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Caspian pipeline knots tighten
By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL - Two events coincided this week to point towards further complications in Euro-Caspian energy geo-economics. Azerbaijan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Georgia and Romania to promote liquefied natural gas
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Obama's vow over oil rig disaster
President Obama says tackling an oil rig disaster that has prompted fears of a major spillage in the Gulf of Mexico is a "priority".
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Key NATO summit to go ahead in...
hampering air travel across Europe. The summitt is meant to allow NATO to review its role in world security. There are doubts among some members about its combat mission in Afghanistan, the continuing presence of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, relations
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Visa-free travel between Turkey, Russia expected in summer
Visa-free travel between Turkey and Russia could begin this summer, a Russian official said Thursday.
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Macedonia ready to start EU accession talks
Macedonia could start its EU accession talks within the period of the Spanish EU presidency says Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.
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In reversal, Ukraine agrees to extend Russia's naval base lease
MOSCOW -- Ukraine's new president signed a deal Wednesday that allows Russia's Black Sea Fleet to stay in the country another 25 years, moving to ease a long-standing and giving Moscow its second foreign policy victory in the former Soviet Union this
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Central Asia not just Kyrgyzstan, Uzbek president tells media
Uzbek President Islam Karimov on April 20 urged the Russian media not to judge all of Central Asia on the basis of the situation in Kyrgyzstan and asked reporters to be balanced in their coverage of the Kyrgyz unrest, RIA Novosti informed.
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Kyrgyz police 'will use deadly force' if necessary
Kyrgyzstan's interim government, struggling to reimpose order following the uprising that brought it power, has warned looters and armed assailants that police will use deadly force against them
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