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22:05 18/03/2008

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Clashes in Kosovo orchestrated - UN mission
21:49 18/03/2008
UN officials in Kosovo told a joint press-conference on Tuesday the clashes in the self-proclaimed state on Monday, when a Ukrainian peacekeeper was killed and dozens injured, were orchestrated.
Georgia parliamentary elections could be held May 21 - president
21:04 18/03/2008
Parliamentary elections in Georgia could be held May 21, President Mikheil Saakashvili said Tuesday after a meeting with the UN secretary general in New York.
Israeli airstrike kills two Palestinian militants in Gaza
21:01 18/03/2008
Russia ready to resume flights to Georgia on March 25 - Ministry
19:23 18/03/2008
Russia is ready to resume flights to Georgia on March 25, the Transportation Ministry said on its website Tuesday.
Anti-monopoly body backs Carlsberg's 100% stake in Baltika
19:00 18/03/2008
Russia, U.S. fail to reach breakthrough on missile shield -2
18:58 18/03/2008
Top officials from Russia and the United States failed on Tuesday to reach an agreement on Washington's controversial missile defense plans for Central Europe, but agreed to continue talks.
U.S., Russia urge Kosovo sides to refrain from violence
18:44 18/03/2008
The United States and Russia believe all sides in Kosovo must refrain from violence and avoid any provocation, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in Moscow on Tuesday.
UN warns new lethal bird flu strain may emerge in Indonesia
18:30 18/03/2008
Russia's Sberbank posts 33% net profit growth in 2007
18:27 18/03/2008
Russia, U.S. fail to reach breakthrough on missile shield
17:51 18/03/2008
Russia and the U.S. failed to reach an agreement on Washington's plans to deploy a missile shield in Europe at talks in Moscow on Tuesday, the Russian foreign minister said.
Iraq to extradite wanted fugitive to Russia - Interpol
17:48 18/03/2008
Russia's Stroytransgaz to build 2nd gas refinery in Syria by 2010
17:34 18/03/2008
Bush to meet with Ukraine leaders, opposition March 31-Apr. 1
17:07 18/03/2008
Russia says Britain should drop 'Cold War' stereotypes
16:18 18/03/2008
Britain should rethink its 'Cold War' stereotype of Russia if it wants to normalize bilateral relations with Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Georgia's opposition calls on countries to mediate in crisis
16:12 18/03/2008
Ukrainian UN police officer dies after Kosovo clashes
15:53 18/03/2008
Prolific W. German KGB spy marks 90th birthday
15:13 18/03/2008
A former Nazi officer and one of the most successful undercover Soviet agents in West Germany during the Cold War turned 90 on Tuesday.
Three killed in military helicopter crash in Greece
15:11 18/03/2008
Tajikistan puts losses from unusually cold winter at $850 mln
14:47 18/03/2008

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