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  EU
accepts Iran's call for fresh nuclear talks
NZ Herald: By
Parisa Hafezi and Paul Taylor. TEHRAN/BARCELONA - Britain,
France and Germany agreed to exploratory talks with Iran on
resuming negotiations over its disputed nuclear... |
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 Milosevic
says health bad, repeats release bid
Reuters: THE HAGUE
- Slobodan Milosevic asked the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The
Hague on Wednesday to speed a decision on his request for
provisional release to travel... |
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 Struggle
for influence in Central Asia
BBC News: In a
lavish ceremony in the Kremlin earlier this month, Uzbekistan
and Russia signed a mutual defence pact. "By signing this
treaty... we showed once again with whom we will build our
future," Uzbek... |
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 Russia
launches new Beslan probe
Six
Russian state prosecutors are travelling to the southern town
of Beslan to investigate the bloody siege in School Number One
a year ago. The team was sent by President Vladimir Putin
after he me... |
 Iran
Still Not Opening Up to the IAEA
The
Los Angeles Times: VIENNA - Iran offered limited information
in response to requests from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency
for greater transparency and access to sensitive sites
assoc... |
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 Bush
warms to Putin plan on Tehran
The
News International: BUSAN, South Korea: President Bush told
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the United
States supports a proposal from Moscow that could deny Iran
the ability... |
 Chinese,
Russian presidents hail wartime friendship
China
Daily: BEIJING, Chinese President Hu Jintao held a phone
conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
Saturday night, a press release from China's Foreign Ministry
said. Congratulating... |
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 Russia
marks end of Beslan siege
BBC
News: The town of Beslan in southern Russia is preparing for a
final ceremony marking the anniversary of a school siege in
which 331 people died. Bells on the site of the old... |
 Russia
blamed for children’s massacre
The
News International: Putin meets Beslan mothers. MOSCOW:
President Vladimir Putin was to hold a politically sensitive
meeting on Friday with mothers whose children died in the
Beslan school... |
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7th August 1987,
swimmer Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim the Bering
Strait between the USA and Russia. Despite the cold, she
manages the feat in two hours and six minutes. Read today's
international news
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Scots Historian
James Anderson is born on the 5th August 1728. A lawyer by
profession, Anderson writes some of the earliest books on
Scottish history including works on Mary Queen of Scots and
Scotland's relationship with England. For more famous Scots
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The Jazz Singer
opened on the 6th October in 1927. Although the film was not
the first 'talkie' picture it was a major landmark and ushered
in an era of synchronised sound. Directed by Alan Crosland and
staring Al Jolson, the movie made profits of $3.5 million at
the box-office. To find out more about movies
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