Archive for September, 2009

German Elections 2009

Posted: 29th September 2009 by Nata in Election News

One more time German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won re-election in the German national elections today. She claimed victory with 34% of the vote for her Christian Democratic Union (DCU) party and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) party. Both are conservative parties. The classically liberal Free Democrats (FDP) won 15 percent of the votes. [...]

Pakistan Military Operation

Posted: 21st September 2009 by Nata in News, Terrorism

According to CNN Pakistan has arrested a key militant commander suspected of launching suicide attacks in the country’s northwest, Pakistan’s army announced Monday. Abu Faraj was arrested during a military operation in the Swat region, but the army statement did not say when. Abu Faraj is believed to be one of the key commanders for [...]