapid Action Battalion, they [...]	2006-10-16 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BG
06DHAKA6411	ELECTIONS: NEW PARTY LAUNCHED; DIALOGUE ENDS; [...] (U) Former President Badruddoza ("B") Chowdhury and disgruntled BNP MP Col. Oli Ahmed launched their new Liberal Democratic Party on October 27 in Dhaka. Although the launch of the new party was not unexpected, many among the BNP were surprised by the number of BNP defections to the new party [...]	2006-10-27 09:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG
06DHAKA6738	EMERGING LEADERS IN BANGLADESH (C-NE6-01896) [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 09:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PINR PGOV BG
06DILI355	RAMOS-HORTA BECOMES PRIME MINISTER IN NEW FRETILIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS TT
06DOHA1659	AL JAZEERA ENGLISH LAUNCHES - FINALLY [...] MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER ITS INITIAL CREATION IN 2004, THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF AL JAZEERA - NOW KNOWN AS AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) - LAUNCHED TO GREAT FANFARE IN DOHA NOVEMBER 15. 2. IN LAUNCHING THIS PROJECT, THE AMIR OF QATAR HAS DISBURSED UNDISCLOSED, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY VAST, SUMS OF [...]	2006-11-16 14:38:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO QA
06DUSHANBE1744	SEVEN WEEKS OUT: LET THE GAMES BEGIN, TAJIK ELECTION [...] (U) Five political parties officially announced their candidates for president during congresses held September 16-17. The candidates thus far are all chairmen of their parties, have little nationwide popular support and are weak politicians. With the exception of Narziev's Socialist Party o [...]	2006-09-22 10:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1863	FOUR WEEKS OUT: POLITICAL PARTY FACTION BRIBES MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Four weeks out from the November 6 presidential election, five candidates have successfully registered candidate. Opposition political parties are weaker than ever, as a faction of the Democratic Party has won government approval. The government ordered internet providers to block ne [...]	2006-10-12 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2017	SUPERMARKET SWEEP - THE NEW LOOK OF GROCERIES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A TAJIK-DUTCH JOINT VENTURE HAS CREATED THE FIRST WESTERN-STYLE SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN TAJIKISTAN, "ORIMA," FEATURING HUNDREDS OF IMPORTED PRODUCTS AIMED AT THE LOCAL MARKET. UTILIZING A SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION PAGE 2 RUEWMFS2017 UNCLAS DUSHANBE 002017 SIPDI [...]	2006-11-02 17:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV EIND ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE2038	RAHMONOV WINS TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH 79.3 PERCENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Rahmonov won a third term with 79.3 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Embassy observers deployed throughout Tajikistan witnessed the gamut of election practices from completely transparent tabulation processes to blatant ballot stuffing by commissi [...]	2006-11-07 12:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE284	KHUJAND, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OF TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khujand, Tajikistan's "second city," in the Ferghana Valley and separated from Dushanbe by a formidable mountain range, represents what Tajikistan could be - not a democratic paradise, but a confident, relatively progressive, stable society open to new ideas and cautiously resist [...]	2006-02-13 08:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAO KDEM RS UZ KG TI
06DUSHANBE326	HYDROPOWER 101: A GUIDE TO TAJIKISTAN'S PROSPECTS, PROJECTS, [...] (U) Tajikistan's mountains and rivers provide it an estimated four percent of the world's hydropower resources. The Tajik government has no shortage of promises and offers to help develop this natural resource, and is currently balancing competing interests and priorities to maximize the fina [...]	2006-02-21 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE546	TAJIKISTAN: HOW TO IMPROVE THE NOVEMBER 2006 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Although it is getting late in the game, we still have an opportunity, if we begin work now, to influence the Government of Tajikistan to take steps forward toward meeting international standards in the November 2006 presidential election. If we can achieve this modest goal, we will hav [...]	2006-03-27 11:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE766	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS ISLAM, DRAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Karomatullo Olimov, Presidential Advisor on Social Development and Public Contacts, April 21 at Olimov's request for a wide-ranging discussion of Islam and the r [...]	2006-04-24 11:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KISL KIRF KPAO IR TI
06DUSHANBE779	TAJIKISTAN'S SHARIPOV DISCUSSES CORRUPTION, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] (C) The Ambassador met April 26 with Director of the President's Strategic Research Center (SRC) Suhrob Sharipov for a wide-ranging discussion on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),anti-corruption efforts in Tajikistan, Iranian-Tajik relations, and Tajikistan's increasing unease with [...]	2006-04-27 08:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG SOCI KCOR KMCA KDEM IR RS
06DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND [...] (SBU) Richard and Elisabeth, we are very grateful you are visiting Tajikistan. As you have quickly learned, Central Asia is not the easiest place for the United States to do business, especially since Russia has declared these countries its sphere of influence and is taking all sorts of measu [...]	2006-04-29 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE986	TAJIKISTAN: A RESOLUTION TO THE SYNAGOGUE'S PROBLEMS? [...] Local Tajik news sources have reported that Alexsandr Mashkevich, president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) and Kazakh oligarch, agreed to fund the construction of a new synagogue in the center of Dushanbe. The existing synagogue has already been partly demolished along with other bu [...]	2006-05-26 07:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF KISM TI
06EFTOPORTMORESBY364	VANUATU - GHOST OF PHOENIX PAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 06:47:00	Embassy Port Moresby	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR NH
06FUKUOKA27	RE-ELECTED IWAKUNI MAYOR TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE ON U.S. NAVAL [...] (U) On April 23, Katsusuke Ihara easily defeated an LDP-supported opponent and a third candidate in the Iwakuni City mayoral election. Ihara, who was mayor of Iwakuni City prior to its March 20 merger with seven smaller towns, obtained 69% of the votes compared to the 28% and 2% obtained by [...]	2006-04-24 09:13:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PREL JA
06GEORGETOWN137	DEATH THREAT AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR AND PROMINENT [...] (S) Ambassador met with Major General (ret.) Norman McLean on February 8 at McLean's request. At the meeting, McLean handed Ambassador a sheet of paper listing information he had received from a policeman who has access to the Buxton area. This paper described a discussion regarding an operati [...]	2006-02-08 23:27:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL SNAR GY
06GEORGETOWN577	VENEZUELA-GUYANA BORDER DISPUTE OVERSHADOWS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 16:31:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ECON EPET PREL GY
06GEORGETOWN815	(U) GUYANA ELECTION PREPARATIONS (C-AL6-01121) [...] (U) Post presents response to ref A. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION (GECOM)? HOW IS CHAIRMAN STEVE SURUJBALLY VIEWED WITHIN GECOM? (C) The much-maligned GECOM has withstood constant criticism and is on track to deliver free and fair el [...]	2006-08-14 17:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PINR PGOV SNAR GY
06GUATEMALA668	GUATEMALA TAKING ACTION TO CORRECT FAULTY LANGUAGE [...] (U) The Guatemalan Congress is asking President Berger to veto the organized crime bill (reftel) because of ambiguous language in a last minute amendment that would have cut in half the maximum prison sentences for several types of major crimes, including murder and kidnapping. 2. (U) Pre [...]	2006-04-04 20:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID PTER GT
06HARARE1010	CURRENCY CHANGEOVER SPARKS CONFUSION [...] (C) With five business days remaining until the currency conversion deadline of August 21, business contacts tell us the country is woefully unprepared for the expiration of the old bearer checks. Most businesses have suspended or significantly reduced sales, chiefly of imports, rather than [...]	2006-08-11 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE724	US SUBSIDIARY CONFESSES SANCTIONS SINS [...] (C) The Managing Director of the Zimbabwe branch of Greif, an Ohio-based packaging company, told poloff on June 14 that his branch had been knowingly violating US financial sanctions for several years by providing services to Robert Mugabe and other specially designated nationals (SDNs). Tich [...]	2006-06-15 17:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KFPC PREL ZI
06HARARE770	NO STABILITY IN SIGHT FOR ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM [...] (C) Commercial Farm Union Vice President Trevor Gifford on June 27 updated poloff on the GOZ's latest 99-year lease form, which would vest in the GOZ unfettered authority to repossess any properties distributed in its ongoing chaotic land reform process. Gifford said the form offered insuffi [...]	2006-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ASEC EINV PHUM PREL ECON ZI
06HAVANA11234	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: The health of hunger-striking dissident Guillermo Farinas has taken a turn for the worse, and he is threatening to leave his hospital to "go home to die." The "Ladies in White" are to be awarded Human Rights First's annual prize. Activists reacted positively to their May 24 con [...]	2006-05-26 21:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA15749	ANTI-DISSIDENT ACTIVITIES CONTINUE IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Cuban regime agents continue to carry out "acts of repudiation" and other aggressive actions against pro-democracy activists, but to no greater or lesser extent than before the July 31 announcement of Fidel Castro's temporary withdrawal. Since then, at least five anti-dissident i [...]	2006-08-09 11:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA16023	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White" expressed concern that their weekly march outside Havana's Santa Rita church on Sunday, April 13, will be their most dangerous ever, as it coincides with the 80th birthday of Fidel Castro and could prompt a counter-protest by regime supporters. Elsewhere i [...]	2006-08-11 20:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA20774	REPRESSION IN CUBA WORSE UNDER RAUL, SAY ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Many Cuban human rights activists believe that repression has worsened on the island since the July 31 "proclamation" that Raul Castro had assumed temporary control. Between October 2 and 5, we asked ten leading human rights and pro-democracy advocates - a majority of them former [...]	2006-10-06 21:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23544	CUBA RELEASES 3 DETAINEES, PROLONGS JAILING OF 2 [...] (C) Summary. The Cuban Government has released from prison three more dissidents, one of whom had been convicted and two held without charges since a July 22, 2005 protest in Havana. The releases bring to at least five the number of political detainees/prisoners freed in recent weeks. Meanwhi [...]	2006-11-27 14:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23564	RAUL DELIVERS CASTRO BIRTHDAY SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL
06HOCHIMINHCITY1009	POPULAR ANGER OVER LAND DISPUTES; PROTESTS IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few months, ConGen has observed a steady stream of small, peaceful protests over land, representing disgruntled groups from the Mekong Delta and the HCMC region. HCMC media contacts tell us of popular dissatisfaction over land expropriation policy and associated o [...]	2006-09-06 10:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KJUS EAID ECON PREL KIRF PGOV VM
06HONGKONG4244	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: KA SHUI MANUFACTORY CO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2006-10-27 09:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
06ISTANBUL2145	POLICE RAID LEFTISTS IN TEN ISTANBUL NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (SBU) On the afternoon and evening of December 7, Turkish National Police (TNP) counter-terrorism (CT) units raided 10 addresses in Istanbul's Gazi, Kucukcekmece, Gultepe, Okmeydani, Umraniye, Kartal, Sultanbeyli and Kucuk Armutlu neighborhoods, arresting 20 suspects following a six month in [...]	2006-12-08 16:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
06JERUSALEM1319	EVICTION FINALLY COMES FOR EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. An East Jerusalem Palestinian family, engaged in a protracted legal battle with the Government of Israel (GOI) to maintain ownership of their home in Silwan, was summarily evicted March 29. According to an attorney involved in the case, privately hired Israeli security guards [...]	2006-03-30 16:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM1339	LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION REQUESTS USG [...] (C) Summary. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF),owner and operator of Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem, is facing a May 22 final hearing in the Israeli High Court on the hospital's tax liability to the Government of Israel (GOI) -- specifically an employer tax based on a 1967 [...]	2006-04-03 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM1565	PASF ELEMENTS ATTACK PLC BUILDING IN KHAN YUNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest in a series of attempts by Fatah loyalists to embarrass and discredit the HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA),gunmen attacked and occupied the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) building in Khan Yunis on April 15 to protest the PA's failure to pay March salaries [...]	2006-04-17 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL IS MOPS
06JERUSALEM1567	HAMAS PREDICTS CHAOS IF INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In what may appear to be an escalating war of words, Hamas officials, including PM Isma'il Haniyyah, April 14-16 lashed out at U.S., European, and Israeli efforts to isolate and undermine the new Hamas-led government. In comments before tens of thousands of Muslim worshipper [...]	2006-04-17 16:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1697	PA OWES EAST JERUSALEM HOSPITALS FOR WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. According to East Jerusalem medical care providers, the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to incur costs of over USD 800,000 per month for specialized care for the cases it refers from the West Bank despite empty coffers. (Note: A negligible number of cases are referred [...]	2006-04-27 09:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM2867	MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) The IDF continues its presence in central and southern Gaza. IDF raids continue, as do Qassam rocket launches. The factions claiming responsibility for the abduction of IDF corporal Gilad Shalit told the media on July 9 that they alone control Shalit's fate, and reiterated their demands [...]	2006-07-10 10:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3635	SEPARATION BARRIER ROUTE REVISED, BUT PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a July 2006 report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA),Palestinian and NGO contacts have informed ConGen that despite revisions, the route of the separation barrier will cut off tens of thousands of Palestinians from Palestinian-o [...]	2006-08-17 07:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM5005	2006 OLIVE HARVEST: HIGH YIELD EXCEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2006 Palestinian olive harvest was very successful and is expected to produce USD 100 million in olive oil sales - tripling the USD 30 million earned in 2005. (Note: Olive harvests are cyclical, with each low year followed by a high year - 2006 was a cyclical high year fo [...]	2006-12-20 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM79	OLIVE GROVE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGE [...] (SBU) Palestinian villagers from the southern West Bank village of Juwaya January 6 discovered 102 olive trees -- planted over 30 years ago -- deliberately cut down, presumably by settlers residing in nearby Ma'on settlement. According to contacts from the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT),[...]	2006-01-06 17:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PHUM
06KATHMANDU1001	KING MAKES POSITIVE STEP, BUT THEN A REVERSAL? [...] (C) On April 18, the government temporarily released Madhav Kumar Nepal, President of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) from jail, while the Supreme Court ordered 172 Party cadre and human rights activists to be released from jail on April 17. As demonstrations [...]	2006-04-18 14:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1013	PROTESTORS GEARING UP FOR LARGE APRIL 20 RALLY IN [...] (C) Large pro-democracy protests continued in terai cities on April 19, day fourteen of the seven-party alliance general strike. Security forces killed four demonstrators in Jhapa District in Eastern Nepal, bringing the total to ten the number of protesters killed during the general strike. T [...]	2006-04-19 13:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU1020	MASS GATHERINGS AS PEOPLE WAIT FOR KING'S MESSAGE [...] (C) On April 21, seven-party alliance leaders reported that the largest number of people to date took to the streets in Kathmandu in support of democracy, as people waited for a message from the King, expected at 1900 local time. Minendra Rijal, NC(D) Spokesman, noted that the mass demonstrat [...]	2006-04-21 13:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1022	DID THE KING WAIT TOO LONG? [...] (C) Following the King's message turning power over to the seven-party alliance (reftel),Sher Bahadur Deuba, NC(D) President and former Prime Minster, told the Ambassador that he thought the speech was an "opening." However, he lamented that he had to "follow the consensus" of the seven-par [...]	2006-04-21 15:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1029	APRIL 23 PARTIES KEEP DEMONSTRATING [...] (C) On April 23, day eighteen of the Parties' general strike and protest program, large scale pro-democracy demonstrations continued throughout Nepal. Despite the government's day-time curfew and cutting off cell phone service, more than one hundred thousand protesters demonstrated in Kathman [...]	2006-04-23 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU1036	PARTIES CALL FOR APRIL 25 MASS PROTEST [...] (C) Defying a fifth consecutive day-time curfew in Kathmandu, pro-democracy demonstrations continued in the capital and throughout the country on April 24, day nineteen of the seven-party alliance's general strike and protest program. However, protests in the capital were smaller, and the num [...]	2006-04-24 10:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1042	JUBILATION AS KING REINSTATES PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Seven-Party alliance leaders and people on the street declared victory for democracy following the King's April 24 late night message announcing the reinstatement of Parliament and meeting all the Parties' demands (ref A). The King called on the seven-party alliance to follow its road map [...]	2006-04-25 12:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR NP
06KATHMANDU1082	PARLIAMENT OPENS FOR SHORT SESSION [...] Hours after its planned 1300 local time opening, Deputy Speaker, now Acting Speaker upon the former Speaker's April 26 resignation, Chitralekha Yadav opened the House of Representatives. The session lasted only about one-half hour. Yadav started the session by reading King Gyanendra's April [...]	2006-04-28 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1090	SEVEN MEMBER CABINET FORMED [...] (U) Prime Minister GP Koirala announced a seven-member cabinet on the afternoon of May 2, adding he would expand the Cabinet to 21 members in the future. Key members include KP Oli, CPN-UML as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Krishna Sitaula, Nepali Congress (NC),as Home Minister, [...]	2006-05-02 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1129	GOVERNMENT RECIPROCATES CEASE-FIRE, LIFTS MAOIST [...] (C) The Cabinet on May 3 declared an indefinite cease-fire, and announced it would remove the terrorist label, allowing the Maoists to operate above ground throughout the country, all with the purpose of preparing for talks with the Maoists. The Cabinet also annulled the February 8 municipal [...]	2006-05-04 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1191	INDIAN AND UK AMBASSADORS BRIEF BOUCHER AND NSC [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with A/S Boucher, NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard, the Ambassador and Acting DCM, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee and U.K. Ambassador Keith Bloomfield said they expected the remaining seats in a 21-member cabinet would be filled May 3 or 4. Mukherjee s [...]	2006-05-09 08:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PTER NP IN UK
06KATHMANDU1198	NEPAL ASKS FOR SUPPORT FOR 2008 UNSC SEAT [...] (C) K.P. Oli, Nepal's new Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, in a May 10 meeting with the Ambassador asked for USG support for Nepal's candidacy for the Asia non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat to be selected at the UN General Assembly this fall. He noted that Nepal la [...]	2006-05-11 06:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC NP
06KATHMANDU1199	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: NO IMMEDIATE PROGRESS LIKELY [...] (C) In a May 10 meeting with K.P. Oli, new Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, the Ambassador highlighted recent USG efforts to find a permanent solution for the Bhutanese refugees. The Ambassador urged the government to allow UNHCR to register and verify people in the camps, and aske [...]	2006-05-11 06:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU1200	MINISTERS ON CONTROLLING THE KING, MAOISTS, AND [...] (C) In separate May 9 meetings with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Ram Sharan Mahat and Minister of Physical Planning and Works Gopal Man Shrestha both expressed concern that the King might try to reassert himself in the future. Shrestha noted that the Parliament was considering how to br [...]	2006-05-11 06:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1201	DEPUTY PM WORRIED KING STILL PLOTTING, MAOISTS [...] (C) K.P. Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and CPN-UML Central Committee Member, told the Ambassador on May 10 that the King would not stay in his box for long and would be looking at his constitutional options. The King had already instructed loyalists to contact the military to [...]	2006-05-11 06:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID NP
06KATHMANDU1290	FM OLI TELLS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY MAOISTS MUST [...] (U) In a May 19 briefing for the diplomatic community, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli said Nepal's relationship with its immediate neighbors would remain unchanged, and that Nepal would continue its policy of friendship and cooperation with all countries. He highlighted N [...]	2006-05-22 06:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF ETRD NP
06KATHMANDU1293	GOVERNMENT EXPANDS CABINET TO EIGHTEEN [...] (C) The Prime Minister announced eleven new Ministers on May 22, including one women and three minorities. Several key posts remained vacant as smaller parties in the seven-party alliance had yet to submit their names to the Prime Minster for consideration and one of the newly appointed Minis [...]	2006-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1328	NEPAL RESUMES ISSUING TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO REFUGEES [...] (C) K.P. Oli, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, confirmed to the Ambassador on May 24 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had decided to resume issuing travel documents to Tibetan and Bhutanese refugees effective immediately. Oli commented that the previous government had halted issua [...]	2006-05-25 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1346	UNHCR ON REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Abraham Abraham, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative, told the Ambassador on May 26 that he had met with K.P. Oli, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, on May 25 and was pressing the new government to focus on refugee issues. Abraham said he [...]	2006-05-26 11:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1425	U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador on June 5 informed Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister KP Oli of the U.S. announcement that, if Iran fully and verifiably suspended enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, the U.S. was willing to become a full party in the EU-3 negotiations with Iran (reftel). [...]	2006-06-05 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1434	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON MAOISTS; ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli told the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief June 5 about his concerns regarding Maoist activities. The Ambassador saluted the Deputy PM for his recent statements in Parliament calling the Maoists to account for their violation of the Code of Co [...]	2006-06-06 02:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF NP
06KATHMANDU1667	DEPUTY PM: IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING MAOISTS INTO [...] (C) In a June 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli stressed that it would be "quite impossible" to bring the Maoists into the Government of Nepal (GON) before "demobilization and decommissioning" had taken place. During the meeting, Oli excused h [...]	2006-06-23 12:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU1678	MAOIST CONFUSION REIGNS: INCHING CLOSER TO [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) continues to issue vague statements about Maoist arms and an interim government. Home Minister Krishna Sitaula announced that the Maoists would join the government as soon as the UN started monitoring weapons, explaining that an interim government and arms [...]	2006-06-26 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1692	GOVERNMENT WILLING TO SUPPORT SOLUTION ACCEPTABLE [...] (C) On June 23, the Ambassador discussed with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy PM K.P. Oli the seven-nation core group's preparations for a July 14 meeting in New York on Bhutanese refugees (ref A). Oli conveyed the willingness of the Government of Nepal (GON) to accept repatriation, th [...]	2006-06-27 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU1725	INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) During a June 30 meeting, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee told the Ambassador that Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran, following his visit to Thimpu, had sent up a suggestion that the Government of Nepal (GON) allow a small joint verification team (JVT) perhap [...]	2006-06-30 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1731	UN PREVIEWS GON REQUEST FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT [...] (C) UN Resident Representative Matthew Kahane previewed the eagerly anticipated GON request for support to the United Nations in a briefing for selected countries June 30. Kahane insisted that he could not predict when the UN might receive the letter from the GON, ascribing the delay to dynam [...]	2006-06-30 13:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NP
06KATHMANDU1745	CHINESE UPSET OVER TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) on July 5 refuted the July 4 media reports that it had agreed to the resettlement of 5000 Tibetan refugees to the United States. Media had reported that the PRC had expressed concern to K.P. Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, over the [...]	2006-07-05 12:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL NP
06KATHMANDU1794	NEPAL ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN ASSISTANCE [...] (C/NF) The GON shared with Post a copy of Prime Minister Koirala's letter requesting assistance from the United Nations (full text in para. 5) and asked for our support in getting the UN to give a prompt, positive response. The GON is worried that India is opposing UN action. According to th [...]	2006-07-10 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1797	NEPAL'S "STATE OF THE UNION" IMPRESSES FEW [...] (C) On July 9, Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli presented to Parliament the Government of Nepal's (GON) annual policy and program statement for the 2006-2007 fiscal year (full text emailed to SCA/INS). (Note: The Nepali fiscal year runs from July 15 - July 14. End Note.) The statement to Parli [...]	2006-07-10 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREF NP
06KATHMANDU1806	MAOIST DEPUTY: NO SURRENDER OF ARMS BEFORE [...] (U) The Maoists are publicly emphasizing their opposition to decommissioning their weapons before constituent assembly elections, despite increasing public pressure to do so. During a July 10 media interview, Maoist number two in command Baburam Bhattarai stated, "let everybody be clear -- we' [...]	2006-07-11 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1993	FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON JULY 14 CORE GROUP [...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli to give a read-out of the July 14 Core Group meeting and to confirm points on Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees (reftel). Oli confirmed the Government of Nepal's (GON) commitment to allow resettlement of t [...]	2006-07-26 11:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP

06KATHMANDU2003	NEPAL PARLIAMENT POISED TO RATIFY ROME STATUTE [...] (C) On July 25 the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution directing the Government of Nepal (GON) to ratify the Rome Statute to become a member of the International Criminal Court. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs K.P. Oli pledged that the GON would rati [...]	2006-07-26 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP

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