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22:00 28/10/2008

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Syria appeals to UN over U.S. air strike
21:32 28/10/2008
Syria has appealed to the UN after a U.S. attack over the weekend left eight civilians dead and 14 others injured, national media reported on Tuesday.
Russia accuses Kiev of using Holodomor to divert attention
21:16 28/10/2008
Ukraine is using the issue of the 1932-33 famine to divert the nation's attention from the ongoing political and economic crisis, Russia's envoy to the UN said on Tuesday.
Doctor gets 1,500 lashes for prescribing drug in Saudi Arabia
20:47 28/10/2008
Egyptian girl 'refuses food and water for over year'
19:57 28/10/2008
North Korea leader recovering, back in control - reports
19:38 28/10/2008
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is quickly recovering from an apparent stroke and is well enough to run the country, Seoul's Yonhap news agency quoted South Korea's intelligence chief as saying on Tuesday.
Russia's Medvedev to meet with Chinese leader at APEC summit
19:36 28/10/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday he expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at a summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization in Peru on November 22-23.
Egyptian women 'allowed to hit husbands in self-defense'
19:22 28/10/2008
Israeli parliament agrees to hold elections in mid-February
19:13 28/10/2008
A statement issued by Israel's parliament on Tuesday said that elections would be held in mid-February.
Iraq loses $20-30 billion over global financial crisis
18:25 28/10/2008
Russian oil firm Rosneft posts 130% net profit rise in Jan.-Sept.
18:19 28/10/2008
Russia warns Georgia not to shun Geneva talks-2
18:13 28/10/2008
Russia's foreign minister warned Georgia on Tuesday that its refusal to attend Geneva talks along with South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives would threaten regional security.
Russia delivers cargo plane to China
17:55 28/10/2008
The first Russian-made freight plane built for China by the Aviastar-SP aircraft maker has landed at Tianjin Airport, a spokesman for a Russian air company said on Tuesday.
Russia receives $675 mln in claims in third Soviet-era debt swap
17:37 28/10/2008
Russia, EU to continue unofficial talks on pan-European security
17:14 28/10/2008
Russia and the European Union have agreed to continue unofficial talks on a pan-European security treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Russia to boost ties within CSTO, form joint air defense network
16:54 28/10/2008
Russia is planning to expand military-technical cooperation with members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and build a CSTO integrated air defense network, the president said on Tuesday.
Moscow, Beijing sign deal to build oil pipeline leg to China
16:52 28/10/2008
Russia and China signed on Tuesday an agreement for the construction of a pipeline branch to China as part of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline.
EU mission in Kosovo may be fully deployed in December
16:51 28/10/2008
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said the European Union justice mission to Kosovo (EULEX), which has been opposed by Serbia, could be fully deployed in December, Belgian media reported on Tuesday.
Georgian general who announced S.Ossetia attack faces pressure
16:46 28/10/2008
A Georgian general who announced Georgia's 'counterattack' against South Ossetia before an official decision had been made by the leadership faced a grilling by a parliamentary commission in Tbilisi on Tuesday.
Italy to extradite fraud suspect to Russia
16:40 28/10/2008

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