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Rights campaigners ask Lithuanian authorities to help Belarusian civil activists

MINSK. Aug 8 (Russia News) – The criminal prosecution against the head of the Vesna human rights center, Alex Belyatsky, must end and the Lithuanian authorities should take …

France’ Foreign Ministry doubts impartiality of Tymoshenko’s trial

Kyiv, August 8 (Ukraine General News) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France has expressed doubt that the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko is not politically motivated, Tymoshenko’s …

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Source of fire at Mikoyan meat-processing plant traced to sausage department

MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Russia News) – A huge fire at Moscow’s Mikoyan meat-processing plant began at one of the sausage departments, a law enforcement source has told Interfax. …

Russian military bases pose threat to Caucasus – commission

TBILISI. Aug 8 (Russia News) – Moscow does not comply with the cease-fire agreement signed in August 2008, Tbilisi said. “Instead of complying with all of the conditions …

Berkut ousts Tymoshenko supporters to unblock traffic on Khreschatyk Street

Kyiv, August 8 (Ukraine General News) – Police have pushed away supporters of ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko from Khreschatyk Street after they broke through a cordon on Monday …

Ratification of agreement on Russian bases in S.Ossetia, Abkhazia will dash Georgian dreams of military revenge – Kokoity

TSKHINVALI. Aug 8 (Russia News) – The presence of Russian military bases in South Ossetia and Abkhazia is legal, South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity told reporters in Tskhivali …

Rostov region prison evacuated due to fire – ministry

ROSTOV-ON-DON. Aug 8 (Russia News) – Firefighters have extinguished a blaze which engulfed one of the buildings of a correctional facility in the town of Konstantinovsk, a spokeswoman …

Germany’s state minister concerned over Tymoshenko’s arrest

Kyiv, August 8 (Ukraine General News) – Germany’s Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Werner Hoyer has expresses “a great concern” over the arrest of Ukraine’s …

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