The founding congress of the United Russian Labor Front (ROTF), a new left-wing party, opened today in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
The commander of Russia's military base in Kyrgyzstan says the families of most officers and servicemen will return to Russia beginning on March 1, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
Police in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia have set a deadline of March 1 for people to register illegal weapons or risk prosecution, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reports.
Vladimir Motyl started making movies in the 1960s and was best-known for the cult film "The White Sun of the Desert" (1970) as well as "Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha" (1967).
Turkish police have detained former heads of the air force and navy and other senior officers in an investigation into an alleged plot to undermine the Islamist-rooted government and trigger a military coup.
U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke has praised Georgia for its contribution of nearly 1,000 troops to Afghanistan, adding that Washington is considering Tbilisi's offer to use the small South Caucasus nation as part of an armaments supply route.
A suspected suicide bomber has killed six people in an attack on a security forces convoy in a market in the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley, police said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an immediate embargo on Iran's energy sector, saying the UN Security Council should be sidestepped if it cannot agree on the move.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sought to force a quick parliamentary vote she hopes will back her government before President-elect Viktor Yanukovych has time to muster support to bring it down.
A British firm is expected to start drilling for oil near the Falkland Islands today, despite strong opposition from Argentina.
Belarus has forced its way to the top of the EU agenda once again as member states' foreign ministers meet in Brussels. Ministers are also expected to discuss plans with respect to Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iran, and Haiti, as well as to adopt a declaration on relations with Moldova.
Police say hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern Serbia because of flooding.
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