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| Feb.7 |
Lithuania |
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  NATO dismisses Afghanistan crisis Defence ministers have dismissed talk of a crisis over its operation in Afghanistan, saying the alliance was making progress in the country
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| May.31 |
Latvia |
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Surgeon elected as president Valdis Zatlers, 52, criticized for taking undeclared cash presents from patients, had the backing of the four-party government coalition
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| May.17 |
Estonia |
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Estonia hit by 'Moscow cyber war' The country's websites have been under heavy attack for the past 3 weeks. Many of the attacks are being hosted by Russian state servers
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| May.2 |
Moscow |
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Estonia shuts consulate Pro-Kremlin youth groups attacked diplomats in protest at the relocation of a Soviet war memorial
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| Apr.28 |
Estonia |
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Estonia blames Russia for unrest Estonia has accused Russia of provoking 2 nights of rioting over the removal of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn
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Bomb kills 58 in holy city of Karbala
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| Apr.27 |
Estonia |
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Fresh clashes over statue  | Police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets after clashes erupted following the removal of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn | |
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| Apr.26 |
Estonia |
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 Estonia removes Soviet memorial The authorities have removed a contentious war memorial in Tallinn, despite overnight protests that left one person dead
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Estonians see memorial as a reminder of decades of Soviet rule.
Russia says it should not be removed.
The move provoked a condemnation from Russian officials and lawmakers.
40 people were injured and 300 arrested during clashes as police used tear gas to disperse ethnic Russian demonstrators
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| Feb.23 |
Latvia |
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Fire in care home kills 26| A fire at a home for the elderly and disabled in the town of Alsunga, west of the capital Riga | |
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Outspoken journalist shot dead
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| Nov.29 |
Latvia |
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NATO signals Afghan reinforcements| NATO leaders meeting in Riga have agreed to step up operations in Afghanistan with more troops on the ground | |
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| Nov.28 |
Latvia |
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  NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008| At a 2-day summit, Secretary-General de Hoop Scheffer insisted the alliance will prevail in its first mission outside Europe | | |
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Estonia |
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Bush denies civil war is engulfing Iraq
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| May.31 |
Lithuania |
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Government collapses Prime Minister Brazauskas' coalition government were stepping down after Labor withdrew from the minority coalition
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| May.21 |
Latvia |
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 Swedes complete ice hockey double Olympic champions blanked titleholders Czech Republic 4-0 in the world championship final in Riga
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Milosevic found dead in cell
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| Feb.17 |
Italy |
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Veerpalu gold in historic ski race
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| Feb.16 |
Northern Italy |
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Smigun clinches second gold medal
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| Aug.10 |
Estonia |
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 Copter in Baltic: 14 feared dead A helicopter carrying 2 pilots and 12 passengers crashed and sank off the Estonian coast
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Bombs kill 52
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| May.7 |
Latvia |
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 Bush: Baltics 'should move on from war' President says the US will never forget the suffering of the Baltic states under Soviet occupation
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| May.6 |
Latvia |
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 Bush to meet Baltic leaders President is at the start of a tour marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe
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| Apr.21 |
Lithuania |
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NATO meets in ex-Soviet republic
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| Apr.20 |
Lithuania |
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 Rice calls for change in Belarus US Secretary of State has described Belarus as the 'last true dictatorship'
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Pope John Paul II dies at 84
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| Apr.6 |
Lithuania |
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 Lawmakers sack president Rolandas Paksas illegally granted citizenship to a Russian businessman who contributed to his campaign
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| Apr.5 |
Lithuania |
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President faces the axe A parliament is due to decide whether to impeach Rolandas Paksas on three charges of violating the constitution
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| Mar.28 |
Lithuania |
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French singer jailed for killing lover A court has sentenced Bertrand Cantat, 40, to 8 years in prison for killing his actress girlfriend during a fight
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| Feb.5 |
Latvia |
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 Government to step down Prime Minister Einars is saying his Cabinet can't continue working without a majority in parliament
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U.S. Launches War Against Iraq
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| Jan.5 |
Lithuania |
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Right-winger Paksas wins elections Rolandas Paksas scored an upset victory in presidential runoff election, unseating the incumbent by a wide margin
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| Oct.6 |
Latvia |
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Latvians vote for major shake-up Latvians are ushering in newcomers to take the country into NATO and the EU. New Era party secured the biggest majority
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| Jan.13 |
Lithuania |
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Lithuania mourns victims of Soviets Hundreds gathered to pay their respects to 14 people who died while demonstrating for independence in 1991
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