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UKRAINE/INTERNATIONAL: Chernobyl "will kill 4,000"
Representatives of Greenpeace and Belarus's Chernobyl Committee are contesting a UN estimate that...
UkraineRUSSIA: Moscow fears reformed UN may intervene more
On August 29, President Vladimir Putin confirmed Russia's support for Germany's bid to become a...
RussiaINTERNATIONAL: Blame for imbalances moves from China
Global imbalances in current accounts have led to calls for currency appreciation in surplus...
InternationalIRAN/UN: IAEA report containes mixed message
A Russian deputy foreign minister said today that Moscow opposed referring the Iranian nuclear...
IranCHINA: UN official expresses qualified optimism
The UN high commissioner for Human Rights said today that she was "guardedly optimistic" that...
ChinaLEBANON/SYRIA: Judges question security chiefs
Judges in Beirut are today questioning four detained Lebanese security chiefs in connection with...
LebanonSERBIA-MONTENEGRO: LDK crisis looms over Kosovo
Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova is seriously ill in Germany, according to a senior diplomat in...
HAITI: Elections may not be held this year
Security problems and administrative shortcomings are the main obstacles.
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