- 21:54 08/11/2006
Kyrgyzstan's parliament adopted a new constitution cutting the president's powers, in two short readings on Wednesday. 
- 19:24 08/11/2006
Kyrgyzstan's parliament will start discussing a new draft Constitution at 10.00 p.m. local time (5.00 p.m. GMT), following a week-long confrontation between the opposition and the president, the speaker said Wednesday.
- 18:56 08/11/2006
Iran's top nuclear negotiator will hold talks on the country's nuclear problem in Moscow on November 10, Iranian news agency ISNA said Wednesday.
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- 17:59 08/11/2006
Kyrgyzstan's leader will sign parliamentary regulations enabling lawmakers to adopt a new constitution agreed by the president and parliament earlier Wednesday, the presidential press service said.
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- 16:36 08/11/2006
The Russian president said Wednesday the potential for conflict in the world is growing, while the threat and use of force is being played up in international relations.
- 16:14 08/11/2006
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Reports of a possible delay in launching the reactor Russia is building for Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr are unfounded, the Russian nuclear equipment export monopoly, Atomstroiexport, said Wednesday.
- 15:57 08/11/2006
The president and parliament of Kyrgyzstan have reached agreement on a new constitution after a week of public protests, the parliamentary press service said Wednesday.
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- 15:31 08/11/2006
Relations between Russia and the United States will continue to worsen regardless of which political party is at the helm of the American legislature, a Russian expert said Wednesday.
- 15:31 08/11/2006
Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed Wednesday that North Korea's first deputy foreign minister is currently in Moscow on a private visit.
- 15:18 08/11/2006
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"Administrative and legal measures applied [against Georgians] are unfounded: businesses employing ethnic Georgians are being closed down, visas and registration papers legally obtained by Georgian nationals are being cancelled, people are being illegally detained and deported from Russia," Ella Pamfilova said.
- 14:50 08/11/2006
- 14:22 08/11/2006
The failure of the U.S. Republican administration's Iraq policy ensured the success of the Democratic Party in Congressional midterm elections, a senior Russian senator said Wednesday.
