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22:03 16/04/2008

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Tbilisi says Russia trying to annex Georgia's breakaway regions
21:59 16/04/2008
Georgian Foreign Minister David Bakradze accused Russia on Wednesday of trying to annex the country's unrecognized republics.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at White House
21:43 16/04/2008
Libya to pay $4.6 bln debt to Russia - finance minister
21:42 16/04/2008
Russia and Libya have agreed that Tripoli will repay Moscow $4.6 billion in outstanding Soviet-era debt, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.
Russia dismisses Ukraine's reports on fleet withdrawal talks
21:32 16/04/2008
Reports by Kiev that consultations on the withdrawal of Russia's Black Sea Fleet from Ukraine are due to start this summer are untrue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Russia, Iran will continue to observe Soviet-era Caspian treaty
21:21 16/04/2008
Paris court delays extradition hearing of Georgia's Okruashvili
20:43 16/04/2008
Japan PM cancels European tour, but will visit Russia Apr. 25 - 2
20:16 16/04/2008
Israel resumes fuel supplies to Gaza power plant
20:04 16/04/2008
Kosovo preparing to establish security force
20:00 16/04/2008
Kosovo will start establishing its own special forces (BSK) and security and information agency (BIA) in the next two and a half months or so, Kosovo's leading daily said on Wednesday.
Ukraine's PM asks PACE to recognize 1932-33 famine as genocide
19:13 16/04/2008
Putin orders aid for population in Georgia's breakaway regions
19:11 16/04/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday the president has instructed that measures be drawn up to provide support for the population in Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
UN sanctions 'good' for Iran economy - vice president
18:54 16/04/2008
Sanctions imposed on Iran over its "peaceful nuclear activities" have not affected the country's economy, but rather stimulated foreign investment, the Islamic Republic's first vice president said on Wednesday.
Kiev to take responsibility for European gas shortfalls
17:18 16/04/2008
Ukraine is prepared to bear responsibility for a possible shortfall in Russian natural gas supplies transited to Europe, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
Talks on Russian fleet withdrawal from Ukraine to start in June
16:55 16/04/2008
Moscow and Kiev will start consultations on the withdrawal of the Russian Black Sea Fleet from Ukraine in June this year, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's spokesman said on Wednesday.
Russian mobile operator MTS posts 90% rise in 2007 net profit
16:35 16/04/2008
Greek prime minister to visit Moscow late April
15:48 16/04/2008
Yemeni court grants divorce to 8-year-old girl
15:36 16/04/2008
France's Belvedere could purchase Russian distillery - paper
15:29 16/04/2008
Three Israeli soldiers, four Palestinian militants killed in Gaza
15:21 16/04/2008

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