Eurasia Press & News
The ceremony of the so-called “sanctification” of a fighter-bomber SU-34 took place in the “Center of Combat Application and Retraining of Air Crews” in the city of Lipetsk, Russia.
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June, 2008
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23 June
Due to arrests in Spain KGB/FSB hitmen kill accomplices who knew too much
Due to the arrests of Russian mobsters from the Tambov gang in Spain, who turned out to be officers of Russian Federal Security Service (FSB, formerly known as the KGB), on June 13 the KGB agents killed two leaders of that gang, who “knew too much”, right on the streets …
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22 June
Iran to Hold Women’s Music Festival
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is scheduled to hold its third annual Women’s Music Festival in an attempt to develop the musical potentials of Iranian women.
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21 June
Taliban jail break wrong-footed Afghan army
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces knew Taliban militants were planning an offensive near the southern city of Kandahar last week but were distracted by a mass prison break, a senior army officer said on Saturday.
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21 June
Serbian Socialists in talks with Democrats
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s Socialist Party has broken off coalition talks with the nationalist bloc and is starting negotiations with the pro-European alliance led by the Democratic Party, officials said on Saturday.
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21 June
Russian president backs peacekeepers in Georgia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia wants a negotiated end to territorial disputes in ex-Soviet Georgia, but it will not tolerate deliberate attempts to stir up its peacekeeping troops there, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday.
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21 June
Pakistan pays tribute to Bhutto
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new government paid tribute to slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and asked President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday to spare thousands of prisoners held on death row.
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21 June
FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan
(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 6:00 a.m. EDT on Saturday: KANDAHAR – An improvised explosive device (IED) killed four U.S.-led coalition soldiers and wounded two more in the southern province of Kandahar, the U.S. military said.
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21 June
Five foreign troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – An improvised explosive device (IED) killed four U.S.-led coalition soldiers on Saturday in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the scene of a large anti-Taliban offensive and an insurgent jail break.
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21 June
Iran to Pump Gas to UAE in 3 Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Arab Emirates’ Crescent Petroleum expects to start importing gas from Iran’s offshore Salman Field in three months, its chairman said.
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