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						Yanukovych tightens grip on power in Ukraine						 
					Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has formed a new coalition government after rival Yulia Tymoshenko was ousted in no-confidence vote. Former Finance Minister Mykola Azarov is the new Prime Minister. 
 
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						Azerbaijan doubles gas sales to Russia						 
					Azerbaijan has more than doubled its natural-gas exports to Russia, shipping up to 3 million cubic meters of gas per day to its northern neighbor. 
 
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						Russian experts positive on Sino-Russian relations						 
					legislature, Yang told a press conference that the Sino-Russia strategic partnership of coordination is a model of international relations, especially of relations between big powers. China-Russia relationship is mature, stable, healthy and full of vigor 
 
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						 Gazprom demands $140 million from Lithuania 						 
					VILNIUS - Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom has sent a letter to the Lithuanian government demanding $140 million in payouts for a unprofitable power plant. The gas company bought the po... 
 
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						Business bridges gap between Xiamen and Taiwan						 
					Every year at the National People’s Congress, China’s top brass insists that Taiwan belongs to China. But this year there was also great praise for the way cross-strait relations were developing, especially economically. 
 
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						Proximity talks between Israelis and Palestinians could be mission impossible						 
					UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Vice President Joe Biden condemned Israeli plans for new settlements as a hurdle for the peace process. It comes as Israel and the Palestinians had just agreed to proximity talks. 
 
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						Berezovsky wins poison libel case						 
					Oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko. 
 
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						Poland seeks to develop strategic relations with S Caucasian countries						 
BAKU, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - Poland considers its relations with South Caucasian countries strategic, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. In his meeting with Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade on Wednesday, Tusk said, ?For long years 
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