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Market Matters: Struggling Stocks Spur New Record Oil Prices
Oil hit another record of just under $143 as global stocks tumbled last week, with the Dow briefly dipping into bear market territory as investors sought safety in gold, government debt and the Swiss franc.
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Published: 5 December 2007
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Easy to Get in Mess, Hard to Get Out
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer Edmond Pope considers himself lucky to have escaped 20 years in prison. But the U.S. businessman says he can do nothing about the nightmares that started with his arrest on espionage charges in 2000. |
Putin Pushes Iran on Nuclear Transparency
Combined Reports President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told Iran’s top nuclear negotiator that Tehran’s nuclear program should be transparent and stay under the control of the United Nations atomic watchdog. |
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Rosneft President Losing His Allies
By Miriam Elder / Staff Writer He made his first public appearance at Rosneft’s inaugural shareholder meeting five months ago. Now, Igor Sechin, President Vladimir Putin’s powerful deputy chief of staff and chairman of Rosneft’s board, stands poised to consolidate control over the country’s largest oil company, industry sources and analysts said Tuesday. |
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Ukraine to Pay $180 for Gas
Reuters Ukraine has agreed to raise payments for Russian gas by 38 percent next year, Gazprom said Tuesday. |
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OSCE Criticizes Uzbek Campaign
Reuters Europe's main rights watchdog chided Uzbekistan on Tuesday over its upcoming presidential election and said it would not send a full team of observers due to visa delays. |
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2 Arrests for Headless Corpse
By Carl Schreck / Staff Writer Police have arrested two men suspected of shooting a Moscow businessman, cutting off his head and making off with $20,000 in cash, a law enforcement source said Tuesday. |
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Putin to Keep HomeTymoshenko NominatedOSCE Decision CriticizedRussia Firm on KosovoTallinn Fire Kills 6Theft of 4 Kilos of Coins |
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EU Split Over Duma Vote
Reuters The European Union was in disarray Tuesday over the State Duma elections after French President Nicolas Sarkozy telephoned President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him. |
Video of Ballot Feeding Elicits Fraud Accusations
By Natalya Krainova and Kevin O'Flynn / Staff Writers A video showing purported ballot stuffing during the State Duma elections is making its way through the Internet and prompting allegations of electoral fraud from opposition activists. |
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Golos Sees Serious Violations
By David Nowak / Staff Writer Golos, the country's only independent election-monitoring body, criticized on Tuesday the State Duma vote as riddled with serious violations that robbed the election process of all legitimacy. |
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