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May, 2008

  • 22 May

    Serb Socialists torn over identity as rivals woo them

    BELGRADE (Reuters) – Courted by pro-Western and nationalist rivals for a coalition government, Serbia’s Socialists are torn between seeking new respectability in Europe and the legacy of their founder, autocrat Slobodan Milosevic.

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  • 22 May

    U.S. helicopter strike kills 8 Iraqi civilians

    BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) – A U.S. military helicopter air strike on Wednesday night killed eight civilians, including two children and an elderly man, north of Baghdad, police officials said on Thursday.

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  • 22 May

    Georgian opposition vows to challenge election

    TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition block said on Thursday it would challenge the result of a parliamentary election that President Mikheil Saakashvili said he had won.

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  • 22 May

    Georgia’s Saakashvili leads in early election results

    TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s National Movement of President Mikheil Saakashvili was leading with 60.92 percent of the vote in the country’s parliamentary election, early official results showed on Thursday.

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  • 22 May

    Washington Denies Report on Impending US Attack on Iran

    TEHRAN (FNA)- The White House denied on Tuesday a report by Israel’s Jerusalem Post that President George W. Bush intends to resort to military forces against Iran before the end of his term in January 2009.

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  • 22 May

    Iran Calls for Transfer of Security Affairs to Iraqi Gov’t

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s ambassador to the UN said the Iraqi government and not foreign forces should be in charge of the country’s security affairs.

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  • 22 May

    Gates Rebuffs Calls for Diplomacy with Iran

    TEHRAN (FNA)- US Defense Secretary Robert Gates rebuffed calls for diplomatic engagement with Iran Tuesday.

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  • 22 May

    Al Wefaq Rejects Anti-Iran Remarks

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Bahrain’s Al Wefaq parliamentary bloc has rejected the recent anti-Iran statements made by the commander-in-chief of the defense forces.

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  • 21 May

    АБХАЗИЯ / ГРУЗИЯ. Ситуация на грани войны

    Резко обострилась обстановка в зоне грузино-абхазского конфликта в день выборов в парламент Грузии, сообщает РИА Новости. Грузинская сторона заявила, что абхазы взорвали автобус, который должен был доставить жителей Гальского района в Зугдидский район для участия в парламентских выборах. Ð’ зоне конфликта были слышны интенсивные выстрелы. Русские факт перестрелки подтвердили, более …

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  • 21 May

    ГРУЗИЯ. Оппозиция грозит власти народным восстанием

    В случае, если результаты Центризбиркома по итогам парламентских выборов будут такими же, как и результаты экзитпола, «власти обязательно получат народное восстание», — заявил один из лидеров Объединенной оппозиции Гия Тортладзе вечером в среду.

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