Eurasia Press & News
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised to end the almost daily violent attacks in Moscow on migrant workers from the former Soviet states.
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February, 2008
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22 February
U.S. embassy in Serbia evacuates families, some staff
BELGRADEÂ – The U.S. embassy in Serbia ordered on Friday the departure of support staff and dependents of diplomats after a mob attacked the mission the day before, a spokeswoman said.
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22 February
UK troops accused of executions and torture in Iraq
LONDONÂ – Lawyers for five Iraqis have accused British soldiers of mass executions and torture and called for a police investigation into an “atrocious episode” in British army history.
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22 February
Musharraf says is ready to work with new parliament
Embattled Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said in a column published on Friday that he was ready to work with the newly elected parliament to fight terrorism and build a stable democratic government to promote long-term economic growth.
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22 February
EU awaiting Polish, Romanian replies on CIA jails
BRUSSELS – The European Commission said on Friday it was awaiting responses from Poland and Romania to charges that they hosted CIA prisons where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards used methods akin to torture.
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Roadside blast kills 13 in NW Pakistan
ISLAMABADÂ – A roadside bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying a wedding party in Pakistan’s northwestern valley of Swat on Friday, killing 13 people, officials said.
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Bosnian Serbs threaten secession over Kosovo
The parliament of the Serb Republic adopted a resolution late on Thursday branding Kosovo’s declaration of independence an illegal act that violated Serbia’s territorial integrity.
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22 February
Suicide bomber kills 6 policemen in Iraq
FALLUJA, Iraq – A suicide bomber killed six policemen and wounded nine on Friday when he detonated a vest packed with explosives outside a mosque in Falluja, a mainly Sunni Arab city west of Baghdad, police said.
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22 February
FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq
 A U.S. Marine was killed in a battle with gunmen in western Iraq’s Anbar province, on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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22 February
Croatia arrests 44 anti-Serb protesters
ZAGREB – Croatian police have arrested 44 people who burned the Serbian flag in Zagreb’s main square after Serb protesters attacked the Croatian embassy in Belgrade during a rally against Kosovo’s independence.
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