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# Sanctions on travel and business companies will isolate Iran and ban on trade in items of both civilian and military uses will make Iranian defense and economy fragile.
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Russia’s presidential election came under new attack Friday from a Western democracy watchdog, as President Vladimir Putin warned in a major speech that his successor will have to compete in a new “arms race.”
In a fresh blow to the...
Grigory Vylka emerges from his traditional reindeer skin tent, the red sun setting over the vast expanse of snow, as a pair of election officials pull up outside on snowmobiles.
Assessing the new arrivals — two election officials bearing a ballot...
Russian authorities came under renewed attack for election-linked violations ahead of Sunday’s presidential poll in which Kremlin favourite Dmitry Medvedev faces little competition.
Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International and Russian...
No one is looking forward to Dmitry Medvedev’s decisive victory in this weekend’s Russian presidential election more than the incumbent, Vladimir Putin.
Ever since Mr Putin realised that not even such an autocratic ruler as himself could...
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain yesterday mocked Barack Obama’s view of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and the Democratic contender responded that GOP policies brought the terrorist group there.
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Al-Qaida’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri vowed revenge for the killing of a top group commander in a suspected U.S. attack in Pakistan, in a video posted on the Internet on Wednesday.
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It was unusual for Islamist websites to break the news of the death of an important al-Qaeda operative as they did this week in the case of Abu Laith al-Libi.
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Hillary Clinton came out fighting in the last TV debate with Barack Obama before next Tuesday’s crucial presidential primaries.
Mrs Clinton, 60, was irritated at what she saw as preferential treatment for the Illinois senator, who has surged to...
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