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UN 2008: a hard year at the office At the United Nations, 2008 was a complicated year filled with conflict and controversy.

Church bells strike bum note with Muslims The Muslim community in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region is opposing plans to include church bells in a proposed new regional anthem. Local authorities had earlier set a competition to compose an anthem for the region.

Bhutto remembered one year on Saturday marks one year since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan. The former prime minister was killed in a suicide bomb attack after an election rally near the capital, Islamabad.

Bones of contention A village in central Russia is having trouble with its neighbours – even though they're buried underground. Villagers say graves are being dug to close to their homes and that it’s causing a health hazard.

Does terrorism make India a no-Goa destination? As India recovers from last month's attack in Mumbai, fears of new attacks remain and popular tourist destinations are feeling the pinch. However, locals in Goa say there is nothing to worry about.

Ukraine to commemorate xenophobic national heroes The New Year in Ukraine will begin with a controversial celebration. On January 1 the country will honour former Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera.

CIA’s weapon against Taliban - Viagra! The KGB was once notoriously known for using attractive women as ‘honey traps’ to achieve their goals. Now, as time and technology move forwards, US intelligence has found a new way of exploiting the sexual angle…Viagra.

Iranians join in shoe-throwing exercise? Tehran has witnessed a shoe-throwing competition in solidarity with the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush to express his anger with the war.

Prosecutor says has ‘porn tapes’ featuring Ukraine’s top judges Ukraine’s deputy general prosecutor, Renat Kuzmin, has ruffled some serious feathers with an announcement that his office has a collection of what he described as ‘porn tapes’ with several judges in lead roles.

“What’s on the other side?” Muscovites ask as Medvedev speaks Muscovites turned out to have taken more interest in television series than in President Medvedev’s interview with major TV channels aired on Wednesday.

Serbs murdered for their organs in Kosovo – new evidence Serbian war crime prosecutors have received new evidence that hundreds of Serbs had their internal organs removed and sold by ethnic Albanians during the Kosovo war.

Ukraine lifts ban on Russian TV… sort of Thirteen Russian TV channels have been given permission to broadcast in Ukraine after being taken off the air in November. But those given the green light are entertainment channels. Russian news and business stations...

Hillary hints at foreign interference Concern is growing in diplomatic circles that incoming US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, could be trying to steer the Obama administration towards a policy of overseas military intervention – similar to...

Ukraine and Gazprom square off for annual gas row Moscow is threatening to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine over unpaid bills. It follows a statement from Kiev that it won’t be able to clear its debt to Gazprom by the end of the year. Russia says European consumers...

Belarus hopeful cheap gas will continue Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has announced that Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has agreed it could reduce the price of gas for his country by two to three times next year.

Hitler admirer fires up Israeli election A politician in Israel has captured the public imagination by embracing not only Nazi-style extremism, but by publicly saying that Hitler was a genius.

'We did suspect our neighbour was not fully sound mentally' What are the main goals of modern Russia? President Medvedev answered this and many other questions in his interview with Russia’s top TV channels.

Only after clearing its debt can Ukraine discuss gas prices with Russia The Universe has been expanding since the Big Bang, says astrophysicist Alexey Vikhlinin of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Space Research Institute. The mystery is why it has been expanding with

Energy deals with Serbia historic – Medvedev Russia and Serbia have signed oil and gas cooperation deals.The agreements have already been labeled ‘historic’ by the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

SCE urged to recognise new realities in South Ossetia The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe should agree new terms with South Ossetia if it wants to continue working there, says Russia's Foreign Ministry.

Mystery surrounds death of Bush adviser The US media is buzzing with speculation about the death of presidential adviser Mike Connell, who died on December 19 after his private plane crashed as it prepared to land.

Meet the mayor, pay the price The mayor of Kiev has found a new way to boost the city’s coffers during the recession, much to the dismay of some of its citizens. From now on, Ukrainians who want to meet Leonid Chernovetsky will have to shell out...

“Teheran seeks Russian weapons for security” The Iranian government has no plans to attack anybody and needs Russian anti-aircraft missile complexes S-300 for protection, claims Leonid Gusev from the Moscow State University of International Relations.

Obama to seek influence near Russia’s borders The new US administration is unlikely to change policy towards former Soviet republics, supporting all those opposed to Russia, says political analyst and editor in chief of Russia Profile magazine Dmitry Babich.

Georgian politicians fight live on TV In Georgia, a political TV debate on the crisis in the country descended first into a water fight and then fisticuffs.

State agrees to support 250 enterprises The government has approved a list of more than 250 strategic enterprises requiring state support.

Medvedev signs bill increasing pension and social security in 2009 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill increasing pension and social security in 2009, the Kremlin press-service has announced.

The Ossetian tragedy: 5,000 victims A book entitled “The Ossetian Tragedy: the White Book of Crimes against South Ossetia”, containing the results of the investigation into the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict in August this year, has been...

Iran plays new game in U.S. backyard Iranian trade agreements and anti-poverty drives across left-leaning Latin American states kindle US fears of state-sponsored extremism.

Ukraine risks mass worker protests The crisis in the global economy has left many Ukrainians fearing for their future, with closures threatening key industries. Political instability is hampering the government's ability to act.

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