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Russia Strongman to Retire as Kremlin Replaces Regional Leaders
Tuesday, 13 Jul. 2010, 23:23:39 / source: Rian /total 1 news in this topic/
One of Russia’s last remaining regional strongmen said Tuesday that he would retire at the end of his term next year, as the Kremlin replaces a muscular group of leaders who survived the fall of the Soviet Union and retained a share of autonomy from Moscow....
Georgia and Russia do business despite tense relations
Tuesday, 13 Jul. 2010, 23:20:43 / source: Rian /total 1 news in this topic/
Russia and Georgia may have severed diplomatic ties as a result of the armed conflict over South Ossetia in 2008, but when it comes to business dealings the two sides often choose a more pragmatic approach....
New cap to get 'integrity testing'
Tuesday, 13 Jul. 2010, 20:02:07 / source: CNN /total 1 news in this topic/
BP plans to test the new cap on its blown-out Gulf oil well today. In the best-case scenario, the cap would slowly contain all the oil, a government official says. But BP still plans to eventually kill the well.
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Medvedev, Merkel to address bilateral trade, international issues
Tuesday, 13 Jul. 2010, 10:54:00 / source: Rian /total 1 news in this topic/
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss bilateral trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian ties, as well as international affairs, a Russian presidential aide said on Tuesday....
Matt Stewart: Go Big on Bastille Day
Tuesday, 13 Jul. 2010, 23:15:29 / source: huffingtonpost /total 1 news in this topic/
One year ago today--Bastille Day--I released my debut novel The French Revolution on Twitter. It got some pretty good attention, and last fall I landed a traditional book deal with Soft Skull Press. Today, the novel launches as a hardcopy book.
It has been one hell of a year.
Everything about this experience has been larger than life. The novel is a San Francisco family saga, loo...
Pelosi Slams Gibbs As 'Politically Inept' For Saying Dems May Lose House In November
13 Jul. 22:32:36 / huffingtonpost / 1 news in this topic/
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during Tuesday night's House Democratic Caucus meeting for sayin...
Iran nuclear scientist leaves US
13 Jul. 22:55:53 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
An Iranian nuclear scientist who once claimed he had been abducted by the CIA has now left the US, Iran says....
Iraq's artists reflect pain, trauma of the war
13 Jul. 23:10:25 / boston.com / 1 news in this topic/
Iraq's artists are using their work to try to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and what they are producing shows a profound ...
Australia in Jakarta asylum talks
13 Jul. 22:57:07 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
The Australian and Indonesia foreign ministers will talk in Jakarta about plans for a refugee processing centre in East Timor....
Iran nuclear scientist leaves US
13 Jul. 22:55:53 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
An Iranian nuclear scientist who once claimed he had been abducted by the CIA has now left the US, Iran says....
AMs want muscular dystrophy cash
13 Jul. 22:54:58 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
A report by a group of assembly members highlights serious gaps in the care of people who suffer from muscle wasting disease....
Mosimane on the verge of job
13 Jul. 22:47:07 / News24 / 1 news in this topic/
Pitso Mosimane will become the new Bafana Bafana head coach, SAFA president Kirsten Nematandani has revealed....
Earning a living as a stunt man
13 Jul. 22:45:57 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
Stunt artists from the Bond and Bourne movies explain how you become a stunt performer and what it is really like to be in car chases for a livin...
Man paralysed after attack
13 Jul. 22:36:06 / News24 / 1 news in this topic/
A Pretoria man says he thought "this is what it feels like to die", after a group of armed robbers shot him in the neck a month ago, leaving him ...
Fears grow as millions lose U.S. jobless benefits
(Reuters)
13 Jul. 22:35:51 / news.yahoo.com / 1 news in this topic/
Reuters - Deborah Coleman lost her unemployment benefits in April, and now fears for millions of others if the Senate does not extend aid for the...
U.S. aims to cut HIV cases by 25 percent
13 Jul. 17:04:44 / CNN / 1 news in this topic/
The Obama administration aims to cut the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States by 25 percent over the next five years, accordi...
Shots fired at police in Belfast
13 Jul. 22:32:06 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
A number of shots are fired at police as they come under attack in the Ardoyne area on a third night of violence in Belfast....
'More poor' in India than Africa
13 Jul. 03:32:37 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
Eight Indian states account for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African countries, a new measure of global poverty finds....
Eskom, unions finalise wage deal
13 Jul. 22:23:27 / News24 / 1 news in this topic/
Eskom trade unions have signed a wage deal after "marathon meetings", says the National Union of Mineworkers....
BP delays pressure test on well
13 Jul. 20:21:43 / BBC / 2 news in this topic/
BP delays a key test on a well cap designed to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, after officials call for more analysis....
Three people killed in road crash
13 Jul. 22:21:23 / BBC / 1 news in this topic/
Three people die and one person is injured in a crash which happened on a road near Troon in Ayrshire on Tuesday night....
Hemmed-In Gazans Find Themselves Locked in Despair
13 Jul. 22:21:03 / nytimes.com / 1 news in this topic/
The three-year blockade by Israel and Egypt — and the bitter rivalry between Palestinian factions — has turned the Gazans’ difficult life into a ...
In New Orleans, a Mayor With a Full Plate
13 Jul. 22:20:51 / nytimes.com / 1 news in this topic/
Mitch Landrieu took office just after the oil spill and discovered far bigger problems with the city than he anticipated.
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What have prosecutors proved about Blagojevich?
12 Jul. 00:10:19 / boston.com / 4 news in this topic/
Federal prosecutors have spent five weeks showing Rod Blagojevich spewed a river of profanity while lavishing money on his wardrobe and ducking h...
NAACP resolution condems racism in tea party
(AP)
13 Jul. 16:45:59 / news.yahoo.com / 5 news in this topic/
AP - Leaders of the country's largest civil rights organization accused tea party activists on Tuesday of tolerating bigotry and approved a resol...
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