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The head of the Yekaterinburg branch of...

The head of the Yekaterinburg branch of the ruling United Russia party has resigned following the party"s unsatisfactory performance in recent local elections, a party spokesman said on Monday.


Somali pirates hijacked on Tuesday a Turkish...

Somali pirates hijacked on Tuesday a Turkish cargo ship in the Indian Ocean far away from the area where they normally carry out their attacks on commercial vessels, the EU Naval Force Somalia said in a statement.


It"s incredible, but this time, the presidential...

It"s incredible, but this time, the presidential elections in Ukraine were uncharacteristically peaceful and even humdrum. The first round, in any case. The only "ripple" in this ocean of calm was the arrival of 400 Georgian "journalists" with a soldierly appearance. As for the rest, observers did not identify any serious violations and from the point of view of fairness and observance of democratic norms, the first round left nobody with any doubts. Therefore, it is fully possible to review the initial results.

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UN secretary general has set off for a tour...

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon together with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the Quartet"s special representative Tony Blair met for the Middle East Quartet of international mediators in Moscow on Friday.

Farhan Haq said Ban is expected to meet over the weekend with the president and prime minister of Israel, the Palestinian premier as well as to visit Gaza to evaluate the humanitarian situation in the region.

The Quartet condemned recent plans by Israeli to build 1,600 housing units for Jewish families in the disputed area of East Jerusalem and demanded that all settlement activity be frozen.

"The Quartet urges the government of Israel to freeze all settlement activity, including natural growth, dismantle outposts erected since March 2001 and to refrain from demolitions and evictions in East Jerusalem," Ban said.

Chief Palestinian presidential advisor Sahib Oreikat

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