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Market Matters: As Conflict Ends, Markets on Road to Recovery
After tumbling to its lowest point in almost two years on Tuesday, Russia's MICEX Index began to slowly claw its way back over the rest of the week, suggesting a possible end to the volatility that has plagued the country's markets since tensions erupted between Russia and Georgia on Aug. 8.

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Putin Appears to Be the Big Winner
By Nabi Abdullaev, Miriam Elder / Staff Writers Occupying the Kremlin chair he sat in for eight years as president, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday gave a first clue of where power will lie during the presidency of his protege, Dmitry Medvedev.

Old Faces Follow Putin to New Jobs
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer Prime Minister Vladimir Putin unveiled his Cabinet lineup on Monday, reappointing most key ministers and taking several powerful Kremlin allies with him to the White House.

Nuclear Exec to Head New Energy Ministry
By Anatoly Medetsky / Staff Writer Prime Minister Vladimir Putin picked Sergei Shmatko, head of a company that builds nuclear reactors worldwide, including for Iran, as the new energy minister Monday, in a move that could lend more emphasis to atomic power.

Austrians Suggest Small Is Better
By Francesca Mereu / Staff Writer If a report published recently by a team of Austrian physicists is to be believed, the government formed by incoming Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday will be less efficient than its predecessor.

Premier Has a Busy First Week
The Moscow Times Vladimir Putin’s first week as prime minister will be a busy one, featuring a meeting with Japanese judo athletes on Sunday and the announcement of his Cabinet before embarking Monday on a working trip to the Northwest Federal District.

Shuvalov Gets Same Job on a Much Bigger Stage
By Matt Siegel / Staff Writer In Group of Eight parlance they’re called sherpas — the personal representative of a head of state tasked with setting the stage for a successful summit.

FSB Shuffle Seen Helping Medvedev
By Simon Saradzhyan / Staff Writer President Dmitry Medvedev has replaced the Federal Security Service’s longtime director with a veteran security agent who, analysts said, could tackle economic crimes with gusto and strengthen Medvedev’s hand over the law enforcement agencies.

Ustinov's Ouster May Be a Loss For Siloviki
By Simon Saradzhyan / Staff Writer As part of Monday’s government shakeup, President Dmitry Medvedev named Alexander Konovalov, the presidential envoy to the Volga Federal District, to replace Vladimir Ustinov as justice minister, in a move that appeared to further undercut the influence of the so-called siloviki.

Karimov Is 'Rewriting History'
The Associated Press Three years after gunning down unarmed protesters in the city of Andijan, Uzbek authorities are still persecuting people they believe are linked to the unrest, an international rights group says in a report released Monday.

Abkhazia Says It Shot Down 2 Planes
AP, Reuters The separatist Georgian republic of Abkhazia said Monday that it had shot down two unmanned Georgian spy planes over its territory -- the latest in a series of such claims denied by the Georgian government.

Path Cleared For Russia's EU Talks
Reuters The European Union looks likely to start talks with Russia next month on a new partnership deal after Lithuania on Sunday dropped its veto on negotiations starting.

Lebanon Gunbattles Spread to Tripoli
Reuters Pro-government Sunni Muslim gunmen fought militiamen allied to Hezbollah in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, in further violence that has already dismantled the balance of power in Lebanon.

Serbian Democrats See Narrow Win
Reuters Serbia's pro-European alliance sought a coalition deal with smaller parties on Monday to stave off a challenge from nationalist runners-up who say they too can form a government after Sunday's parliamentary election.

Death Toll Skyrockets After Quake in China
By Ben Blanchard / Reuters China's most devastating earthquake in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people Monday, with the toll likely to soar as authorities struggle to reach casualties in large areas cut off from relief.

Survivors of Cyclone Left in Disarray
The Associated Press As the cyclone raged around him, Ko Zaw Min clung to a tree with one arm while clutching his newborn son with the other.

Aid Reaches Reluctant Myanmar
By Aung Hla Tun / Reuters The first U.S. military aid flight to Myanmar landed in Yangon on Monday but emergency supplies remained at a trickle for 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta.

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