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NATO Not Losing Afghan War, Commander Says
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 NATO is not losing the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, but there are not enough troops to provide sufficient security for the people, the commander of international troops in Afghanistan has said.
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The EU's New Clothes
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 The EU is poised to shelve its grievances over Georgia to return to business as usual with Russia. Opinion within the EU remains divided, and the issue will be hotly contested at the bloc's October 15-16 summit, but even Russia's harshest critics accept the bloc's options are limited.
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Iran's Government Fails To End Bazaar Tax Strike
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 A weeklong strike against a new value added tax (VAT) appeared to be spreading in Tehran's bazaar, even though the Iranian government suspended the measure for two months, witnesses said.
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Medvedev Attends Test-Firing Of Long-Range Russian Missile
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 President Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the test firing of an intercontinental Topol missile and has vowed to commission new generation weapons for Russia's armed forces.
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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Nine
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 A car bomb has killed nine people and wounded 13 in the Bayaa district of southern Baghdad, police said.
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Islamic Resistance Stronger, Three Years After Nalchik Raids
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 On October 13, 2005, some 150-200 young local Muslims launched multiple attacks on police and security facilities in Nalchik, capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic. The attackers killed 35 police and security personnel and 14 civilians, but lost 92 of their own men. Many of the survivors were apprehended and are currently on trial. Nevertheless, the Islamic resistance across the North Caucasus is today stronger, more organized, more ideologically cohesive, and more deadly than it was three years ago.
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North Korea To Resume Disablement After Nuclear Deal
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 North Korea has said it would resume taking apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant and allow in inspectors in response to a U.S. decision to remove it from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal.
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NATO, Afghan Troops Kill 65 Taliban In South
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 Afghan and NATO-led forces have killed 65 Taliban militants preparing to attack the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor's spokesman Daud Ahmadi said.
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U.S. Space Tourist Blasts Off In Russian Rocket
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 U.S. video game magnate Richard Garriott has blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.
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Leading Iran Reformist To Run For President
RFE/RL | News 12 10 2008 A leading Iranian reformist has said he will run in next year's presidential election, challenging conservative President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who is widely expected to seek a second four-year term.
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EU chiefs confront markets crisis
BBC News | Europe 12 10 2008 The 15 eurozone leaders are to meet in Paris to try to establish a common approach to the global financial crisis.
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EU chiefs confront markets crisis
BBC News | Europe 12 10 2008 The 15 "eurozone" leaders are to meet in Paris to try to establish a common approach to the global financial crisis.
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UK councils seek Iceland cash pledge
BBC News | Europe 12 10 2008 UK councils are to meet the Icelandic ambassador to demand back bank deposits - amid fears of lost staff wages.
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Deadly earthquake hits Chechnya
BBC News | Europe 12 10 2008 An earthquake kills at least 13 people and injured 100 more near the Chechen capital Gozny, officials say.
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At Least Four Dead As Earthquake Rattles Caucasus
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 A strong earthquake rattled the Caucasus mountains region on October 11, leaving at least four people dead and disrupting communications in the Russian province of Chechnya.
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Russian Warships Visit Libya On Way To Caribbean
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 Russian warships called at Libya's main port on October 11 on their way to conduct joint naval exercises next month with vocal U.S. critic Venezuela, Western diplomats and eyewitnesses said.
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Ukraine PM, Ex-PM Kick Off Election Campaign On TV
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 Politicians have kicked off the campaign for Ukraine's third election in as many years in a televised confrontation filled with invective, taunts, and questions about whether the poll should be taking place at all.
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Human Rights Watch Calls For Uzbek Journalist's Release
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 The New York-based Human Rights Watch has issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of an Uzbek journalist who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on "politically motivated" charges.
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U.S.-Led Forces Kill Nine Militants In Afghanistan
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed nine militants in overnight clashes in southern and central Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on October 11.
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Another Sham Election In Chechnya
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 There is little doubt that the pro-Kremlin Unified Russia party will win a huge majority in tomorrow's parliamentary elections in Chechnya. RFE/RL analyst Liz Fuller argues that the election campaign has been stage-managed down to the smallest detail and widespread falsifications are likely.
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Iranian Boy Gets Cancer Treatment In Israel
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 A 13-year-old cancer victim from Iran came to Israel for treatment on Friday, the hospital which received him said, attracting media interest in a country used to decades of hostility with Tehran.
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Russia Test-Fires Ballistic Missile To Mid-Pacific
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 MURMANSK, Russia, (Reuters) -- Russia for the first time test-launched a strategic missile to the equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean on October 11, a navy spokesman said.The spokesman said a Sineva missile had been launched from the nuclear-powered ...
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U.S. Envoy: Russia Would Not Cut Off Gas To Europe
RFE/RL | News 11 10 2008 ROME, (Reuters) -- European dependence on Russian gas is dangerous partly because of future supply shortfalls, not because Russia may cut off supplies over tensions with the West, the U.S. envoy for Eurasian energy diplomacy said on October 10.
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Austria's Haider dies in accident
BBC News | Europe 11 10 2008 Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider, known for his anti-immigration policies, has been killed in a car crash, aged 58.
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Austria's Haider dies in accident
BBC News | Europe 11 10 2008 Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider has been killed in a road accident, police reports say.
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