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Lawyer: Man says he killed lawyer, journalist MOSCOW (AP) — A suspect in the killing of a human rights lawyer and a journalist has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said Friday. A Moscow court on Thursday approved the arrest of a man and a woman suspected in January's killing of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, which caused an international outcry.
Nov 6, 2009 at 22:47
Symphony dedicated to Khodorkovsky opens in Moscow MOSCOW (AP) — A symphony dedicated to Mikhail Khodorkovsky has premiered in Moscow in a rare show of support for the jailed tycoon in his native Russia.
Nov 6, 2009 at 22:28
MOSCOW (AP) — A group says a human rights advocate taken into custody by Chechen authorities in Moscow has been released.
Nov 6, 2009 at 22:15
The official visit of the Belarusian President Oleksandr Lukashenko to Ukraine has been a breakthrough and will go down in history, experts from Ukraine's Foreign Ministry believe.
Nov 6, 2009 at 21:14
Poland distrustful of swine flu vaccination WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk saidNov. 6that his government won't buy vaccines for swine flu that have not been properly tested or from producers who won't take responsibility for possible side effects.
Nov 6, 2009 at 16:44 | Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has voiced hope that Moscow and Washington will be able to negotiate a successor to a Cold War-era arms control treaty that expires next month.
Nov 6, 2009 at 13:24 | Associated Press
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Uzbekistan's state energy company has signed a $2.5 billion deal to create a joint venture with Malaysia's Petronas and South Africa's Sasol to build a synthetic liquid fuel production plant, the state company announced Friday
Nov 6, 2009 at 12:59 | Associated Press