KIEV, January 23 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine's future president must cancel
or suspend the operation of decrees, just issued by the outgoing head of

MOSCOW, January 23 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia seeks the territorial
integrity of Sudan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday,

VLADIVOSTOK, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Korean cedar may fully extinct
in the Far East in 15 years if the felling of the tree continues at the

MOSCOW, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian-US taskforce on civil
society will meet for the first time in Washington next week and Moscow

WASHINGTON, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- The United States will provide a
262-million dollar five-year grant to Moldova to restore roads and

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SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 2.19 percent lower Friday

TEL AVIV, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia is planning to hold a forum
in Moscow of Russian-speaking Israelis and Palestinians to search for ways

MOSCOW, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's State Duma will consider a
law bill on Friday that extends the ban on human closing for an indefinite

MOSCOW, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- President Dmitry Medvedev will chair
a meeting of the consultative State Council on Friday that will discuss

ARKHANGELSK, January 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's Northern Fleet will
get its nuclear submarine K-18 Karelia of the Project 667BDRM class back