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U.N. Suspends Myanmar Aid After Supplies Seized by Junta
  • The New York Times
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  • May 09, 2008
By SETH MYDANS BANGKOK — The United Nations suspended relief supplies to Myanmar on Friday after the military government seized the food and equipment it had already sent into the country. Earli...
Greece to Extradite One of Australia's Most Wanted
  • E- Kathimerini
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  • May 09, 2008
Greece’s justice minister has approved the extradition of Australian drug fugitive Tony Mokbel. Justice Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis has ratified a Supreme Court decision saying Mokbel should be sent t...
Fighting Goes on in Lebanon
  • May 09, 2008
Violence in Beirut between supporters of the Western-backed government and Hezbollah-led opposition forces, supported by Iran and Syria continued for a third day this week, leading to renewed fears ov
Will Gazprom’s South Stream challenge EU’s Nabucco?
  • New Europe
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  • May 05, 2008
In what was scheduled to be his last meeting with a foreign leader as president, Vladimir Putin told a press conference with Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis in Moscow’s Kremlin that “if Greece ...
Beijing vs Athens: comparing preparation and 'spirit'
  • May 01, 2008
By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS, April 30 (Reuters) - Four years ago when Athens was scrambling to get ready for the 2004 Olympics the joke was that even 2008 host Beijing was better prepared to stage t...
Greece Bounced from Kyoto Treaty Over Unreliable Pollution Testing
  • April 22, 2008
The United Nations has thrown Greece out of the system that allows countries to trade emissions under the Kyoto Protocol and has given Athens three months to come up with a reliable way of testing its...
Chinese Lashing Back Against Worldwide Tibet Protests
  • April 19, 2008
Protestors hold Chinese national flags during a protest against the Carrefour supermarket and French goods in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Saturday, April 19, 2008. The unrest in Tibet and
Putin Denies Reports of Divorce
  • The New York Times
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  • April 19, 2008
By C. J. CHIVERS MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin, who during eight years of centralized rule has kept his private life largely sealed from view behind the Kremlin’s walls, on Friday bluntly di...
U.S. Upset Over Increased Russian Support of Breakaway Georgian Regions
  • The New York Times
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  • April 18, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States urged Russia on Friday to repeal a presidential decree designed to strengthen ties with separatist regions of Georgia. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice s...
Benedict Meets With the Victims of Sexual Abuse
  • The New York Times
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  • April 18, 2008
WASHINGTON — Pope Benedict XVI came face to face Thursday with a scandal that has left lasting wounds on the American church, holding an unannounced meeting with several victims of sexual abuse by pri...
UN Envoy Visits Greece to Restart Negotiations on FYROM Name Dispute
  • April 18, 2008
UN special envoy Matthew Nimetz arrived in Athens for a new round of talks on the FYROM name dispute. Nimetz met Friday afternoon with Greece’s Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis at the Foreign Ministry...
Negotiations on Name Issue Restart
  • April 18, 2008
UN Special Envoy Matthew Nimetz met with Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis in Athens as talks on the FYROM name issue resume
FYROM president urges government to reach compromise with Greece
  • The Associated Press
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  • April 11, 2008
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press Writer SKOPJE, FYROM (AP) _ FYROM President Branko Crvenkovski urged the country's lawmakers late Thursday to scrap plans for an early general election an...
China says allegations that Shanghai company to blame in Greek doping case are unsubstantiated
  • The Associated Press
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  • April 11, 2008
BEIJING (AP) _ Allegations that a Chinese drug company was to blame in a Greek doping scandal were unsubstantiated and needed further investigation, a spokeswoman for China's drug quality agency said...
UN chief appoints UN troubleshooter from Ethiopia to head UN mission in Cyprus
  • April 10, 2008
UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed veteran U.N. troubleshooter Taye-Brook Zerihoun to head the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Cyprus and oversee newly restarted talks to r...
FYROM lawmakers discuss dissolving parliament, holding early elections
  • April 10, 2008
SKOPJE, FYROM (AP) _ FYROM's lawmakers debated on Thursday whether to dissolve the country's parliament, a move that would lead to early general elections. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is not requi...
EU chief in Turkey after warning against ban on governing Islamic-rooted party
  • April 10, 2008
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso met with Turkey's president and prime minister on Thursday on the first day of a three-day visit to Turkey, where he is expected to urge quicker refo...
Worldwide protests during Olympic torch relay continue in San Francisco
  • April 10, 2008
By Juliana Barbassa SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ The Olympic torch played hide and seek with thousands of demonstrators and spectators crowding the San Francisco waterfront before being spirited away witho...
Serbian FM: Opposition to Kosovo independence should not stand in way of EU membership
  • April 08, 2008
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) _ Serbia's bid to join the European Union should not be affected by its refusal to accept the independence of Kosovo, Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said Tuesday. Jeremi...
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