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Georgians panic over mock TV news report of Russian invasion
RIA Novosti
A Georgian television station sparked panic throughout Georgia on Saturday by broadcasting a fake news item about a supposed invasion of Russian troops and murder of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
The program, called Special Report, was shown on the private Imedi TV channel on Saturday evening.
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Saakashvili pays US firms to lobby for him in Washington
RT.com
Tbilisi has signed a contract with an influential US lobbying firm, the Podesta Group. Thanks to its efforts, President Saakashvili will reportedly pay his first visit to the US since Barack Obama’s election.
“Georgia online” reported Wednesday referring to US sources that in April Mikhail Saakashvili will meet with American President Barack Obama, Secretary of State [...]
Middle East Quartet condemns Israeli settlement plan
AFP
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The Middle East diplomatic Quartet condemned Israel’s plans to build new settler homes and said unilateral actions would not be recognized by the international community.
The group — the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations — “condemns Israel’s decision to advance planning for new housing units in East [...]
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Russia
Russia’s envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance’s shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Russia’s national security.
In an interview late Thursday, Dmitry Rogozin also highlighted the lack of cohesion within NATO, saying Moscow is worried about declining public support in Europe for the [...]
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Iraq
Dozens of explosions that ripped through the Iraqi capital and other cities Sunday morning killed at least 30 people and soured the early hours of Iraq’s first parliamentary election as a sovereign nation.
As polls were closing at 5 p.m., Iraqi officials said the series of attacks failed to thwart the election, which unfolded smoothly in [...]
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Canada
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has changed his mind on the national anthem.
It’s just fine the way it is.
Two days after Harper, in the speech from the throne, said his government would review the wording of the English version of O Canada, with an eye toward making it “gender neutral,” the idea was abruptly shelved.
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Russia Holds Black Sea Military Drills ‘Under NATO’s Watchful Eye’
GlobalResearch
NOVOROSSIISK — The Russian Black Sea Fleet practiced an amphibious landing of troops on the coast of Abkhazia as a nearby NATO vessel observed, a Russian Navy source said on Wednesday.
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Teh Interwebs
It’s the bane of Web designers everywhere, and it makes most modern Websites look broken and horrible. So why are 20% of web surfers still using it?
Today was supposed to be a great day for the Web. As of March 1, 2010, Google will no longer support Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 browser-a decade-old dinosaur [...]
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Drug Trafficking to Russia Transits through Georgia
Global Research/Itar Tass
MOSCOW — The territory of Georgia has been turning into one of powerful ways of drug trafficking to Russia, leader of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FDCS) Viktor Ivanov said at a meeting of its collegium on Saturday.
“The key directions of drug trafficking go through the area of water of the Black [...]
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