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A relative of a Chernobyl victim lays flowers near a monument to victims of the Chernobyl explosion, surrounded by photos of the victims, in Ukraine's capital Kiev.
(photo: AP Photo / Efrem Lukatsky)
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 ...
European flag
(photo: Public Domain)
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...
East Europe
 Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meets with Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia.  ula1
(photo: UN)
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...
Business
The guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) (left) patrols the waters surrounding the Al Basrah oil terminal as two Iraqi tug boats guide a super oil tanker into place on Oct. 28, 2004.
(photo: US Navy / PO1 David C. Lloyd)
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 ...
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