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Berlin Rejects Military's Request for Outdoor Ceremony
08.07.2008 07:34
dw-world.de
The city of Berlin has stymied plans by the German armed forces to commemorate a brave but unsuccessful 1944 attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The city said the ceremony would detract from the public space.
Germany
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G8 leaders agree on joint efforts to fight growing food prices -2
08.07.2008 07:33
rian.ru
Russia
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Russia's Severstal closes $140 mln deal to buy U.S. WCI Steel
08.07.2008 07:32
rian.ru
Russia
Social Life
Eni enters Russia's downstream gas market with power plant deal
08.07.2008 07:32
rian.ru
Russia
Social Life
Russia to submit claim to Arctic shelf to UN by 2009
08.07.2008 07:32
rian.ru
Russia is preparing an application to the UN in order to gain the right to widen the country's territorial borders in the Arctic, a Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Russia
Social Life
Gorbachev alarmed by growing militarization of U.S. policy
08.07.2008 07:32
rian.ru
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev voiced alarm over the United States' increasing tendency to seek military solutions to political problems, in an appeal to presidential candidates published on Tuesday.
Russia
Social Life
Abkhazia rules out withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers
08.07.2008 07:32
rian.ru
Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia will never agree to a U.S. proposal to replace Russian peacekeepers currently serving in the region with an international police force, the Abkhaz foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Russia
Social Life
Russia celebrates Day of Married Love and Family Happiness
08.07.2008 07:32
rian.ru
Russia
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Iran holds military maneuvers in Persian Gulf - TV
08.07.2008 07:32
rian.ru
Iranian forces launched military exercises in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday as speculation over a possible Israeli or U.S. attack on its nuclear facilities grew, Iranian TV said.
Russia
Social Life
G8 leaders agree on joint efforts to fight growth in food prices
08.07.2008 06:21
rian.ru
Leaders of the G8 group of industrialized nations have agreed at a summit in Japan on joint efforts to fight a growth in global food prices, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
Russia
Social Life
Russia calls U.S. missile shield proposals 'vague, unacceptable'
08.07.2008 06:21
rian.ru
A top Russian general said on Tuesday that U.S. proposals intended to soothe Russian concerns over a proposed U.S. missile shield in Central Europe are vague and contain too many unacceptable conditions.
Russia
Social Life
Lviv Regional Council Urges Pope Benedict XVI To Grant Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Status Of Patriarchy
08.07.2008 06:19
ukranews.com
The regional council passed the resolution on July 8.
Ukraine
Social Life
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