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Pyongyang traditionally marks New Year's Day with a statement outlining the communist regime's policies for the coming year.

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N. Korea urges dialogue on nuclear-free Korean Peninsula

04:37 01/01/2010

North Korea stressed dialogue in improving relations with the United States as a key step toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula in a New Year's message on Friday

Some 150,000 attend New Year's festivities in downtown Moscow
03:15 01/01/2010
About 150,000 Muscovites and guests of the Russian capital took part in New Year's celebration on Moscow's Red Square and surrounding areas
Death toll from flu outbreak in Ukraine rises to over 700
02:28 01/01/2010
The death toll from the flu outbreak in Ukraine has risen to 727, the country's Health Ministry reported on Friday.
Ukraine's swine flu crisis
02:28 01/01/2010
Ukraine's flu epidemic began at the end of October and over 1.4 million have fallen ill. At least 78,000 people have been hospitalized and over 300 patients are still kept in intensive care. All educational establishments in the capital Kiev were closed, and people were obliged to wear medical masks in all catering establishments, shops and social services facilities across the former Soviet republic.
Three ex-Soviet states introduce common customs tariffs in 2010
01:19 01/01/2010
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will use common customs tariffs starting January 1 in line with an agreement to form a customs union.
Russia to charge Belarus customs duty for oil deliveries
00:45 01/01/2010
Russia will impose a full customs duty on oil deliveries to Belarus starting January 1 after the failure of bilateral talks on Thursday
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UN Security Council ‘Tired, Out of Step’ – Amnesty International

The United Nations Security Council is suffering a failure of leadership and looks "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," the human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report issued on Thursday.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President after a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels on May 24, 2012

EU Wants Greece to Stay in Euro Zone - Rompuy

EU leaders want Greece to remain in the euro zone, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said.

Following the December 2011 parliamentary election, Russia was hit by a wave of unprecedented street protest

Russia Faces Full-Scale Political Crisis – Report

Russia is facing a full-scale political crisis which may lead to a radical transformation of the country’s ruling system as a result of the growing rivalry between the government and opposition, a report issued by the Moscow-based Center for Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

An assistant shows the block with a red button marked "reset" in English and "overload" in Russian that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Geneva on March 6, 2009

Russia May Toughen Foreign Policy to Boost Domestic Support – Report

The Russian leadership may take a harder line on their foreign policies in a bid to improve their damaged popularity at home, a report prepared by the Center of Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

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