Heads Of Russian and Belarusian Security Councils Discussed "Extension" Of Military Cooperation

Edit Topix 14 May 2016
Secretary of Security Council of Belarus Stanislau Zas and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held a meeting in Moscow on May 12. During the meeting they exchanged views on topical issues in Russian-Belarusian cooperation in the sphere of security and counteraction against new challenges and threats, the press service of the Russian Security Council reports ... ....

Russian Sports Ministry May Sue New York Times Over Doping Accusations

Edit Sputnik 14 May 2016
The Russian Sports Ministry has announced that it is considering a lawsuit in connection with an article that appeared in the New York Times, alleging that Russian athletes engaged in doping prior to the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi ... ....

Povetkin’s Doping Sample Contains 7% of Banned Meldonium Concentration

Edit Sputnik 14 May 2016
Russian heavyweight boxer Alexander Povetkin’s doping sample contained 70 nanograms of meldonium per milliliter, or 7 percent of what the anti-doping authorities banned, Russian promoter Andrey Ryabinsky said Friday ... ....

Congo opposition leader in hospital after police fire tear gas

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The former governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's main copper-mining region had been summoned for questioning over allegations he had hired mercenaries, including former U.S. soldiers, as part of a plot against the republic ... ....

French president marks end to C. African Republic mission

Edit Arizona Daily Star 14 May 2016
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says the country's mission is formally over in Central African Republic after the former colonizer's military spent more than two years trying to stabilize the highly volatile country ... ....

Germany says Russia was probably behind the cyber attack on the Bundestag

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Russian intelligence agencies were probably responsible for a massive cyber attack on Germany's lower house of parliament last year which forced its computer systems to be shut down for days, Germany's domestic intelligence agency said on Friday. The agency, known as the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , said a hacker group known as "Sofacy" was behind the attack ... ....

Flyers' Medvedev faces drug, DUI charges

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 14 May 2016
Medvedev is a Russian national who signed a one-year contract with the Flyers last May. ....

The Best Energy Option for Kosovo

Edit Topix 14 May 2016
Since achieving its independence in 2008, the Republic of Kosovo has made progress toward stability and development. The once conflict-torn nation has been transitioning, albeit gradually, to a country that stands firmly for "stronger democracy, greater freedom, and growing economic potential." ... ....

Azerbaijan encourages OSCE to pay due attention to protracted conflict settlement

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The OSCE should streamline its efforts in dealing with threats and challenges to security and stability in its region, a statement of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the OSCE says. The Azerbaijani delegation made the statement at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council ... ....

Help to name baby bonobo at Twycross Zoo

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Keepers at Twycross - the only UK zoo to house bonobos - have come up with five options, all from Lingala, the local language of the bonobos' homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo . The boy bonobo was born in February to first-time mum Kianga and brings the zoo's contingent of these endangered apes to 13. Kasai - which is the name of the river which forms the southernmost boundary of the bonobos' range ... ....

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos sends greetings to Paraguay

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Muscat. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Horacio Cartes, President of the Republic of Paraguay on his country's National Day ... ....

Kicking the Western Sahara Question Down the Road

Edit Topix 14 May 2016
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic flag flies in Boudjdour desert refugee camp in Tindouf, southern Algeria, March 4, 2016. Tyler Falish is an intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program, and a student in Fordham University's Graduate Program in International Political Economy & Development ... ....

Arrest over boxing weigh-in shooting

Edit BBC News 14 May 2016
Police in the Republic of Ireland arrest a man in connection with a shooting during a boxing weigh-in at a Dublin hotel ... ....
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