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14.04.2008Breakaway Abkhazia rejects Georgia's offer of broad autonomy
Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia has rejected again Tbilisi's proposal of broad autonomy, the Abkhaz interior minister said on Sunday.
13.04.2008Italians go to polls to elect new prime minister
Italians are voting in a general election on Sunday to elect a new parliament and choose a new prime minister.
11.04.2008Belarus to launch six milk whey processing plants in 2008-2009
Six milk whey processing plants will be set up in Belarus in 2008-2009, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told reporters on April 11 during his visit to the Gomel oblast.
11.04.2008U.S. skeptical about Iran's nuclear advances
The U.S. cannot verify reports about recent advances in Iran's nuclear program, U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
10.04.2008Spring fieldwork to be financed in full volume
Today, Premier Sergei Sidorsky informed the President that this year’s spring fieldwork would be financed in full volume. Br 2.17 billion will be allocated to purchase fertilisers, fuel, new equipment, to repair the old equipment, and for other purposes. Alexander Lukashenko gave a task to speed up the sowing campaign so that it could be completed within a tight time framework. 20 per cent of the planned amount of spring crops have been sown to date; there have been prepared 30 per cent of the lands planned for spring crops.
08.04.2008Moscow to prevent Ukraine, Georgia's NATO admission - Lavrov
Russia will do everything possible to prevent its neighbors, Ukraine and Georgia, being admitted to NATO, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.
07.04.2008Two Swedish amateur prospectors make fortune on gold deposit
Hansa Resources Ltd, a Canadian-based mineral exploration company, said on Monday it would pay $3.5 million to two women in their sixties who found a gold deposit while picking berries.
06.04.2008Olympic torch relay in London marred by anti-China protests
At least 10 protesters against human rights abuses in China have been arrested in London for disrupting the Beijing Olympic torch relay, local police said on Sunday.
05.04.2008Ukrainian coast guards detain Turkish schooner on Black Sea
Ukraine's coast guards have detained a Turkish fishing vessel whose crew failed to show authorization to enter the country's economic zone, the Ukrainian border guard service said Saturday.
05.04.2008Bush arrives in Russia for talks with outgoing Putin
U.S. President George Bush has arrived in the southern Russian city of Sochi on a two-day visit set to focus on missile defense and a strategic security deal.
04.04.2008Belarus, Khabarovsk Krai ink protocol on cooperation
A protocol on trade and economic, sci-tech and cultural cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of Khabarovsk Krai, the Russian Federation, for 2008-2010 was signed in Minsk on April 1.
04.04.2008Russia capable of defeating U.S. missile shield in Europe - Bush
The U.S. president said the missile shield planned for Central Europe would be no threat to Moscow, as Russia has sufficient firepower to overcome the proposed defense system.
04.04.2008At least two die in chemical plant explosion in south Russia
A propylene explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in Budennovsk in southern Russia's Stavropol Territory, has left two workers dead and three injured, local emergencies service said Friday.
04.04.2008NATO urges Russia to lift CFE Treaty moratorium
NATO leaders at a summit in Bucharest issued a statement urging Russia to lift its moratorium on the CFE Treaty and to consider proposals made by the alliance.
02.04.2008Ukraine's nuclear authorities are playing with fire
Ukrainian politicians have made one more move aimed at easing their dependence on Russia's nuclear fuel supplies.
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