GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Authorities in the Chechen capital have dismantled a memorial to the victims of Soviet repression, triggering public outrage in the southern Russian region. Workmen appeared without warning last week and dismantled the monument, erected by Chechen separatist leader Dzhokbar Dudayev who fought Russia’s armies in the …
Read More »Clear winner in Macedonia vote, guns still in play
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski scored an overwhelming election victory on Sunday but the violence that marred the poll may perpetuate divisions and delay the country’s progress towards European Union membership. Gruevski’s conservative VMRO-DPMNE party will have the healthiest majority in parliament in more than a decade, …
Read More »Missile fired at house in NW Pakistan: residents
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least one missile was fired at a house next to a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, almost completely destroying the building but killing no one, a resident of the area said. Security officials said they had no information about any blasts in a village …
Read More »Pakistan puts clocks forward to save power
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan put its clocks forward an hour on Sunday while shops have been ordered to close early as the country struggles with an acute electricity shortage. Setting clocks forward by an hour, to six hours ahead of GMT, should enable the country to take advantage of an …
Read More »Voting halted in Macedonia ethnic Albanian area
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Voting in Macedonia’s parliamentary election was halted for security reasons in an ethnic Albanian area in the north of the country, the electoral commission said on Sunday.
Read More »Voting starts in Macedonia election
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Voting began in Macedonia’s parliamentary election on Sunday, widely seen as a test of its political maturity after campaign violence raised fears its slow march toward EU membership could be further delayed.
Read More »Putin still looks presidential on visit to France
PARIS (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin was treated like a president in Paris on his first visit to a Western capital as prime minister, reinforcing an impression that he still runs Russia even after leaving the Kremlin.
Read More »Iran’s cooperation with IAEA ‘far beyond’ NPT obligations
Iran-Nuclear Programme (IRNA) Iran has not only cleared all outstanding issues with regard to its nuclear programme but also cooperated with the IAEA “far beyond its treaty obligations,” according to the Iranian Embassy in Oslo.
Read More »Gazprom Increases Gas Exports to Turkey due to Iranian Halt
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia’s gas export monopoly Gazprom said on Tuesday it had increased gas supplies to Turkey after it asked for more gas following a stoppage of flows from Iran.
Read More »Gunman kills six people in Bosnia village: police
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A man shot and killed six people in a village near the northern Bosnian town of Tuzla on Thursday, gunning down three in their homes and three aboard a bus, police and witnesses at the scene said.
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