Obama, Blair laud Bush's AIDS work in Africa
President-elect Barack Obama doesn't often offer praise for President George W. Bush's foreign policy, but on Monday he offered the outgoing head of state accolades for battling AIDS in Africa.
The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistan's military has faced off against India for decades.
Social Democrats Wins in Romania
Romania's ex-communist Social Democrats appear to have won general elections, but not by a big enough majority to govern alone, BBC reports. Exit polls predict that the Social Democrats will get some 36% of Sunday's vote in the first such election since
President Yushchenko seeks warmer links with Moscow as Nato hopes cool
Ukraine is moving to soothe relations with Russia as Nato loses interest in offering rapid membership of the alliance. The reappraisal comes amid debate in Kiev about the wisdom of antagonising the Kremlin, particularly after the confrontation between
Putin Clears New Baltic Pipeline to Cut Oil Transit
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed on Monday a decree ordering the construction of a new oil pipeline to the Baltic Sea, designed to further cut exports of Russian crude via Ukraine, Belarus and Poland. The government said on its website Putin
Germany rejects US plans over Georgia, Ukraine NATO membership
The German government rejected American plans to accelerate the NATO membership process of Georgia and Ukraine ahead of this week's meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. Addressing the press in Berlin on Monday, German Foreign Ministry spokesman
NATO allies struggle for solution to Ukraine, Georgia accession
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- How to proceed with Ukraine's and Georgia's accession to NATO will dominate the agenda of a two-day NATO foreign ministers' meeting after it became clear that a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for the two countries is out of the
Orga Systems Chosen By Ukraine's Astelit
TMCnet Contributing Editor Datelined ?Paderborn, Germany/ Kiev, Ukraine? comes the news that Ukrainian operator Astelit has selected Orga Systems? (News - Alert) charging and billing system, OPSC Gold. The Orga system was chosen by the Astelitians
Czechs unveil priorities for their turn at the EU presidency
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The economy, energy and external relations are the three priorities of the Czech EU presidency set to kick off on 1 January, Milena Vicenova, Prague's ambassador to the European Union told the British Chamber of Commerce on Monday
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