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Gay rights activists demonstrate in downtown Moscow on Sunday, May 27, 2007. Russian police detained gay rights activists, including at least two European lawmakers, as they tried to hold a demonstration in downtown Moscow on Sunday, while conservatives
Gay   Moscow   Photos   Russia   Society		  The New York Times 
Strict Policing, No Arrests at Moscow Gay Parades
Sat 29 May 2010
Filed at 7:43 a.m. ET MOSCOW (AP) -- Two Gay Pride parades were held without arrests in Moscow on Saturday, the first time the notoriously intolerant Russian authorities have not intervened since the... (photo: AP/Sergey Ponomarev)
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki leaves the Turkish Foreign Ministry after talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 18, 2008. Mottaki said Friday that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva and the participation of a U. S. diplomat for first time look positive and he expects prog
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Iran upbeat on fuel plan despite West's skepticism
Fri 28 May 2010
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Compiled by Daily Star staff Saturday, May 29, 2010 - Powered by Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday he believed major powers were considering a proposed nuclear... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilic)
Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, speaks with media during a joint press conference with Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Vahi  The Star  Fri 28 May 2010
Iran upbeat on fuel plan despite West's scepticism
SOFIA (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Friday he believed major powers were considering a proposed nuclear fuel swap positively, despite Washington's condemnation of the move as a ploy by... (photo: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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** FILE ** This is a Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, file photo of pipes seen in a gas storage and transit point in Boyarka, just outside Kiev. Russia's state-owned natural gas company Gazprom will stop shipments to Ukraine if it doesn't pay a US$2 billion debt and agree to sharply higher payments for future deliveries by New Year's Eve, the company's chief executive said Tuesday Dec. 30, 2008.  RBC News  Fri 28 May 2010
Oil companies mull associated gas pipeline construction
      RBC, 28.05.2010, Moscow 11:54:59.Oil companies have come up with a new way to deal with Gazprom's monopoly over gas pipelines.... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, seen during his meeting on the Olympics 2014 preparations in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Deccan Herald Fri 28 May 2010
Putin clears path for ratification of START treaty
Moscow, May 28, PTI: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has cleared the path for the ratification of a cornerstone arms control treaty signed by the Russian and US presidents... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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Russia, U.S. Reach Deal on Poultry Trade Wall Street Journal Thu 27 May 2010
Russia, U.S. Reach Deal on Poultry Trade
By WILLIAM MAULDIN MOSCOW—U.S. and Russian officials have adopted a plan for renewing the billion-dollar-a-year trade of poultry between the two countries, removing... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
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FILE - In this March 15, 2010 file photo Polish President Lech Kaczynski and wife Maria is seen in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. Wall Street Journal Thu 27 May 2010
Polish Crash Probe Focuses on General
By MARCIN SOBCZYK WARSAW—The investigation into the April plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others is close to finished, with the remaining focus on... (photo: AP / Alik Keplicz, file)
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Russia's ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, addresses the media in Brussels, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Rogozin says Moscow wants to explain its actions in Georgia to the NATO alliance. He told reporters on Monday that Moscow has asked for a special meeting of the Russia NATO council, a consultative pan The Hindu Thu 27 May 2010
Russia denounces U.S. missile move
Vladimir Radyuhin... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
Defence   Photos   Russia   US   Wikipedia: Missile defense
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, during a visit to Damascus, Syria, 10th May, 2010. The Independent Thu 27 May 2010
Robert Fisk: Power to change
I've always claimed that somewhere across the Atlantic - or perhaps somewhere over the Mediterranean - there lies a geopolitical fault line, perhaps a screen or curtain,... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
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Rescuers tend to an injured person at the site of an explosion outside a cultural center in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The Star Wed 26 May 2010
Bomb kills 5, injures 20 at Russian dance show
STAVROPOL, Russia (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 20 injured on Wednesday when a bomb exploded outside a theatre in the southern Russian city of... (photo: AP)
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off Misawa Air Base, Japan, as part of the 14th Fighter Squadron's deployment to the Republic of Korea May 7, 2010. In the Koreas, Five Possible Ways to War The New York Times
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A part of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen, some 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 3, 2007 (tmg1) Turkey chides US in Iran row, urges support for swap Daily Star Lebanon
Iran´s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks to journalists at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, May 14, 2007. Ahmadinejad will leave UAE to Oman later in the day. (gaed1) Ahmadi nejad's reckless words Daily Star Lebanon
** ADDS INFORMATION REGARDING REPORTING RESTRICTIONS IN IRAN ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, attends a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. Authorities banned foreign media in Iran from covering the pro-reform protests, while allowing them to cover the official anniversary ceremonies, including Ahmadinejad's speech, but there is a ban on covering opposition protests. Iran's Ahmadinejad lambasts Russia over nuclear stance Inquirer
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GRAND KREMLIN PALACE, MOSCOW. Speech at presentation by foreign ambassadors of their letters of credence. Russia says G20 must tackle financial supervision Business Report
North Korean soldiers use binoculars to look over the South side at the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. NKorea threatens to fight, cuts ties with South The Star
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to journalists about, among other issues, the situation in the Middle East, climate change and the recent attack on a guest house in Kabul that claimed the lives of at least five United Nations staff members and injured several others, 28 October, 2009. Ban eyes prompt U.N. council action on Korea crisis The Star
An Iranian woman, walks past a satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, painted on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, at the conclusion of a ceremony commemorating the 26th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy by militant students, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005. Militant students stormed into the embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days US wants issues, not solutions Gulf News
Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom headquarters Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Russia's state gas monopoly Gazprom said Wednesday that Ukraine has threatened to seize gas intended for European customers if no deal is reached on gas shipments to Ukraine starting Jan. 1, 200 Joint venture seen as Gazprom-Naftogaz cooperation means RBC News
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev,Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, from left, pose for a photo at the first full-fledged summit of Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively called BRIC, in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Decoupling of Brazil, Russia, India, China already evident Gulf News
Security Council meeting during its consideration of the nuclear programme of Iran. Proposed Iran Sanctions Are Significant, if Imperfect Wall Street Journal
Iran US Nuclear. (mb1) Excerpts of UN Security Council's draft on new Iran sanctions Daily Star Lebanon
World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general French Pascal Lamy attends a press conference after crucial trade talks collapsed, during the World Trade Organisation ministerial summit on trade liberalisation, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 29, 2008. After coming tantalizingly close to a historic trade deal, World Trade Organization talks collapsed Tuesday in a dismaying blow to seven years of efforts to open up the global econo Russia's WTO bid tests US relationship Asia Times
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