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Pro-Russian incumbent President Sergei Bagapsh won a crushing first-round victory this weekend with 59.4 percent of the vote critics say was fraudulent.
A Thai court Monday extended the detention of a five-man crew of a plane carrying weapons out of North Korea, the first known airborne arms cargo seized under the latest UN sanctions against Pyongyang.
Five crew members of an aircraft carrying weapons from North Korea were denied bail here Monday and ordered held for at least 12 days while police investigate.
Paris - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, Monday renewed their call for the creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state, the French presidential office said in a statement. The two leaders met f...
Brussels - European Union member states on Monday rejected Saturday's presidential poll in the breakaway Georgian territory of Abkhazia, arguing that they do not recognize the region's independence. Abkhazia and the nearby territory of South Ossetia ...
Weapons experts Monday defused two bombs planted near a natural gas pipeline in Russia's volatile Ingushetia region, authorities said. The bombs, made from hand grenades, were found Sunday night on the gas line running from Mozdok in Russia's North Ossetia to Georgia, RIA Novosti reported.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Sergei Bagapsh won a second term as president of the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia in a Dec. 12 election that was condemned by the Georgian government.
A Thai court ordered an extended 12-day detention Monday for the crew of a cargo plane loaded with North Korean weapons, as Thailand said it was trying to determine if the aircraft's destination was in Asia or the Middle East.
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THOMAS FULLER and DAVID E. SANGER The crew of a cargo aircraft traveling from North Korea said they did not know they were carrying an arsenal weighing at least 30 tons.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- A Thai court approved a 12-day detention for five crew members of a plane carrying weapons from North Korea that was seized in Bangkok two days ago.
Bangkok - A Thai court on Monday ordered a 12-day detention period without bail for one Belarus national and four Kazakh citizens who landed a cargo plane with 35 tons of weapons at a Bangkok airport on the weekend. The Russian-made IL76 cargo plane ...
December 14, 2009: Russian commercial aircraft manufacturer Irkut has selected an American engine (the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G) for its new twin engine MC-21 airliner. While Russia is competitive in building airframes, it still cannot yet match Western jet engine quality.
Five foreigners were detained and their foreign-registered aircraft impounded after it landed in the Thai capital Saturday with tons of war weaponry on board that originated in North Korea.
(RTTNews) - Russia has temporarily halted gas supplies to Armenia after an explosive device was found planted on a key pipeline in the country's volatile southern region.
A cargo plane seized in Thailand suspected of smuggling arms from North Korea was owned by a Kazakh airline before being sold to a Georgian firm two months ago, officials said Monday.
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