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Saturday, 07 July 2012 20:02 |
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Russia prepares meetings this month with representatives of the Syrian opposition in the capital, the special envoy to the Levantine state, the UN and the Arab League, Kofi Annan, said on Monday (2nd) in the Chancellery.... |
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Friday, 06 July 2012 13:43 |
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Tajikistan's latest move to toughen its position in renewing the lease of the 201st Russian army base is connected with the activities, which the United States and China have been conducting in the former Soviet republic recently. As a result, Moscow may lose its "big brother" influence in this country... |
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Friday, 06 July 2012 00:24 |
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The Lena Pillars Nature Park is one of twenty-six new sites in the UNESCO World Heritage List for 2012. The spectacular rock pillars in this park stretch 100 metres high along the banks of the Lena River in the Republic of Sakha, Yakutia. It is the tenth Russian natural site on the list.... |
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 15:07 |
France's president Francois Hollande (AFP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure) French President Francois Hollande has announced plans to increase taxes on businesses and the wealthiest households raising $9 billion to reduce the deficit. The plan includes a 75% tax rate for income of more than €1.3 million, which was cancelled by his predecessor Nicolas Sa... |
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 13:54 |
Barclay’s Bank has issued an internal memo saying it understood that the British authorities indicated they might approve interest rates manipulation to avoid panic in the markets during the 2008 crisis. A nine-page document published on its website Barclays said that the Bank of England and government would back it if banks provide lower interest ... |
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 13:51 |
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Police fire teargas at angry crowds and parliament speaker offers to step down as bill is passed Police have fired teargas and used batons to disperse hundreds of protesters in Kiev and Ukraine's parliament speaker has offered to quit after the passing of a law to boost the status of the Russian language in the former Soviet republic. Protesters,... |
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 13:30 |
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Russia may come closer to obtaining the world reign. Experts do not even doubt that such weapons will be created sooner or later. The modern technological progress makes most unbelievable ideas real very quickly. Mankind has already reached the point, when some new "absolute weapon" lets its creator win absolute predominance over all other states... |
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 11:47 |
RIA Novosti/Alexandr Kryazhev Prices for Russian fourth-grade milling wheat skyrocketed due to the drought in the US and Latin America. Prices rose to a historic 8900 roubles ($276) from 7075 ($219) a metric ton a week ago in the Black sea ports according to the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR).
This is the first price hike since... |
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 11:32 |
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP The US Federal Deposit Insurance and Federal Reserve released public summaries of plans for quick liquidation of nine of the world’s largest banks in the case of an emergency, without government bailouts. Complex financial firms with more than $250 billion in nonbank assets including J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of ... |
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Wednesday, 04 July 2012 09:48 |
Manchester United Football Club (Chris Trotman/Getty Images/AFP) Manchester United soccer team has announced it plans to raise $100 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Manchester United said it earned as much as $519 million in the 2011 financial year, but the club still has a debt burden $663 million. "We intend... |
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