Georgian president Saakashvili concedes his party’s defeat in parliamentary election
Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili said on October 2 2012 that he was conceding defeat in the country’s parliamentary elections held
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Georgian political rivals both claim victory
Leaders of both opposing forces in Georgia claimed victory shortly after polls closed, setting the stage for a tense political
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Moscow Court postpones jail sentence appeal by punk-rock band Pussy Riot
An appeal by three punk-rock musicians convicted of hooliganism for protesting the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been
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Exit polls: Georgia opposition leads in October 1 parliamentary vote
Exit polls in Georgia have given an early edge to the opposition coalition in Monday’s parliamentary vote, but the lead
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Athens, Skopje trade messages on Macedonia name dispute at UN
Greece’s foreign minister, Dimitris Avramapoulos, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 27 2012, said that his country would
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Syrian crisis makes UN reform ever more urgent, European ministers say
The year and a half of deadly violence inSyriais clear testimony of the need to reform the United Nations to
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Appeal hearing set for jailed Russian rockers Pussy Riot
A Moscow court will hear an appeal in the case of three female punk rockers sentenced to two years in
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Obama, Romney prepare for presidential election debates
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are preparing for the next critical phase of the 2012
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Polish hardware on Mars on Nasa’s Curiosity Rover
Nasa’s Curiosity rover, which successfully landed on Mars on August 6 2012, is fitted with infrared detectors developed and manufactured
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