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Pirates threaten to destroy ship

KENYA NAIROBI - The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum yesterday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said. The MV Faina is...

Presidential Election in Azerbaijan. Do We Face the Revision of the Russo-Azerbaijani Relations...

Presidential Election in Azerbaijan. Do We Face the Revision of the Russo-Azerbaijani Relations in the XXI Century? Saturday , 11 October 2008SOYUN SADYKOV, President of the federal national and cultural autonomy of the...

London feels Russian oligarchs' losses

LONDON, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - London may get a sharp taste of Russia's financial crisis as the country's billionaires see their paper wealth tumble along with Russian stock markets, The Times newspaper reported Saturday....

Russia: Georgia cease-fire implemented

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday his country has finished implementing its terms of the cease-fire agreement with Georgia. Medvedev said in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, that Russian...

NATO rules out talks with Russia (AAP)

NATO secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has ruled out resuming high-level talks with Russia, although Moscow appeared to have withdrawn troops from Georgia in line with a ceasefire accord. The alliance, whose defence...

Russia's Medvedev supports G-8 meeting on economy

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday he supports holding an emergency meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to discuss the global financial crisis. Medvedev said he had discussed the idea with...

Leaders of ex-Soviet states meet without Georgia

Next Politics & Policy Article BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Leaders of a loose grouping of former Soviet republics met Friday in Kyrgyzstan for their first summit since Georgia quit the Moscow-dominated organization after its war with...

Does Financial Crisis Threaten America's Central Role in Global Economy?

The financial meltdown on Wall Street and elsewhere is not simply endangering investments, payrolls, consumer purchases, and business transactions in America. It is also triggering predictions—especially from overseas—that the...

Latvian zoo offers discounts to Messrs. Bear, Partridge, Salmon (AFP)

RIGA (AFP) - If Russian president Dmitry Medvedev were to visit the zoo in Latvia's capital Riga this weekend, he would be sure to get a discount -- not because of his position, but because of his name. Celebrating its 96th...

Oct 10. RusHydro and Inter UES could participate in the implementation of power...

Oct 10. RusHydro and Inter UES could participate in the implementation of power utilities projects in Kyrgyzstan. Participation of Russian companies in the utilities sector of Kyrgyzstan was discussed at the meeting of the...