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Bush to kick off farewell European tour with visit to Germany

[ 21:57 ] U.S. President George Bush will arrive on a two-day official visit to Germany on Tuesday after attending an annual U.S.-EU summit in Brdo, Slovenia.

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	St. Petersburg international economic forum [27]
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	Russia 09/06/2008 20:22 British MI6 'wants to control EU political institutions' British intelligence is making attempts to establish control over EU political institutions by means of a series of accusations that allege widespread Russian spying, a high-ranking Russian security official said on Monday.

	World 09/06/2008 18:39 U.S. envoy would like to see Russia as NATO member The permanent U.S. representative to NATO said on Monday she would like to see Russia as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

	Russia 09/06/2008 21:36 New Russian nuclear icebreaker 'will be built by 2015' A new nuclear icebreaker will be built in Russia by 2015, the head of the state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Monday after signing an agreement with the leadership of the northern Murmansk Region.

	World 09/06/2008 21:10 Georgia-Abkhazia peace talks depend on Tbilisi says Russia The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the resumption of Georgia-Abkhazia peace talks, suspended two years ago after Tbilisi deployed troops close to the breakaway republic's border, depends on Georgia.

	World 09/06/2008 19:10 Russia may resume arms sales to Afghanistan Moscow is considering resuming deliveries of Russian arms to Afghanistan, Russia's first deputy foreign minister said on Monday.


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09/06/2008 20:24
	Bush fails on missile defense MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov exclusively for RIA Novosti) - President Bush's missile defenses are dying with his presidency, but they might not rest in peace.

09/06/2008 19:26
	Baghdad between Washington and Tehran MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Maria Appakova) - Accompanied by members of his cabinet, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has made his second visit to Tehran since the beginning of the year. Iran has offered Iraq strategic cooperation, including in the military sphere.

09/06/2008 17:07
	Foreign cars in Russia score rapid gains MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Maxim Krans) - Only recently a decision to build an assembly plant for foreign cars in Russia would have been a sensation. Now the agreement signed between Russia's Sollers company and Italy's Fiat on Saturday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is seen as a routine event.

09/06/2008 15:20
	Russia could learn from U.S. space program MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - This summer will prove crucial for the Russian space program. First of all, the U.S. Congress will decide whether to buy Soyuz spacecraft for flying crews to the International Space Station (ISS).

07/06/2008 18:40
	Long parting with the ghosts of the past MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Maxim Krans)

07/06/2008 18:01
	Problems in the South Caucasus cannot be resolved without Russia - Solana MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti correspondent Valentin Rakhmanov) - Fifteen EU ambassadors headed by EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Javier Solana have completed a two-day visit to the region of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

07/06/2008 15:41
	Gas leak in China threatens Russian Far East MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna) - The numerous deities of Chinese mythology must be angry about something, what with bird flu virus hitting the provinces of Henang and Hubei, a huge death toll in an earthquake in Sichuan, and a recent gas leak in the Heilongjiang province.

06/06/2008 20:26
	When will the West answer Medvedev's proposals? MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - While in Berlin, Dmitry Medvedev has made so many proposals to the West, that it would be very rude to turn them down. It will be interesting to see how long the West ponders over them and which it will accept.

06/06/2008 12:09
	Abbas angers Washington but pleases Moscow MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Maria Appakova) - Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas to resume the dialogue on national reconciliation.

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	09/06/08 Roger Waters in St. Petersburg Founder member of Pink Floyd, bass player, singer and songwriter Roger Waters came to St. Petersburg to perform his “Dark Side of the Moon” set.

	07/06/08 Photo tour with RIA Novosti: Rural Chechnya Mountains and valleys, portraits of Akhmad Kadyrov and checkpoints positioned at intervals along major roads, the Leo Tolstoy Museum and ancient castle towers – a typical rural landscape in present-day Chechnya.

	06/06/08 Abramovich docks his yacht near cruiser Aurora Many billionaires will come to St. Petersburg in their yachts for this year’s 12th International Economic Forum. But the biggest attraction will be the 115-meter yacht Pelorus owned by Roman Abramovich.

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21:57 / 09.06

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21:44 / 09.06

Russia denounces Algerian blasts

21:36 / 09.06

New Russian nuclear icebreaker 'will be built by 2015'

21:10 / 09.06

Georgia-Abkhazia peace talks depend on Tbilisi says Russia

20:22 / 09.06

British MI6 'wants to control EU political institutions'

20:17 / 09.06

Russia receives three Holy Land plots

19:10 / 09.06

Russia may resume arms sales to Afghanistan

18:50 / 09.06

Russian sailors charged with drug trafficking in Spain

18:39 / 09.06

U.S. envoy would like to see Russia as NATO member

17:25 / 09.06

Global military spending equal to $200 per person annually

17:22 / 09.06

Polyus Gold IFRS net profit down 96% in 2007 to $47 million

16:42 / 09.06

Russian customs officers seize 21 kg of cocaine on Ecuador ship

16:39 / 09.06

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16:26 / 09.06

G8 finance chiefs to discuss food aid, clean technology funds

16:25 / 09.06

Egyptian president urges measures to tackle overpopulation

16:20 / 09.06

Russia, EU agree seven cross-border cooperation programs

15:38 / 09.06

St. Petersburg to launch commodity exchange in July-August

15:14 / 09.06

Russian strategic bombers fly routine patrol over the Arctic

15:04 / 09.06

TNK-BP CEO fails to show up for prosecutors' questioning

15:02 / 09.06

Russia's Central Bank to raise refinancing rate to 10.75% June 10

14:59 / 09.06

Hearing delayed on 'Merchant of Death' extradition to U.S.

14:51 / 09.06

Russia, Cyprus say Kosovo self-rule failing to improve stability

14:36 / 09.06

Twenty one miners located after east Ukraine coal mine blast

14:20 / 09.06

Russian oil firm Rosneft posts 600% US GAAP net income rise in Q1

14:02 / 09.06

Russia destroys 20 ballistic missiles in 2008 under START treaty

13:45 / 09.06

Two dead, 192 injured after quake hits Greece

13:40 / 09.06

Russia's budget surplus at 8.2% of GDP in Jan.-May

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