Mongolia : People's reaction to 2008 election

No.11
Protestors watch as the headquarters building of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party burns in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, Tuesday July 1, 2008. Mongolian police cordoned off part of the capital's downtown Wednesday in a four-day state of emergency declared after protesters rioted over allegations of fraud in weekend elections. At least four people were killed in the violence, state TV said.
(AP Photo/Jude Mak ) Wednesday July 2, 6:33 AM ET Associated Press

 
 


No.10
Soldiers patrol on an armoured personnel carrier after riots in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, July 2, 2008.
(Zeev Rozen/Reuters) Wednesday July 2, 9:43 AM ET REUTERS

 
 

 




No.09
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) building is seen after clashes between protestors and police in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, July 2, 2008.
(Zeev Rozenberg/Reuters) Wednesday July 2, 9:34 AM ET REUTERS



 



No.08
Protestors from the rival Democratic Party gather outside the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party headquarters in Ulan Bator on July 1, 2008. Armed soldiers patrolled the tense streets of Mongolia's capital Wednesday amid a state of emergency that was imposed after protests over alleged vote-rigging left five people dead.
(AFP/File/Jude Mak) Wednesday July 2, 1:10 PM ET AFP

 


No.07
A man walks past the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) building which was set on fire by protesters during clashes in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, July 2, 2008.
(Stringer-R/Reuters) Thursday July 3, 5:14 AM ET Reuters
 

 



No.06
An armoured personnel carrier on patrol on the streets in Ulan Bator. Armed soldiers patrolled the tense streets of Mongolia's capital Wednesday amid a state of emergency that was imposed after protests over alleged vote-rigging left five people dead.

(AFP/Michael Kohn) Wednesday July 2, 1:10 PM ET Agence France Presse

 



No.05
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, army soldiers patrol the main street after the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party was burnt in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Wednesday July 2, 2008. Rifle-toting soldiers and armored vehicles guarded Mongolia's capital on Wednesday, one day after at least five people died in rioting sparked by allegations of election fraud.(AP Photo/Xinhua, Hao Lifeng)
Wednesday July 2, 7:27 PM ET Associated Press


 


No.04
A man walks past the charred remains of the headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. A state of emergency continues in Mongolia's capital two days after five people died in rioting sparked by allegations of election fraud.
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Thursday July 3, 5:22 AM ET Associated Press

 


No.03
A violin destroyed by rioters is seen at the Palace of Culture, a complex rioters descended on Tuesday night after setting fire to the nearby headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Many musical instruments and theatrical costumes were destroyed by the rioters.
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Thursday July 3, 6:11 AM ET AP

 


No.02
A chronology of the unrest in Mongolia. Mongolia's former communist party won a landslide victory in national polls, the country's electoral watchdog said as it dismissed vote-rigging claims that triggered deadly riots.
(AFP/Graphic) Thursday July 3, 11:58 AM ET AFP


 


 



No.01
Rifle-toting soldiers and police patrol in front of the burned-out headquarters of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. A state of emergency continues in Mongolia's capital two days after five people died in rioting sparked by allegations of election fraud.
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Thursday July 3, 2:02 PM ET AP
 

Venezuela - Russia 2008July22

 


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) meets with President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez outside Moscow. Chavez passed on a message from Cuban leader Fidel Castro hailing Russia's greater role in world affairs.
(AFP/Pool/Alexander Nemenov)



Chávez arrives in Moscow for arms spending spree

Luke Harding in Moscow
Tuesday July 22 2008
guardian.co.uk


The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, today arrived in Moscow on his latest arms-buying spree, saying that his country needed to buy more weapons to defend itself from the United States.

Chávez met Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev this morning. He is expected to sign a billion-dollar arms deal with Russia for new missile defence systems and diesel-powered submarines.

"I have great hopes we will be able to continue building our strategic alliance," Chávez said after landing in Moscow for a two-day trip.

He added: "The deals will guarantee the sovereignty of Venezuela which is being threatened by the United States."

Chávez's latest visit to Moscow – his sixth – is likely to irritate Washington. It comes at a time when relations between Russia and the US are already under strain over a host of issues.

Moscow is vehemently opposed to the Bush administration's plans to site a missile defence shield in central Europe. It is also hostile to Georgia and Ukraine's US-backed attempts to join Nato.

Today Chávez told Medvedev he was passing on greetings from Cuba's president Fidel Castro, who had written him a letter. Taking a thinly veiled swipe at the US, he said America lacked common sense.

"Fidel spoke on the crisis of common sense in the world, especially in some powerful countries. Russia has fortunately retained this common sense," he said.

According to today's Kommersant newspaper, Venezuela has a long shopping list. It wants to buy 20 TOR-M1 air defence systems, three or four diesel-powered submarines, and Ilyushin war-planes. The potential deal was worth $2bn, the paper said.

Venezuela is already the largest purchaser of military hardware from Russia in Latin America, and the second biggest in the world after Algeria. Chávez has already spent $4bn on Russian arms. Past purchases have included Sukhoi fighter jets, helicopters and rifles.

Today's talks were also expected to include discussions on oil and gas projects. "This is my first visit to President Medvedev," Chávez said. "We will get acquainted because a very wise, personal diplomacy is being carried out."

Chávez accuses Washington of planning a 2002 coup against him. The US in turn accuses him of deliberately seeking out its enemies — such as Iran and Cuba — as allies.

Its suspicions are likely to be confirmed on Wednesday when Chávez flies to Minsk for meetings with Belarus' dictatorial president, Alexander Lukashenko. US relations with Belarus are at rock bottom, following several recent rows.

Medevedev's decision to meet Chávez today at his Meindorf castle residence near Moscow suggests that there has been no change in Russia's foreign policy since he succeeded Vladimir Putin in May.



Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited 2008


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Venezuela's Chavez calls for alliance with Russia - Yahoo! News
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Venezuela's Chavez calls for alliance with Russia --Associated Press

By MANSUR MIROVALEV, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday Jul 22, 12:35 PM ET


BARVIKHA, Russia - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, visiting Moscow to pursue weapons and energy deals, on Tuesday called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect his country from the United States.

Chavez has repeatedly accused Washington of plotting an invasion to destabilize his government, despite U.S. denials.

The alliance would mean "we can guarantee Venezuela's sovereignty, which is now threatened by the United States," Chavez told reporters shortly after his arrival in Moscow.

Chavez is in Russia to broker a number of deals involving weapons purchases, oil exploration and possibly the creation of a joint financial institution.

Welcoming Chavez at Meiendorf Castle, his residence outside Moscow, President Dmitry Medvedev said Russian-Venezuelan relations "are one of the key factors of security in the (South American) region."

It is the presidents' first meeting since Medvedev took office in May.

Venezuela's state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA signed separate deals with three Russian energy companies — Gazprom, Lukoil and TNK-BP — during the first day of Chavez's visit.

In addition, Russian media have reported that Chavez is expected to reach a number of agreements for purchasing Russian military hardware while in Moscow, with one paper reporting the deals could be worth up to $2 billion.

The newspaper Kommersant, generally regarded as reliable, reported Tuesday that Chavez is looking to order Ilyushin jets, diesel-powered submarines, Tor-M1 air defense systems and possibly tanks. It did not specify its sources.

"We want peace, but we are forced to strengthen our defense," Chavez said when asked about the potential deals upon his arrival.

Rosoboronexport, Russia's state-owned arms trader, declined to comment on potential deals.

Venezuela, which spent $4 billion on international arms purchases between 2005 and 2007, mostly from Russia and China, has a defense budget of $2.6 billion, according to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The U.S. stopped supplying arms to Venezuela in 2006.

The three energy agreements involve exploring new oil fields in Venezuela. Chavez said they signified the "creation of a new strategic energy alliance" between Russia and Venezuela.

The deal with TNK-BP was particularly striking given the company's ongoing dispute between its Russian and British shareholders.

"For TNK-BP it is a positive sign that the shareholders' conflict has had no effect on the business," said Valery Nesterov, an analyst at Troika Dialog, an investment bank.

On Tuesday BP announced it would recall 60 technical specialists from Russia.

Chavez also wants to discuss the possibility of creating a joint bank, according to Alexis Navarro, Venezuela's ambassador to Moscow.

The Venezuelan president also met Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and was to meet Russian military and business leaders.

Commercial trade between Venezuela and Russia reached $1.1 billion last year, almost double the $517 million in trade during 2006, according to statistics cited by Venezuela's state-run news agency.




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Petrocaribe Macaraibo Summit July 13,2008

In this picute you could easily spot the difference



Sun Jul 13, 3:58 PM ET
REUTERS

Central American and Caribbean leaders pose for the official photo at the Pretocaribe summit in Maracaibo July 13, 2008. First row from L to R are: Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Haitian President Rene Preval and Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, and Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Second row from L to R are: Gregory Rusland from Suriname, Ralph Gonsalves from San Vicent, Bruce Golding from Jamaica, Guyana's Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, Manuel Esquivel from Belize and Bruno Stagno from Costa Rica.
REUTERS/Isaac Urrutia (VENEZUELA)

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Sun Jul 13, 4:12 PM ET
REUTERS

Central American and Caribbean leaders pose for the official photo at the Pretocaribe summit in Maracaibo July 13, 2008. First row from L to R are: Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Haitian President Rene Preval and Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, and Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Second row from L to R are: Gregory Rusland from Suriname, Ralph Gonsalves from San Vicent, Bruce Golding from Jamaica, Guyana's Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, Manuel Esquivel from Belize and Bruno Stagno from Costa Rica. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout (VENEZUELA). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.


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Mon Jun 30, 10:24 PM ET
REUTERS

Latin American presidents Uruguay's Tabare Vazquez, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Chile's Michelle Bachelet, Argentina's Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Paraguay's Nicanor Duarte Frutos and Bolivia's Evo Morales (L-R) pose for an official photo at the 35th Mercosur summit inside the House of Independence in Tucuman, northern Argentina June 30, 2008. The House of Independence (Casa de la Independencia or Casa de Tucuman in Spanish) is a historical building where an assembly of delegates from several provinces of the country called the Congress of Tucuman declared independence from Spain in this room on July 9, 1816. REUTERS/Argentine Presidency/Handout (ARGENTINA). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.




Mon Jun 30, 9:12 PM ET
Associated Press

Presidents and officials attending the 35th Mercosur summit pose for the official photo in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Monday, June 30, 2008. First row from right to left, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Paraguay's President Nicanor Duarte, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez and Bolivia's President Evo Morales. Second row from right to left, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa, Peru's Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde and Ecuador's Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Eduardo Egas.
(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)



Mon Jun 30, 9:11 PM ET
Associated Press

Presidents and officials attending the 35th Mercosur summit pose for the official photo in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Monday, June 30, 2008. First row from right to left, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Paraguay's President Nicanor Duarte, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez and Bolivia's President Evo Morales. Second row from right to left, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa, Peru's Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde and Ecuador's Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Eduardo Egas.
(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)



Wed Jun 18, 3:20 PM ET
Associated Press

A police officer reads Cuba's newspaper Juventud Rebelde, which translates in English as 'Rebel Youth,' that shows photographs of Cuba's former president Fidel Castro meeting with his brother, Cuba's current President Raul Castro, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Havana, Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in almost six months, broadcasting a silent video of Castro speaking with visiting President Chavez.
(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)



Wed Jun 18, 11:16 AM ET
Associated Press

Cuba's former President Fidel Castro, center, speaks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, as Castro's brother Raul Castro, Cuba's current president, looks on in Havana, Tuesday, June 17, 2008.
(AP Photo/Granma)



Tue Jun 17, 9:30 PM ET
REUTERS

Cuba's President Raul Castro (L) hugs Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez as Chavez departs Cuba at the Jose Marti Airport June 17, 2008. Chavez had an "animated and warm" meeting with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro during a visit to Havana, state-run media said on Tuesday, but no photos or videos of the left-wing allies were made public. Chavez, upon arrival on Monday for a two-day visit, told reporters he would meet with top Cuban officials including the ailing, 81-year-old Castro and Raul Castro, Fidel's younger brother, who took over as president in February.
REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout (CUBA)





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