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Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 07:18
AgustaWestland has received four new orders for its AW139 helicopter in West Africa and plans to establish a regional service centre in the area. AgustaWestland in a statement on Tuesday said that the orders came from four undisclosed government customers, which would use the helicopters for transporting passengers.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 07:16
Gambia on Wednesday marked 50 years since gaining independence from Britain. But critics say the anniversary is being tainted by allegations of human rights abuses committed by Yahya Jammeh’s regime.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 07:05
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, O.A.S. Jose Miguel Insulza, has said that the freeing of Venezuelan political opposition leaders would facilitate conditions for a dialogue to help that country overcome its crisis.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 07:03
An escalation in piracy and other transnational maritime threats in the Gulf of Guinea has exposed the limited levels of maritime domain awareness in the region. The highly fungible nature of maritime security threats means that this challenge cannot be addressed solely by individual states but requires cohesive regional security cooperation.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:59
The FARC continues to insist that it not be, in President Juan Manuel Santos’s words, “the first [guerrillas] in history to hand in their weapons only to go to a prison.”
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:51
Uruguay’s president-elect Tabaré Vázquez has launched a Truth and Justice Commission to look into crimes committed during the country’s 1973-85 dictatorship.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:49
The protection of human rights in the armed forces was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion today bringing together representatives of the Office of President of Kyrgyzstan, Parliament, the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Defence Council, military judges and prosecutors, as well as international and non-governmental organizations and media.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:49
Thousands of Argentines marched in the capital Wednesday demanding answers in the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman exactly one month after he was found in his bathroom with a bullet in his right temple.
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:46
Despite the pressure exerted on Azerbaijan by the United States, Washington will not find a better ally in the region. A visit to Baku of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland confirmed this fact.
The stick and the carrot policy is the most favorite one in U.S. foreign policy, but if this method does not work, as, for example with Azerbaijan, Washington prefers to nego
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 06:45
Specialists in the IT and telecommunications sectors will discuss an IT policy in Havana that is intended to be “inclusive, modern, and facilitate sustainable processes over time,” said Ailyn Febles Estrada, Vice Chancellor of the University of Information Science, to Cubadebate.