Just prior to the official visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's to Cuba, Moscow has stated it would invest in oil and nickle industries. This announcement matches the renewed interest in Cuban future and the...
The dumbest thing you can do in a period of economic uncertainty is to give people (a) no information or (b) bad information. The Russian government seems inclined to do the former."MOSCOW – Russian...
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Spanning the world to bring the stranger things of lifeIt's tough all over...I guess"Russian Orthodox church stolen _ brick by brick November 14, 2008 - 5:25pm ...
G2O meeting with Bush, new money ? One day before the G20 meeting for new money order at Washington, Sarkozy takes agressive positon to lame duck Bush over Georgia. Sarkozy will meet tomorrow Russian president...
Russia and Cuba warm up bilateral relations. They will engage in energy cooperation not resume Russian military presence in the Caribbean island. "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has announced Moscow's intention...
The Philippine Senate is conducting its investigation regarding the General that was detained in Russia for carrying 105k euros. Now he is wanted by the Senate for not attending the investigation headed by Senator...
The Metro Manila Airport Authority (MIAA) said that the General held by Russian Customs for carrying 105 k euros did not declare the amount when they left for Russia."MANILA, Philippines - A Filipino airport...
They've said it before, but maybe this time they mean it. Russia has said today that its troops have begun withdrawing from the buffer zone around South Ossetia that is within Georgian territory."Russia says its...
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"MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Despite heavy rain hundreds of people gathered in Moscow on Tuesday to commemorate investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya gunned down near her home in the Russian capital in 2006. A model of a planned monument to the journalist has...
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Update: Oct 06-08Barry Artiste Op/Ed The Pirates of Somalia, stating to the Superpowers that they will fight to the last man to hold off attacks from the Ukrainian ship they boarded, may not understand that if...
Overnight, Asian markets dropped and the big European markets plummeting just minutes after opening. The drops were widely expected following a weekend where European leaders met to stem the growing, global...
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"President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy - a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.Chavez said he accepted an offer from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for...
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This guy Ahmadinejad (pronounced “I’m-a-MAD-Jihad”) is nothing more than the Iranian mouthpiece for the Mullah’s who rule the nation. His speech before the UN was nothing more than a 30-minute diatribe sermon about the fundamental religious beliefs of...
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As we watch the continued developments in Georgia and hear the accusations about who did what to whom and in what order, you can guarantee that another ex-Soviet state is paying close attention. The US and the EU...
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Demonstrating that censorship is very much alive and well in Russia, South Park has been labelled as "extremist" and a motion has been filed to ban the series from Russian television."Prosecutors in Russia want to...
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