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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Union should sign a new cooperation agreement with Moldova only after the 2009 legislative elections because the Communist government has not implemented the necessary reforms and will use this accord for electoral purposes, representatives of the Liberal Party of Moldova (PL) say. Mihai Ghimpu, the president of the Liberal Party , has told a news conference on Thursday that as the Communist...
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
It’s that time of year again, when Gazprom execs look at earnings forecasts and inevitably put the squeeze on their foreign customers with a lot of talk about “bringing our prices into line with international market prices” and other euphemisms for price hikes. But RFE/RL’s Romania-Moldova Service says officials in Moldova got an added surprise [...]
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Republic of Moldova has overcome the misunderstandings that existed in the dialogue with Romania and expects that Romania will make a political decision over the signing of the Basic Political Treaty and of the Agreement on the Moldovan-Romanian Border. The statement was made by President Vladimir Voronin at the traditional summing up conference held on July 23. The head of state said that the...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The Labor Party and Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered another humiliation Thursday when the Scottish National Party won a by-election in Glasgow.John Mason took the seat in the British Parliament by only 365 votes, the Glasgow Daily Record reported. But that slim majority represented a swing of 22 percent in the vote from the last general election, when David Marshall held the seat for Labor with...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Venezuelan officials Thursday denied reports that the government flew Colombian rebels to Nicaragua for a celebration of the Sandinista revolution. Officials said it was an effort by opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to discredit the leftist leader, El Universal reported online. A leading Nicaraguan newspaper reported earlier this week that a small plane belonging to the Venezuelan state-owned...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Virginia executed a North Carolina man Thursday night for the 2001 robbery and beating death of a co-worker.Christopher Scott Emmett had challenged the legality of lethal injections in Virginia -- his execution was delayed temporarily until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled lethal injection constitutional -- but dropped his appeals Thursday afternoon, the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch said.Gov. Tim Kaine...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Utah coal mine where nine people were killed last year had major engineering problems that left it destined to fail, U.S. regulators said Thursday.The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration fined Genwal Resources Inc., the operator of the Crandall Canyon mine, $1.6 million, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Agapito Associates, Genwal's engineering firm, was fined $220,000.Six miners were trapped...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The board of regents of Baylor University voted Thursday to sack the president, saying they do not believe John Lilley can unite the Texas school.Lilley, who became president in November 2005, turned down an offer to complete his five-year contract, the Houston Chronicle reported.Board Chairman Howard Batson acknowledged that Baylor made strides in a number of areas under Lilley's leadership. Fundraising...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Two men entered a house near the University of California at Riverside and began firing at the occupants Thursday afternoon, police said.At least two people were killed, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. One of the dead is believed to be one of the gunmen.Investigators said the shooting may have involved a dispute between Asian gangs.Police were searching for the other gunman.There were at least...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The trial of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for crimes against humanity could offer a major test for the international court, observers say.Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, the last big-name defendant at The Hague tribunal, seemed to be in control of his own trial at times, turning the affair into a free-wheeling political forum, The Washington Post said Thursday. Milosevic died...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel plans to ask an ethics committee whether he violated House rules by renting four Harlem rent-controlled apartments, a spokesman said.The New York Democrat had the four apartments, including one that he used as a campaign office, in the upscale Lenox Terrace complex, The New York Times reported Thursday.Local and state guidelines require rent-stabilized apartments to be used...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Bush administration told the CIA in 2002 a U.S. torture ban would not be violated unless an interrogator meant to cause severe pain, a rights group said.The American Civil Liberties Union released several memos Thursday obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.A hitherto secret Justice Department memo said interrogators abroad had to have the specific intent to inflict severe pain or suffering...
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Remains found in North Korea have been identified as the body of a U.S. soldier missing since the Battle of Unsan in 1950, the Defense Department said Thursday.U.S. Army Master Sgt. Cirildo Valencio of Carrizo Springs, Texas, is to be buried Aug. 4 in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. Valencio was with the 1st Cavalry Division when it was struck by parts of two Chinese divisions on Nov....
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News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A New York lawyer has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Delta Airlines, saying he has been waiting months to be reimbursed for a canceled flight from Paris.Thomas Mullaney told the New York Daily News that he and his girlfriend were booked on a flight on Oct. 28 that was canceled because of a strike at Charles de Gaulle Airport. He said the return tickets cost $2,500.I just wanted to be reimbursed...
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rupali | 12/31/2007
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