| April 2007 |
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A controversial Soviet-era WWII monument in central Tallinn has been cut up and removed from the city center following protests Thursday that left one person dead, the Estonian government press service said Friday. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared U.S. plans to deploy its missile defenses in Europe to the deployment of Pershing cruise missiles in the 1980s, but said there will be "no hysteria" about it. 
Ukraine's Constitution Court said Friday it had received lawmakers' request to examine the legality of a new presidential decree to disband parliament and postpone early elections until June 24. 
A Russian deputy finance minister, Sergei Storchak, and the Serbian Finance Ministry coordinator Friday signed an intergovernmental agreement and a protocol defining the mechanism to settle a $288.7 million Soviet debt to Serbia.
Ukraine's Constitution Court said Friday it had received lawmakers' request to examine the legality of a new presidential decree to disband parliament and postpone early elections until June 24. 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared U.S. plans to deploy its missile defenses in Europe to the deployment of Pershing cruise missiles in the 1980s, but said there will be "no hysteria" about it. 
The controversial Soviet-era WWII monument in central Tallinn has been cut up and taken out of the city center, the Estonian government press service said Friday. 
World-famous cellist-conductor and rights advocate Mstislav Rostropovich died Friday at the age of 80, his press spokeswoman said. 
Twenty one years have passed since Moscow last had the honor of hosting the Ice Hockey World Championship, which kicks off Friday with the top 16 teams in pursuit of the champion's title. 
A direct path to Kosovo's independence will be opened next month, the president of the breakaway Serbian province said after talks with UN ambassadors Friday. 



