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UPDATE: Pacific storm Agatha's rains kill four in Guatemala Yesterday at 22:09
British treasury minister Laws quits in expense row Yesterday at 22:06
Finance minister: Greece will not restructure debt Yesterday at 21:59
Dennis Hopper dies Yesterday at 21:50
Israel rejects call to join anti-nuclear treaty Yesterday at 21:50
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Europeans vie for pop dominance at song contest Yesterday at 21:46
Russian singer slams Putin in rare public attack Yesterday at 21:41
Military plane crashes in Russia Yesterday at 20:34
UPDATE: India halts trains after 130 die, sabotage blamed Yesterday at 20:11
Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74 Yesterday at 20:05
Centre-right wins Czech election on austerity pledge Yesterday at 20:00
Humbled by crisis, Russia and EU eye summit reset Yesterday at 19:18
Guatemala girds for first Pacific storm of season Yesterday at 19:04
The Socialist Party to elect new leader on July 24 Yesterday at 18:59
Israeli air strikes target factory, tunnel in Gaza Yesterday at 18:16
Three killed as Turk forces clash with Kurd rebels Yesterday at 17:50
Tropical storm Agatha forms in Pacific off Guatemala Yesterday at 17:43
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 29 (Reuters) - A Russian pop star made a rare attack on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday, denouncing corruption and telling him that security forces were "strangling" freedom in the country.
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Military plane Yak 130 crashed in Russian city of Lipetsk. Yesterday at 20:34 |
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MOSCOW(AP) — Two Gay Pride parades were held without arrests inMoscowon Saturday, the first time the notoriously intolerantRussianauthorities have not intervened since the inaugural attempt to hold the event in the capital in 2006. Yesterday at 14:45 | Associated Press |
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Moscow - The organizers of a gay pride parade in Moscow intend to picket the office of the European Commission Delegation in Moscow on May 29, Nikolai Alexeyev, one of the gay pride parade's organizers, told Interfax on Friday. 2 days ago at 22:04 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Elections Sunday for local positions across the former Soviet republic of Georgia will give voters their first chance to pass judgment, even if indirectly, on the president who led them in a disastrous war with Russia nearly two years ago. 2 days ago at 20:22 | Associated Press |
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St. Petersburg - Belarus on Friday reaffirmed its willingness to continue building the planned Customs Union with Russia and Kazakhstan, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. 2 days ago at 20:07 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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South Ossetian Parliamentary Speaker Stanislav Kochiyev has said he does not expect improvement in relations between Tskhinvali and Tbilisi in the foreseeable future, and therefore it would be premature to cut the South Ossetian armed forces. 2 days ago at 19:23 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Chisinau - Moldova's acting president and parliamentary speaker, Mihai Ghimpu, continues to insist on a referendum on constitutional amendments, including amendments changing the procedure of electing the president. 2 days ago at 18:12 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The Belarusian prime minister canceled a planned trip to Russia on Friday to discuss a customs union between the two former Soviet nations amid a rift over energy prices. 2 days ago at 17:27 | Associated Press |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Major Russian Internet hosting companies have signed a declaration on joint policies aimed at fighting child pornography and hate speech. 2 days ago at 16:22 | Associated Press |
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MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said he had submitted a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States to the lower house of parliament for ratification. 2 days ago at 15:25 | Reuters |