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20:07 16/08/2008

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Russia takes 2 gold medals on Day 8 of Beijing Olympics
19:32 16/08/2008
Russian president signs Georgia peace plan-2
17:47 16/08/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on Saturday a French-brokered plan on resolving conflicts in Georgia, aggravated following Tbilisi's assault on its breakaway South Ossetia on August 8.
Russian president signs Georgia peace plan
17:00 16/08/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed on Saturday a French-brokered plan on resolving conflicts in Georgia, aggravated following Tbilisi's assault on its breakaway South Ossetia on August 8.
Ukraine seeks integration into European missile defense
16:05 16/08/2008
Ukraine may integrate its early warning missile system with Europe or propose other countries use its missile defense capabilities, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Earlier in the year Russia and Ukraine had withdrawn from an
Iran to launch its first satellite by next weekend - president
15:11 16/08/2008
Iran will launch its first satellite in the nearest few days, the country's president said on Saturday.
All-Russian women's tennis final at 2008 Beijing Olympics
15:00 16/08/2008
Russia's Dinara Safina and Yelena Dementyeva will meet on August 17 in the final of women's tennis event of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
Two Russian pilots downed in S.Ossetia are in Georgian hospital
14:30 16/08/2008
Two Russian pilots downed last week during the conflict in South Ossetia are alive, but wounded and in a Georgian hospital, a Russian General Staff spokesman said on Saturday.
Russia supports S.Ossetia, Abkhazia against Georgian peacekeepers
14:29 16/08/2008
Russia supports Abkhazia and South Ossetia in their decision against the presence of Georgian peacekeepers on their territories, a senior Russian military official said on Saturday.
Russian troops prevent arms smuggling to South Ossetia
13:40 16/08/2008
Russian troops detained two cars carrying ammunition via a humanitarian channel into the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia, a senior Russian military official said Saturday.

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World

Main news of August 16

Russia takes 2 gold medals on Day 8 of Beijing Olympics

Russian president signs Georgia peace plan-2

Russian president signs Georgia peace plan

Ukraine seeks integration into European missile defense

Iran to launch its first satellite by next weekend - president

All-Russian women's tennis final at 2008 Beijing Olympics

Two Russian pilots downed in S.Ossetia are in Georgian hospital

Russia supports S.Ossetia, Abkhazia against Georgian peacekeepers

Russian troops prevent arms smuggling to South Ossetia

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