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Moldova presidential election postponed

19:53 12/01/2012 CHISINAU, January 12 (RIA Novosti)

The Constitutional Court of Moldova has ruled that last month’s presidential election was invalid because a number of deputies had violated secret voting procedures, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Thursday.

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Russian weapons ship arrives in Syria - paper
18:30 12/01/2012
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