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Georgia's Saakashvili warns West on Russia ties

TBILISI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the West on Tuesday not to return to "business as usual" with Russia without holding it to account for its five-day war with his country in August.  Full Story
Today, 12:47 | Reuters

Australia cuts rates, Japan acts on funding squeeze

BRUSSELS/SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - European Union ministers sought ways on Tuesday to boost investment and consumer spending while Australia slashed interest rates in the latest actions to combat the global financial crisis.   Full Story  
Today, 12:13 | Reuters

Asia stocks slide as global outlook darkens

HONG KONG, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Asian equities slid on Tuesday after signs of a deepening global economic slump slammed stocks worldwide the previous day, driving benchmark U.S. Treasury yields to their lowest since the 1950s.   Full Story  
Today, 11:52 | Reuters

Parliament: Georgia will finally become NATO member

Tbilisi, Dec. 2 (Interfax) - Any of the patterns of Georgia's integration with NATO, proposed by the Alliance's member-states, is acceptable for Georgia, Georgian parliamentary speaker David Bakradze said.   Full Story  
Today, 11:37 | Interfax-Ukraine

Condoleezza Rice plays piano for Queen at palace

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played the piano for Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on Monday as a farewell gesture before the end of the Bush administration's term next month.   Full Story   Today, 10:00

Russian president's envoy in Urals Federal District dies

Moscow, Dec. 2 (Interfax) - Russian president's envoy in the Ural Federal District Pyotr Latyshev has died at the age of 61, the Russian presidential administration told Interfax on Tuesday.   Full Story  
Today, 09:59 | Interfax-Ukraine

Pakistan says to respond to Indian wanted list

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan will "frame a response" to an Indian demand that it hand over 20 of India's most wanted men, a Pakistani government minister said on Tuesday.   Full Story   Today, 09:49

Rice: 'No one wants to see' Ukraine shut out of NATO

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reaffirmed that NATO membership should be open to Ukraine and Georgia.   Full Story   Yesterday, 22:58

Phone numbers presented in Politkovskaya trial

MOSCOW (AP) -- Defense lawyers in the trial of three men charged in the killing of Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya said Monday that prosecutors' evidence is insufficient.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 22:45 | Associated Press

Russia to upgrade missiles to evade US space arms

MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia's military is planning to upgrade its missiles to allow them to evade American weapons in space and penetrate any prospective missile shield, a Russian general said Monday.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 20:25 | Associated Press

Icelanders rally to protest economic meltdown

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) _ Hundreds of Icelanders stormed the country's central bank Monday demanding the sacking of the governor they blame for the country's economic collapse.   Full Story  
Yesterday, 20:22 | Associated Press Archive