The signing went ahead even though the deal faces hurdles in Czech parliament where the centre-right government of Prime Minister Topolanek will likely need opposition backing to get it ratified Prague: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg signed a treaty Tuesday under which the Czech Republic will host a radar base for a missile defence shield the US plans to build in Europe. The signing went ahead even though the deal faces hurdles in Czech parliament where the centre-right government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek will likely need opposition backing to get it ratified. But Schwarzenberg told reporters after the signing ceremony that he believed lawmakers would live up to their responsibility and vote in favour of the scheme, which has been criticized by Russia. Washington...
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Geneva (AFP) Oct 13, 2008 - Lawmakers and parliamentarians from around the world gathered here Monday for an annual meeting with the financial crisis, nuclear disarmament and soaring food prices all high up on the agenda.
Khartoum (AFP) Oct 13, 2008 - Sudan's foreign ministry on Monday summoned the ambassadors of Kenya and Ethiopia over concerns their countries had shipped arms to the semi-autonomous South Sudan government, a ministry official...
Talk of 'change' is nothing but the same old thing As we approach the culmination of that great dog-and-pony show we know as the United States presidential election, I tend to laughter, but for the terrible tragedy of it all.
The results of optical identifications of five hard X-ray sources in the Galactic plane region from the INTEGRAL all-sky survey are presented. The X-ray data on one source (IGRJ20216+4359) are published for the first time. The...