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Poll ratings of Russia's Putin, Medvedev tumble MOSCOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The approval ratings of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had their sharpest fall since Putin stepped down as Kremlin chief in May 2008, according to a poll by the Public Opinion Foundation.
Nov 2, 2009 at 22:40 | Reuters
Mel Gibson and his girlfriend welcome a baby girl Nov 2, 2009 at 22:32
Putin: Russia to back binding global climate deal MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will support a new global warming treaty only if it requires nations to make binding commitments to limit greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
Nov 2, 2009 at 21:45
Estonia wants new NATO defense plans WASHINGTON (AP) — Estonia's defense minister is discussing with the United States why NATO needs plans in case his region is attacked.
Nov 2, 2009 at 21:38
Poll: generation gap in Eastern Europe on politics WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, a sharp generational schism has formed in how people in Europe's former communist countries view the shift to democracy and capitalism, a survey has found.
Nov 2, 2009 at 21:25 | Associated Press
Putin requests European Union credits for Ukraine MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged the European Union on Monday to lend Ukraine at least $1 billion to help it pay for natural gas supplies from Russia and avoid another disruption of flows to Europe.
Nov 2, 2009 at 21:15
Putin says Berlin Wall's fall was inevitable Nov 2, 2009 at 21:06
Royal Bank of Scotland faces forced sales and 3,700 UK job cuts LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland said it would be forced to sell more assets than it had expected and axe 3,700 jobs from its retail business as another radical shake-up loomed for Britain's banks.
Nov 2, 2009 at 21:04
Former KGB spy shot dead in Moscow MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian businessman who had been convicted in Israel of being a KGB spy was shot dead in Moscow on Monday, police said.
Nov 2, 2009 at 21:04 | Associated Press
Update: Russian businessman shot dead near Putin's office MOSCOW, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a former KGB spy turned basketball tycoon in his car on Monday a few hundred metres from the Moscow office of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, officials said.
Nov 2, 2009 at 21:01 | Reuters
Czech Happenings: Czechs not to close border over flu in Ukraine PRAGUE - The Czech Republic is not considering limiting travel in relation to the flu epidemic that killed some 67 people in Ukraine, Czech Interior Minister Martin Pecina told a press conference after a cabinet meeting today. Read the story here.
Nov 2, 2009 at 20:58
Ukraine closes all schools to fight swine flu Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on Monday closed down all schools nationwide for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu and suggested that nightclubs, cinemas and food markets in the west also shut down.
Nov 2, 2009 at 19:38 | Associated Press
Health ministry: Russia to make 35.5 million doses of swine flu vaccine by the end of the year The first people to be vaccinated against swine flu will be those living in regions that border districts where the number of cases are above the epidemic threshold, said Russian Minister of Health Care and Social Development Tatyana Golikova.
Nov 2, 2009 at 19:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yuschenko: Ukraine will welcome OSCE observers at its presidential elections Ukraine will welcome the presence of observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) at the country's elections, Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko said at a meeting with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares in Kyiv on Monday.
Nov 2, 2009 at 19:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Oil rose on Monday as strong manufacturing data from the United States and China stoked optimism for a turnaround in the economy and in fuel demand.
Nov 2, 2009 at 18:52 | Reuters