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Rio Tinto: Transaction in Own Shares

ISSUER-DISCLOSURE-RIOTINTO-SECURITIESRNS Number : 0069Z Rio Tinto PLC 08 March 2012 Rio Tinto (Rio) – Transaction in Own Shares Further to the announcements on 10 February 2011 and 4 …

Putin allegation about opposition "a little devious" – leftist leader

RUSSIA-OPPOSITION-PROGRAM MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) – Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia’s opposition has no “constructive program for national development” is “a little devious,” a …

Putin comment means Russia in for "police rule" – opposition leader

RUSSIA-POLICE-PUTIN-UDALTSOV MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) – Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin’s praise of police action in dispersing an opposition demonstration on Pushkinskaya Square in central Moscow on …

Putin comment means Russia in for "police rule" – opposition leader

RUSSIA-POLICE-PUTIN-UDALTSOV MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) – Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin’s praise of police action in dispersing an opposition demonstration on Pushkinskaya Square in central Moscow on …

Putin records lowest per vote spending from election fund – Election Commission

RUSSIA-COMMISSION-VOTING-COSTS MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, winner of last Sunday’s presidential election, has recorded the lowest and billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov the highest per …

Women’s inequality still feature of Russia – veteran rights activist

RUSSIA-WOMEN-EQUALITY-OPINION MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) – Women’s inequality remains a feature of Russian society, with women being denied many jobs, being the first to be laid off, and …

Ex-prosecutor Ignatenko "eager" to return to Russia – lawyer

RUSSIA-POLAND-IGNATENKO-EXTRADITION MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) – Alexander Ignatenko, a former first deputy chief prosecutor of the Moscow region who is under prosecution in Russia but is currently in …

Putin confirms cars with flashlights will be less numerous

RUSSIA-SIGNALS-REDUCTION-PUTIN MOSCOW. March 8 (Interfax) – Office cars with flashlights on the roof that are used by senior officials will be cut in number before Vladimir Putin’s presidential …

Tajikistan objects to sanctions against Iran

TAJIKISTAN-IRAN-SANCTIONS Dushanbe, March 8 (Interfax) – Economic sanctions against Tehran cannot help resolve the Iran nuclear problem, Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi said on Thursday. “We do not …

Ex-Ukrainian Interior Minister Lutsenko’s conviction appealed

UKRAINE-EX-MINISTER-CONVICTION-APPEAL KYIV. March 8 (Interfax) – A lawyer for former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yury Lutsenko has appealed a sentence that Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court has imposed on his …

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