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Timeline: Turkmenistan holds presidential election
- Turkmenistan holds a presidential election on Sunday which pits President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov against seven token challengers.
Next U.S.-Russia arms talks to move in challenging direction
WASHINGTON - The next round of U.S.-Russian nuclear arms talks is likely to focus on the delicate task of reducing a much broader range of atomic weapons, U.S. negotiators said on Friday as they discussed the first anniversary of the New START treaty.
Analysis: Aluminium losing battle against oversupply
LONDON - Excess capacity in aluminium smelting will drag on for years to come, even while losses weigh on producers, as political pressures in China and Russia to keep jobs and push self-sufficiency prevent or delay plant closures.
Russian oligarchs should pay privatization fee: Putin
MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, seeking to return to the presidency in an election next month, said on Thursday large Russian companies privatized "dishonestly" in the 1990s should pay a fee to win public acceptance for the deals. | Video
Arabs to discuss joint U.N.-Arab mission to Syria
CAIRO - Arab foreign ministers will discuss a proposal next week to send a joint U.N.-Arab mission to Syria, a senior Arab League official said on Thursday, after a solely Arab team failed to end President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on protests.
NASA confident in Russia despite space accidents
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Despite a spate of Russian space accidents last year, NASA remains confident in its partner's ability to fly crew and cargo to the International Space Station, the program manager said on Thursday.
Gorbachev: Russia faces turmoil as Putin won't change
MOSCOW - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Thursday Russia faced turmoil because Vladimir Putin was unable and unwilling to carry out fundamental reform of a tightly-controlled political system.
U.S. pro-democracy groups find shrinking global welcome mat
WASHINGTON - Michael McFaul was in the second day of his new job as U.S. ambassador to Russia last month when Russian state television charged he was on a mission to stir up revolution.
Russian, Chinese arms used in Darfur abuse: Amnesty
LONDON - Russian and Chinese arms are being used to violate human rights in Darfur region in breach of an "ineffectual" United Nations embargo, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Russia's Putin warns against outside interference
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the world faced a growing "cult of violence" and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia, warning the West against interference in a country he intends to lead for years to come. | Video
Syrian forces shell Homs ahead of Arab meeting
AMMAN/BEIRUT - Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers due to discuss setting up a joint observer mission with the United Nations. | Video
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