Tuareg have reached a ceasefire with Government of Mali. Already 2 years ago was signed a deal like that, but later it was always ignored.

The news:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/07/2008721183447401195.html

In Sril Lanka Tamil Tigers have announced a ceasefire for 1 week to support the South Asian regional summit.
Rajiva Wijesinghe, the secretary general of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process would that the armed action transform itself in a politic action, that is, she would the constitution of a party and hence, of a process of politic peace.

The news:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/07/2008721202345784423.html

Georgia sources inform that Russia troopers and paratroopers are occupying Kodori Valley called also Kodori Gorge located in Abkhazia (breakaway republic inside Georgia and sustained by Russia). By here passes an important highway and permits to Russia soldiers a better control of borders between two States.

The sources of two news:

http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2008/07/19/10021.shtml

Sri Lanka army, after a series of fights, has conquered the base Vidattaltivu of Tamil Tigers founded near the sea. According sources of army, now, numbers of tamil fighters should be reduced “at least” at 5.000 soldiers.

Source of news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7508829.stm

South Ossetia is a “region” of Georgia, but from many years it is also a breakway Republic from Georgia………….such as Abkhazia. Well, in this interview, a woman and the mayor describe how life is going on in South Ossetia.

The news:

http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/27502

The tensions are going up between Georgia and South Ossetia (a separatist region with a major russian population inside borders of Georgia).
In last days there have been a fire fight at a georgian checkpoint and shells on town Tskhinvali. Georgia, pro NATO, is trying to retake the control of 2 breakaway separatist provinces and for this, is probably, that it has receiving reinforces (by shells and logistical apparatus) by NATO STates.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia,instead, are receiving important reinforces by Russia. But, it’s important to say that Russia army is still fighting with Chechnya separatists.

News of South Ossetia:
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2008/07/04/9956.shtml

News of Caucasus Region:
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2008/07/03/9932.shtml

From February 17 to today, only 43 States in the world have recognized the independence of Kosovo.
Why? What is the reason?
I can say that the first reason is that many Nations don’t want see secessionist pushes inside own borders. This, because, the fight of kosovari for having an Independent State is not a unic and casual fact, but in the world exist many independent movements that fight with weapons but also freely across the politic fight. In Europe exist many independent movements, such as IRA in Ireland, ETA in Spain, FLNC in France, PKK in Turkey-Iraq-Iran, Chechens in Russia, abkhazi and south-osseti in Georgia and transnistries in Moldova. In the world we remember tamil in Sri Lanka, Aceh in Indonesia, Somaliland in Somalia, Polisario Front in Western Sahara, christians in south of Sudan or sikh in India. In effect many of these countries have fear independent claims, so they prefer to don’t recognize a State of-fact. For example the same Serbia claims Kosovo how its historic Province (after the extermination against kosovari??) and Russia, its old friend, obviously it is pro-Serbia. Republic of Macedonia, having fear that Albany will become “Big Albany” with the union of “Albany-Kosovo-a little side of Macedonia”. obviously won’t ever recognize Kosovo. The reasons are different, many, unic from State to State, of little or big importance, but the serious thing is that Kosovo will can’t become part of ONU until a ninety of Nations won’t recognize it officially, how it’s happened to Montenegro.