RUSSIA: Multiple goals undermine inflation targeting

Inflationary tensions have resurfaced in Russia. Political expediency has prompted crude...

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IRAN: Sanctions could induce longer-term nuclear shift

Washington announced additional unilateral sanctions on Iran on October 25. Neither UN Security...

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Appointed in September to head the Russian government, Viktor Zubkov is likely to play a key role...

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The coming weeks will show whether the Juba peace talks in their current format are sustainable...

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Former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's appointment as head of the SVR earlier this month...

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Conclusion of the negotiations by the end-2007 deadline is now virtually impossible. Therefore,...

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday said that the aim of the US-Israeli-Palestinian...

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As another wave of major armed conflict threatens to break out in eastern Congo, international...

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Yasuo Fukuda today appointed faction leaders to senior posts within his Liberal Democratic Party....

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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London today and will...

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