Pressure on the Syrian regime continues to intensify as do divisions among the UNSC members. Meanwhile, the UN human rights forum is expected to condemn Syria for crimes against humanity. European and Arab diplomats have told Reuters that a UN human rights forum will on Wednesday announce an emergency session is to take place on [...]
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November 30, 2011
November 26, 2011
Pakistan seals border in response to NATO attack
Pakistan has closed a key Afghan border crossing to NATO supplies after the US-led coalition’s helicopters allegedly fired on a checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing 28 soldiers and wounding around fourteen. Pakistan’s state TV quoted the military as saying the helicopter attack occurred on Friday night in the Mohmand tribal area near the Afghan border. [...]
November 25, 2011
Putin complains of ‘difficult and nasty’ work
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, widely seen as the winner in next year’s presidential elections, said on Friday his work was “difficult and nasty.” At a meeting with Women’s Forum participants, Putin said that such events were a solace to him. “Sometimes we have pleasant moments in our difficult and nasty work. This was a [...]
November 23, 2011
Railway Still Looking for Middle Eastern Projects
Railway Still Looking for Middle Eastern Projects By Irina Filatova The St. Petersburg Times Published: November 23, 2011 (Issue # 1684) MOSCOW — Russian Railways is seeking to enter into new projects in the Middle East, despite the losses it has faced in restive Libya, Vladimir Yakunin, chief executive of the state-run monopoly, said Saturday. “We are seeking the possibility to penetrate into the [...]
November 23, 2011
Amnesty Int. Slams Gay Law
Amnesty Int. Slams Gay Law By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times Published: November 23, 2011 (Issue # 1684) SERGEY CHERNOV / SPT A protester holds a sign Sunday reading ‘I’m a lesbian person, not propaganda. The St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly is encountering increased criticism from within Russia and abroad as it gets ready to [...]
November 20, 2011
November 15, 2011
Qatar urges gas price link to oil prices
Gas producing and exporting countries should continue using a formula that links gas prices to prices on oil markets to stimulate a wider use of the fuel, the Qatari ruler said on Tuesday. “Gas exporters must not give up their legitimate demands to link gas prices to oil prices,” Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa [...]
November 15, 2011
Islamic Leaders From CIS Countries Meet In Moscow
MOSCOW — Islamic leaders from across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have opened a two-day forum in Moscow on religious developments since the end of the Soviet Union 20 years ago, RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. The second day of the forum will be held in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on November 15. [...]
November 13, 2011
Oman joins ‘gas OPEC’
Oman has joined the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, an intergovernmental organization of the world’s leading gas exporters, following a decision made at the forum’s ministerial meeting, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Sunday. “Today a decision has been made on admitting Oman to the organization. Requests for admission from several other countries are currently [...]
November 13, 2011
Russia’s Medvedev vows succession of APEC’s work in 2012
Russia intends to preserve the succession of work of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2012, after the country assumes the rotating chair in the organization, the Russian president said. “Our country intends to preserve the succession of the forum’s work, including in the formation of the free and open trade zone in the [...]
November 13, 2011
APEC Summit in Vladivostok
Russia intends to preserve the succession of work of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2012, after the country assumes the rotating chair in the organization
November 12, 2011
Russian president arrives in Honolulu for APEC summit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Hawaii to attend an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Honolulu on November 12-13. Medvedev is scheduled to have bilateral meetings with the leaders of Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Peru and Vietnam, as well as with representatives of the regional business communities in a broader context of the [...]
November 9, 2011
Taken in by a urinal
Taken in by a urinal Film director and producer Andrei Konchalovsky shares his views on art criticism ahead of an annual art forum. By Olga Panova The St. Petersburg Times Published: November 9, 2011 (Issue # 1682) FOR SPT Film director Andrei Konchalovsky is the curator of this year’s forum. It’s difficult nowadays to find [...]
November 5, 2011
G20 leaders urge WTO to play more active role in global trade policy
The World Trade Organization should play more active role in the global trade policy, said a communiqué issued on Friday following the completion of G20 forum in Cannes. “As a contribution to a more effective, rules-based trading system, we support a strengthening of the WTO, which should play a more active role in improving transparency [...]