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Syrian tanks ‘shell’ restive city of Hama – The Palestine Telegraph (blog)

Syrian tanks 'shell' restive city of Hama The Palestine Telegraph (blog) Sergei Vershinin, chief of the foreign ministry's Middle East and North Africa department, told Russian news agencies that Russia is "not categorically against'' adopting a new UN resolution on Syria but said such a resolution should not impose ...

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WHO: E. coli outbreak caused by new strain – Delaware County Daily Times

WHO: E. coli outbreak caused by new strain Delaware County Daily Times The agency's chief Gennady Onishchenko told Russian news agencies that this "unpopular measure" would be in place until European officials inform Moscow of the cause of the disease and how it is being spread. "How many more lives of European citizens ..

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Soccer Capsules: US eyes another strong showing at Gold Cup – Brownsville Herald

Soccer Capsules: US eyes another strong showing at Gold Cup Brownsville Herald Putin dismissed the charges against Blatter as "complete nonsense" in Friday's comments carried by Russian news agencies. Blatter is set to appear before FIFA's ethics panel Sunday as part of aa widening bribery scandal that also involves his election ...

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Libyan rebels seek US recognition – Aljazeera.com

Aljazeera.com Libyan rebels seek US recognition Aljazeera.com In wide-ranging remarks in Kazakhstan, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, also said Iran must engage in "serious conversation" with global powers to dispel concerns it could be seeking nuclear weapons, Russian news agencies reported. ...

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WikiLeak’s Assange says Facebook a US ‘spying machine’ – Gant Daily

WikiLeak's Assange says Facebook a US 'spying machine' Gant Daily The remark was published on Monday on the Russian news site Russia Today and was based on an earlier interview with Assange. In the same interview, Assange claimed that personal information of 250 million Facebook users are accessible to the US ...

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TNK-BP Russians seek to replace BP in Arctic deal – BusinessWeek

TNK-BP Russians seek to replace BP in Arctic deal BusinessWeek Russian news agencies on Friday quoted Dudley, who was visiting Moscow, as saying that BP would go back to court to contest the injunction to block the deal. "We will go back to the arbitration regarding the share swap. That's really the only thing ...

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Exclusive: Russian Tobacco Giant Looks To London – Sky News (blog)

Exclusive: Russian Tobacco Giant Looks To London Sky News (blog) Russian news sites say that by 2008 he controlled 73 per cent of the domestic tobacco market through exclusive distribution deals with the likes of Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris International.

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Russian stakeholders ask that BP-Rosneft Arctic deal be done via joint venture … – Washington Post

Financial Times (blog) Russian stakeholders ask that BP-Rosneft Arctic deal be done via joint venture ... Washington Post Russian news agencies on Friday quoted Dudley, who was visiting Moscow, as saying that BP would go back to court to contest the injunction to block the deal.

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Etalon Group Raises USD 575 mln in London IPO – Property Xpress Newswire (subscription)

Etalon Group Raises USD 575 mln in London IPO Property Xpress Newswire (subscription) The rest of this article is for Property Xpress users, subscribed to the Russian market only. Please sign in using the login form in the upper right corner of the homepage or start your subscription for the Russian news market here

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BP’s Rosneft deal more uncertain after Sechin quits – Reuters India

BP's Rosneft deal more uncertain after Sechin quits Reuters India Russian news agency Interfax reported Sechin would be replaced by Sergei Shishin, a senior vice president of the VTB bank and nominee to the board of RusHydro, citing a source close to the Rosneft board.

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