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Kazakhstan may join WTO next year
Kazakhstan may join the World Trade Organization (WTO) next year, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov said in Astana addressing a meeting with Kazakhstan's diplomatic missions' heads on Tuesday.
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Ukraine confirms setback in Russian gas talks
Ukraine may have to continue paying a relatively high price for imported Russian gas in 2012, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov was quoted as saying on Tuesday, after Moscow indicated that talks on a new supply deal were far from conclusion.
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US steps into a virtual Iranian world
The administration of United States President Barack Obama has launched a virtual US Embassy in Iran that, as expected, has been immediately filtered. Tehran sees it as yet another subversive initiative by Uncle Sam to sow divisions between the people and the Islamic regime that overthrew a US-friendly dictator and then took American diplomats as hostage for 444 days in 1979-1980, prompting the US to sever diplomatic ties with Iran
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Iran looks to its allies
Iran is facing ominous rhetoric and deadly explosions as the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia step up efforts to open Iran's nuclear facilities to inspection. Tehran is gauging its support from abroad. Syria, a longstanding ally, is in turmoil and Hezbollah in Lebanon would be of only limited help.
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The trade with Russia influenced the increase of exports as well as imports the most in Estonia
According to Statistics Estonia, in October 2011 compared to the same month of the previous year, exports of goods grew by 23% and imports by 26% at current prices. The trade with Russia influenced the increase of exports as well as imports the most.
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Russia vote will stand despite protests
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's spokesman says the results of contested parliamentary polls will stand despite massive street protests and a probe by the election authorities.
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Ukrainian authorities after creation of two JVs with Gazprom will lose influence on their activities, according to mass media
A draft interstate Ukrainian-Russian 'gas' agreement foresees the creation of two joint ventures jointly with OAO Gazprom (50% and 50% stakes) on the basis of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, according to the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine weekly, with reference to its own sources.
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China's Huawei cuts back in Iran operations
Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies says it will cut back its business in Iran, where it aids state-run telecom operators, due to the "increasingly complex situation" there.
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