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BEIRUT — Syrian activists say raging firefights between government forces and rebels in the historic districts of central Aleppo have started a major fire in the city’s medieval souks, or markets.
Sep. 29, 2012
MOSCOW — Russian
scientists are claiming that a gigantic deposit of industrial diamonds
found in a huge Siberian meteorite crater during Soviet times could
revolutionize industry.
Sep. 18, 2012
TALLINN – Nord Stream AG,
the operating company for the construction of the Nord Stream gas
pipeline across the Baltic Sea floor from Russia to Germany, has
requested of the Estonian Foreign Affairs
Aug. 27, 2012
Kazakhstan hopes for extension of the Dnepr rocket launches by Kosmotras, a Ukrainian-Russian-Kazakh JV, said the chairman of the National Space Agency of Kazakhstan (Kazkosmos) Talgat Musabayev.
Jun. 21, 2012
TUNIS, Tunisia — Sometimes it’s a muffled call from Turkey or Lebanon by a son saying he’s off to fight in Syria when the family thought he’d gone abroad to study. Other times it’s just an anonymous p
Jun. 21, 2012
MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the United States wants to dominate other countries and that the world is tired of taking orders from Washington.
Dec. 15, 2011
MOSCOW – ‘Color revolutions’ are a well-tested scheme of destabilizing society, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
Dec. 15, 2011
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Police say a bus has collided with a train in Moldova, killing 8 people and leaving a dozen injured.
Nov. 1, 2011
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — For the first time in 16 years, Copenhagen’s famed downtown amusement park Tivoli is replacing it’s traditional Danish Yule theme with a Russian Christmas feel to draw mo
Sep. 22, 2011
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The wartime leader of Croatia’s rebel Serbs was due to appear before a judge Monday to hear charges of murdering hundreds of Croats and expelling tens of thousands, in
Jul. 25, 2011
A selection of quotes in response to the arrest Thursday of Ratko Mladic, the top Bosnian Serb general during the 1992-95 Bosnian war who was wanted for genocide and other war crimes.
May. 26, 2011
Popular Japanese singer-songwriter Yui is eyeing a larger foreign fan base as she went on her first foreign publicity tour in Hong Kong.
May. 15, 2011
Seven presidential candidates who ran against the country’s authoritarian leader could face up to 15 years in prison and one was beaten so badly in the election’s aftermath he is unable to walk, hi
Dec. 22, 2010
OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, June 9 (Reuters) – A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world’s heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-r
Jun. 9, 2010
WASHINGTON, June 1 (Reuters) – Americans inhale more cancer-causing agents with their cigarettes, probably because of the tobacco blend, while smokers in Canada, Britain and Australia get less, U.S
Jun. 2, 2010
BUCHAREST, May 26 (Reuters) – Romanian trade unions plan to stage a one-day general strike in the public sector in early June to protest against government plans to cut wages and pensions to comply
May. 26, 2010
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The June 19 defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea included a promise to provide military assistance to one another – within days Pyongyang said it was sending troops to Ukraine.
Jun. 26