BRUSSELS, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — NATO agreed on Tuesday to gradually resume contacts with Russia suspended after Moscow's intervention in Georgia, and put off a decision on putting Ukraine and Georgia on formal membership tracks. ... > full story
HELSINKI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Europe's main security and human rights body will this week discuss problems lingering since the war it failed to prevent between Russia and Georgia and consider calls by Moscow for a new European security pact. ... > full story
TBILISI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the West Tuesday not to return to "business as usual" with Russia without holding it to account for its five-day war with his country in August. ... > full story
LONDON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned NATO members on Monday against military activities with Russia but said she did not oppose contacts via the NATO-Russia Council. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia has begun producing a new generation intercontinental missile, a senior government official said on Monday, after a successful test launch. ... > full story
HAVANA, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday as Moscow rebuilt ties with its Cold War ally during a trip to expand its political and economic reach in Latin America. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia's military said on Friday it had intensified efforts to develop new ballistic missiles in response to U.S. plans to deploy an anti-missile system in Europe and Russia's navy test fired a new generation rocket. ... > full story
TBILISI, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday mounted a fresh defense of Georgia's assault on South Ossetia in August, denying accusations Tbilisi had been the aggressor in the disastrous war with Russia that ensued. ... > full story
HAVANA, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia welcomes a decision by the U.S. government to back away from granting fast-track NATO membership to ex-Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine at the alliance's summit later this month, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. ... > full story
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev toured a Russian warship visiting Venezuela's Caribbean on Thursday, a boost for President Hugo Chavez's mission to weaken U.S. influence in Latin America. ... > full story
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Gunfire accusations add to Georgian tensions Dec. 1, 2008 (Edmonton Sun, Canada) — Georgian and separatist South Ossetian authorities are accusing each other of opening fire across the line of control in the ex-Soviet republic.. ...
In the World Nov. 30, 2008 (Philadelphia Inquirer) — Rescue workers have pulled nine more bodies from beneath mud and rubble in Brazil's flood-ravaged southern state of Santa Catarina, bringing the ...
Georgians May Need Visas to Visit S. Ossetia Nov. 27, 2008 (Moscow Times) — Georgians may soon need visas to visit South Ossetia, the object of Georgia's five-day war with Russia in August, as the separatist region ...
Georgian row over origins of war Nov. 26, 2008 (BBC News) — A former Georgian ambassador has caused uproar in Georgia by saying his country, not Russia, started August's war over South Ossetia. . Erosi ...
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