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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's Health Ministry has reported the first swine flu death in the country. Oct 24, 2009 at 23:00 |
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WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has declared 2009 H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, the White House said on Saturday. Oct 24, 2009 at 22:48 |
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The legislature of Russia's Krasnodar Krai plans to ask the Culture Ministry to stop the production of a film about the 19th century Russian war in the North Caucasus, RFE/RL's Russian and North Caucasus Services report. Read more here. Oct 24, 2009 at 22:41 |
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"Politicians for sale! Get your politician here!" These are the slogans a youth organization in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv used at an auction of dolls depicting some of the country's leading politicians, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. Read more here. Oct 24, 2009 at 22:33 |
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Semion Mogilevich may be the most powerful man you've never heard of. The FBI says Mogilevich, a Russian mobster, has been involved in arms trafficking, prostitution, extortion and murder for hire. Read more here. Oct 24, 2009 at 21:59 |
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Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin warned Mayor Yury Luzhkov on Thursday to keep a better eye on his city’s expenses and to focus on building the metro rather than increasing officials’ salaries. The comments hit a sore point for Luzhkov — the overcrowded subway system — and were a rare rebuke from Kudrin, who typically does not respond to criticism from lower-ranking or regional officials.
Read more here. Oct 24, 2009 at 21:33 |
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RIYADH - A Saudi court sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes in a case brought after a Lebanese television channel she worked for aired the sex confession of a Saudi man, the reporter and a lawyer said. Oct 24, 2009 at 20:15 | Reuters |
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MOSCOW — Russia's president on Saturday defended recent local elections that drew fraud allegations, inspired an opposition walkout of parliament and strengthened the Kremlin's grip on power. Oct 24, 2009 at 19:40 | Associated Press |
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Oct 24, 2009 at 19:33 | Reuters
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WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. banks that have failed so far this year topped 100 on Friday — hitting 106 by the end of the day — the most in nearly two decades. But the trouble in the banking system from bad loans and the recession goes even deeper. Oct 24, 2009 at 19:24 | Associated Press |
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Vladimir Ryzhkov writes:There are two types of media in Russia: influential and independent. The influential media — read: state-controlled — cannot be independent. Conversely, independent media, whose numbers are getting smaller and smaller, cannot be influential. The moment the authorities suspect that an independent publication or broadcaster that is critical of the government is influencing public opinion in a significant way, the chances that the media outlet will be forced to change its orientation and political views become very high. Read the rest of the story here. Oct 24, 2009 at 19:24 | Vladimir Ryzhkov |
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MOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev told leaders of three opposition parties on Saturday he was open to ideas on how to change election laws that they say favour the pro-Kremlin party. Oct 24, 2009 at 19:16 |
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MOSCOW — Russia's finance minister predicted Saturday that the economy will grow more than 2 percent in the fourth quarter in another sign the country's is coming out of its recession. Oct 24, 2009 at 19:09 | Associated Press |
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Ukraine boosts steel output by 3.9% in September, returns to 8th place in global steelmakers' rating
Ukrainian metallurgical companies boosted steel output by 3.9% in September 2009 from September 2008, to 2.580 million tonnes, which made it possible for the country to return to the eighth place from the ninth in the 66 major steelmakers' rating of the World Steel Association (formerly the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI). Oct 24, 2009 at 18:57 |
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The Party of Regions cannot form a coalition with the "orange" team. "The Party of Region's participation in a coalition with the "orange team" is out of the question," party leader Viktor Yanukovych said in an interview with the Inter TV channel on Friday night. Oct 24, 2009 at 18:53 |