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Muammar Gaddafi killed, died of wounds (PHOTO, VIDEO)
October 20, 2011By Larisa Muntean/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- Muammar Gaddafi was killed on Thursday as Libya's new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over, according...
The Evolution of Technologies: How Could 3-D Printing Change the World?
October 20, 2011By Diana Ungureanu/ Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- Every day we are witness at the evolution of technologies. About twenty years ago, we could just image, for example, to have a computer at home, but now, nanotechnology is at a very high level and it continues...
Fearless car thieves? Barack Obama’s truck with the presidential equipment was stolen! (VIDEO)
October 19, 2011Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Fearless criminals dared to choose Barack Obama as their victim! Well… Maybe they didn’t steal president’s truck with the sound equipment, several podiums and presidential seals intentionally. But the truck...
US Issues Worldwide Travel Warning
October 12, 2011The U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide alert for American citizens about possible "anti-U.S. actions" following charges against two Iranians accused of conspiring with Tehran to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States. The...
NYC Trial for Accused 'Merchant of Death' Set to Start
October 12, 2011By Carolyn Weaver / New York/ -- The trial of a former Soviet Air Force officer and alleged international arms dealer dubbed by security experts the “merchant of death” is underway in New York. Jury selection wass held in the federal trial...
Ukraine Court Sentences Tymoshenko To Seven Years In Jail(VIDEO)
October 12, 2011By RFE/RL / KYIV -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been jailed for seven years and penalized tens of millions of dollars over abuse-of-office charges in a verdict the European Union says could have "profound implications"...
Russia’s Putin Proposes a “Eurasian Union” — But it’s all about Gas
October 07, 2011By Alina Inayeh/ BUCHAREST -- In an article published on Tuesday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Vladimir Putin announced his major foreign policy goal: the creation of a “Eurasian Union...
EU Condemns Minsk Crackdown, Voices Concern Over Ukraine's Tymoshenko
October 02, 2011By Rikard Jozwiak/ WARSAW -- European Union leaders have condemned Belarus over its crackdown on the political opposition and expressed their concerns to Ukraine over the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The statements came at the end...
Turkey Seeks Price Cut On Russian Gas
October 01, 2011By Vladimir Socor -- Turkey has joined the growing ranks of claimants to revision of their contracts with Gazprom. On September 29, Turkish Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, warned that Turkey would end a 25-year-old supply agreement with Gazprom,...
Poor Ukrainian-Russian Ties Reflect Yanukovych-Putin Relationship
October 01, 2011By Taras Kuzio -- Ukraine’s poor relations with Russia are nothing new as they also existed under the “pro-Russian” Leonid Kuchma. Nevertheless, Kuchma had to deal with the more democratic Russian President Boris Yeltsin, whereas the...