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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 26. januar 2005 / Time Line January 26, 2005

25. Januar 2005, 27. Januar 2005

01/26/2005
Decline in Contracts Depresses CACI Shares
By Ellen McCarthy
Washington Post Staff Writer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36776-2005Jan25?language=printer
Shares of CACI International Inc. sank yesterday, despite a reported 44 percent rise in fiscal second-quarter profit, as investors reacted to news that the company's contract awards had slipped significantly from the same period in 2003.
The Arlington government contractor said in its quarterly report, released Monday, that contracts with federal agencies had dropped to $235 million during the period ended Dec. 31, from $390 million in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

01/26/2005
UNICEF Charges Sri Lanka Guerrillas with Recruiting Children
By Patricia Nunan
New Delhi
26-January-2005
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-01-26-voa11.cfm
Young Tamil Tigers rebel soldier waves while waiting on a city bus Officials with the U.N. Children's Fund in Sri Lanka say they have confirmed 40 cases of children being abducted or recruited as soldiers by the Tamil Tiger rebel group. It is the first major series of such recruitments since the December tsunami affected areas under the rebels' control.
A spokesman for UNICEF in the Sri Lankan capital, Martin Dawes, says the organization is seeking the safe return of 40 children taken since last month's tsunami disaster by the Tamil rebels, also known as the LTTE.
"We have had 40 verified cases by UNICEF of child recruitment of the LTTE since the tsunami. When we say verified, these are cases that have come to our attention from families or concerned people, which we were able to check out and basically take to the LTTE as a complaint," he said.
The December 26 tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people in Sri Lanka primarily swept into the nation's northern and eastern coasts, including many areas under the rebels' control. The disaster prompted fears that the rebels would use the situation to recruit or abduct scores of children who had lost their parents or were temporarily separated from them.
But Mr. Dawes says few of the children were recruited from camps for displaced people, suggesting that there may be broader strategy at work.
"What is interesting about the figures is that out of the 40, four were taken out of the displacement camps, which suggest that it is a general recruitment amongst the population," he explained.
There was no immediate reaction to the accusation from the Tamil Tigers.

01/26/2005
Condoleezza Rice udnævnes til ny amerikansk udenrigsminister.

01/26/2005

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