by Yong Wang | Oct 17, 2012 | Monitor
17 October 2012 Rwanda defense chief leads DR Congo rebels, UN report says BBC News – Africa In a report leaked to Reuters, the UN Security Council Group of Experts declare that Rwandan “M23 leaders ‘receive direct military orders’ from...
by Yong Wang | Oct 12, 2012 | Monitor
12 October 2012 Why the U.S. needs a networked energy grid C. Boyden Gray/Washington Post In the United States, electricity is transmitted on regional grids that work like auction houses. Different energy sources bid to get “on the grid,” and the wholesale cost of...
by Yong Wang | Oct 3, 2012 | Monitor
3 October 2012 Kyrgyzstan: Nationalist MPs and Rioters Attempt to Storm Parliament EurasiaNet Police in Bishkek clashed with protestors calling for the nationalization of a strategic gold mine on October 3. Dozens of men climbed over the fence surrounding the...
by Yong Wang | Sep 27, 2012 | Monitor
The Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs convened on September 20th, to discuss the maritime territorial disputes in Asia. The South China Sea, with claims by China, Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei, and the East China Sea, involving...
by Yong Wang | Sep 21, 2012 | Monitor
21 September 2012 Pakistan to talk counterterrorism with US, Afghans Kimberly Dozier and Bradley Klapper/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister revealed Thursday that her country would soon hold confidential talks with the United States and...