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Barack Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkeys
November 24, 2011By Kent Klein/ VoA/ Washinton, DC -- President Barack Obama has carried out one of the more unusual duties of the presidency, the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey. Just a day before American's celebrate the Thanksgiving Day holiday, Mr. Obama...
Russia warns of response to U.S. anti-missile sites in eastern Europe
November 24, 2011Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will aim missiles at U.S. anti-missile sites in eastern Europe if the United States does not heed Russian concerns about its missile defense plans. Mr. Medvedev said in a televised statement Wednesday that...
Russian newsreader LIVE: F*ck You, Barack Obama (VIDEO)
November 23, 2011Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- One of the latest Russian live news broadcast caused a wave of criticism and laughter. The reason was that the leading female newsreader Tatyana Limanova gave the middle finger pronouncing the US president’s name, Barack...
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...
20 Years of Moldova’s independence: Looking back and forward
October 18, 2011To mark twenty years of Moldovan independence, on Oct. 5, 2011, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted in Washington, DC two panel sessions featuring scholars, civil society leaders, and former and current government officials from the United...
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...
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...
Interview: OSCE Protracted-Conflicts Ambassador Measures Progress In 'Millimeters'
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- Lithuanian diplomat Giedrius Cekuolis is the OSCE Chairmanship's special representative for protracted conflicts. His arduous mandate includes the disputes over Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, the Nagorno-Karabakh region...
Resumption Of Talks On Moldova's Trandniester Conflict Is Only A Small First Step
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- The announcement that official talks are to resume in the so-called 5+2 format aimed at resolving Moldova's long-standing conflict with the breakaway Transdniester region has been hailed as a small but important bit of progress...
STRATFOR analysis: Iran at a Crossroads
September 27, 2011By Kamran Bokhari / STRATFOR / Austin, TX -- Geopolitically, a trip to Iran could not come at a better time. Iran is an emerging power seeking to exploit the vacuum created by the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq, which is scheduled to conclude in a...