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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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Auchan Store Mired in Red Tape
By Tai Adelaja / Staff Writer The huge glass-fronted windows of French retailer Auchan's spanking new Troika mall in northeast Moscow reveal shelves in pristine condition, stacked with rows and rows of already priced goods.

Stricter Rules for Press in Putin's White House
By Anatoly Medetsky / Staff Writer Reporters have been allowed to wander around the White House as they pleased for the past 16 years -- with the exception of the fifth-floor area around the prime minister's office.

Putin May Have 11 Deputies
The Moscow Times President Vladimir Putin will have 11 deputy prime ministers after he assumes his new post as prime minister — six more than in the current government structure, Gazeta reported Monday.

Dress Rehearsal On Red Square
The Associated Press President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the show of tanks and other military hardware at this year’s Victory Day parade should not be seen as saber-rattling.

Some Foreign Media Offered Kremlin Trips
The Moscow Times The Kremlin is planning to give foreign news agencies greater access in covering the new president, Dmitry Medvedev, a Kremlin spokesman said Monday.

Nestle Apologizes After Gift CD Angers Baku
Reuters Swiss-based food company Nestle has apologized to Azerbaijan after computer discs it handed out free with packets of breakfast products angered the country by accusing it of provoking war with Armenia.

Latvia Evacuates Cruise Ship
By Gary Peach / The Associated Press Latvia’s coast guard Monday began evacuating a stranded cruise ship with nearly 1,000 people on board after tug boats failed to pull the luxury liner off an underwater sand bank in the Baltic Sea.

Bomb Kills 5 Policemen In Grozny
Combined Reports A roadside bomb killed five police officers in Grozny, and another officer was shot dead near the city, officials said Monday.

FSB Seeks To Clarify What Is Espionage
By Nabi Abdullaev / Staff Writer The Federal Security Service has drafted amendments to the Criminal Code clarifying the definition of espionage.

Opposition to Protest Inauguration
By Matt Siegel / Staff Writer Hundreds of opposition activists will stage a protest in central Moscow on Tuesday, defying city authorities on the eve of President-elect Dmitry Medvedev’s inauguration, opposition coalition The Other Russia said Monday.

Yemenite Rebel Warns of Escalation
The Associated Press A Shiite rebel leader in Yemen warned Sunday that his group will escalate its fight against the government if the army continues an offensive that has left almost 20 rebels and soldiers dead over the past two days.

Deadly Riots Over Food Prices Rock Mogadishu Marketplace
Reuters A young man was shot and killed when thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu on Monday over food traders’ refusal to take old currency notes amid spiralling inflation, witnesses said.

Bolivia's Richest Region Votes For Autonomy in a Landslide
Reuters Bolivia’s richest region of Santa Cruz voted overwhelmingly for autonomy on Sunday in a referendum widely seen as a rejection of President Evo Morales’ leftist reforms, exit polls showed.

Iran Won't Consider Nuclear Incentives
By Edmund Blair / Reuters Iran said Monday that it would not consider any incentives offered by world powers that violated its right to nuclear technology, ruling out a precondition that it suspend uranium enrichment.

Myanmar Cyclone Kills Nearly 4,000
By Aung Hla Tun / Reuters A devastating cyclone killed nearly 4,000 people and left thousands more missing in army-ruled Myanmar, state media said Monday as the ruling generals gave a ""careful green light"" to offers of international aid.

Central European Leaders Urge Balkans Toward EU Integration
The Associated Press The leaders of 19 southeastern and Central European countries agreed Saturday that European Union integration will not be complete unless all western Balkan states are included.

Echoes of Kosovo in Szeklerland
By Nicholas Kulish / NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE Dozens of wreaths trailing ribbons in red, white and green, the colors of the Hungarian flag, covered the base of a memorial to the 1848 revolution in the town park here on a recent day.

Nationalists Seek Comeback in Serbian Elections
By Dusan Stojanovic / The Associated Press Two years after Slobodan Milosevic died in prison while on trial for genocide, his Serbian loyalists may score a parliamentary election victory Sunday that would return them to power and dramatically worsen the West's troubles in the Balkans.

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