Agence France-Presse

Recent Events

News & Analysis

agence france-presse and ministry - All News and Analysis

• Pentagon refuses comment on charges of cross-border raid in Pakistan

  - 2008-09-03

  WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon declined comment Wednesday on Pakistani charges that at least 15 people were killed in a cross border raid by Afghan-based international forces. "I don't have anything for you on those reports," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, refusing further comment. A spokesman for the...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, ministry, Pakistan, Pentagon, SECURITY, spokesman, troop

• Drug trafficker beheaded in Saudi Arabia

  - 2008-08-31

  RIYADH AFP — A convicted drug trafficker was put to death by the sword in Saudi Arabia's eastern city of Khobar on Sunday, the interior ministry said. Hussein Muilu, a Saudi national, was condemned to death after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the kingdom, the ministry said in...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, kingdom, ministry

• Kadhafi promises wide political, economic reforms

  - 2008-08-31

  BENGHAZI, Libya AFP — Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi Monday promised wide political and economic reforms that he said would see ministries dismantled and oil revenues going directly into the pockets of the people. The reforms would come into effect at the beginning of 2009, Kadhafi said in a speech...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Libya, ministry, revenue

• Iraqi troops take control of Iranian refugee camp

  - 2008-08-30

  BAGHDAD AFP — The Iraqi army has replaced American troops in securing a refugee camp north of Baghdad where members of Iran's main armed opposition group are grouped, Iraq's defence ministry said on Saturday. "Iraqi forces have taken over responsibility from US forces to protect Ashraf camp," ministry spokesman...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, Government, Iran, Iraq, ministry, SOFTWARE

• Ultra-sound system to keep bears away in Romanian town: ministry

  - 2008-08-29

  BUCHAREST AFP — Authorities in the Romanian town of Brasov are planning to install ultra-sound devices to chase away bears, which have been making increasing forays into town, the environment ministry said Friday. The devices will be installed around the town centre at first and will later spread to...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, food, Manufacturing, ministry

• Japanese aid worker freed in Afghanistan: interior ministry

  - 2008-08-26

  KABUL AFP — Afghanistan's interior ministry said a Japanese national had been freed 10 hours after he was kidnapped Tuesday but his release was not confirmed by the aid worker's employer. Kazuya Ito, 31, was snatched at about 6:30 am as he was going to inspect a canal building...

  Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, ministry, worker

• Iraq power generation finally hits pre-invasion levels

  - 2008-08-25

  BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said. "2008 is the first year when production has reached the level...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Iraq, ministry, mW

• Nine killed in Iraq violence

  - 2008-08-24

  BAGHDAD AFP — Three bomb attacks and a shootout claimed the lives of nine people and wounded more than two dozen in Iraq on Sunday, security officials said. Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and eight others were wounded when a roadside bomb blasted their patrol in the town of...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, bomb, Iraq, ministry, SECURITY, violence

• Algerian troops kill 10 militants in clashes

  - 2008-08-24

  ALGIERS AFP — Algerian troops killed 10 Islamist militants during a security operation on Sunday in the western province of Ain Defla, the interior ministry said. The ministry gave no details of the incident, but said security forces recovered five Kalashnikovs, four semi-automatic rifles and a grenade launcher during...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Algeria, ministry, SECURITY

• Top Iraqi official shot dead in Baghdad

  - 2008-08-23

  BAGHDAD AFP — Gunmen shot dead a top Iraqi official working with the ministry of culture on a highway in central Baghdad on Saturday, security officials told AFP. Kamel Shiya Abdallah, an adviser to the ministry, was in his car when gunmen opened fire on him and his driver...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Investment, ministry, SECURITY