Kyrgyzstan investigating firms that sold fuel supplied to U.S. air base
Kyrgyzstan's interim government has begun a criminal investigation of local companies -- allegedly controlled by the son of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev -- that were sources of fuel supplied to a key U.S. air base in the Central Asian country.
Russia's overtures to Ukraine come while EU is preoccupied
Russia's proposal to combine its gas export monopoly Gazprom with the Ukrainian state energy company was part of a strategy to lock in assets while Europe focused on Greece, Alexander Rahr, a Russia expert at the German council on foreign relations, said on Tuesday.
Arabs see opening for nuke-free Mideast
The world's five recognized nuclear-weapons powers on Wednesday reaffirmed the goal of a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, a long-dormant Arab idea that's come back to life at this month's nonproliferation treaty conference.
IMF predicts world's highest deflation for Latvia in 2010 – 3.7%
Consumer prices in Latvia will be on average 3.7% lower in 2010 than previous year, the largest drop among 183 countries worldwide, according to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) new "World Economic Outlook" report. Deflation in Lithuania will make 1.2%, and inflation in Estonia will be 0.8%
'Alien abduction' prompts Russian security questions
A Russian MP asks President Medvedev to look into claims by a regional president that he met aliens on board a spaceship.
Turkey, Brazil in contact over nuke row
Turkeys Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu spoke late Tuesday with his Brazilian counterpart on the phone regarding the Iranian nuclear issue.
Black Hole on the Black Sea
Last fall, I boarded a ramshackle bus winding through the villages and vineyards on the Georgian side of the demarcation line with the breakaway region of South Ossetia. I was there to see what I could learn about the dangers of nuclear smuggling.
China, Russia to discuss Iran in Moscow
Chinese President Hu Jintao will discuss the Iranian nuclear standoff with Russian leaders during a weekend visit to Moscow, a Chinese official said Wednesday, noting the two sides had "similar views".
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