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Okinawa, Japan (UPI) Jun 15, 2008 The Japanese hosts of the first-ever science and technology summit under the Group of Eight banner say climate change is at the top of its agenda. The Sunday meeting in Okinawa gathered together the science ministers or their proxies from Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the United States and the European Union in Nago and concentrated on advancing cooperation in ... more Will Piracy Never Be Sunk 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 17, 2008The ongoing hijacking of ships off the Somalia coast long ago became a routine part of maritime life in the Arabian Sea. One of the most recent incidents was the seizure of the tanker Amiya Scan, which is owned by Dutch company Reider Shipping. Pirates are still holding the crew consisting of four Russian officers (including the captain) and five Filipino sailors hostage. But the Amiya ... more US envoy says no 'G8 solution' to climate change 
Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2008The US ambassador to Japan voiced doubt Monday on whether the upcoming Group of Eight summit would take action on climate change, saying that any solution must also involve developing nations. Host Japan has expressed hope that the July 7-9 summit of the Group of Eight (G8) rich nations -- Britain, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States -- will help shape ... more Gazprom, Chinese oil firms eye Nigeria's Ogoniland: report 
Lagos (AFP) June 16, 2008Russian gas giant Gazprom and several Chinese companies are interested in replacing Royal Dutch Shell in the Ogoniland region of the Niger Delta following the Nigerian government's decision to award the oil fields to another company, the daily This Day reported Monday. Shell abandoned the fields, which hold proven reserves of over 10 trillion cubic metres of gas, 15 years ago after its ... more Russia says Ukraine threats will not move Black Sea fleet 
Sevastopol, Ukraine (AFP) June 14, 2008The issue of Russia's Black Sea fleet docking in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol will not be resolved by "threats" and "blackmail", Russia's vice-prime minister said Saturday, according to Russian news agencies. "I want to emphasise: an issue this important must be resolved in a purely civilised manner and only on the basis of a mutual accord. Obvious blackmail, threats or demagoguery have ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 For some time, military cooperation between China and Russia has been stalled over a failed deal involving China's import of Russian Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft. China claims that Russia violated the terms of an agreement involving the sale of 38 aircraft. But Russia says this claim is unfair. Negotiations on the aircraft deal began seven years ago. By the time the contract was ... more Russia Defense Watch: Flexing Arctic power 
Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2008 Russian President-turned-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has wasted no time in launching the next stage of his drive to restructure and revive the long-troubled Russian defense industry. Still settling into his second stint as Russia's prime minister -- the first was in the fall of 1999 -- Putin Tuesday announced that long-term contracts and establishing a stable price base ... more Russia Destroys 20 Ballistic Missiles In 2008 Under START Treaty 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 12, 2008Russia has destroyed and sent for scrap about 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and 12 mobile missile launchers since the start of 2008, the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) said on Monday. "Since January 2008, the SMF have destroyed and sent for scrap about 20 ICBMs whose service life has expired," the SMF said in a statement, adding the missiles were scrapped as part of the ... more New Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Will Be Built By 2015
Murmansk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 12, 2008A new nuclear icebreaker will be built in Russia by 2015, the head of the state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Monday after signing an agreement with the leadership of the northern Murmansk Region. "It is important to not only use the existing fleet of icebreakers, but also to build new ships, and the first nuclear icebreaker of a new generation will be built by 2015," Sergei Kiriyenk ... more |
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Brussels (RIA Novosti) Jun 11, 2008The permanent U.S. representative to NATO said on Monday she would like to see Russia as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. "Speaking as a mom and as a strategist and a lifetime student and friend of the Russian people, I would love to live in a world where Russia wanted to be a NATO member and Russia had met the very high standards that NATO sets for openness, democracy ... more Walker's World: Bush's Europe problem 
London (UPI) Jun 10, 2008 There are two remarkable ironies about President George Bush's weeklong visit to Europe this week. The first was that he was upstaged by Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, who announced in Berlin on the eve of Bush's arrival that "Atlanticism has had its day and we need to talk about unity between the whole Euro-Atlantic area from Vancouver to Vladivostok." In short, the Atlantic ... more Outside View: Russia's new top general 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 10, 2008 On June 3, 2008, a serious reshuffle took place in Russia's military establishment: Army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky stepped down as chief of the General Staff to become deputy secretary of the national Security Council. He was replaced by Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, who until then had held the post of chief of procurement, to which he was appointed in April 2007, soon after Anatoly Serdyukov ... more Ukraine reactor stopped after water leak: officials 
Kiev (AFP) June 10, 2008A leak of radioactive water on Tuesday caused the shutdown of a nuclear reactor in western Ukraine but posed no risk to the environment, officials said. A senior official at the Rivne nuclear power plant who declined to give his name said 1.3 cubic meters of water escaped from the pipe used to cool the reactors, but remained within a sealed area. The leakage "did not exceed permitted ... more
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