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Doctor: Seven die of swine flu, 19 of acute pneumonia in Belarus Minsk, November 4 (Interfax) - In two weeks 19 people have died of acute pneumonia in Belarus, the swine flu virus was officially confirmed in seven of them, Chief Sanitation Doctor of Belarus Valentina Kachan told the Minsk press on Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2009 at 21:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian goverment surprised by GM decision not to sell Opel The Russian government has been surprised by General Motors' decision to drop its plans to sell its European assets to the Magna-Sberbank consortium, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian prime minister, told Interfax.
Nov 4, 2009 at 18:21 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia stresses tolerance on national holiday MOSCOW — Thousands of people are taking part in Moscow street rallies on a new national holiday that the Kremlin is portraying as a celebration of Russia's ethnic diversity.
Nov 4, 2009 at 16:04 | Associated Press
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia reached a deal with the International Monetary Fund to continue to access the €2.9 billion ($4.25 billion) emergency loan which was frozen because of Belgrade's failure to plan budget cuts, officials said Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2009 at 14:30
Georgia's foreign minister renounces Russian citizenship TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's foreign minister has renounced his Russian citizenship
Nov 4, 2009 at 13:01
Gazprom source: Ukraine cannot blame Russia for problems in transiting gas to Europe Moscow - Gazprom has criticized recent remarks by Ukrainian presidential adviser on international energy issues Bohdan Sokolovsky concerning natural gas transit from Russia across Ukraine.
Nov 4, 2009 at 12:57 | Interfax-Ukraine