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Russian president to travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan Feb. 11-13

MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan next week, the Kremlin announced Tuesday. The Russian leader will …
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Newly returned Russian ambassador to Georgia meets with foreign minister

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) – Russia’s newly returned ambassador to Georgia met with Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili Tuesday, as the two countries moved …
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Report: Russia aims for 12 percent of civilian aircraft market by 2015

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s state owned aircraft building corporation will control up to 12 percent of the world’s civilian aviation market by 2015, …
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Russia registers first bird flu outbreak of 2007

MOSCOW (AP) – An outbreak of bird flu has been registered in southern Russia, officials said Monday, and news reports said the cases involved the H5N1 …
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Europeans hooked on Russian gas face tough choices in search for substitutes

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) – Europe wants to break its decades-old dependence on increasingly unreliable Russian natural gas supplies amid fears that …
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Russia’s first budget airline debuts with flight to Black Sea

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s first budget airline took to the skies Monday in a bold bid to win a sizable share of the fast-growing, $7 billion domestic …
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Think tank: Human rights in Chechnya “monstrous”

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s war-scarred province of Chechnya continues to be plagued by abductions, torture, killings and other violations, a think tank …
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Putin hails ties with Guyana’s leader; Russian aluminum tycoon attends meetings

MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised ties with Guyana, telling the president of the small South American country where aluminum …
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Report: Azerbaijan president does not rule out use of force to seize Nagorno-Karabakh

PARIS (AP) – Azerbaijan’s president said he prefers a peaceful solution to a dispute with Armenia over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, but is not …
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Moscow mayor vows never to permit gay parade, calls it ‘satanic’

MOSCOW (AP) – Moscow’s mayor vowed Monday never to allow a gay rights parade, calling such events “satanic,” but activists said they would defy a city …
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Greece, Russia, Bulgaria to finalize pipeline deal Feb. 7, minister says

ATHENS (AP) – Greece, Russia and Bulgaria will finalize the text of a long-delayed, $1 billion oil pipeline deal early next month, Greece’s …
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Kyrgyz parliament approves agriculture minister as new prime minister

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) – Kyrgyzstan’s parliament approved a loyalist to the president as the Central Asian nation’s new prime minister Monday, …
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Russian women freed in Greek vice raid

ATHENS (AP) – Police arrested six people and freed 24 eastern European women forced into prostitution following raids on three apartments in greater …
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Police break up opposition protest in Azerbaijan

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) – Police in Azerbaijan broke up a demonstration organized by opposition activists Friday, hitting protesters with truncheons and …
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Rift widens between Russia and U.S., Europeans on Kosovo’s future

VIENNA (AP) – Russia is pressing for more time to examine a U.N. proposal for the future of Kosovo, Western and Russian officials said Friday, …
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Moscow-backed Chechen strongman says no imminent plans to take over presidency

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) – Chechnya’s Moscow-backed Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov said in comments released on Friday he has no plans to take over …
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EU regulator cautious despite pledge from Gazprom CEO that gas supplies won’t be disrupted

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) – The deputy chairman of Russia’s OAO Gazprom sought to assure jittery Europeans that new deals for the sale of natural gas to …
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Kyrgyz president names agriculture minister as new candidate for premier

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) – Kyrgyzstan’s president named Agriculture Minister Azim Isabekov as his new choice for prime minister Friday, after …
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