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U.K.'s Brown Meets Dalai Lama Despite China Opposition

Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:15:00 PM

LONDON—British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met the Dalai Lama on Friday, but Tibet activists lamented that the meeting was held at the Lambeth Palace residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury rather t ...   Full Story

Georgia Opposition to Boycott Parliament

Friday, May 23, 2008 9:09:00 PM

TBILISI—Georgia's main opposition coalition said on Friday it would boycott the nation's new parliament in protest at an election it said was rigged to hand victory to President Mikheil Saakas ...   Full Story

Sarkozy Under Pressure as French Protests Escalate

Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:21:00 PM

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will come under renewed pressure on Thursday as trade unions plan a nationwide strike against his pension reform plans.   Full Story

Georgia's Saakashvili Claims Victory in Election

Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:07:00 PM

President Mikheil Saakashvili on Thursday claimed victory in Georgia's parliamentary election but the opposition said the authorities had rigged the vote.   Full Story

Telephone Monitoring During Olympic Games Powered by European Companies

Friday, May 16, 2008 8:17:00 PM

The Green Party of the European Parliament hosted a conference on May 15, entitled "Olympic Rights for Human Games."   Full Story

Italy Arrests 400 in Illegal Immigrants Swoop

Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:17:00 PM

Italian police announced on Thursday the arrest of hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in a sign of the determination of Silvio Berlusconi's new right-wing government to clamp down.   Full Story

Soviet Dissident Bukovsky: 'Looking at Russia with Optimism and Hope...'

Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:50:00 PM

Vladimir Bukovsky, world-famous Soviet dissident and neuroscientist with degrees from Cambridge and Stanford, speaks.   Full Story

Medvedev Sworn in as new President of Russia

Saturday, May 10, 2008 4:32:00 PM

Over 2,000 people were invited to the Kremlin's throne room yesterday, to watch Medvedev officially sworn in.Medvedev was Putin's choice as successor, and won a landslide election in March ...   Full Story

Russian Military Threatens to Boost Georgia Force

Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:05:00 AM

Russia may further increase troop numbers in the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi builds up its forces near the conflict zone, the Russian defence ministry said on Thursday.   Full Story

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