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Date: 30/03/2009
DTP reasserts control of Northern Kurdistan in Turkish local elections
Democratic Society Party (DTP), the main pro-Kurdish party in Turkey, has gained the largest share of vote in Kurdistan, but has failed to see the number of mayors doubled · Diyarbakir, Van, Hakkari and Batman are among the cities controlled by DTP · Several delegations of international observers have denounced irregularities.
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Date: 27/03/2009
Hail of criticism for the Spanish government’s decision to pull out from Kosovo
Main NATO allies in Madrid get upset about the decision · Zapatero is accused of being driven by domestic politics · Spain is one of the few EU member states, alongside Romania, Slovenia, Greece and Cyprus, which has not recognized the independence of the former Serbian province.
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Date: 25/03/2009
The European Parliament withdraws criticism to language immersion
The chamber has endorsed a report in favour of multilingualism, which replaces a resolution proposed by the European Popular Party attacking the language immersion system in territories with more than one official language · The text has been promoted by Catalan and Basque MEP’s.
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Date: 24/03/2009
Indonesia is heading towards elections with conflicts in Aceh and Papua still unresolved
Worst tension since 2005 peace agreement has mounted in Aceh between pro-independence supporters and Indonesian army · On the opposite end of the country, in West Papua, thousands of people have demonstrated in favour of a referendum for self-determination, and a pro-independence leader gets back from exile to hold peace talks with the Government · The country is holding parliamentary elections next April 9.
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Date: 23/03/2009
UN envoy believes Israeli attack to Gaza was a war crime
The Human Rights Council is assigned with the task of writing a report to find out whether Israeli military were able to distinguish between military and civil targets · Richard Falk, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, thinks there are various reasons to believe the attack constituted 'a large-scale war crime'.
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Date: 20/03/2009
Unprecedented victory of Indigenous people from Brazil in the courts
Supreme Court from Brazil has ruled that the Raposa Serra do Sol indigenous reserve is an integral territory and of exclusive use for the indigenous population, so rice producers and big farmers will have to leave the land · The decision sets an important precedent for hundreds of similar cases all across the country.
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Date: 20/03/2009
Peoples and nations today: Friuli
Friuli is one of those countries situated in a geostrategic region −the strip of land between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea−, which has ended up depending on another State due to historical vicissitudes related to the existence of big imperial neighbours, despite being endowed with specific traits and a distinct character.
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Date: 20/03/2009
A report presented to the European Parliament criticizes the lack of progress made with the ECRML
The report recommends the Union to back EBLUL · A new edition of the European Dialogue Forum of Traditional National Minorities, Constitutional Regions and Regional Languages has been held these days.
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Date: 19/03/2009
A radio station in Armenian is launched in Turkey
NEWS IN BRIEF. Ankara continues to take steps to improve diplomatic relations with Yerevan.
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Date: 18/03/2009
South Ossetian government says that 90% of the buildings remain damaged after last summer war · Moscow promises 62 million € in financial aid · President of the Caucasian republic has offered the Russian army a military base for one century.
