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Turkey and Russia
Turkey and Russia will set up a high-level strategic cooperation working group Wednesday when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays a working visit to Moscow. Accompanied by five Cabinet members and a group of businessmen, the prime minister aims to boost bilateral relations, especially in the economic field
Somalia
At least 18 people have been [...]
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Russia and China
The presidents of Russia and China met for bilateral talks on Saturday on the sidelines of a summit of Pacific Rim countries in Singapore. Leaders from 21 countries are currently attending the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Dmitry Medvedev told Hu Jintao at the start of the meeting: “Our countries’ relations are [...]
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US
President Barack Obama signed into law a historic and contentious defense spending bill [2010 National Defense Authorization Act] Wednesday that includes a broad expansion of hate-crimes legislation to include crimes committed against people because of their sexual orientation [Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act]. The new ‘hate crimes bill’ expands the [...]
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Goldstone Report:
UNHRC votes 25-6 with 11 abstentions* to send the Gaza war crimes report to the Security Council. The US is likely to veto anything which will see Israel accused of war crimes. The international criminal court prosecutor receives more information from Palestinian officials to launch a war crimes investigation against Israel.
* US, Hungary, [...]
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Russia and Bolivia:
Gazprom moves into Bolivia after signing an agreement with the Bolivian government to explore and produce natural gas. The deal was announced by Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev at an energy conference in Argentina. This is likely to cause further strain with the US as Bolivia has the second largest gas reserves in [...]
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Report: Woman imprisoned for selling to Saddam was working for CIA
Daniel Tencer | Rawstory
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 — 3:05 pm
A Detroit-area businesswoman serving a six-year sentence in federal prison for selling goods to Iraq during the embargo against Saddam Hussein was unwittingly working for the CIA, the woman’s supporters say.
Iran and Pakistan sign ‘historic’ pipeline deal