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Source: The Globe & Mail
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-05-17 18:05:25 -0700 | political-news
A Pakistani youth runs after his horse along a field as the sun sets on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 17, 2013. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP) A competitor performs before the BMX freestyle vertical final during the 2013 X-Games Barcelona...
The Onion Urges Barack Obama To Come Clean About The Basilisk Project
Source: The Onion
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-05-16 15:06:07 -0700 | political-news
As the questions surrounding the Basilisk Project mount, the president has shamefully kept his distance. This week, President Barack Obama and his administration have come under fire from political opponents seeking an explanation for the White House's alleged complicity in...
Deputy PM meets with Belarus counterpart
Source: B92
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-05-16 13:50:00 -0700 | political-news
Aleksandar Vui and his Belarus counterpart Piotr Prokopovich met to discuss the enhancement of economic and commercial cooperation. (Tanjug) They also spoke about "mutual investments with a view to increasing employment," and agreed to set up two joint holdings in...
Salute to those who emerged from ‘Valley of Death'
Source: Jerusalem Post
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-05-06 18:01:36 -0700 | political-news
Salute to those who emerged from Valley of Death' 05/07/2013 03:29 President Shimon Peres hails partisans from World War II, calls upon state to help them maintain their dignity in old age. Photo: Courtesy The President's Residence It was both...
Liberman gets witness's support in graft trial
Source: Jerusalem Post
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-30 05:55:24 -0700 | political-news
During Tuesday's hearing, Gal denied that he had received any such hints, saying "I don't remember anything like that." Gal said that Ben-Aryeh was "picked for his significant experience in general and special expertise in the relevant part of the...
Opposition activist sentenced to 2.5 years for inciting mass disorder at anti-Putin rally
Source: Russia Today
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-25 13:04:05 -0700 | political-news
The prosecution had previously demanded a 5-year prison term, but the sentence was shortened after Lebedev pleaded guilty and expressed remorse. His case was heard in a special, simplified procedure, and the sentence was lower than the minimum required by...
Graft trial of Israel's Lieberman gets under way
Source: The Daily Star
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-25 09:27:15 -0700 | political-news
Former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman (C) arrives to Jerusalem's magistrate court for the continuation of his trial April 25, 2013. Israel's former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman was in court on Thursday as his trial on charges of fraud and...
Russia to set up airbase in Belarus
Source: NewKerala
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-24 00:52:28 -0700 | political-news
Russia has started to work on a plan to deploy "a Russian airbase with fighter jets and hopes to station an air regiment there in 2015", Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said when he met with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko...
Belarus's university in exile
Source: BBC
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-23 17:38:33 -0700 | political-news
Flicking back her heavy black fringe, Chulitskaya says she doesn't contradict her students but challenges them. "At the very least it's my task to get them to think about the world from different perspectives...Indeed the Belarusian brand of authoritarianism failed...
Police release Lieberman transcripts prior to court session
Source: Ynet News
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-23 15:04:11 -0700 | political-news
Gil Yohanan Interrogation records show former FM at his most abrasive as he dismisses credibility of suspects, interrogators Aviel Magnezi Police released Tuesday the transcripts of Avigdor Lieberman 's interrogations regarding the ongoing fraud and breach of trust case involving...
No same-sex marriages in Belarus, says president
Source: NewKerala
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-19 10:11:20 -0700 | political-news
That is for sure, when I am the president," Lukashenko said in his state-of-the-nation address to the Belarusian people and parliament in the capital Minsk. "Our people will not accept this...Last month, Lukashenko hit out at new European Union sanctions...
Swedish envoy back to Belarus after teddy spat
Source: The Local
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-10 03:17:05 -0700 | political-news
After some difficulties, we will soon send a charge (d'affaires) back to run our embassy in Minsk in Belarus...Belarus expelled Stockholm's ambassador and ordered out all its diplomats after a Swedish public relations firm claimed to have conducted a protest...
Goat Man Yelling for Help Prompts Police Action
Source: Epoch Times
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-04 16:47:25 -0700 | political-news
Police in Tennessee responded to a man yelling for help, but it turned out to be an angry goat. AFP/GettyImages) An irate goat was mistaken for a man by Tennessee police when they responded to a man screaming for help...
A dog has its day: Belarusian canine inherits $1 mn
Source: NewKerala
Minsk :: Belarus | updated 2013-04-01 05:00:55 -0700 | political-news
The 10-year-old dog, Zhulik (Swindler), inherited the fortune from late John Fyodorov, who was born in Budochka village but migrated to the US after World War II, Respublika daily reported. According to Zhulik's owner Vasily Potapov, Fyodorov visited the small...
Loick Peyron sets around-the-world sailing record
Source: Taiwan News
Brèst :: Belarus | updated 2012-03-31 12:57:39 -0700 | sports-news
French skipper Loick Peyron has set an around-the-world sailing record in the Jules Verne Trophy, beating the old mark by nearly three days. Peyron and his Banque Populaire V crew arrived late Friday night in the French seaport of Brest...
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