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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."
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — Security forces on Saturday killed four suspected militants during security sweeps in Chechnya and a neighboring province in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, officials said. Nov 7, 2009 at 19:26 | Associated Press |
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured and committed themselves to urgent action on tackling climate change. Nov 7, 2009 at 19:22 |
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take precautions. Nov 7, 2009 at 19:19 | Associated Press |
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BERLIN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - As Germany prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new study shows that some 1.3 trillion euros have been transferred from the west to rebuild the east, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Nov 7, 2009 at 19:14 | Reuters |
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Clifford J. Levy writes: It was late on a Monday afternoon at the drunk tank in this Moscow suburb, but it could have been any day, at any hour, at any similar facility across this land. People would come. They always do. Such is Russia's ruinous penchant for the bottle — and the challenge facing a new government policy to curb it. Read the story here. Nov 7, 2009 at 16:59 |
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Andrew Shirley writes:An increasing global population will need more food. That food has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere could well be Ukraine, where the price of top-quality arable soil is far lower than in other countries. Land values are projected to rise from an initial investment of $1, 500/hectare to $5, 000/hectare within five years. Read the story here. Nov 7, 2009 at 16:51 |
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MOSCOW, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country. Nov 7, 2009 at 16:45 |
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LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes singlehandedly. Nov 7, 2009 at 16:41 | Associated Press |
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Uman, November 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has said that there are currently no grounds to declare a state of emergency in Ukraine. Nov 7, 2009 at 16:36 |
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Uzhgorod, November 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has again said there are no grounds to postpone presidential elections in the country. Nov 7, 2009 at 16:32 |
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Moscow, November 7 (Interfax) - Difficulties in relations between Moscow and Kyiv have been prompted by Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko's position, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. Nov 7, 2009 at 15:21 |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts to move toward a nuclear-free world, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. Nov 7, 2009 at 14:58 |
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Uzhgorod, November 7 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has again said there are no grounds to postpone presidential elections in the country. Nov 7, 2009 at 14:51 |
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Moscow, November 7 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed criticism by Joseph Stalin's supporters, who earlier branded as unacceptable his judgments about the years under Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union. Nov 7, 2009 at 14:46 |
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RIYADH, Nov 7 (Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is currently Saudi Arabia's sole supplier of an H1N1 flu vaccine but the kingdom may include other firms for the supply of a nationwide inoculation campaign, the health ministry said. Nov 7, 2009 at 14:24 |