Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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Uzbek President Islam Karimov won the December 23 national election, which was not unexpected. However, it is quite unusual that this will be his third term in office, despite the fact that the Uzbek Constitution limits presidents to two terms. Â The Karimov administration made no attempt to amend the constitution …
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THE man who devised the Bush administration’s Iraq troop surge has urged the US to consider sending elite troops to Pakistan to seize its nuclear weapons if the country descends into chaos.
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Hundreds of thousands of public employees, joined by students and striking railway workers, took part in raucous demonstrations across France yesterday to protest against
Read More »FSB searched Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister’s Office analysts speak about struggle among clans
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detained country’s Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak last week in Moscow as his
Read More »President of Ukraine orders creation of new SBU counterintelligence department
President Viktor Yushchenko ordered the firing of Ukraine’s top customs officials and the creation of a new counterintelligence department at the
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Criza din Italia provocată de crima atribuită unui ţigan român şi incidentele grave cărora le-au căzut victime români din Italia, dar şi dezbaterile pe aceeaşi temă ce au avut loc la sesiunea de
Read More »Ministrul adjunct al Finantelor din Rusia, arestat
Politia rusa l-a retinut vineri pe ministrul adjunct al Finantelor, Serghei Storchak, in cadrul unei anchete penale. Storchak este responsabil cu politica datoriilor externe ale Rusiei si cu c
Read More »Prodi si Tariceanu cer ajutorul Europei
Avand ca mandat detensionarea crizei imigrantilor romani, premierul Tariceanu a facut ieri un tur de forta la Roma intalnindu-se cu
Read More »US agree to build ‘communication channels’ against PKK
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed Monday to establish an “operational coordination†system that will provide better communication to combat the
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