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A profile Committee of the Greek Parliament approved Wednesday a debt swap bill to reduce the debt by 107 billion euros. Voice of Russia, News

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They discussed the volatile situation in Syria. The two leaders called for a speedy peaceful settlement of the crisis...

Ukrainian state oil and gas firm Naftogaz has not tapped since the beginning of 2012 a single cubic meter of natural gas sent by Gazprom for supply to Europe, the Ukrainian state holding said in a statement on...

In 2011, Rosoboronexport, Russia’s main arms exporting agency, fetched $ 13.2 billion from its arms and military equipment sales, which exceeded the initial goal by $ 1.6 billion. Russia is the world’s second biggest arms exporter. By 2012,...

According to official information, the Yemeni presidential election turnout reached almost 80%. Yemenis voted Tuesday for the only candidate, the current Vice-President Abd Rabbuh Mansur al-Hadi. The outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, currently...

The United Nations will ask the African Union to boost its Somali-deployed force from the current 12,000 to 18,000 army servicemen and police officers. This comes in a relevant draft resolution that has been put to vote at the UN Security Council. Voice...

Kyiv has denied allegations that Ukraine, according to preliminary data, tapped 438.3 million cubic meters of gas intended for European consumers during the first 15 days of February...

In southern Afghanistan, three people were killed in a roadside mine explosion announced a NATO spokesman on Tuesday. All of the victims were employees of one of the alliance’s military bases in the south. (TASS) Voice of Russia,...

Russia has declined the invitation to take part in a conference called ";Friends of Syria";, which is due to take place in Tunisia on February 24. ";There are a number of points related to this conference which have raised many eyebrows in...

A neck injury has forced Russia’s Maria Kirilenko to pull out of the prestigious Dubai tennis tournament. Kirilenko became the fifth player to do so. Earlier, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, Vera Zvonaryova of...