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China seizes some 29 tons of drugs in 2009 - agency

05:41 02/02/2010

China seized 28.8 tons of drugs and arrested some 91,000 people, including 5,560 foreigners, on drug-related charges in 2009, Xinhua news agency reported.

U.S. says concerned over Moscow crackdown on peaceful protesters
03:55 02/02/2010
The U.S. is concerned by the detention of human rights activists, who gathered for an unsanctioned rally in downtown Moscow on Sunday, a spokesman for the Department of State said.
Groundhog Phil has now fellow spring forecaster Olesya in Russia
02:57 02/02/2010
Undoubtedly Pennsylvania's Phil is the star every year the U.S. celebrates Groundhog Day, but he is not aware that he now has a co-star weather forecaster in Russia.
Yanukovych vows to bring Ukraine out of economic crisis
02:09 02/02/2010
Front-runner in Ukraine's presidential election Viktor Yanukovych vowed to bring the country out of the economic crisis if he becomes the president.
Russia’s first newly legal casino opens its doors
01:30 02/02/2010
Russia’s first legal casino since laws clamping down on gambling were introduced in 2009 dubbed Orakul (Oracle) opened on January 30 in the Azov City special gambling zone bordering the Krasnodar territory and Rostov Region. Orakul was launched seven months after casinos across the country were shut down under a law confining all gambling activity to four specially designated areas.
OSCE to monitor ceasefire on Armenian-Azerbaijani border
01:29 02/02/2010
Officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will conduct ceasefire monitoring on Tuesday along a disputed stretch of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

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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.

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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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