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Russia starts production of new ballistic missiles

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

Russian leader meets Fidel Castro in Cuba

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

Russia seeks new missiles due to U.S. shield plans

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

Russian leader visits Cold War ally Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — If Russian President Dmitry Medvedev needs reminding of how times have changed when he visits Cold War ally Cuba on Thursday, he should look no further than Moscow's old Lourdes intelligence base in Havana. ...  > full story

Georgia, Ukraine years away from NATO seats: U.S.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — NATO will probably not offer membership to Ukraine and Georgia for years to come, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday before an alliance meeting next week that is expected to discuss the issue. ...  > full story

Israel jails eight Jewish neo-Nazis

TEL AVIV, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — An Israeli court jailed eight Jewish teenagers on Sunday for carrying out neo-Nazi attacks in a case that sparked revulsion in a state that was a haven for Jews after the Holocaust. ...  > full story

Pakistan revives Afghan camps for its own people

KACHAGARI, Pakistan, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan has reopened camps originally set up in the 1980s for Afghans who fled the Soviet occupation to provide shelter for those made homeless by offensives against Islamist militants on its northwest border. ...  > full story

Medvedev's Venezuela, Cuba trips set to rile U.S.

MOSCOW, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visits to Venezuela and Cuba during a week-long trip to Latin America look set to irk Washington, highlighting a foreign policy challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama. ...  > full story

El Salvador's softened rebels see chance of power

SUCHITOTO, El Salvador, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — Belky Hernandez was three days old when U.S.-backed government troops shot dead her mother, a Marxist guerrilla, in a forest in war-ravaged El Salvador. Her father, also a rebel, was already dead. ...  > full story

Russia's ageing navy still packs a deadly punch

ABOARD THE MOSKVA MISSILE CRUISER, Nov. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — This Russian warship left the shipyard 25 years ago and it shows: the electronics consoles look like museum exhibits and its hull carries a thick crust of paint from years of running repairs. ...  > full story
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