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S.Ossetia asks for international intervention in Georgia conflict
08.07.2008 14:25
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Authorities in South Ossetia, a breakaway Georgian region, said in a letter to the OSCE made public on Tuesday that the international community must not stand by and allow the regional conflict to escalate.
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Russia submits draft resolution on Georgia to UN Security Council
08.07.2008 14:24
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Russia submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Tuesday on the situation in Georgia, amid escalating tensions in the country's breakaway regions, Russia's envoy to the UN said.
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Russia warns of response to U.S. radar in Czech Republic
08.07.2008 14:24
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Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Moscow would be forced to respond to U.S. plans to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic, after the two sides signed an agreement earlier in the day.
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G8 calls on N.Korea to abandon nuclear program
08.07.2008 14:24
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The G8 leaders welcomed Tuesday North Korea's move in late June to submit information on its nuclear program and called on the country to give up its nuclear ambitions.
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South Ossetia releases detained Georgian officers - 2
08.07.2008 14:24
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Four Georgian officers detained in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone were released on Tuesday amid preparations by Tbilisi for a police operation to free them, Georgia and the province's authorities said.
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G8 seeks 50% emission cut by 2050, developing nations skeptical
08.07.2008 13:24
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G8 leaders adopted a statement on Tuesday setting a goal of halving carbon emissions by mid-century, but developing nations and top environmentalists dismissed the agreement as meaningless.
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Russian nuclear power monopoly eyes projects in Chile, Ecuador
08.07.2008 13:24
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Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly is looking at working in Chile and Ecuador, a high-ranking Atomstroyexport official said Tuesday.
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South Ossetia releases detained Georgian officers
08.07.2008 13:24
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- Four Georgian officers detained in the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone were released Tuesday amid preparations by Tbilisi for a police operation to free them, the breakaway Georgian republic announced.
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Tatneft says crude output up 0.7% to 95.6 mln bbl in 1H08
08.07.2008 12:23
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Czech, U.S. officials sign missile defense deal
08.07.2008 11:29
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg signed an agreement Tuesday on the deployment of a missile-tracking radar on Czech soil, the CTK news agency reported.
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