Eurasia Press & News
U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain accused President Vladimir Putin of preparing to lead a puppet government in Russia in a blistering critique on Friday. Â The Arizona senator, long critical of Putin, had harsh words for the Russian leader as he prepares to give up the presidency to a …
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February, 2008
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17 February
Kosovo declares independence
A special session of Kosovo’s parliament has voted to declare independence from Serbia, with thousands of ethnic Albanians jamming the streets of Pristina, the main city, for the historic moment.
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17 February
Release of CBS journalist in Iraq delayed
BAGHDAD – Negotiations to free a CBS News journalist seized in the southern Iraqi city of Basra a week ago are being held up over discussions about how he should be released, a leading Shi’ite militia group said on Sunday.
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17 February
Serbia condemns breakaway Kosovo as “false state”
BELGRADEÂ – Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica condemned Kosovo as a false state in a televised address to the nation on Sunday minutes after its mainly Albanian province declared independence.
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17 February
France decries lack of Israeli-Palestinian progress
JERUSALEMÂ – French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday that Israel and the Palestinians have made no real progress since a U.S.-sponsored peace conference in November, and called the situation dangerous.
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17 February
Projectile hits Egyptian building on Gaza border
ISMAILIA, Egypt – A locally made Palestinian rocket exploded on the Egyptian side of the crossing point with Gaza on Sunday, damaging an Egyptian administrative building, security sources said. There were no injuries.
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17 February
FACTBOX-Breakaway regions look to Kosovo precedent
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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17 February
Serbs in for long-haul fight against Kosovo state
BELGRADE – Serbia is ready for years of resistance to Kosovo’s independence and counts on Russian help to defend its claim to the “occupied” territory, nationalist leaders said on Sunday.
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17 February
Hamas confident of Egyptian help on Gaza blockade
GAZA – Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, has voiced confidence that Egypt will help it ease the effects of an Israeli blockade.
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17 February
FACTBOX: Scenarios for Kosovo after independence
Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia but cementing a bitter ethnic front line in the Balkans.
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