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14.04.2009, 20:03
North Korea says it will boycott six-party UN talks on its nuclear programme and will restart its nuclear power plant. The news comes just hours after the UN Security Council condemned Pyongyang’s recent rocket launch.
20.04.2009, 13:18
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The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak has said that it is illegal for Barack Obama’s administration not to prosecute CIA officers who carried out torture sanctioned by the Bush administration.
04.08.2009, 09:48
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India has become the sixth country in the world to build a nuclear-powered submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles. Moscow played a key role in the construction of the current sub, and has agreed to lease another.
04.07.2009, 14:06
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South Korea claims seven short-range missiles were launched from North Korea's east coast on Saturday. But as they slip closer towards a serious standoff, Koreans living in Russia say harmony is easily within reach.
27.11.2009, 14:56
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has censured Iran’s nuclear defiance on Friday. It is the first resolution of the IAEA on Iran since 2006.
09.08.2010, 09:59
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Following the US bombing of Japan, the Soviet Union, which would become America's Cold War rival, realized it had to have its own A-bomb as a deterrent to stop a repeat of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
27.04.2009, 18:10
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Russia, China are likely to have good understanding of the N. Korean government, and would rather see slow way of dealing with the state without harsh sanctions, says Andrey Karneev, from the Institute of Asian Studies.
26.05.2009, 22:49
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Moscow has indefinitely postponed the meeting of the Russian-North Korean intergovernmental commission on economic and scientific cooperation.
03.06.2009, 22:03
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North Korea has started to assemble a long-range missile which is capable of reaching the United States, South Korean media reported on Wednesday.
05.07.2009, 13:25
China and Russia have expressed concerns over an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula. But even though Russia has a border with North Korea, residents in the area aren't very worried.
Published: 23 April, 2009, 02:56
Washington says it is ready to resume six-nation talks with North Korea. Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Pyongyang for talks on the matter. But Bruce Klinger from the Heritage Foundation doesn't expect much from his trip.
