Eto’o slams fans after Europa League racism incident
August 29th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ex-Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o hit out at fans who racially abused supporters of his Anzhi team at a Europa League game last week.Fans of Lokomotiv ... Read more...
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Dundee United to face Dynamo Moscow in Europa League
July 20th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A tough trip to Russia awaits Scotland's Dundee United after they were drawn against Dynamo Moscow in the third qualifying round of the Europa League ... Read more...
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Hiddink slams UEFA ban for Anzhi home arena
July 13th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Anzhi coach Guus Hiddink has hit out at UEFA for banning his team from playing Europa League football in their Caucasus home town of Makhachkala ... Read more...
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‘Dangerous’ Russia to qualify from group: Hiddink
June 10th, 2012 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow,June 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia are a "dangerous" team and will qualify from their group at Euro 2012, former Chelsea and Russia coach Guus Hiddink said Saturday.Russia,who are in Group ... Read more...
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Clinton to visit Scandinavia, Caucasus, Turkey
May 27th, 2012 - 6:51 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 27 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will undertake a week-long visit to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, according to the US State ... Read more...
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Three kids dead, 15 hurt in Russia accident
May 14th, 2012 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 14 (IANS) At least three children were killed and another 15 injured after a school bus collided with another bus in Russia, officials said.The accident took place Sunday ... Read more...
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10 Russians found guilty of terrorism
April 13th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 12 (IANS) A group of 10 Russian teenagers were Thursday found guilty of terrorism, illegally making bombs, damaging property and humiliating people on the basis of race or ... Read more...
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Germany closed ‘9/11′ mosque as it was still a ‘central attraction’ for militants
August 10th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.10 (ANI): Authorities in Germany have said that they closed the Taiba Mosque in Hamburg, which is where the 9/11 plotters met, as it was still a 'central attraction' for militants.The ... Read more...
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Chechen separatist leader claims responsibility for Moscow metro bombings
April 1st, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Apr. 1 (ANI): Chechen separatist leader Doku Umarov aka Dokka Abu Usman has claimed responsibility for Monday's Moscow metro bombings that killed 39 people.In a video statement recorded on Monday, the ... Read more...
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Russian investigators warn of further terrorist attacks
March 31st, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Mar 31(ANI): Russian investigators have warned of further terrorist attacks in the country following Monday's twin bombings on the Moscow metro, and said a squad of up to 25 trained suicide ... Read more...
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Russia hints at Pak-Afghan militants’ hand in blasts (Lead, Changing dateline)
March 30th, 2010 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto/Moscow, March 30 (IANS) Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who is in Canada to attend a foreign ministers' summit, said terrorists from the Pakistan-Afghan border region may have a hand in Monday's ... Read more...
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‘Moscow bombers could be linked to Af-Pak terror network’
March 30th, 2010 - 9:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Plotters of the twin suicide blast at Moscow subway stations that killed 38 people could have links with the terror network based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, ... Read more...
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Spain to maintain dialogue with Cuba on human rights
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Baku (Azerbaijan), March 3 (IANS/EFE) Spain's foreign minister said here that Madrid will maintain its "dialogue strategy" with Cuba as a way of achieving freedom for its political prisoners and respect for ... Read more...
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Obama appoints Rashad Hussain as special envoy for Muslim world
February 14th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 14(ANI): US President Obama has appointed a deputy White House counsel Rashad Hussain to be his representative to the Muslim world.Hussain will become the special envoy to the Organization ... Read more...
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Russia backs India’s terror concerns
December 8th, 2009 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS) Russia Monday backed India's concerns over terrorism, and said the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror strike, which New Delhi has blamed on elements in Pakistan, ... Read more...
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Russian human rights activist killed in Chechnya
July 15th, 2009 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 15 (DPA) The head of a prominent Russian human rights organisation was kidnapped and killed in Chechnya Wednesday, the Moscow state prosecutor's office confirmed.
Natalya Estemirova, head of the group Memorial, ... Read more...
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The people behind the Red Cross emblems
June 24th, 2009 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, June 24 (DPA) Almost getting killed on the first day on the job might be enough for most people to reconsider their line of work, but for some the incident just ... Read more...
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Bulgaria to restart nuclear reactor in face of gas row
January 17th, 2009 - 4:40 am ICT by IANS
Sofia, Jan 17 (DPA) Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev said Friday that his country would restart a Soviet-era nuclear power reactor at Kozloduy, in the face of severe ongoing gas shortages due ... Read more...
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Five Russian troops killed in ambush in Dagestan
October 21st, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 21 (DPA) Five Russian soldiers were killed and six injured in an ambush in the Caucasus republic of Dagestan Tuesday, Russian news agencies reported.A three-vehicle column of interior ministry troops ... Read more...
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McCain blasted over irresponsible sloganeering on Georgia
October 1st, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): Republican presidential nominee John McCain reduced a complex problem of the situation in Georgia and the Caucasus to simple sloganeering when he stated, We are all Georgians.The ... Read more...
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IMF approves $750 mn loan for Georgia
September 16th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 16 (DPA) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $750 million emergency loan for Georgia to help in stabilising the Caucasus republic's economy following last month's conflict with Russia.The ... Read more...
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Georgia lost up to 3,000 men in Caucasus: Russian official
September 15th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 15 (RIA Novosti) Georgia lost up to 3,000 soldiers and police personnel during military action to take control of its breakaway region of South Ossetia, a Russian intelligence source said ... Read more...
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Moscow denies South Ossetia joining Russia (Lead)
September 11th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 11 (DPA) Russia Thursday denied reports that the break-away Georgian province of South Ossetia was considering joining the Russian federation.Clarifying Moscow's view on the new controversy over the future status ... Read more...
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West’s blunders led to Georgia crisis: Schroeder
September 2nd, 2008 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Sep 2 (DPA) Gerhard Schroeder, the former German chancellor, has accused the West of major blunders in its dealings with Russia and said these had led to the crisis with Georgia.In ... Read more...
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Sanctions against Russia not on agenda: France
September 1st, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Sep 1 (DPA) French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has said that sanction against Russia is not on the agenda for Monday's European Union (EU) emergency summit in Brussels. Fillon instead called ... Read more...
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South Ossetians must decide their future: Rights watchdog
August 17th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Vladikavkaz (Russia), Aug 17 (RIA Novosti) The political future of Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia must be decided by South Ossetians themselves, Europe's main security and human rights watchdog said ... Read more...
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How a flat tyre took Russia, Georgia to war
August 17th, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Though the simmering ethnic tensions and East-West brinkmanship in the Caucasus have been blamed for the war between Russia and Georgia, a deflated tyre of a Russian diplomat's ... Read more...
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Russia wants to sign ceasefire deal: Sarkozy
August 16th, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Paris, Aug 16 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has told French President Nicolas Sarkozy by telephone that he intends to sign the same agreement for a ceasefire in the Caucasus conflict that ... Read more...
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Taiwan should learn from Georgia conflict: Analyst
August 15th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Taipei, Aug 15 (DPA) Taiwan should learn a lesson from the ongoing conflict in the Caucasus and beware of a similar situation with China, a Taiwanese political analyst said Friday. "Georgia's tragedy ... Read more...
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German chancellor to visit Georgia Sunday
August 15th, 2008 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Berlin, Aug 15 (DPA) German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Georgia Sunday for talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili. Merkel's one-day visit to Georgia would follow her trip Friday to Russia, when she ... Read more...
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EU mulls sending peacekeepers, aid to Georgia
August 13th, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Brussels, Aug 13 (DPA) Despatching international peacekeepers and providing humanitarian aid to the Caucasus topped the agenda of European Union (EU) ministers meeting in Brussels Wednesday. In the wake of the fierce ... Read more...
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‘Conflict doesn’t affect Georgia’s NATO membership prospect’
August 13th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Brussels, Aug 13 (Xinhua) The conflict in South Ossetia does not change Georgia's NATO membership prospects, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said. "I think that the Bucharest communique and ... Read more...
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Abkhazia asks Georgian troops to leave
August 11th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Tbilisi (Georgia), Aug 11 (DPA) The conflict between Georgia and Russia looked poised for further escalation Monday as Abkhazia, the second separatist region of the Caucasus state, ordered all Georgian soldiers and ... Read more...
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Georgia, Russia to stay at Olympics despite war: IOC
August 10th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, Aug 10 (DPA) Georgia and Russia will keep their teams at the Beijing Olympics and also compete against each other despite the hostilities over South Ossetia, the International Olympic Committee said ... Read more...
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Georgia to keep team at Olympics
August 10th, 2008 - 3:37 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Tiblisi/Moscow, Aug 10 (DPA) Georgia will not pull its team from the Olympics as its war with Russia expanded Saturday, with fighting spilling outside the Caucasus province of Ossetia and both sides ... Read more...
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