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US takes two China trade cases to WTO
Trade tensions between the United States and China ratcheted up another notch Wednesday, as Washington called on the WTO to probe unfair Chinese trade practices.
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World Bank invests record sums in coal
Last year, $3.4bn was invested in the dirtiest fossil fuel despite international commitments to cut emissions
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Azerbaijan seeks price agreement with Iran to boost gas supply
Azerbaijan will be ready to boost supplies to Iran to 1 billion cubic meters a year once a pricing agreement is reached, an Azerbaijani Energy Ministry official said.
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For the first time in 16 years Lukashenka cannot appeal to Moscow
The Belarusian authorities were obviously hasty to set the election date. According to the Constitution, the election is to be held two months before the expiry of the term of the president at the latest. Expiry of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s powers is on April 6, 2011. So the election could be set for February 6
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Russia needs more help from Norway in building radiation security
The agenda for a planned Russian-Norwegian summit on Wednesday includes a Russian proposal for extending Russian-Norwegian cooperation in nuclear and radiation security, whose current site is northwestern Russia, to other Russian regions, including the Baltic area
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Yanukovych: Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia to enrich nuclear fuel
The governments of Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan, are to produce nuclear fuel in a joint venture, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said
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Kyrgyzstan proposes military agreement to Russia
The interim government of Kyrgyzstan has invited Russia to keep its military bases in the Central Asian country for another 49 years
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Defense secretary, Russian counterpart share common goals
It has been almost six years since a Russian defense minister set foot inside the Pentagon, and when Defense Secretary Robert Gates devotes Wednesday to hosting his Kremlin counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, they are expected to find common ground on a topic that would have been unimaginable during the Cold War.
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