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    Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - June 20

    Reuters
    June 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed could start winding down its $85...

    Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Nokia Corp., The Wall Street Journal, Embraer SA, Men's Wearhouse Inc.

    2. Jun 18, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Russia starts delivering $1 bln arms package to Azerbaijan

    Reuters
    * Arms deal includes tanks, rocket launchers * Azerbaijan military build-up worries Armenia * Still no peace treaty in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuters) - Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth...

    Tags: Russia, Armenia, Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Azerbaijan

    3. Jun 18, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Russia starts delivering $1 billion arms package to Azerbaijan

    Reuters
    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion to Azerbaijan, a Moscow-based defense group said on Tuesday, as the former Soviet republic strengthens its military readiness in the volatile...

    Tags: Russia, Armenia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Petroleum Industry, Azerbaijan

    4. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Five men go on trial again accused of Putin critic's murder

    Reuters
    * Politkovskaya murder trial returns to court in Moscow * Five defendants appear, case caused international outcry * Family seeks identity of person who ordered killing By Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) - Russia began a second bid to...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Defendants, Justice and Rights, Litigation

    5. Jun 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Iran outmaneuvers U.S. in the Syrian proxy war

    Syria's uprising offered the possibility of a strategic defeat of Iran. In this scenario, Iran would be weakened by the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime, Tehran's single Arab ally and a vital link to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia. Isolated, Iran would become more vulnerable to international pressure to limit its nuclear program. And as Iran's regional influence faded, those of its rivals — U.S. allies Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia — would expand.
    Syria's uprising offered the possibility of a strategic defeat of Iran. In this scenario, Iran would be weakened by the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime, Tehran's single Arab ally and a vital link to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia. Isolated,...

    Tags: Islam, Bahrain, Nuclear Policy, Tehran (Iran), Russia

    6. May 25, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Suicide car bombing in Russia's Dagestan injures 11

    Reuters
    MOSCOW, May 25 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up in car near a police building in Russia's Dagestan region on Saturday, injuring 11 policemen and passers-by, Russian media reported. Dagestan, an ethnically mixed, mostly Muslim region between...

    Tags: Islam, Suicide, Russia, Religion and Belief, Transportation Accidents

    7. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei

    <strong>Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit</strong>
    Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...

    Tags: Tehran (Iran), Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Azerbaijan, Abdullah II of Jordan, China

    8. Feb 26, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  8. Grayson and Gutierrez to rally for immigration reform

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    U.S. Reps. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando,  and Luis  Gutierrez, D-Ill., will headline two Central Florida rallies on Friday to promote immigration reform. Grayson represents an eastern Orange/Osceola/Polk counties district with a significant Hispanic...
    9. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Armenian presidential candidate wounded in attack

    MOSCOW -- An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded in a shooting attack Thursday night that disrupted campaigning in the former Soviet republic less than three weeks before the election.
    MOSCOW -- An Armenian presidential candidate was wounded in a shooting attack Thursday night that disrupted campaigning in the former Soviet republic less than three weeks before the election. Paruyr Hayrikyan of the moderate opposition National Self-...

    Tags: Serzh Sargsyan, Russia, Domodedovo Airport Bombing (2011), Yerevan (Armenia), Azerbaijan

    10. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  10. Legislature's Bush Caucus Prioritizes Rural Agenda

    A bipartisan group of 12 House lawmakers is making up the 2013 Legislature's version of the Bush Caucus. The group is chaired this year by Rep. Bryce Edgmon (D-Dillingham), who replaces retired Rep. Reggie Joule.
    Channel 2 News
    A bipartisan group of 12 House lawmakers is making up the 2013 Legislature's version of the Bush Caucus. The group is chaired this year by Rep. Bryce Edgmon (D-Dillingham), who replaces retired Rep. Reggie Joule. "We have our work cut out for us, as we...

    Tags: Reggie Joule

    11. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten

    Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-fire.
    Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...

    Tags: Armed Conflicts, Russia, Europe, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Turkey

    12. Nov 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Moscow rally praises nationalism, denounces Putin and minorities

    World Now
    On Russia’s annual Day of National Unity holiday, more than 5,000 young nationalistic protesters took to the streets of the nation’s capital, denouncing President Vladimir Putin and demanding his ouster....
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