Israel, Palestinians stake positions ahead of talks
Israeli and Palestinian leaders were looking forward to direct talks this week in Washington with both hope and apprehension. The two sides have agreed to hold direct peace talks beginning Thursday, the first such talks since 2008.
OMV eyes Turkey for new power plants
OMV, central Europe’s biggest oil company, says Turkey is the most likely location for additional power plants.
Japan's textual demands vex civilian nuclear deal with India
When Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada was in Delhi a few days back for the fourth round of strategic dialogue between Japan and India, he made it clear that negotiations on a civilian nuclear cooperation pact are going to be rather difficult.
Russia breaks ground on new cosmodrome
Russia has launched an ambitious project to build a new spaceflight center in the country's Far East to replace the Baikonur cosmodrome it has been leasing from Kazakhstan since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Putin opens Russian side of oil pipeline to China
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday opened the Russian section of a long-awaited oil pipeline that will carry Russian crude to China in a bid to diversify its oil exports away from Europe.
At least 14 militants, 1 policeman killed in Russian shootouts
Killings happened during police raids in the country’s volatile North Caucasus region
Azerbaijan is main importer of Kazakh grain
Azerbaijan and Russia will become the main importers of Kazakh grain, said chief of commercial department of Kazakhstan's Food Corporation Kazbek Omarov.
China silent on North Korea's Kim visit
China kept silent on Friday about a reported visit by North Korea's secretive leader, Kim Jong-il, that analysts say appears intended to line up Beijing behind his dynastic succession plans.
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