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INTERNATIONAL: Al-Qaida is a growing danger
Given al-Qaida's ambitions to purge the Arab (and larger Islamic) world of US influence, the Iraq...
InternationalRUSSIA/INTERNATIONAL: G8 summit a success for Putin
Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Mamedov said on June 6 that Russian President Vladimir Putin's...
RussiaRUSSIA/IRAN: Bushehr confusion
Confusion continues over whether Russia is continuing to help Iran build a nuclear power plant at...
RussiaUNITED STATES: 'Peacemaker' Bush faces major hurdles
In advance of today's Israeli-Palestinian summit, US President George Bush has called upon Israel...
United StatesRUSSIA: Gazprom deadline
Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov has given Gazprom and the Ministry for Economic Development and...
RussiaRUSSIA/CHINA: Summit symbolism outweighs substance
A three-day Russo-Chinese summit ended on May 28. The purpose of the summit was chiefly symbolic...
RussiaINTERNATIONAL: Weapons threats
The G8 yesterday announced the creation of a 'counter-terrorism action group', which non-G8...
RUSSIA: Power predicament
Yesterday the government postponed to June 5 -- when it discusses the 2004 budget -- a decision...
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