- 20:35 10/01/2007
Talks between Russia and Belarus, expected to focus on an oil dispute between the ex-Soviet neighbors, have started at the Russian economics ministry, the ministry's press service said Wednesday. 
- 20:15 10/01/2007
Russian oil transit through Belarus to Europe has yet to be resumed, a Russian deputy economics minister said Wednesday.
- 19:23 10/01/2007
"The Belarusian government declares void the state tax on oil transit via Belarus imposed by the council of ministers," Sergei Sidorsky said.
- 19:04 10/01/2007
Azerbaijan's natural gas has started flowing into neighboring Georgia, Novosti-Georgia news agency said Wednesday.
- 18:54 10/01/2007
Members of Russia's lower house of parliament passed an appeal Wednesday to their new colleagues in the U.S. Congress, urging them to intensify efforts to ratify key international treaties.
- 18:03 10/01/2007
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A UN nuclear watchdog team is inspecting Iran's Isfahan nuclear center, the country's information agency FARS said Wednesday.
- 17:31 10/01/2007
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Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko have discussed the problem of Russian oil transit via Belarus on the phone, the Kremlin press service said Wednesday.
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"I believe that we, along with the opposition, should consider drafting a new Constitution that would be adjusted to modern European democracy," Mikheil Saakashvili said. "The current Constitution has a lot of drawbacks that need to be removed."
- 15:28 10/01/2007
Poor sonar conditions might have contributed to a collision between a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine and a Japanese tanker in the Arabian Sea, a Russian naval expert said Wednesday.
- 13:46 10/01/2007
- 13:35 10/01/2007
Kazakhstan's parliament Wednesday unanimously approved Karim Masimov to be the Central Asian country's new prime minister.
- 13:34 10/01/2007
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Twenty people died of a mysterious infectious disease in Indonesia in the last few months of 2006, a health official said Wednesday.
- 11:58 10/01/2007
