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- Authorities charge 12 in prison deaths 20 Dec 2009 08:15 GMT
... intentionally blown up. The Soviet-era memorial was demolished to make way for a new Parliament building. The plan had drawn condemnation from Russia and Georgia's political opposition. (AP) ...
- Manmohan Singh, the frequent flier 20 Dec 2009 08:13 GMT
... travelled to the US, Trinidad and Tobago, Russia and capped it with his trip to Copenhagen ... Chavan took pains to explain that the government had received no such reports and explained ... that many MPs were reluctant to attend parliament for just one more day, especially after ...
- Depression-era merchants report jump in holiday sales 20 Dec 2009 08:05 GMT
... This column was prepared by Courier & Press correspondent ... dead and 16,000 wounded in five years. Moscow continued to send troops and showed no ... and until Moscow agreed to negotiate a political settlement, said Michael Armstrong, U.S. undersecretary of ...
- Trudy Rubin: Tribute to a young doctor and a young lawyer who stood up to respressive regimes 20 Dec 2009 07:36 GMT
... with their lives. One was Iranian, one Russian, and I doubt you've heard of either. ... to their values in the face of government repression, even though they knew it might ... badly beaten son of a prominent conservative political figure, and, when the youth died, was ...
- Depression-era merchants report jump in holiday sales | HISTORY COLUMN 20 Dec 2009 07:18 GMT
... This column was prepared by Courier & Press correspondent ... dead and 16,000 wounded in five years. Moscow continued to send troops and showed no ... and until Moscow agreed to negotiate a political settlement, said Michael Armstrong, U.S. undersecretary of ...
- Obama arrived with big ideas, then he met reality 20 Dec 2009 06:36 GMT
... as an idealistic, post-partisan leader who'd transform politics has given way to a more pragmatic, ... help rally such skeptics as China and Russia for the next step, sanctions. "That would ...
- Click to read:Impromptu Moments Shaped Copenhagen Accord 20 Dec 2009 06:34 GMT
... of intrigue and confusion that cut across political, diplomatic and scientific lines, reports CBS News ... bit of historic irony, President Obama and Russian leader Medvedev announced major progress on a ... meticulously set the stage for presidents, prime ministers and other leaders to seal the deal ...
- Impromptu Moments Shaped Copenhagen Accord 20 Dec 2009 06:34 GMT
... of intrigue and confusion that cut across political, diplomatic and scientific lines, reports CBS News ... bit of historic irony, President Obama and Russian leader Medvedev announced major progress on a ... meticulously set the stage for presidents, prime ministers and other leaders to seal the deal ...
- Obama's foreign-policy hawk 20 Dec 2009 06:33 GMT
... by the Iranian announcement, as do the Russians, but while Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ... along with U.S.-urged sanctions against Iran, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested he would not. ... abroad to be lacking decisiveness, and lacking political traction at home on such issues as health ...
- On trip to Russia, father and son follow story of Bolshevik ancestor 20 Dec 2009 06:32 GMT
... Gaidar, Russia's free-market architect, dies at 53 Yegor Gaidar, ... unexpectedly of a blood clot at his Moscow-area home while he was working on a ... government. Today it is the Museum of Political History of Russia. Hall No. 19 was ...
- Revealing injustice cost heroes their lives 20 Dec 2009 06:32 GMT
... with their lives. One was Iranian, one Russian, and I doubt you’ve heard of either. ... to their values in the face of government repression, even though they knew it might ... badly beaten son of a prominent conservative political figure, and, when the youth died, was ...
- Obama raced clock, chaos, comedy for climate deal in Copenhagen 20 Dec 2009 06:18 GMT
... doggedness, confusion and semi-comedy. Constrained by partisan politics at home, and quarrels between rich and poor ... attending a planned meeting with Denmark's prime minister, he plunged into an emergency session of ... an appointment to discuss arms control with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Meanwhile he asked aides ...
- Once the 'change' candidate, Obama now a changed man 20 Dec 2009 06:17 GMT
... as an idealistic, post-partisan leader who'd transform politics at home and abroad has given way ... about safety from Obama's Food and Drug Administration. White House aides say there was no ... helped rally such skeptics as China and Russia for the next possible step, sanctions. "That ...
- Two killed in Georgian demolition 20 Dec 2009 06:11 GMT
... are considering whether safety standards were violated. Russian officials and some Georgian opposition politicians criticised the decision to demolish the monument. ... to prosecute anyone responsible for the incident. Moscow has accused the Georgian authorities of "lack ...
- Georgia blows up Soviet memorial, two people killed 20 Dec 2009 06:10 GMT
... demolition, to make way for a new parliament building, has already been condemned by Georgia's ... been condemned by Georgia's opposition and by Russia, which fought a brief war with Georgia ... army during World War Two. "The Georgian government has carried out an act of state ...
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