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Turkey suspends deals with ENI over Cyprus row

Turkey suspends deals with ENI over Cyprus row

Turkey has decided to suspend energy projects with Italian giant ENI in retaliation against the company's involvement in oil and gas drilling off Cyprus, the Turkish energy minister was quoted on Wednesday as saying by Anatolia news agency. March 27 2013, 15:34 1 724 views

Obama appoints first woman Secret Service director

Obama appoints first woman Secret Service director

President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose veteran agent Julia Pierson as Secret Service director, the first woman to lead the male-dominated agency, a year after its reputation was tarnished by a scandal involving agents and prostitutes in Colombia. March 27 2013, 10:46 1 916 views

Tycoon's Death Was 'Consistent With Hanging'

Tycoon's Death Was 'Consistent With Hanging'

Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky died in a manner "consistent with hanging," British police said in a brief statement Monday evening announcing the results of a postmortem exam. March 26 2013, 13:22 2 387 views

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich detained in the USA

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich detained in the USA

Chelsea’s billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has been detained in the USA, according to global news channel Russia today. March 25 2013, 23:13 3 263 views

Shell Closes Major Nigerian Pipeline Due to Oil Theft

Shell Closes Major Nigerian Pipeline Due to Oil Theft

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has shut down its Imo River oil pipeline in Nigeria after finding leaks made by suspected oil thieves. March 25 2013, 11:56 1 769 views

Boris Berezovsky found dead at his Berkshire home

Boris Berezovsky found dead at his Berkshire home

Police trained in handling chemical, biological and nuclear material have launched a search of the Berkshire home of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, hours after the fierce critic of the Kremlin was found dead. March 24 2013, 13:13 2 309 views

Meteor Over Manhattan: East Coast Fireball Sets Internet Abuzz

Meteor Over Manhattan: East Coast Fireball Sets Internet Abuzz

A bright meteor briefly outshined the lights of New York City Friday evening (March 22), according to reports by witnesses who used Twitter and the Internet to report sightings of the fireball streaking over a broad stretch of the U.S. East Coast. March 23 2013, 14:17 1 875 views

Work with Moscow in Central Asia

Work with Moscow in Central Asia

During a question-and-answer session in Dublin in December, then secretary of state Hillary Clinton declared that the United States would seek to slow or stop what she termed Russia’s effort to “re-Sovietize” the post-Soviet space. Clinton’s statement is in keeping with a long-standing U.S. emphasis on rolling back Russian influence over its post-Soviet neighbors, including Central Asia. March 22 2013, 15:48 1 598 views

Iran will destroy Israeli cities if attacked: Khamenei

Iran will destroy Israeli cities if attacked: Khamenei

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Thursday that the Islamic Republic would destroy the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if its nuclear infrastructure came under attack from the Jewish state. March 21 2013, 22:55 1 908 views

Iran celebrates 62nd anniversary of oil nationalization

Iran celebrates 62nd anniversary of oil nationalization

Iran has marked the 62nd anniversary of the nationalization of its oil industry as a momentous breakthrough in the nation's movement for independence, Press TV reports. March 20 2013, 16:38 1 926 views

Korean representative appointed as deputy head of Uzbek State Committee

Korean representative appointed as deputy head of Uzbek State Committee

According to the labour contract, a group of South Korean scholars headed by consultant on ICT Kim Nam Seok began its activity at the Uzbek State Committee for Communication, Information and Telecommunication Technologies. March 20 2013, 16:36 2 066 views

Mugabe may rule two more terms

Mugabe may rule two more terms

People of Zimbabwe, in Southern Africa, adopted a new constitution, which, for the first time ever, limits presidential power and widens parliament's authority. March 20 2013, 14:14 1 810 views

Syria nearing 'complete destruction': Ban Ki-moon

Syria nearing 'complete destruction': Ban Ki-moon

United Nations: International governments must act quickly to stop Syria's "complete destruction," UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Monday as the conflict entered a third year. March 20 2013, 09:54 2 253 views

Azerbaijan and Russia hold next round of bilateral consultations on Caspian Sea

Azerbaijan and Russia hold next round of bilateral consultations on Caspian Sea

Another round of consultations on the Caspian Sea between Russia and Azerbaijan was held in Baku on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said. March 19 2013, 15:05 1 850 views

Maduro Says to Continue Chavez Course if Elected President

Maduro Says to Continue Chavez Course if Elected President

Venezuela’s Acting President Nicolas Maduro pledged to continue the political course of the late leader Hugo Chavez in case he was elected the president after April 14 elections. March 19 2013, 14:33 1 978 views

ISS Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

ISS Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

The Soyuz TMA-06M manned spacecraft touched down on Saturday ending its three-and-a-half hour voyage to bring three International Space Station (ISS) crew members to Earth after 142 days in orbit. March 18 2013, 11:44 1 915 views

Iran launches 2nd domestically-made destroyer in Caspian Sea

Iran launches 2nd domestically-made destroyer in Caspian Sea

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that the presence of Iran's newly-launched destroyer in the Caspian Sea will "guarantee security" in the region. March 18 2013, 11:37 3 380 views

China Replaces UK as Fifth Global Arms Exporter - SIPRI

China Replaces UK as Fifth Global Arms Exporter - SIPRI

China has become the world’s fifth largest exporter of major conventional arms, replacing the United Kingdom, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report Monday. March 18 2013, 10:45 1 744 views

Cherry blossom season starts in Tokyo

Cherry blossom season starts in Tokyo

Japan's weather agency announced the official beginning of cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Saturday, equaling the record for the earliest ever start. March 18 2013, 10:08 2 074 views

Wintry Conditions Delay ISS Soyuz Crew Landing by 24 Hours

Wintry Conditions Delay ISS Soyuz Crew Landing by 24 Hours

A Russian state commission called for a rare 24 hour postponement in the scheduled landing of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S. and Russian International Space Station astronauts late Thursday, when fog and freezing rain prevented helicopter born recovery teams from positioning themselves over the landing zone in northern Kazakhsta March 15 2013, 11:33 1 803 views

Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle

Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle

Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died. March 15 2013, 11:22 2 229 views

Police Free Hostages in Astrakhan College Siege

Police Free Hostages in Astrakhan College Siege

Russian police released several hostages held at a college in the southern city of Astrakhan on Thursday and detained the suspected hostage-taker, the Interior Ministry said. March 15 2013, 09:28 1 729 views

Xi Jinping named president of China

Xi Jinping named president of China

Leaders in Beijing have confirmed Xi Jinping as president, completing China's 10-yearly transition of power. March 14 2013, 13:31 1 734 views

Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio Elected as New Pope

Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio Elected as New Pope

Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, was elected new Pope Wednesday, a cardinal announced from the Sistine Chapel. March 14 2013, 12:38 1 876 views

Iran to sue Hollywood over Oscar-winning ‘Argo’

Iran to sue Hollywood over Oscar-winning ‘Argo’

Iran has indicated its intent to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning ‘Argo’ because it allegedly gives an ‘unrealistic portrayal’ of the country, local media reported on Wednesday. March 13 2013, 14:03 1 839 views