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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.
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.
Abkhaz incumbent leader Sergei Bagapsh on Sunday was declared the winner of his region's presidential elections by a wide margin amid allegations of fraud. The neighboring country of Georgia greeted the news by reminding the world Abkhazia in fact is not a country but rather a Georgian territory occupied by Russian troops.
Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 1:35 a.m. Top scorers: Florida Gulf Coast — Fr. F Anthony Banks (11.9 ppg., 5.0 rpg.); So. G Reggie Chambers (11.0 ppg.).
The crew of a cargo plane transporting a 40-ton cache of arms from North Korea will be charged in Thailand with possession of weapons of war, officials say.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A shipment of arms and apparently sophisticated missiles from North Korea seized here on a tip from American intelligence agencies has set off a series of investigations, as officials try to determine whether the cargo was headed to South Asia or the Middle East.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Russia halted transit of natural gas to Armenia via Georgia after an explosive device was discovered on a trunk pipeline in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia, Interfax reported.
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Right-wing billionaire Sebastian Pinera beat three leftists in yesterday's presidential election but failed to obtain a majority, setting up a runoff against a veteran of the
U.S. tries to determine destination of seized N. Korea arms shipment
Right-wing billionaire Sebastian Pinera outpolled three leftists in Sunday's presidential election but failed to obtain a majority, setting up a runoff against a veteran of the coalition that has ruled Chile for two decades of democracy.
A species of wild apples that could be an ancestor of today's domesticated apples are native to the Middle East and Central Asia. A new study comparing the diversity of recently acquired wild apple varieties from Georgia and Armenia with previously collected varieties originating in Russia and Turkey narrows the large population and establishes a core collection.
Bangkok (AFP) Dec 13, 2009 - Thai police Sunday filed charges against four Kazakhs and a Belarussian detained after flying into Bangkok on a cargo plane bristling with 30 tonnes of sanctions-busting weapons from North Korea.
Russia halted gas supplies to Armenia after a bomb was found close to a pipeline in southern Russia, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the Georgian company responsible for transiting the gas.
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