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| Jan.5 |
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Kuchma accepts PM's resignation |
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| Jan.17 |
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Kuznetsova has 'failed drug test' |
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| Jan.23 |
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Yushchenko takes presidential oath
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| Jan.27 |
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Safin stuns Federer in epic semi |
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| Jan.28 |
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Beslan team accuses top officials High-ranking military officials aided gunmen who seized a school, according to the parliamentary commission
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| Jan.30 |
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Safin fightback ends Hewitt dream
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| Feb.2 |
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'Gas poisoning' kills PM
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| Feb.24 |
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Bush meets Putin Bush presses Putin on democracy. They agreed that Iran and N. Korea should not have nuclear weapons
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| Mar.4 |
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Ex-minister 'kills self'
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| Mar.10 |
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Chess master Kasparov to retire |
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| Mar.19 |
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Putin visits new Ukraine leader |
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| Mar.21 |
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President calls vote probe |
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| Mar.22 |
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Protests 'part of coup' |
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| Mar.24 |
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Government HQ seized. Akayev left| Protesters forced the country's longtime president Askar Akayev to flee his office | | |
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Kyrgyzstan names new leadership
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| Mar.26 |
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Presidential vote set |
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| Mar.27 |
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Rival MPs battle for power
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OSCE aims to end Kyrgyz dispute |
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| Mar.28 |
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Political stand-off eases |
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| Apr.20 |
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Rice calls for change in Belarus
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| Apr.25 |
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Putin: Democracy is top priority |
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| Apr.28 |
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Putin defends aid to Syria, Iran |
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| May.9 |
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Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead| U.S. President was given a seat of honor for celebrations in Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory | | |
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Bush dances after arrival U.S. President arrived in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the fourth stop in a 5-day trip
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| May.10 |
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Bush: Georgia 'beacon of liberty'
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| May.12 |
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'Dramatic scenes' in town of Andijan |
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| May.13 |
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Troops clash with protesters| Opposition says later 745 died in fighting that broken out after a night in which soldiers clashed with demonstrators | |
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'High death toll' |
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| May.14 |
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President Karimov blames Islamists |
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Thousands of Uzbeks fleeing
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| May.15 |
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Relatives search for bodies
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Locals expel town leaders |
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Russians cited in oil-for-food probe A Senate report accuses top politicians, including advisers to Putin, of engaging in illicit transactions with Iraq
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Soldiers reported killed in clash |
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| May.16 |
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Toll rises as unrest spreads
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US hardens stance on Uzbekistan |
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| May.17 |
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Opposition says 745 died The Free Peasants party has compiled a list of 745 people allegedly killed by government troops
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| May.18 |
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Foreign envoys visit town of Andijan
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UN calls for Uzbek deaths inquiry |
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Live grenade 'was threat to Bush' |
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U.S. presses for Uzbek probe
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CSKA seal Uefa Cup triumph over Sporting
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Troops retake rebel town Uzbek troops have retaken the town of Korasuv, where locals threw out their leaders in a popular protest
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| May.19 |
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President Karimov rejects deaths probe
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| May.20 |
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Defiant Uzbeks stage new protest |
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Pressure grows for inquiry US, UN, EU and Nato officials have also called for an inquiry into the events
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| May.21 |
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Protest over rebel's arrest |
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| May.24 |
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President Karimov seeks China support |
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| May.25 |
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Giant Caspian oil pipeline opens Oil is set to flow from Azerbaijan direct to the Mediterranean for the first time after a $3.6bn pipeline opened
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| May.31 |
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Khodorkovsky jailed for 9 years| Russian tycoon has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion | |
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11 mourners killed in bus plunge |
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| Jun.2 |
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Pierce reach final over Likhovtseva |
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| Jun.21 |
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Malfunction fear for 'solar sail' |
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| Jul.10 |
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Landslide win for Bakiev |
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| Jul.11 |
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Store explosion kills 20 |
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| Jul.28 |
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14 jailed Uzbeks freed |
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| Jul.30 |
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US asked to leave air base
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| Aug.5 |
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Russians race to rescue sailors |
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| Aug.6 |
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Rescuers lifting disabled sub
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Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe| A mini-submarine that had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean surfaced, and all 7 crew members are alive | |
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| Aug.7 |
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Russia to hold sub drama inquiry |
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| Aug.8 |
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Ex-U.N. officer admits oil-for-food charges |
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| Aug.9 |
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Russia asks Iran to halt activity |
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| Aug.12 |
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Russia marks Kursk five years on Remembrance services are being held to mark 5 years since the loss of the submarine
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| Aug.17 |
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Russian-Chinese war games begin Air, sea, and ground units from both countries are starting a week of major exercises, dubbed Peace Mission 2005
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| Aug.25 |
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Blast wounds Ingushetia PM |
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| Aug.26 |
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Parliament vote to expel U.S. troops |
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| Aug.31 |
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Beslan mourns a year after siege |
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| Sep.2 |
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Putin meets angry Beslan mothers |
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1 dead in Russia army truck blast |
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| Sep.3 |
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Russia marks end of Beslan siege |
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| Sep.4 |
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Putin sacks head of Russian navy |
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| Sep.8 |
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Yushchenko fires government President has sacked his entire 7-month-old government amid political squabbling among its members
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Putin calls for calm over Ukraine |
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| Sep.20 |
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Parliament no to PM choice |
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Trial suspects plead guilty |
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U.S., Russia reject N Korea demand |
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| Sep.23 |
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Armenian forum ban splits Turks |
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| Sep.25 |
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Kirilenko claims maiden WTA title |
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| Sep.30 |
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'Space tourist' blasts off to ISS |
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| Oct.2 |
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Soyuz spacecraft docks at station |
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| Oct.3 |
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Russia nuke chief ordered to U.S. |
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| Oct.13 |
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100 die as city of Nalchik raided Civilians are among killed in clashes between police and gunmen in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria province
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Armenia heirs win $17m Axa payout |
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Rice: Kazakh democracy before oil |
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Russian hostages freed |
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Rice to make surprise trip |
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| Oct.18 |
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Fleeing trawler heads for Russia |
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Yakovlev, architect of perestroika, dies |
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| Oct.24 |
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Mittal wins steel auction |
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| Oct.26 |
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Russia opposes UN action on Syria |
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| Nov.6 |
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Voting begins |
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Ruling party 'wins' polls The electoral body: New Azerbaijan Party won 58%, while opposition parties were in single figures
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| Nov.8 |
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Venus probe launched successfully |
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| Nov.14 |
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Andijan suspects given jail terms An court has found 15 men guilty of trying to overthrow the government, in a case which drew international criticism
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Russians held in China spy probe
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US condemns Uzbek terror verdicts |
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| Nov.21 |
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Putin reassures Japan on pipeline |
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| Nov.24 |
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China warns Russia of toxic slick
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| Nov.26 |
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Police break up mass rally Police in Baku have used truncheons, tear gas and water cannon to disperse a protest over the election results
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US condemns Azeri rally policing
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| Dec.3 |
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Ukraine takes bird flu measures |
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| Dec.4 |
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Presidential election |
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8 die in pool accident |
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Massive victory for President Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev had polled 91% of the vote, according to preliminary results
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'Kremlin' party leads Moscow poll |
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| Dec.6 |
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Russia busts fake Kremlin ID gang |
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| Dec.7 |
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Rice clarifies U.S. interrogation methods |
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| Dec.15 |
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Explosion at nuclear plant
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| Dec.20 |
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Russians stow water as spill nears |
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| Dec.23 |
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Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23 An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed along the coast of the Caspian Sea, killing all passengers and crew
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| Dec.24 |
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23 dead recovered from air crash
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| Dec.26 |
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'No mistakes' says Beslan report
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| Dec.27 |
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Illarionov, outspoken Putin aide, to quit Economic adviser Andrei Illarionov offered his resignation in protest against changes in government policy
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Europe launches Galileo satellite
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| Dec.28 |
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Beslan report blames police
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Many killed in clinic fire |
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| Dec.29 |
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Iran calls Russian proposal 'ambiguous' |
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| Dec.30 |
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Russia says gas cut won't hit EU
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| Dec.31 |
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Russia offers delay on gas hike
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Government HQ seized. Akayev left