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Lithuanian president urges Russia to resist using gas supplies to ... - Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 14:20

Lithuanian president urges Russia to resist using gas supplies to ...
Los Angeles Times, CA
Many Lithuanians fear that Russia will use its gas supplies to assert influence until the country of 3.4 million people develops other energy sources, including an underwater link to Sweden's electricity grid and a new nuclear plant. ...
 
Russia is welcome to observe Georgia exercises, NATO says
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 13:35
Brussels - Russia is welcome to send observers to a set of NATO military exercises in Georgia which have provoked outrage in Moscow, but it has so far shown no interest in doing so, NATO's top spokesm...
 
Russia Alfa Bank eyes 20 bln rbl subordinated loan - Reuters
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 12:01

Russia Alfa Bank eyes 20 bln rbl subordinated loan
Reuters
MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) - Russia's largest privately owned bank, Alfa Bank, expects to receive a state subordinated loan for another 20 billion roubles ($586.5 million), its president, Pyotr Aven, said on Wednesday. Earlier this year, Alfa Bank ...
 
Russia's Gazprom buys Chevron oil ops in Italy - Reuters
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 10:41

Russia's Gazprom buys Chevron oil ops in Italy
Reuters
N), the second-largest US oil company, and Gazprom Neft, Russia's fifth-largest oil producer, did not reveal the price of the deal. Gazprom Neft said in a statement it expected production and marketing synergies between the Chevron assets and the ...
RPT-Russia Gazprom Neft buys Chevron plant in Italy Reuters
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Russia makes monthly jobless data secret - report - Reuters
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:04

Russia makes monthly jobless data secret - report
Reuters
MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) - Russia's statistics office will make monthly jobless reports secret, a newspaper reported on Wednesday days after data showed unemployment was soaring fast and experts said it was the biggest threat to social stability. ...
 
Russia's up-to-date fighter jets to hit Latin America as stable ... - Pravda
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 08:38

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Russia's up-to-date fighter jets to hit Latin America as stable ...
Pravda, Russia
Russia's defense export giant, Rosoboronexport, agreed to expand the sales of Russian fighter jets and helicopters to Latin America. This market is new to Russia, but it has a remarkable potential. However, Russia would need to improve the state of ...
Rosoboronexport projects $7 bln in arms exports this year RIA Novosti
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Guus rules out Russia jobshare - Metro
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 06:12

SkySports
Guus rules out Russia jobshare
Metro, UK
By MARK CURTIS - Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Guus Hiddink has ruled out any prospect of combining the Russia and Chelsea manager's jobs next season. The Dutchman has combined the roles since January, but continues to insist he will leave Chelsea after ...
'Impossible' to combine roles - Hiddink The Press Association
Guus Hiddink: Chelsea can still win Treble Telegraph.co.uk
Hiddink rules out Chelsea stay Setanta Sports
The Sun - SkySports
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Russian Communists mark Lenin's birthday with low-key events - RIA Novosti
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 05:48

The Herald-Sun
Russian Communists mark Lenin's birthday with low-key events
RIA Novosti, Russia
MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Communists will mark the 139th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's birth on Wednesday with low-key events on Moscow's Red Square and across Russia. Flowers will be laid at Lenin's Mausoleum and there will be ...
Lenin is with us RT
Happy Birthday, Vladimir Lenin, Revolutionary and Leader of Russia findingDulcinea
Happy Earth Day, Vladimir Ilyich American Spectator
MOSNEWS - Pravda
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  • Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants (AP)
    AP - A Spanish aid worker kidnapped late last year in Mauritania by suspected Islamic militants was freed Wednesday, but two colleagues remained in captivity, the Spanish government said.
  • Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)

    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, second from right, leaves Camp Blackhorse training grounds aboard a Blackhawk helicopter following a tour, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.


  • Libya accepts US apology (AP)
    AP - Libya has accepted an apology from senior U.S. State Department official for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's call for holy war, against Switzerland.
  • Biden says Palestinians deserve 'viable' state (AP)

    U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) walk together after their joint news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 10, 2010. Biden publicly condemned on Wednesday Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers, saying on a West Bank visit the project undermined Washington's peace efforts. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a "viable" independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem.


  • First Iraqi vote results likely on Thursday (AP)

    Electoral workers sort through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary elections are likely to be released on Thursday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The top United Nations envoy in Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week's historic vote as quickly as possible, saying Iraqis "have the right to know as soon as possible what is the outcome of their choice."


  • Egypt's top Muslim cleric dies of heart attack (AP)

    FILE - in this April 5, 2003 file photo Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, center, prays at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died of a heart attack during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the state-owned news agency reported Wednesday March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, file)AP - Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose views often drew criticism from religious conservatives and secular Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia. He was 81.
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