OPINION & ANALYSIS

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  03/10/2009Does a new treaty on European security have a future?

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  01/10/2009The EU and the autopsy of the Caucasian conflict

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  30/09/2009Do Iranian missiles pose potential or real threat?

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  29/09/2009Is the Cold War Over?

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  28/09/2009Swine flu peak is yet to come - expert

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  28/09/2009The West has "forgiven" Moscow its military intervention in Georgia

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  25/09/2009Has the Cold War come to an end?

Ireland starts vote count after referendum on EU treaty

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Votes are being counted in Ireland in a second nationwide referendum on the controversial Lisbon Treaty, which sets out the rules for the expansion of the European Union.

Multimedia

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  02/10/2009China marks 60th anniversary

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  29/09/2009President Medvedev visits Baltic Fleet’s Khmelyovka firing range

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  02/10/2009First Clown in space: Docks with ISS

News

• 13:28Ireland starts vote count after referendum on EU treaty

• 12:49Russian regulator to announce findings on hydropower disaster

• 11:52Hamas threatens to kidnap more Israeli soldiers

• 10:28UN nuclear chief to visit Iran to discuss inspections

• 09:51Sharapova wins her first title of 2009 in Tokyo

• 08:57Russian rescuers and medics arrive in quake-hit Sumatra

• 06:32Electricity supplies resumed in full in Chechnya

• 06:13Hamas, Fatah possible deal may help Abbas regain control of Gaza

• 04:14Obama upset after Chicago lost 2016 Olympics bid - White House

• 02:53Three suspected militants killed in Russia's Dagestan

• 01:41Russian, Icelandic economic delegations to talk in Istanbul

• 01:28145,000 left without electricity in Chechnya

• 00:11Does a new treaty on European security have a future?

• 00:00Main News of October 2

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  Topic: Quake hits Indonesia

  08:57Russian rescuers and medics arrive in quake-hit Sumatra

  •   12:46Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia

  • 12:30U.S. allocates $300,000 in immediate aid to quake-hit Indonesia

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  Topic: Iran's nuclear program

  10:28UN nuclear chief to visit Iran to discuss inspections

  • 21:50Russia expresses guarded optimism after Iran nuclear talks

  • 21:27Iran Six opt for dialogue over threats - Russian MP

• World

  

  Topic: Russia's purchase of French warship

  11:02Russia's purchase of French warship requires 'political decision'

  • 20:41Russian defense min. confirms talks on purchase of French warship

  • 10:06Russia to decide on purchase of French warship by October

• World

  

  Topic: Engineers upgrade Large Hadron Collider

  20:06Particle collider repair bill hits $37.7 million

  • 17:51CERN hopes to host new international particle collider

  • 21:43Large Hadron Collider could help Sun studies - scientists

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  Topic: China marks 60th anniversary

  09:29China marks 60 years with show of military power

  •   19:06China marks 60th anniversary

  •   11:32China’s 60th anniversary

What the Russian papers say

02/10/2009MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) Iran continues complicated game with the West / European pragmatists make conciliatory gestures towards Moscow - expert / Moscow acts rashly in pledge not to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad - analyst / Growing Chinese economic potential scares world - analyst