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18:55 22/02/2009

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Pirates seize cargo ship off Somalia - Greek ministry
18:53 22/02/2009
Pirates seized a Greek cargo ship with 22-member crew off the coast of Somalia on Sunday, Greece's merchant marine ministry said. The Saldanha cargo ship was sailing under the Maltese flag, the ministry said.
Polish police arrest Chechen over murder of Kadyrov's bodyguard
16:26 22/02/2009
Police from Poland's Central Investigation Bureau and Bureau of Anti-Terrorist Operations have arrested an ethnic Chechen on suspicion of being involved in the January 13 murder of Umar Israilov, Warsaw police said Sunday.
Two police killed, one injured in attack in Chechnya
15:30 22/02/2009
Russia begins to capture new Arab arms markets - envoy
14:52 22/02/2009
Russia is beginning to capture new arms markets of Arab countries that were earlier oriented to the West, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation said.
Cash courier robbed of over $1 million in central Russia
13:14 22/02/2009
A cash courier and a driver were robbed of over 43 million rubles ($1.2 million) in an attack by armed robbers in the Tula Region in central Russia, local police said on Sunday.
Russia's Zaitseva wins gold at World Cup biathlon competition
12:19 22/02/2009
Russia's Olga Zaitseva won a 12.5 km women's mass start biathlon race at the World Cup competition in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Sunday.
China mine accident leaves 73 miners dead
12:01 22/02/2009
At least 73 miners died and dozens of others were trapped underground in a blast that hit a coal mine in northern China, the official news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

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Main news of February 22

Pirates seize cargo ship off Somalia - Greek ministry

Polish police arrest Chechen over murder of Kadyrov's bodyguard

Two police killed, one injured in attack in Chechnya

Russia begins to capture new Arab arms markets - envoy

Cash courier robbed of over $1 million in central Russia

Russia's Zaitseva wins gold at World Cup biathlon competition

China mine accident leaves 73 miners dead

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