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19.04.2008Workers stop hunger strike at RusAl mine
The workers at a Urals mine owned by Russia's aluminum giant RusAl have stopped a hunger strike they had gone on almost a week ago to demand higher wages.
18.04.2008Russia's Aeroflot to resume talks on Alitalia stake - Putin
Russia's largest air carrier Aeroflot will resume talks on buying the Italian government's 49.9% stake in airline Alitalia, the Russian president said on Friday.
18.04.2008Berlusconi wants EU-Russia visa regime to be scrapped
Italy will propose discussions with the rest of the European Union on introducing visa-free travel between Russia and the 27-nation bloc, prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday.
17.04.2008Iran's president shows off military strength at parade
At a military parade Thursday the Islamic Republic's president told troops that Iran had become a powerful nation and no world authority could threaten its security.
17.04.2008Britain granted observer status in Black Sea organization
Britain has been granted observer status in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Organization, the chief of the body said on Thursday.
17.04.2008Porsche cars could be assembled in northwest Russia
A Porsche assembly plant could soon be constructed in the Leningrad Region in northwest Russia, the Vremya Novostei daily said on Thursday.
16.04.2008Kiev to take responsibility for European gas shortfalls
Ukraine is prepared to bear responsibility for a possible shortfall in Russian natural gas supplies transited to Europe, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
16.04.2008Japan PM cancels European tour, but will visit Russia Apr. 25 - 2
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has canceled his European tour planned for this month over tensions with the opposition-dominated upper house of parliament, but will visit Russia on April 25, an official said on Wednesday.
16.04.2008Paris court delays extradition hearing of Georgia's Okruashvili
The extradition hearing of former defense minister Irakly Okruashvili that began on Wednesday at an appeal court in Paris has been postponed until June 11.
16.04.2008Pope Benedict XVI arrives at White House
Pope Benedict XVI arrived Wednesday in the United States on an official six-day visit, the first time a pope has been to the White House since 1979.
16.04.2008This year’s trade between Belarus, Moscow oblast to reach $3bn
This year the trade turnover between Belarus and the Moscow oblast is supposed to increase up to $3 billion, Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov told media after a session of the working group for cooperation between Belarus and the Moscow oblast held in the town of Dolgoprudny on April 16.
15.04.2008Belarusian car owners rammed by drunk driver demand court case
Car owners, who were rammed by a drunk driver in early March after Belarus traffic police forced their vehicles to block the road, are demanding a criminal case be opened, a lawyer said on Friday.
15.04.2008South Korea to invest $5 mln in ferroconcrete plant in Chechnya
South Korean investors will contribute up to $5 million for the construction of a ferroconcrete plant in Chechnya, the press service of the North Caucasus republic's president said on Tuesday.
14.04.2008Putin congratulates space industry workers on holiday
President Vladimir Putin has congratulated space and missile industry workers on their professional holiday - Cosmonautics Day, the presidential press service said Saturday.
14.04.2008Egypt may host Mideast 'mini-summit' in May
Egypt has officially confirmed that the Middle East 'mini-summit,' to be attended by the U.S. president, will take place in late May in Sharm el-Sheikh, MENA news agency said Friday.
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