- 22:10 04/03/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry warned on Tuesday that forcing Serbs living in Kosovo to recognize the province's independence, declared on February 17, would further destabilize the situation. 
- 22:03 04/03/2008
- 21:52 04/03/2008
"We urge Ukraine to resume talks immediately," Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told a news conference. "If Ukraine fails to return to the negotiating table, I cannot rule out that a decision will be made to further reduce gas supplies."
- 21:36 04/03/2008
President George W. Bush phoned Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday to congratulate him on his victory in the Russian presidential election, a spokesman for the first deputy premier said.
- 21:06 04/03/2008
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday dismissed the latest sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council, and said it would continue work on its nuclear program.
- 19:56 04/03/2008
Russia's president-elect told Ukraine's leader in a phone conversation on Tuesday that Moscow expects Kiev to step up efforts to resolve the ongoing natural gas debt dispute.
- 18:36 04/03/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela to avoid escalating tensions after Colombian forces crossed into Ecuador and killed a senior rebel commander.
- 18:30 04/03/2008
- 18:10 04/03/2008
Irakly Okruashvili, a former Georgian defense minister, will head the Movement for United Georgia's candidate list at the parliamentary election in May, the opposition party announced on Tuesday.
- 17:38 04/03/2008
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- 16:46 04/03/2008
Russian natural gas giant Gazprom announced on Tuesday it would reduce gas supplies to Ukraine by a further 25% to half their normal level, due to an unresolved dispute over the country's debt.
- 16:08 04/03/2008
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks on Tuesday and said that the radical Hamas movement was hampering peace efforts in the region.
- 15:55 04/03/2008
- 15:37 04/03/2008
Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told a news conference: "A decision has been made to reduce supplies by another 25% from 8 p.m. Moscow time (17:00 GMT) on Wednesday due to lack of progress in talks and on contracts for gas already supplied."
- 15:13 04/03/2008
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- 14:19 04/03/2008
China may raise its defense spending by almost 20% to $58.7 billion in 2008, a National People's Congress (NPC) spokesman said on Tuesday as Taiwan prepared for a crucial vote on its future.
- 13:27 04/03/2008
