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Market Matters: RTS Has Toughest Week Since '99
Trading on the dollar-denominated RTS exchange was suspended three times on Friday as anxiety deepened over whether the U.S. House of Representatives would pass a $700 billion financial sector bailout package and share prices on Russian and international markets plummeted.

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Time Catches Up With Zyuganov in Ivanovo
By Natalya Krainova / Staff Writer The Communist leader drops in on a heavy machinery plant to discover that most of the workers aren't interested in listening.

Ukraine Digs Into EU Trade Talks
By Catrina Stewart / Staff Writer Ukraine kicked off trade talks with the European Union on Monday, a step likely to further alienate Russia, which has been fiercely resistant to the pro-Western policies adopted by governments in Kiev and Tbilisi.

Moscow Wary With CIS Separatists
By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer Buoyed by major Western powers' moves to recognize Kosovar independence, the leaders of two separatist Georgian regions said Monday that they would press forward in their own quests for statehood.

NTV Drops Zhirinovsky Program
The Moscow Times NTV television pulled a controversial program about presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky just hours before it was due to air, an NTV spokeswoman said Monday.

Foreign Spies Alarm Medvedev
Combined Reports Dmitry Medvedev, the likely next president, said in comments published Monday that the British Council and foreign NGOs spy on Russia, echoing accusations that have strained ties between Moscow and the West.

EU Members Split on Recognizing Kosovo
The Associated Press European powers France, Britain and Germany led the 27-nation European Union on Monday in recognizing Kosovo's independence. Spain and Slovakia, however, called Kosovo's move illegal.

Ex-Yukos Executive Kept in Handcuffs
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer Former Yukos vice president Vasily Aleksanyan is handcuffed to a hospital bed 24 hours a day and not even allowed to leave to go to the bathroom, his lawyer said Monday.

Police Go on Alert After 3 Killings
By David Nowak / Staff Writer Three dark-skinned people have been killed in four days in an apparent outbreak of hate crimes, prompting Moscow police to beef up their presence on the streets and Mayor Yury Luzhkov to appeal for calm.

Incumbent Out in Cypriot Vote Surprise
The Associated Press President Tassos Papadopoulos was eliminated in the first round of Cyprus' presidential election, a surprise result signaling the start of a renewed drive to end the island's decades-old division.

Car Bomb Kills 37 in Afghan Market
Combined Reports A suicide car bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy detonated his explosives at a busy market in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 37 civilians, officials said.

Musharraf Calls for Reconciliation
By Augustine Anthony / Reuters Fears of violence kept many Pakistanis away from voting Monday, in elections that could usher in a parliament set on driving President Pervez Musharraf from office, while Musharraf himself called for reconciliation after casting his vote.

Swiss Car Fit for a Spy Film
The Associated Press OK, so they've invented a car that runs on land and underwater. But did they really have to make it a convertible?

Obama Seeks Edwards' Endorsement
Reuters U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has slipped away for a private meeting with former rival John Edwards to seek his endorsement.

Nancy Reagan in Hospital After Fall
The Associated Press Former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan was in the hospital early Monday after taking a tumble in her Bel Air home.

Largest U.S. Beef Recall Under Way
Reuters A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record -- 65 million kilograms, the U.S. Agriculture Department said.

Bush Plays Healer-in-Chief in Africa
By Jennifer Loven, Ben Feller / The Associated Press U.S. President George W. Bush handed out hugs and bed nets to battle malaria in Tanzania's rural north on Monday, saying the United States is part of an international effort to provide enough mosquito netting to protect every child under 5 in the east African nation.

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