June, 2007

• 28 June

  Boris Yeltsin, the man who failed Russia

  He was always a heavy drinker, but until his health problems got bad in the mid-1990s he could usually hold his liquor. The real problem was that he was a man of action who didn’t have an idea in his head.

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• 28 June

  Greenpeace: preparation for Sochi Olympics threatens the ‘West Caucasus’ reserve

  The authorities of Russia are planning, under pretext of getting ready for possible 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, large-scale construction projects in the immediate proximity to the borders of a World Heritage Object – the “West Caucasus” reserve – and in its buffer zone.

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• 28 June

  Protesters torch Iran gas stations

  The Iranian government’s last-minute decision to ration monthly fuel allotments, as well as increase the price of gas, triggered protests and riots — a rarity in the Islamic republic — according to Iranian media reports.

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• 28 June

  Kabul suicide attack kills 2 Americans: police

  KABUL (AFP) – A suicide attacker drove a bomb-filled car into a foreign military vehicle in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Thursday, killing two American nationals and an Afghan woman, officials said.

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• 28 June

  Suicide bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabu

  KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomber hit a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital Thursday, killing two foreigners and wounding three others. Americans were among the victims but it was not immediately known whetGen.

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• 27 June

  Comisia Europeană prezintă raportul privind România şi Bulgaria

  Comisia Europeană prezintă astăzi, la Bruxelles, Raportul privind respectarea angajamentelor României şi Bulgariei luate odată cu aderarea lor la Uniunea Europeană.

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• 27 June

  Băsescu îl cheamă pe Tăriceanu la raport

  Preşedintele Traian Băsescu i-a cerut premierului Tăriceanu să prezinte în cadrul şedinţei CSAT de mâine un raport pe toate segmentele afectate de secetă pentru a se putea face o evaluare corectă a situaţiei.

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• 27 June

  Băsescu: Este îngrijorător că un om politic a fost numit în fruntea TVR

  Preşedintele Traian Băsescu a susţinut astăzi că numirea unui om politic la conducerea TVR este un lucru îngrijorător.

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• 27 June

  NATO chief urges Russia not to veto UN resolution on Kosovo

  NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is urging Russia not to veto a new resolution on Kosovo at the UN Security Council.

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• 27 June

  Schwarz-Schilling to remain in BiH to work for constitutional reform

  High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling wants to remain in BiH after his mandate expires at the end of this week, to oversee a special commission established to help BiH politicians reach consensus on key constitutional reform.

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