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INTERNATIONAL: Surge in wheat prices is unsustainable
A variety of adverse natural conditions are reducing the volume of the 2010 wheat harvest, which...
InternationalCIS: Wheat price spikes on worries of export cuts
European milling wheat futures have jumped by nearly 2.8% this morning on worries that this...
CisCIS/BALTIC STATES: New HIV cases are world's highest
Speaking at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna yesterday, a World Health Organisation...
Baltic StatesCIS: Russian aid to 'friendly' leaders often backfires
There is increasing speculation that after years of criticising foreign interference in the...
CisCIS: Extreme weather pummels regional grain forecasts
Severe drought has destroyed about one-fifth of Russia's grain plantings this season, First...
CisEUROPE/CIS: Incremental projects may outpace Nabucco
Despite slow progress, the promoters of Nabucco still express optimism about its development. ...
CisCIS: Tensions, scepticism mar Customs Union start-up
The trilateral Customs Union went into effect yesterday, six months after it was formally created...
CisCIS: Customs Union undermined by lack of clarity
A unified customs code among Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus formally takes effect today, marking...
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