UN chief pledges aid on Chernobyl disaster anniversary The Times Of India | UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon marked the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine by pledging UN assistance for the stricken region's renewal. | In a statement to mark the anniversary which falls today, he noted that the UN General Assembly has proclaimed ...
EU stuck on Russia talks mandate, cites progress The Star | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries failed on Thursday to agree on a mandate for partnership talks with Russia but diplomats voiced optimism that objections by ex-Soviet Lithuania could soon be set aside. | At talks in Brussels, Lithuania stuck to demands that any mandate include assuran...
Treasury Department moves against 3 Belarus businesses Fresno Bee | WASHINGTON (AP) The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. | The Treasury Departme...
Treasury Department moves against 3 Belarus businesses Philadelphia Daily News | JEANNINE AVERSA | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alexand...
Treasury Department Moves Against 3 Belarus Businesses CBS News The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. | The Treasury Department's action is aga...
Treasury Department moves against 3 Belarus businesses Examiner WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. | The Treasury D...
Treasury Department moves against 3 Belarus businesses The Tribune San Luis Obispo By JEANNINE AVERSA | AP Economics Writer | WASHINGTON -- | The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alex...
Treasury Department moves against 3 Belarus businesses The Miami Herald WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. | The Treasury Department's...
Treasury Department moves against 3 Belarus businesses The Wichita Eagle By JEANNINE AVERSA AP Economics Writer | WASHINGTON - The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alexander...
Georgia vote positive but many problems: monitors Reuters Thu May 22, 2008 8:47am ET | | By Margarita Antidze and Guy Faulconbridge | TBILISI (Reuters) - President Mikheil Saakashvili claimed victory on Thursday in Georgia's parliamentary poll, which Europe's main election watchdog said was "generally positive" despite cases of intimidation. | Saakashvili said voting was free and fair but the opposition s...
The Big Question: Does Opec have too much power, and is it to blame for ... The Independent | Why are we asking this now? | As consumers continue to encounter rising living costs and higher prices at the petrol pumps, Gordon Brown has heaped some of the blame on Opec, the cartel of oil producing countries which produces around 40 per cent of the world's crude oil. He criticised Opec for holding back oil supplies and allowing the price of ...