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DNO International ASA: DNO reports a working interest production of 11,431 bopd and a net entitlement production of 6,891 bopd for May 2010

June 23, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

“Production in May was somewhat lower than in April, mainly due to lower local sales in
Kurdistan. The variations in these sales are due to local demand factors. Based on the
current deliveries we expect local sales in Kurdistan to increase for the month of
June”, says Managing Director Helge Eide.

DNO’s net entitlement production in May was 6,891 bopd.

See attached report for more information.

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Karzai unlikely to claim Afghan election victory soon

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Sep.17 (ANI): With accusations of vote fraud piling up around Afghanistan’s presidential election, incumbent Hamid Karzai is unlikely to claim victory any time soon.

At the very least, a national electoral complaints commission investigating fraudulent voting will take weeks to determine how much of Karzai’s officially declared 54.6 percent of the vote will be tossed out, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

At the other extreme, a potential need for a runoff vote could end up stretching Afghanistan’s political turmoil into next spring – presenting President Obama and other NATO leaders with an unsettled and deteriorating climate just as crucial policy decisions are under review.

Marvin Weinbaum, a former State Department intelligence specialist in Asian affairs now at the Middle East Institute in Washington, said:. “We face a possible constitutional crisis that, if not resolved, becomes a disaster for us, and a partner [Karzai] acting in ways that in effect raise questions as to whether he should be in there or not.”

Aside from a runoff vote, which could be declared if investigations show Karzai’s total falling below 50 percent, some parties are calling for a coalition government, while others support the idea of a nonpolitical transitional government.

That debate has crystallized in a row between foreign officials over the best way to address Afghanistan’s political predicament. Peter Galbraith, a senior US official working in Kabul as the deputy special UN representative for Afghanistan, abruptly left the country after clashing with his boss, Kai Eide, over what path forward to advocate.

Galbraith favors a larger recount of votes, even if it leads to a runoff between Karzai and his main political rival, Abdullah Abdullah, and an extended period of political uncertainty. (ANI)

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Western envoys expect run-off in Afghanistan election

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Paris, Sep. 3 (ANI): Western envoys to Afghanistan have said that their respective governments should “be prepared for a run-off” in the Afghanistan presidential election if too many votes are ruled “irregular.”

If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, a run-off between the top two vote getters will be held. The latest results show that incumbent president Hamid Karzai has 47.3 percent of the vote with more than 60 percent of the ballots counted.

The meeting of German, French, British, UN, and US envoys to Afghanistan here was regarded as a show of unity and support in the midst of an Afghan mission seen as unpopular in Europe and dubbed by some US media as “Mr. Obama’s war.”

In European circles, the meeting was also seen as an effort to pressure Afghan President Karzai in the wake of some 1,000 complaints of ballot stuffing and fraud now under review, and to garner support for US efforts to target of irregular election behavior and corruption, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

Hosted by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, the gathering also included British envoy Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Germany’s Bernd Mutzelburg, US envoy Richard Holbrooke, Karl Eide of the UN, and 22 other representatives.

The Afghanistan Election Commission is now going through nearly 1,000 complaints, of which 600 have been addressed, the envoys said – predicting they would finish the process by September 17. (ANI)

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New UN report takes firm stand on women’s rights in Afghanistan

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kabul (Afghanistan), July 9 (ANI): A new United Nations report has called for an end to the prevailing abuse against women in Afghanistan, and warned that ignoring this culture of impunity will create an environment of political and social insecurity.

The report, titled “Silence is Violence,” documents the increasingly insecure environment for women in public spaces and the failure of state institutions to deal with it, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

The document, which was co-written by the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCR) and the UN’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), says that the argument that it’s more important to “have security rather than human rights … is absolutely the wrong concept, since you need human rights for sustainable peace.”

Dr. Sima Samar, the chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, explained that the denial of women’s rights is usually on the grounds of culture and tradition.

The report documents violence that inhibits participation of women in public life, identifying perpetrators as anti-government elements, local traditional and religious power holders, women’s own families and communities and, in some instances, government authorities.

Sexual violence against women was found to be perpetrated by close family members, staff of prisons and rehabilitation centers, military commanders, and members of illegal armed groups and criminal gangs.

“The pattern of attacks against women operating in the public sphere sends a strong message to all women to stay at home,” says the report.

“This has obvious ramifications for the transformation of Afghanistan, the stated priority of Afghan authorities, and their international supporters.”

“Rhetoric [has not been] matched by reality,” says the head of UNAMA’s human rights unit, Norah Niland.

The UN report and its message were backed at the highest level of the UN’s presence in Afghanistan. It was released in the residence of the UN secretary-general’s special representative, Kai Eide, the top UN diplomat in Afghanistan. (ANI)

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Afghanistan, Pak have to fight ‘wildfire of terrorism’ jointly, says Karzai

May 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, May 13 (ANI): Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said that his country and Pakistan would have to work together to defeat a “wildfire of terrorism” sweeping the region and frustrating economic development.

Karzai, who was speaking at a two-day regional economic cooperation conference on Afghanistan, said many factors were hampering cooperation such as inadequate physical infrastructure and inconsistent policies, but by far the most menacing challenge to the region’s prosperity today was extremism and terrorism.

“Today parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan have fallen victim to the atrocities of militants and terrorists forcing hundreds of thousands of men, women and children to flee their homes,” Karzai said in an opening address to the conference of regional countries, Western allies and international financial agencies.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said dialogue and development were the most potent tools in the arsenal against terrorism and called for the conference to endorse a concrete set of projects for “fast-tracking cooperation”.

“We stand at a defining moment.The struggle against terrorism is a struggle for a profound vision for a better tomorrow. It is a struggle for hearts and minds, one in which dialogue and development must be the most potent tools in our arsenal,” he said.

“We believe it is imperative to turn the page on Afghanistan. They deserve stronger institutions, effective governance, respite from narco trade, meaningful reconstruction and sustainable economic development. They deserve a healing process,” he added.

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have improved since a civilian government came to power in Islamabad last year.

Participants at the conference are focusing on five areas, including mining, energy and infrastructure, health, labour and overland trade.

Karzai was guest of honour at the conference, which is being attended by delegates from 40 countries, business leaders and international organisations.

Officials expect the meeting to approve funding for a raft of transport, energy, trade, infrastructure and job creation projects in a region which the United States has made the frontline of the war against militants.

In a dramatic last-minute change, the venue of the conference was shifted from a convention centre to the prime minister’s office for security reasons, officials said.

Wednesday’s conference comes a week after a trilateral summit in Washington chaired by President Barack Obama and attended by his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts.

The summit was designed to forge a new anti-terror front in a bid to crush the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, as part of a sweeping new US war strategy.

The UN representative in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, expressed hope late Tuesday that the economic cooperation conference would mark the start of concrete projects. (ANI)

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DNO International ASA: DNO reports a working interest production of 11,431 bopd and a net entitlement production of 6,891 bopd for May 2010

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