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S.Ossetia says Georgia building new firing positions near border
21:27 06/03/2009
Georgia's armed forces are building fortified structures near the border with South Ossetia, as well as new firing positions, the South Ossetian president said on Friday.
Lavrov, Clinton meet in Geneva to 'reboot' relations
21:24 06/03/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a symbolic "reboot" to improve relations between the two countries when they met in Geneva on Friday.
Boeing-737 with 72 passengers makes emergency landing in Vienna
19:59 06/03/2009
No more disruptions to Russian gas supplies to EU - Czech minister
17:48 06/03/2009
The Czech foreign minister, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, said on Friday that there would be no more disruptions to Russian natural gas supplies to EU consumers.
Russia ready to discuss U.S. missile proposals - govt. spokesman
17:15 06/03/2009
Russia is ready to discuss revised U.S. proposals for a controversial missile shield in Central Europe, as well as ways of dealing with other global problems, the Russian prime minister's spokesman said Friday.
Women hold 24% of senior posts in private business- global survey
16:55 06/03/2009
Russia's intl. reserves fall $2.82 bln in Feb. to $384 bln
16:33 06/03/2009
India decommissions last MiG-23 ground support aircraft
16:28 06/03/2009
India decommissioned on Friday its last MiG-23 Flogger fighter-bomber, a Soviet era aircraft in service with the Indian air force for 28 years, a Defense Ministry official said.
Ukraine's Naftogaz demands security service stop pressuring staff
16:21 06/03/2009
Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz issued a written statement on Friday demanding the country's Security Service (SBU) that conducted a raid on the firm earlier in the week, stop pressuring Naftogaz staff.
Russia to deploy 3,800 troops in Abkhazia for next 49 years
15:13 06/03/2009
Russia will have a total of 3,800 troops deployed in Abkhazia for the next 49 years, the president of the former Georgian republic said on Friday.
Kyrgyz parliament approves foreign troop pullout from Manas
14:36 06/03/2009
Kyrgyzstan's parliament has approved the termination of agreements with 11 countries on the deployment of their military contingents at the Manas airbase in the north of the country.
Russia says EU pressures Belarus over S.Ossetia, Abkhazia
14:02 06/03/2009
A senior Russian diplomat has accused the EU of exerting pressure on Belarus not to recognize the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Gandhi's belongings bought on behalf of Indian govt.
13:16 06/03/2009
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya, who bought a set of belongings of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi at a New York auction for $1.8 mln, was acting on behalf of the Indian government, national media reported.
Russia says wrote off $20 billion worth of African debts in 2008
12:39 06/03/2009
Russia wrote off $20 billion in debts owed by African countries in 2008, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Moscow cautiously optimistic on Clinton-Lavrov meeting in Geneva
12:33 06/03/2009
Russia is cautiously optimistic over the meeting to be held on Friday between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Russia offers oil extraction technologies to Indonesia
11:22 06/03/2009
Russia's Petros company and Indonesia's Nuansa Group have signed a memorandum on joint implementation of Russian technologies in the development of abandoned oil fields in Indonesia.
Israeli bombers strike Gaza smuggling tunnels
10:34 06/03/2009
The Israeli Air Force has bombed five smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants, the Israeli army press service said on Friday.
Kyrgyzstan to discuss foreign troop pullout from Manas airbase
10:03 06/03/2009
Kyrgyzstan's parliament is set to discuss on Friday the termination of an agreement with 11 countries on the deployment of their military contingents at the Manas airbase, a parliamentary spokesman said.
Russia, Venezuela start visa-free travel regime
09:44 06/03/2009
A Russian-Venezuelan agreement scrapping visa requirements entered into force on Friday.

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