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RUSSIA/ISRAEL: Relations have cooled since 2003
Reports in the past week of the sale of missiles to Syria have further cooled relations with...
RussiaINTERNATIONAL: UN outlines global war on poverty
Tens of millions of people could avoid death, and 500 million could escape from poverty, if rich...
InternationalUN/IRAQ: Volcker report will quieten critics
The independent Volcker Commission is expected to release its interim report later this month...
IraqCHINA: Chinese leadership does not yet extend to aid
The nature of China's response to the recent tsunami disaster demonstrates that, despite its...
ChinaCROATIA: Pro-ICTY incumbent wins second term
With 99% of the votes counted, President Stjepan Mesic was declared the winner of Sunday's...
CroatiaBOSNIA: RS wants more war crimes suspects to give up
Republika Srpska (RS) Interior Minister Darko Matijasevic said today that he hoped that more war...
SOUTH KOREA/NORTH KOREA: Seoul spurns refugees
South Korea is making life harder for North Korean refugees with the aim of stemming a growing...
South KoreaCONGO-KINSHASA: Protests over election delay
Four people were killed and 60 arrested in Kinshasa yesterday when security forces fired tear gas...
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