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"Such a system as [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin's is exactly a target for destruction. It needs to be destroyed."
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Almost a half century passed before another black woman -- Halle Berry -- won the award. Oct 17, 2009 at 23:07 |
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MADRID (AP) -- A huge crowd rallied in Madrid Saturday against a bill to ease restrictions on abortion -- a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive two decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally Roman Catholic country. Oct 17, 2009 at 22:58 |
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KABUL, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Senior foreign officials on Saturday pressed President Hamid Karzai to resolve a disputed election which has threatened to undermine the Western effort to stabilise Afghanistan. Oct 17, 2009 at 21:40 |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Suspected drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter and set fire to five buses and a school in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, killing two policemen, police and media said. Oct 17, 2009 at 21:36 |
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Kyiv, October 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) - A Ukrainian military delegation is to take part in the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2009, which will be held from October 20 to October 25 in South Korea, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported. Oct 17, 2009 at 21:32 |
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GENEVA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Film director Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland three weeks ago to face extradition in a U.S. sex case, has been moved from jail for medical treatment, his French lawyer said on Saturday. Oct 17, 2009 at 19:44 |
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ABUJA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS on Saturday imposed an arms embargo against Guinea, accusing the ruling military junta for "mass human rights violations" during anti-government protests last month. Oct 17, 2009 at 19:39 |
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BERLIN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Leading members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the pro-business Free Democrats said on Saturday that a deal on forming a centre-right coalition government was likely next week. Thorny issues, including the scale of tax cuts and how to finance them, remain but the parties have agreed other matters, ranging from financial market regulation to policy on Turkey's bid for European Union membership and online monitoring. Oct 17, 2009 at 19:35 |
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Tallinn, October 17 (Interfax) - Foreign Minister Urmas Paet at a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip H. Gordon noted that he backs further NATO expansion. Oct 17, 2009 at 19:30 |
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Kyiv, October 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Former Ukrainian transport minister and head of the People's Patriotic Association for Democracy and Justice, Yosyp Vinsky, has warned that the newly elected Ukrainian president could try to expand the president's powers through amending the Ukrainian constitution, the press service of the association reported on Saturday. Oct 17, 2009 at 19:26 |
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Matthew Saltmarsh and Andrew E. Kramer write: In the space of just four months, Russia has gone from a “strategic priority” to an afterthought at Carrefour, the giant French retailer. The decision follows weak sales figures and recent shareholder and management upheaval for Carrefour, the No.2 retailer globally, behind Wal-Mart. It also indicates that a good deal of the shine has come off the Russian retail market. Oct 17, 2009 at 18:34 |
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JERUSALEM, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a lengthy diplomatic battle to "delegitimise" United Nations charges that Israel committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip, an official said on Saturday. Oct 17, 2009 at 17:02 |
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GABORONE, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Results from Botswana's general election trickled in on Saturday with Ian Khama expected to remain head of the world's largest diamond producer for another five years. Oct 17, 2009 at 16:58 |
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Makhachkala, October 17 (Interfax) - Badri Afanasyev, a former producer from the Georgian TV company Imedi, has applied for political asylum in Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) department for Dagestan told Interfax on Saturday. Oct 17, 2009 at 16:53 |
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DUBLIN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Some 3,000 people lined the streets on Saturday for the funeral of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died on the island of Majorca a week ago. Oct 17, 2009 at 16:49 |