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RUSSIA: Defiant rhetoric will not lead to new Cold War
Moscow's newly assertive tone is driven in part by domestic politics: the Kremlin is keen to...
RussiaBOSNIA: Slovak diplomat is next Western mediator
His predecessor was to have been the last high representative, but renewed tensions in...
SERBIA/UN: Kosovo splits UNSC on sovereign principle
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Moscow this week to persuade it not to veto a UN...
SerbiaAFGHANISTAN: Power brokers move to cement authority
The upper house on Tuesday approved a National Stability and Reconciliation Bill which includes...
AfghanistanSCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Climate costs deemed 'reasonable'
Working Group Three of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on May 4 released its...
CENTRAL ASIA: Tensions thwart Aral Sea revival
The Aral Sea disaster symbolises the environmental problems facing Central Asia. Their mitigation...
Central AsiaNATO/AFGHANISTAN: Reconstruction is key to stability
NATO foreign ministers begin a two-day meeting in Oslo today to discuss the mission in...
NatoIVORY COAST: Gbagbo gains from peace process progress
The deadline expired on April 22 for the commencement of disarmament, administrative redeployment...
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