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Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov

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Turkmen president calls for multiparty system

22:54 09/01/2012 ASHGABAT, January 9 (RIA Novosti)

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who is running for a new term, said on Monday the country needs new parties and independent media.

Three bln euros seized from Italian mafia since 1991
20:20 09/01/2012
Italy's Anti-Mafia Directorate (DIA) has seized three billion euros in assets from the Neapolitan Camorra crime syndicate since the DIA was set up in 1991, the Ansa news agency reported on Monday.
Polish prosecutor in Smolensk air crash shoots himself
19:01 09/01/2012
A Polish military prosecutor shot himself Monday morning, shortly after a press conference on the April 2010 Smolensk air disaster, Polish Radio External Service said.
Two killed, dozens injured in Moscow restaurant blast
18:14 09/01/2012
Two people were killed and up to 39 injured on Monday as a result of a gas explosion at an Italian restaurant in southwestern Moscow, city healthcare department chief Leonid Pechatnikov said.

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Swedish Euphoria and Udmurtian Fervor: 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Winners

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Restorers Clean “Bronze Horseman” in St. Petersburg

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Dmitry Medvedev

PM Medvedev Elected as United Russia Leader

Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party on Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.

Loreen

Sweden Wins 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden’s Loreen has won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with 372 points with her hit Euphoria, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday.

Hamdeen Sabbahi

Egyptian Independent Presidential Candidate Appeals Polls’ Results

An independent candidate at the Egyptian presidential elections, Hamdeen Sabbahi of the nationalist Dignity party, who came the third in the polls’ first round on Wednesday and Thursday, said he would appeal the results because of violations.

Victims of Jet Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Victims of Plane Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Twelve Russians, the crew members of a An-30 turboprop that crash landed on May 23 at an airport in the east of Prague, and Russian Defense Ministry inspectors returned to Russia on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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