Russia calls for UN monitors to stay in Syria
August 3rd, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has urged the international community to keep the UN monitors in Syria and uphold the Geneva agreements following the resignation of UN and Arab ... Read more...
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Russian, Western differences on Syria exaggerated: Medvedev
July 31st, 2012 - 8:13 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) There is less difference between the Russian and Western stances on the Syrian crisis than is perceived because both Moscow and its Western partners ... Read more...
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Russia wants missile defence guarantees
June 2nd, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will hold partner-like dialogue on missile defence with Western countries if it has guarantees that the missile shield is not directed against it, President ... Read more...
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US vows to go ahead with missile shield
May 11th, 2012 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US and NATO will proceed with its European missile defence programme despite Russia's concerns while continuing to seek Moscow's cooperation on the issue.It was ... Read more...
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Euro-missile defense could intercept Russian ICBMs
May 3rd, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The projected European missile defense system could have the ability to intercept Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles by 2020, Secretary of Russia's Security Council Nikolai ... Read more...
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‘No Syrian crisis settlement without Russia, China’
April 28th, 2012 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The crisis in Syria is impossible to settle if the international community ignores the positions of Russia and China, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ... Read more...
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Iran not concerned if Europe doesn’t buy its oil: Official
November 23rd, 2011 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 23 (IANS) Iran has no fear of not selling crude oil to Europe, a top Iranian official has said, following reports that France has urged the European Union ... Read more...
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France proposes new sanctions against Iran
November 22nd, 2011 - 6:43 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 22 (IANS) France has called on its western partners and the European Union to jointly impose new sanctions against Iran to force it to negotiate on its nuclear ... Read more...
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Blackwater set to remain in Afghanistan despite reshuffling private security contractors
March 8th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Mar 8 (ANI): Blackwater is set to remain in Afghanistan after President Hamid Karzai has been forced by the Western partners to give up his plans of shunting private security companies ... Read more...
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Americans respond faster to those with high social status: Study
February 17th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Past research has shown that people respond faster to their own faces than to the faces of others, suggesting we have a different and privileged system for processing ... Read more...
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Afghan officials shocked at “reliable policeman” killing six US-NATO forces
December 1st, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Dec 1 (ANI): An Afghan citizen, who shot and killed six American soldiers on Monday, had been reportedly a reliable police officer since he joined in 2008.The Taliban has ... Read more...
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Zardari fails to “educate” Cameron over Pak’s anti-terrorism efforts
August 7th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.7 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had vowed to "educate" British Prime Minister David Cameron over Islamabad's role in 'war on terror' after the later attacked Pakistan for 'exporting ... Read more...
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Russia to defend Abkhazia, South Ossetia if they are attacked
August 27th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Sochi (Russia), Aug 27 (RIA Novosti) Russia will defend Georgia's separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with all necessary support if they come under attack, President Dmitry Medvedev has said. "Under ... Read more...
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