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19:00 07/09/2008

Polish leftists call for referendum on U.S. missile base
17:15 07/09/2008
Poland's Alliance of the Democratic Left (SLD) has called for a national referendum on the deployment of a U.S. missile defense base in the country, a party's spokesman told RIA Novosti on Sunday.
President Medvedev says Russians still regard Georgians as brothers
16:30 07/09/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that Russia has not changed its warm and brotherly attitude toward the Georgian people after Tbilisi's recent attack on South Ossetia.
Iran to conduct presidential polls in June 2009
15:13 07/09/2008
Iran will hold its next presidential election on June 12, 2009, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
President Medvedev to attend APEC summit in Peru in November
13:28 07/09/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will attend the summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization in Peru on November 22-23, the Kremlin's press service said on Sunday.
Iran set to hold large-scale war games with air defense drills
11:59 07/09/2008
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and armed forces will begin on Monday a three-day military exercise to test new weaponry and practice repelling potential air strikes on its territory, the local media said on Sunday.

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Scuffle in Ukraine’s Parliament Thwarts Language Bill Consideration

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A brawl broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday ahead of the consideration of a bill designed to expand the use of Russian language in the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

Washington Blasts Russia Again for Poor Democracy Record

Washington Blasts Russia Again for Poor Democracy Record

The U.S. Department of State criticized Russia for continuing violation of human rights and democratic freedoms in an annual report published on Thursday.

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Russia Refuses to Allocate $10 mln to Afghan Army

Russia has denied a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Thursday following the alliance’s summit in Chicago.

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Third of Russians Approve of Anti-Putin Camp Closure

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