Eurasia Press & News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the growing international stature of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization — but it may also soon become more controversial, as its members consider whether to welcome Iran into the fold.
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June, 2006
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17 June
Russia and China announce strategic partnership in a bid to counter expanding Western military and fiscal influences
Tang Jiaxuan, a member of China’s State Council, said Russia and China have similar positions on regional and global issues. Tang said Moscow is Beijing’s key ally in its effort to maintain a strategic partnership.
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16 June
Chinese and Russian relations score “unprecedented highâ€
Chinese president Hu Jintao expressed his delight in the way things between China and Russia have been evolving in diplomatic terms, just before an important regional security forum summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, due for June 15th in Shanghai.
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15 June
Will Israel honor international law if Hamas falls?
The issue of whether or not Israel would hold talks with Hamas should be examined against the backdrop of far-reaching political developments:Â Stalled peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, the emerging political crisis between supporters of PA President Mahmoud Abbas in the Fatah
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15 June
Zionist Missiles Kill Two Children, Nine civilians in Palestine
AT least nine Palestinians, including two children, have been killed in two Israeli air strikes over central Gaza City. Dr Jumaa al-Saqqa, a spokesman for al-Shifa hospital, said that that a number of Palestinians were also injured in the strike in Salah al-Din Street, the main road through the coastal …
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15 June
A Squad of the Russian invaders was eliminated nearby Trti-Kotar
A representative of the Headquarters of The Eastern Front of the Armed Forces of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI) (the Commander Amir Mus-Hadisov Sultan) told the Kavkaz-Center Information Agency about that on the eve in the evening Mujahiddeens eliminated a squad of the Russian aggressors on high ground nearby the …
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15 June
Russian secret services behind anti-NATO protests in Ukraine
About 200 US reservists, whose arrival in Crimea in southern Ukraine sparked anti-NATO protests, will leave by Monday, but planned military exercises may still take place, Ukraine’s navy quoted by AFP has said. “Half of them (reservists) are in the process of taking buses to Simferopol from where they will …
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14 June
Non-aligned states to back Tehran at IAEA meeting
VIENNA (Reuters) — Non-aligned states will back Iran’s right to nuclear fuel production at a UN meeting this week, unmoved by US calls to join efforts to get Tehran to stop enriching uranium, diplomats said. UN Security Council powers are waiting for Iran to respond to an offer they made …
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14 June
Calls for Iraq US troop pullout renewed
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Opposition Democrats on Tuesday used President George W. Bush’s secret visit to Iraq as an opportunity to renew their calls for speedy end to America’s military involvement there.
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14 June
Libyan judge aims to speed up AIDS trial of Bulgaria nurses
TRIPOLI (AFP) — The retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of contaminating hundreds of Libyan children with AIDS reopened Tuesday with the judge calling for the process to be speeded up.
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