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Welcome to War Watch · 7/17/2006 02:00 AM by Marc Salvatierra

Welcome to War Watch, a privately developed project designed to monitor modern conflicts.

There are three main types of information available on the War Watch web site:

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Top News by Country

Afghanistan (all stories)

Daily attacks against civilian targets on rise (The Globe and Mail) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:23:36 GMT

Algeria (all stories)

Al Qaeda says it was behind Algeria bombing - website (The Star) 

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:27:23 GMT

Armenia - Azerbaijan (all stories)

Analysis: Azerbaijan diversifies oil export routes (UPI) 

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:15:33 GMT

Bangladesh (all stories)

Assam conflict leaves 47 dead, 87k homeless (Express India) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:23:35 GMT

Burundi (all stories)

Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Kansas City InfoZine) 

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:19:01 GMT

Central African Republic (all stories)

Congo cancel corrupt logging deals (Toronto Star) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:07:14 GMT

Chad (all stories)

Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Kansas City InfoZine) 

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:19:01 GMT

China (all stories)

Judge orders Guantanamo releases (Boston Globe) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:07:42 GMT

China-PRC - China-ROC (all stories)

Advertisement starts (Tiscali) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:16:41 GMT

Colombia (all stories)

Official links Mexican drug gangs, Colombia rebels (The Charlotte Observer) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:59:05 GMT

Congo, Democratic Republic of (all stories)

Congo cancel corrupt logging deals (Toronto Star) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:07:14 GMT

Congo, Republic of (all stories)

East Timor (all stories)

An agenda with a difference (Mail and Guardian) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:25:37 GMT

Egypt (all stories)

Israel storms West Bank refugee camp, wound 3 Palestinians (People's Daily) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:22:40 GMT

Eritrea - Ethiopia (all stories)

CrisisWatch N°62, 1 October 2008 (AlertNet) 

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:43 GMT

Georgia (all stories)

EU Defense a Possible Victim of Financial Crisis: Analysts (Deutsche Welle) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:58:24 GMT

Guinea-Bisseau (all stories)

CrisisWatch N°62, 1 October 2008 (AlertNet) 

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:43 GMT

India (all stories)

Indian police arrest main suspect in rape of nun (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:01:46 GMT

India - Pakistan (all stories)

India lifts Kashmir curfew (TVNZ) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:40:32 GMT

Indonesia (all stories)

Palin warns Florida voters of "rough" campaigning (Boston Globe) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:23:14 GMT

Iran (all stories)

McCain linked to Iran-Contra affair (KABC-TV Los Angeles) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:13:04 GMT

Iraq (all stories)

Turkey dangles threat of new Iraq incursion (Gulf Times) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:32:38 GMT

Israel - Palestinian Authority (all stories)

Hamas delegation at unity talks (News Interactive) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:47:00 GMT

Ivory Coast (all stories)

I Coast?s Ouattara campaigns despite poll delay fear (Gulf Times) 

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:47:31 GMT

Liberia (all stories)

Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Kansas City InfoZine) 

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:19:01 GMT

Macedonia (all stories)

CrisisWatch N°62, 1 October 2008 (AlertNet) 

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:43 GMT

Mali (all stories)

CrisisWatch N°62, 1 October 2008 (AlertNet) 

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:43 GMT

Moldova (all stories)

Moldovan, Russian officials discuss Dniester settlement (Itar-Tass) 

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:34:16 GMT

Myanmar (all stories)

Monday, October 13 (INO News) 

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:33:13 GMT

Nepal (all stories)

Girl begins life as 'living goddess' (News Interactive) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:06:00 GMT

Nigeria (all stories)

Nigerian conflict a warning for Big Oil in Iraq (INO News) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:02:27 GMT

North Korea - South Korea (all stories)

NKorea reportedly fires missile into Yellow Sea (The Kansas City Star) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:28:32 GMT

Pakistan (all stories)

Special security session in Pakistan (The Hindu) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:14:07 GMT

Papua New Guinea (all stories)

Philippines (all stories)

NSC claims no role in nixed MoA-AD (The Daily Tribune) 

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:23:51 GMT

Russia (all stories)

US defense chief: US forces in Kosovo thru 2009 (Boston Globe) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:08:02 GMT

Rwanda (all stories)

Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Kansas City InfoZine) 

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:19:01 GMT

Senegal (all stories)

Niger arrests Mali militia leader after killings (Boston Globe) 

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:23:02 GMT

Sierra Leone (all stories)

Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Kansas City InfoZine) 

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:19:01 GMT

Somalia (all stories)

UN calls for action to fight pirates off Somalia (Boston Globe) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:38:40 GMT

Sri Lanka (all stories)

Tiger leader sworn into govt (TVNZ) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:49:18 GMT

Sudan (all stories)

Nigerian peacekeeper killed (TVNZ) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:29:49 GMT

Tajikistan (all stories)

CrisisWatch N°62, 1 October 2008 (AlertNet) 

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:43 GMT

Thailand (all stories)

Two soldiers killed in attacks in Thai south (AlertNet) 

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:35:53 GMT

Turkey (all stories)

Govt resists call for wider powers to combat PKK (Gulf Times) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:33:38 GMT

Uganda (all stories)

UN says at least 5,000 flee violence in Congo (Boston Globe) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:53:16 GMT

Uzbekistan (all stories)

CrisisWatch N°62, 1 October 2008 (AlertNet) 

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:35:43 GMT

Yemen (all stories)

?Islamists seek weapons on pirated ship? (Gulf Times) 

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:47:42 GMT

War on Terrorism (all stories)

Budget deficit hits record $438 billion, CBO says (Boston Globe) 

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:08:26 GMT