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India may send envoy to pitch nuclear pact to Japanese public
India may dispatch a special envoy to try to win over the Japanese public in the wake of opposition from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to negotiations for a civilian nuclear cooperation pact.
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China cuts coal, emissions still growing
China is likely to reach its target of closing small coal-fired power plants totaling 10 million kilowatts of capacity by August, said a government official.
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Iran says nuclear talks can resume if conditions met
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said that Tehran could resume talks from September 1 with the six world powers over its atomic program should a number of conditions be met.
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Obama urges Mid-East talks
US President Obama urges Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct peace talks before a settlement freeze expires in September.
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Finland's new right to broadband may come slower to rest of EU
Other member states have paid lip service to the idea of giving their citizenry universal access to the internet, but none seem to be willing to implement it into law anytime soon. Will Finland's move change that?
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Putin Promises Oil and Ski Jobs to North Caucasus
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled ambitious development goals for the volatile North Caucasus on Tuesday, promising 400,000 new jobs, an oil center in Chechnya and ski resorts stretching from the Black to the Caspian seas.
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Russia's foreign policy reset has begun
There can be no better foundation for modernisation in Russia than WTO membership, says Dmitry Trenin
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Lithuania and Belarus signed a communication on cooperation in energy and transport sectors
Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky and Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius have signed a communication on economic cooperation, focusing on energy security issues mostly.
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