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Aftenposten Dobbeltroller i Olje for UtviklingEtikk. Aftenpostens oppslag 24. august om etiske utfordringer knyttet til Norges dobbeltrolle som bistandsland og statsoljekapitalist på de samme jaktmarkene, reiser en viktig debatt. 15.9.2009 [Les mer]
15.september 2009
INNENRIKS
Forsvarsnett Opprørere jaget på flukt Afghanske sikkerhetsstyrker gjennomførte lørdag morgen en grundig planlagt operasjon mot opprørere som ved gjentatte anledninger har angrepet afghansk grensepoliti. Operasjonen i Faryab ble støttet av norske soldater.14.09.09 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Klar til å bygge nyttStatsminister Jens Stoltenberg tar nå fatt på jobben å bygge en ny regjeringsplattform. 15.15.09 [Les mer]
UTENRIKS
Aftenposten Al-Qaida-topp drept i SomaliaEt høytstående medlem av en terrorgruppe tilknyttet al-Qaida er drept i et angrep i Somalia, opplyser amerikanske myndigheter.15.09.09 [Les mer]
BBC Iraq shoe thrower 'was tortured' The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush says he was tortured by senior government officials while in jail.15.09.09 [Les mer]
BBC Afghan votes 'need 10% recount' Ballots from 10% of polling stations in Afghanistan's presidential vote need to be recounted because of indications of fraud, a top election official says.15.09.09 [Les mer]
CNN Poll: Support for Afghan war at all-time low A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Tuesday morning indicates that 39 percent of Americans favor the war in Afghanistan, with 58 percent opposed to the mission. 15.09.09 [Les mer]
International herald TribunePakistan Army Is Said to Be Linked to Many Killings in Swat Two months after the Pakistani Army wrested control of the Swat Valley from Taliban militants, a new campaign of fear has taken hold, with scores, perhaps hundreds, of bodies dumped on the streets in what human rights advocates and local residents say is the work of the military.15.09.09 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Historisk valgseierDe rødgrønne vant etter en overbevisende opphenting i valgkampens innspurt. 15.09.09 [Les mer]
International Herald TribuneWhat Is Socialism in 2009?It seems that whatever President Obama talks about — whether it’s overhauling health care, or regulating Wall Street, or telling schoolchildren to study hard — his opponents have called him a socialist.15.09.09 [Les mer]
10. september 2009
Aftenposten «Vi gjorde ikke nok for klimaet»Fem av Norges seks siste miljøvern- ministere, fra fem partier, mener de ikke fikk gjort nok med klimatrusselen. 10.9.2009[Les mer]
Forsvarsnett Hær og Heimevern på havetI to dager har Hæren og Heimevernet trent sammen for å styrke kapasiteten og kompetansen på havet. – For å kunne beskytte mennesker og viktige samfunnsfunksjoner må vi trener sammen, sier innsatsstyrkesjefen major Trond Magne Hansen8.9.2009 [Les mer]
BBC Afghan election process 'biased'The main challenger in the Afghan election has claimed the body carrying out the count is being manipulated by the incumbent President Hamid Karzai.10.9.2009 [Les mer]
The IndependentExclusive: Afghanistan: Now the political fighting breaks out The Prime Minister's strategy on Afghanistan is under mounting pressure from all three of the main parties as the political consensus on the war begins to crack. 10.9.2009 [Les mer]
The IndependentFailure to vet immigrants from Pakistan 'a threat to security' Officials interviewed only 29 applicants in nine months10.9.2009 [Les mer]
International Herald TribuneU.S. Says Iran Has Ability to Expedite a Nuclear Bomb WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have concluded in recent months that Iran has created enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, if risky, sprint for a nuclear weapon. But new intelligence reports delivered to the White House say that the country has deliberately stopped short of the critical last steps to make a bomb.9.9.2009 [Les mer]
International Herald TribuneAs Taliban Threat to Hostages Grew, British Moved In WASHINGTON — Britain ordered a predawn commando raid in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday to rescue a British reporter for The New York Times and his Afghan interpreter after Afghan agents learned that the Taliban was planning to move the hostages into Pakistan, a senior Afghan official said Wednesday. 9.9.2009 [Les mer]
The GuardianEU team to meet with Mugabe in attempt to end Zimbabwe's isolationSwedish-led mission is most senior to visit Harare since sanctions were imposed on regime seven years ago9.9.2009 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Mye står på spillFire uker med valgkamp nærmer seg slutten. Jeg har reist rundt i 14 fylker, besøkt over 30 kommuner og møtt unge mennesker på nærmere 20 universiteter og høyskoler. Her er fire hovedinntrykk. 9.9.2009 [Les mer]
9. september 2009
Aftenposten Har miljøkravene klare Oljeselskapene skal tvinges til å investere i fornybar energi, og boring i Lofoten «skal parkeres en gang for alle». 7.9.2009 [Les mer]
VG - Vi driver krig i Afghanistan Regjeringen kaller det en stabiliseringsoperasjon. Oberstløytnant Terje Hanssen bruker andre ord: - Vi driver krig i Afghanistan, sier han.9.9.2009 [Les mer]
BBC Iran 'to submit nuclear package'Iran is preparing to give a new set of proposals to the global powers involved in talks over its nuclear programme, Iranian media has reported.9.9.2009 [Les mer]
BBC UK soldier dies in Afghan rescue A UK soldier has been killed during a dramatic raid to rescue a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.9.9.2009 [Les mer]
CNN Rights group: Israeli offensive killed mostly civiliansA human rights group says more than half of the Palestinians killed during Israel's three-week offensive against Hamas in Gaza earlier this year were civilians, contradicting an Israeli military claim.9.9.2009 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen – Ingen tvil om valgjuksDet er ingen tvil om at det har vært valgfusk under det afghanske valget, sier FNs spesialutsending Kai Eide. Hvor omfattende det har vært vil han ikke spekulere i. 8.9.2009 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Tror ikke på henrettelseJoshua French og Tjostolv Moland ble dømt til døden. Men dødsdommen vil neppe bli effektuert, konkluderer Kongo-kjennere. 8.9.2009[Les mer]
VG - Opptellingen i Afghanistan kan ta månederDet kan ta flere måneder å avgjøre resultatet av det kaotiske valget i Afghanistan, frykter en talsmann for USAs regjering.9.9.2009 [Les mer]
VG Ny rapport dokumenterer sivile tap i GazaOver halvparten av palestinerne som ble drept under de israelske angrepene mot Gazastripen tidligere i år, var ubevæpnede sivile, slår ny rapport fast.9.9.2009 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Politisk dødsdom I samme øyeblikk som dødsdommen ble avsagt i Kisangani, gikk det politikk i saken.8.9.2009 [Les mer]
8.september 2009
Forsvarsnett Hyller en viktig kulturbærer – Jeg er ikke tvil om at Luftkrigsskolen har relevans i dag, slår Carl August Bjurstedt fast. Den tidligere skolesjefen er imponert over omstillingsevnen skolen har vist i sitt 60-årige liv. 07.09.09 [Les mer]
Forsvarsnett Familien får kompensasjonMEYMANEH: Halvannen måned etter at en sivil afghaner ble skutt av norske soldater har familien mottatt kompensasjon på 8000 dollar. 07.09.09 [Les mer]
Aftenposten FN vil ha ny verdensvalutaDollarens tid som verdens reservevaluta bør være over, mener Forente nasjoner07.09.09 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen En hær av private soldaterDu finner dem i Irak og Afghanistan. Og i Kongo. Gjerne i rettssalen. 07.09.09 [Les mer]
The International Herald TribuneLush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenya’s Hopes — The sun somehow feels closer here, more intense, more personal. As Philip Lolua waits under a tree for a scoop of food, heat waves dance up from the desert floor, blurring the dead animal carcasses sprawled in front of him. 07.09.09 [Les mer]
Al JazeeraAid 'failing to help Timor's poor' A decade after East Timor broke away from Indonesia, prompting one of the most expensive UN-led nation-building initiatives ever, little of the billions spent on the country has contributed to its development, new research has found.08.09.09 [Les mer]
CNN U.S., U.N. urge probe into Afghanistan electionIncreasingly credible allegations of vote fraud were the topic of conversation Monday night for a meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, U.N. officials and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, senior State Department officials said. 08.09.09 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Bedre sent enn aldriI går kom nyheten om at en avtale mellom Norge og Sverige om grønne sertifikater er på plass. Det er gledelig at en slik avtale nå endelig er blitt en realitet. Samtidig er det lite imponerende at Jens Stoltenbergs mannskap har somlet med denne saken i over tre år. 07.09.09 [Les mer]
International Herald TribuneCrux of Afghan Debate: Will More Troops Curb Terror? Does the United States need a large and growing ground force in Afghanistan to prevent another major terrorist attack on American soil? 07.09.09 [Les mer]
7. september 2009
Aftenposten Anbefaler ikke andre soldater å stå fremMen Strøm-Erichsen vil ikke kritisere Tone Gunnes, som denne helgen gikk offentlig ut med detaljer fra et oppdrag i Afghanistan.7.9.2009 [Les mer]
Aftenposten Frp vil kunne investere i atomvåpenFremskrittspartiets finanspolitiske talsmann, Ulf Leirstein, mener oljefondet bør kunne investere i selskaper som produserer deler til atomvåpen.7.9.2009 [Les mer]
Aftenposten HV - bare på papiretEn troverdig ressurs, heter det om hovedstadens heimevernsavdelinger. Men bare et fåtall av personellet har øvet mer enn to ganger de siste ti årene.7.9.2009 [Les mer]
International Herald TribuneFake Afghan Poll Sites Favored Karzai, Officials Assert KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans loyal to President Hamid Karzai set up hundreds of fictitious polling sites where no one voted but where hundreds of thousands of ballots were still recorded toward the president’s re-election, according to senior Western and Afghan officials here.6.9.2009 [Les mer]
International Herald TribuneChina Oil Deal Is New Source of Strife Among Iraqis WASIT PROVINCE, Iraq — When China’s biggest oil company signed the first post-invasion oil field development contract in Iraq last year, the deal was seen as a test of Iraq’s willingness to open an industry that had previously prohibited foreign investment.5.9.2009 [Les mer] CNN Sri Lanka expels UNICEF official, agency says(CNN) -- The Sri Lankan government has ordered a UNICEF official to leave the country, accusing him of spreading propaganda supporting Tamil rebels, the agency -- the United Nations Children's Fund -- told CNN Sunday.7.9.2009 [Les mer]
CNN Venezuela to export gasoline to IranTEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Venezuela will begin exporting 20,000 gallons of gasoline to Iran next month as the nations strengthen bilateral cooperation, Iranian state media reported. 7.9.2009 [Les mer]
BBC Germany seeks Afghan raid answersGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for an urgent investigation into an airstrike in northern Afghanistan, amid tension about who was to blame.7.9.2009 [Les mer]
The GuardianCaught in the crossfire: the forgotten casualties of war in AfghanistanSome Afghans say foreign forces are as dangerous as Taliban 7.9.2009 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Fra tjæresand til kvikksandRegjeringen hevder at StatoilHydros engasjementet i canadisk tjæresand er et enkeltstående prosjekt som ikke skal påvirkes av eierne, men forbeholdes styrets og ledelsens kompetanse. Dette bunner i en mangel på innsikt i prosjekters natur. 6.9.2009 [Les mer]
4.september 2009
Forsvarsnett Ingen såret i veibombeangrep Ingen ble såret da en ISAF-patrulje fra stabiliseringstyrken i Meymaneh i dag ble utsatt for et veibombeangrep. 03.09.09 [Les mer]
Aftenposten Varsko om EØS-avtalen Regjeringen sier at EØS-avtalen går på skinner, men i et notat beskrives en avtale som knaker i sammenføyningene. UD hemmeligholder krisemelding.04.09.09 [Les mer]
Aftenposten – 60 drept da tankbiler eksploderteMinst 60 personer er drept i en eksplosjon nord i Afghanistan, opplyser kilder til TV-kanalen Al Jazeera. 04.09.09 [Les mer]
Al JazeeraN Korea 'at final uranium stage' North Korea is in the final stages of enriching uranium, the country's state media has said, a process that could give it a second way to make nuclear bombs.04.09.09 [Les mer] Al JazeeraMullen: Time limit to Afghan war The US only has a limited time in which to gain victory in Afghanistan, Michael Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, has said.04.09.09 [Les mer]
BBC US disturbed by Iran defence job The US has said Iran is "taking a step backward" by appointing a cabinet minister suspected of terrorism. 04.09.09[Les mer]
The Guardian'Climate change is here, it is a reality'As one devastating drought follows another, the future is bleak for millions in east Africa. John Vidal reports from Moyale, Kenya03.09.09 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen 1 av 5 stemmer falske Anklagene om valgfusk hagler inn over Kabul etter presidentvalget for to uker siden. Det kan dreie seg om flere hundre tusen falske stemmer, hevder Nupi-rådgiver Helge Lurås. 03.09.09 [Les mer]
The International Herald TribuneIndonesia's Security Burden JAKARTA — Locals here quip that while Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago nation — by definition, a nation of islands — it is not a maritime nation. Imagine, they say, a stretch of land covering the distance from Seattle to New York, or Lisbon to Moscow. And then imagine having fewer than 100 police cars responsible for patrolling that entire area — to respond to emergencies and protect national borders.04.09.09 [Les mer]
The International Herald TribuneCan the U.S. Lead Afghans? THE Afghanistan debate is increasingly focused on two words: troop numbers. 03.09.09 [Les mer]
3. september 2009
Forsvarsnett Møt ”Våre demokratiske krigere”Videoinstallasjonen ”Våre demokratiske krigere” lar fem soldater fortelle. Gjennom ny teknologi og soldatenes sterke historier får publikum innsyn i hva som kreves i utenlandstjeneste.2.9.2009 [Les mer]
International Herald TribuneG.O.P. May Be Vital to Obama on Afghan War WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepares to decide whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, the political climate appears increasingly challenging for him, leaving him in the awkward position of relying on the Republican Party, and not his own, for support.2.9.2009 [Les mer]
Aftenposten Taliban overrasker med ny, effektiv taktikkTaliban er blitt en mye mer potent motstander i Afghanistan takket være ny, forbedret stridstaktikk, og sin evne til å finne hull i de vestlige styrkenes strategi.3.9.2009 [Les mer] The GuardianBody of British hostage given to Iraq authoritiesThe body of a third British hostage in Iraq was today delivered to Iraqi officials in an apparent step closer to freedom for the only one of five kidnapped Britons now thought to be alive, the computer programmer Peter Moore.2.9.2009 [Les mer]
CNN U.S. North Korean envoy heads to AsiaBEIJING, China (CNN) -- The Obama administration's point man on North Korea was due to arrive in Beijing on Thursday to start a tour of Asia -- the latest attempt to restart stalled nuclear negotiations with the reclusive state.3.9.2009 [Les mer]
CNN Blast kills senior Afghan intelligence officialKABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide attack in Afghanistan killed the deputy director of Afghanistan's intelligence service and 22 others Wednesday, an official said. 3.9.2009 [Les mer]
Dagbladet - Det var viktig at han fikk se dette med egne øyneSolheim med FN-sjefen på Svalbard i dag.2.9.2009 [Les mer]
The Washington PostSetback in AfghanistanLAST MONTH we expected that Afghanistan's elections would mark a modest step forward for the country. Now it appears that they could be a major reverse. Though the election campaign was positive in many respects, Election Day itself is emerging as a disaster of relatively low turnout and massive irregularities -- including ballot-box-stuffing on behalf of both incumbent President Hamid Karzai and his leading opponent. Unless the fraud can be reversed or repaired through a U.N.-backed complaints commission or a runoff vote, Mr. Karzai may emerge as a crippled winner, his already weak and corruption-plagued administration facing further discredit or even violent protests. 3.9.2009 [Les mer]
The Washington PostThe Limits Of Force - Iraq and Afghanistan Aren't Ours to Win or LoseThe other night I watched the film "The Deer Hunter." Afterward, I remembered why it took me so many years to be able to watch Vietnam movies.3.9.2009 [Les mer]
1. september 2009
Forsvarsnett Vil levere gode bidragSESSVOLLMOEN: Forsvarets sanitet fikk i dag ny sjef. Generalmajor John Maxfield Steineger overtok avdelingen og ser med spenning på tiden som kommer.31.08.2009 [Les mer]
Forsvarsnett Foreslår vernepliktskommisjonForsvarssjefen har fremmet et forslag om å nedsette en tverrpolitisk vernepliktskommisjon28.08.2009 [Les mer]
BBC UN chief in Arctic climate visitUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting the Arctic Circle in Norway to draw attention to the need for action at climate change talks in December.1.9.2009 [Les mer]
BBC Turkey and Armenia set for tiesTurkey and its neighbour Armenia have moved closer to establishing diplomatic ties after decades of bitter mistrust on both sides.1.9.2009 [Les mer] CNN China cancels events over Dalai LamaBEIJING, China (CNN) -- China -- showing its displeasure with the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan this week -- has canceled upcoming trips to the island by top state officials, state-run media reported.1.9.2009 [Les mer]
The International Herald TribuneGroundwork Is Laid for New Troops in AfghanistanWASHINGTON — A new report by the top commander in Afghanistan detailing the deteriorating situation there confronts President Obama with the politically perilous decision of whether to deepen American involvement in the eight-year-old war amid shrinking public support at home.31.8.2009 [Les mer]
The IndependentPoland marks anniversary of WWII beginningPolish leaders marked the 70th anniversary of World War II in a somber ceremony at dawn today on the Baltic peninsula where the conflict began, hailing those who gave their lives to defeat Nazi Germany.1.9.2009 [Les mer]
The GuardianThe Sermilik fjord in Greenland: a chilling view of a warming worldIt is calving season in the Arctic. A flotilla of icebergs, some as jagged as fairytale castles and others as smooth as dinosaur eggs, calve from the ice sheet that smothers Greenland and sail down the fjords. The journey of these sculptures of ice from glaciers to ocean is eerily beautiful and utterly terrifying.1.9.2009 [Les mer]
Dagsavisen Noko å slåss forDen viktigaste motsetninga i politikken går ikkje mellom dei raudgrøne og dei borgarlege. Ho går mellom Store sentrum og populistane. Sosialdemokratar treng difor noko nytt å slåss for etter som skilja mellom venstre og høgre vert mindre.31.08.2009 [Les mer]