Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Russia

APEC Leaders Agree Goals For Reducing Emissions

APEC venue in Sydney (AFP)

September 8, 2007 -- Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in the Austrialian city of Sydney have called for long-term action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Deal Expected For Sale Of Australian Uranium

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September 08, 2007

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the leaders agreed on long-term "aspirational" goals in the fight against global warming, although there were no firm commitments.

Howard said the leaders agreed that all countries -- both rich and poor -- should contribute what they could to the overall target.

The presidents of the United States, Russia and China were among 21 leaders attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Sydney.

Up to 5,000 thousand protesters rallied several blocks from the Sydney Opera House where APEC leaders gathered among tight security.

Nine protesters were detained and two police officers injured when a scuffle broke out, but the protests were largely peaceful.

(compiled from agency reports)

Syrians in the northwestern town of Kfar Nubul pose with a cartoon depicting Russia

Angry Over Syria, Arab World Threatens Russian Boycott

Groups in a number of Arab states, angry over the Russian-Chinese veto of a UN resolution aimed at stopping the violence in Syria, have called for a one-day boycott of Russian and Chinese goods on February 12. More

Alla Dzhioyeva attends a protest by her supporters in Tskhinvali on January 28.

South Ossetian Opposition Leader Hospitalized After Raid

Alla Dzhioyeva, the opposition candidate whose victory in a runoff ballot in November for de facto president of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia was swiftly annulled by the republic's Supreme Court, was taken to a hospital after a raid by some 200 masked security personnel on her headquarters in Tskhinvali. More

Protesters gather behind a banner reading "Honest Elections" during a demonstration in Moscow on February 4.

How To Rig An Election

A whistle-blower in Samara explains how the authorities fixed the Duma elections in December -- and plan to do the same in the presidential vote in March. More