- 22:11 08/06/2009
The European People's Party is set to win elections to the European Parliament, but voter apathy amid the economic crisis has led to a swing to nationalist parties in Europe, a top Russian senator said Monday.
- 21:24 08/06/2009
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Gabonese President Omar Bongo died on Monday in a clinic in Barcelona, Spanish media said citing sources close to the president.
- 20:48 08/06/2009
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Brazilian and French planes and naval vessels, involved in the search for traces of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week, have recovered 16 bodies, rescuers announced on Monday.
- 19:04 08/06/2009
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- 18:58 08/06/2009
Russia welcomed the results of Sunday's parliamentary elections in Lebanon, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
- 18:42 08/06/2009
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sent a letter to his Kyrgyz counterpart requesting an extension to the Manas airbase lease used by the international anti-terror coalition, a Kyrgyz presidential spokesman said on Monday.
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The coalition that won Sunday's parliamentary elections in Lebanon will be able to resolve the most urgent of the country's problems, a Russian top senator said on Monday.
- 17:10 08/06/2009
Russia's Foreign Ministry said the refusal by Ukrainian authorities to allow a Russian lawmaker entry into the country at the weekend was "unfriendly."
- 16:20 08/06/2009
The West-backed "March 14" coalition won Sunday's parliamentary elections in Lebanon, the country's interior minister told a Beirut press conference on Monday.
- 16:14 08/06/2009
Global military spending totaled $1.464 trillion last year, a real-term increase of 45% from a decade ago and 4% rise year-on-year, a prominent political think tank said on Monday.
- 15:37 08/06/2009
The Belarusian president said on Monday cooperation with the EU was not some game but part of a strategic plan.
- 15:34 08/06/2009
South Korea is confident that any military aggression by its northern neighbor will be repelled by joint U.S.-South Korean forces, President Lee Myung-bak said during a meeting on Monday.
- 15:20 08/06/2009
Chinese police have apprehended a group of smugglers attempting to leave the country with 173 bear paws declared as "garbage," China's Sina news service reported
- 15:00 08/06/2009
A total of 25,288 cases of swine flu resulting in 139 deaths have been officially confirmed in 73 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Monday.
- 14:57 08/06/2009
A lucky Romanian has won 11 million euros, or $15.4 million in the country's national lottery, local media reported
