Construction begins on Nord Stream fuel pipeline
The European Union gets much of its natural gas from Russia. This week, workers began building the first part of a 1,220-kilometer pipeline stretching under the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany.
Afghan election officials resign
The head of Afghanistan's election commission and his deputy quit following Western pressure over electoral fraud.
Turkish auto industry looking at Russian opportunities
Turkey’s two main automobile associations met Tuesday with Russian auto companies, agreeing to increase cooperation.
India, China sign agreement to establish hotline between PMs
In a significant step in taking their bilateral relations to a new level, India and China today signed an agreement to establish a hotline between Prime Ministers of the two countries.
Kyrgyz protests spread to capital
Riot police fire tear gas and stun grenades to disperse opposition protesters in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, reports say.
Kyrgyzstan: Bakiyev confronts political crisis
Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian state that experienced the Tulip Revolution in 2005, is once again going through a bout of political instability, one with uncertain ramifications for President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s administration.
A world without nuclear weapons is unrealistic
In many ways, Barack Obama has taken a more cold-eyed approach to foreign affairs than George W. Bush. He's emphasized realism over human rights, negotiation over regime change, the national interest over the promotion of democracy
Russia 'may sell $5 billion of weapons to Venezuela'
The Russian prime minister met Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Friday to discuss oil, defence and nuclear energy cooperation, although no new no arms agreements were signed
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