Eurasia Press & News
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A drunk passenger on a Russian internal flight caused a hijack scare Friday, Russia’s Interfax news agency quoted a law enforcement source as saying.
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October, 2008
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24 October
EU to step up pressure on Turkey to reform
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU candidate Turkey must significantly step up reforms if it is to progress its troubled bid to join the 27-nation bloc, the European Commission is to tell the country, EU officials said on Friday.
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Iraqi Christians flee Mosul after death threats: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than half of the Christians living in Mosul have fled the northern Iraqi city in the past two weeks, some going to Syria, after receiving death threats, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
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24 October
Gunmen kidnap up to 15 in Russia’s Ingushetia
NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) – Armed men drove into Russia’s Ingushetia region and abducted up to 15 people including policemen from a checkpoint and a slot machine parlour, police and witnesses said Friday.
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24 October
Georgia seeks to isolate Russian-backed regions
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia has outlawed investment in its breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions and imposed entry restrictions on foreigners, under legislation designed to isolate the two Russian-backed territories.
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PM ‘undermined’ Turkey secularism
Turkey’s prime minister was involved in anti-secular activities, the country’s Constitutional Court has said.The court was explaining why it it imposed financial sanctions on the governing AK Party in July.
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24 October
Russian lawyer ‘was not poisoned’
Fears that a lawyer representing several critics of Russia’s government may have been poisoned appear unfounded, French authorities say.
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24 October
Croatia to ‘get tough’ on terror
The Croation prime minister has pledged to mobilise the power of the state to combat terrorists and criminals after a bomb attack that killed a renowned investigative journalist and one of his colleagues.
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24 October
Iran, Germany Sign Petrochemical Deal
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Germany signed a contract for construction of a petrochemical plant in Imam Khomeini Port in Iran’s Khuzestan province.
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24 October
Armenia Hails Iran’s Regional Role
TEHRAN (FNA)- Armenian Parliament Speaker Ovik Abramian on Thursday hailed Iran’s principled stance on regional issues.
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