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19:48 13/06/2009

North Korea vows to wage war in response to isolation attempts
18:32 13/06/2009
North Korea said Saturday it will respond with war to attempts by the United States and its allies to isolate the reclusive state, and that it will start enriching uranium and using plutonium for military purposes.
Georgia on the verge of civil unrest - opposition leader
16:59 13/06/2009
Georgia is on the verge of civil unrest, an opposition leader said Saturday.
Russian oligarch saves Irish TV channel from collapse - newspaper
16:02 13/06/2009
Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries will buy 51% of Dublin-based broadcaster Setanta Sports to save it from bankruptcy, The Times reported Saturday.
George Bush Sr. marks his 85th birthday with parachute jump
14:00 13/06/2009
Former U.S. president George H. W. Bush has marked his 85th birthday with a parachute jump and said he will do the same when he turns 90.
Ahmadinejad wins Iranian presidential election
12:55 13/06/2009
Iran's hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Friday's election, leaving his rival, reformist former prime minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, far behind.

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PM Medvedev Elected as United Russia Leader

Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party on Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.

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Sweden Wins 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden’s Loreen has won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with 372 points with her hit Euphoria, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday.

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Egyptian Independent Presidential Candidate Appeals Polls’ Results

An independent candidate at the Egyptian presidential elections, Hamdeen Sabbahi of the nationalist Dignity party, who came the third in the polls’ first round on Wednesday and Thursday, said he would appeal the results because of violations.

Victims of Jet Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Victims of Plane Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Twelve Russians, the crew members of a An-30 turboprop that crash landed on May 23 at an airport in the east of Prague, and Russian Defense Ministry inspectors returned to Russia on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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