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Iran MPs urge government to reduce IAEA cooperation Iran's parliament urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government on Sunday to submit a plan on reducing its cooperation level with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), state radio reported.
Nov 29, 2009 at 11:52 | Reuters
New York Times: Road rage at the Kremlin Ellen Barry writes from Moscow: To this day, Russians will quietly tolerate hunger and repression, but it’s a bad idea to get between them and their cars. And the Kremlin apparently knows it. On Nov. 17, after an outcry from motorists, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev intervened to block a bill that would have doubled taxes on car owners — a stinging humiliation for Russia’s ruling party, United Russia, which had approved it unanimously the previous Friday. Something almost unheard of had penetrated the membrane of Russian politics: the demands of its citizens. Read the story here.
Nov 29, 2009 at 10:37
Sri Lanka's war hero runs for president COLOMBO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the end of 25 years of war said on Sunday he will run for president, pitting himself against the man who also takes credit for the victory against Tamil Tiger rebels.
Nov 29, 2009 at 10:22 | Reuters
Major attacks in Russia 1994-2009 Nov 28 (Reuters) - A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia's heartland.
Nov 29, 2009 at 09:57 | Reuters
Update: Russia says bomb caused train crash that killed 26 UGLOVKA, Russia (AP) — A powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train careening off its tracks, according to Russian officials, killing at least 26 people in what officials consider an act of terrorism.
Nov 29, 2009 at 09:40
Demjanjuk goes on trial in Germany BERLIN (AP) — John Demjanjuk once was the focus of the world's attention for the bloodcurdling enormity of the crimes he stood accused of. Today, he is attracting notice for being the lowest-ranking person to go on trial for Nazi war crimes.
Nov 29, 2009 at 09:15
Donetsk City Life: Survey finds more than half Ukrainians don't consider Holodomor as genocide More than half of Ukrainians do not consider the Holodomor as genocide. Read the story here.
Nov 29, 2009 at 09:09