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Russia challenges consensus rule at heart of U.N. climate talks
Reuters* Russia says U.N. decisions by 'consensus' are too vague * Belarus, Ukraine back Moscow after defeat in Qatar * Dispute threatens talks on new climate deal by 2015 By Andrew Allan BONN, Germany, June 14 - It was a historic moment in U.N. climate...Tags: Weather, Global Change, Qatar, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues
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GM's Opel to build Corsa cars in Belarus for local market
ReutersFRANKFURT, June 13 (Reuters) - General Motors will build a small number of its Opel Corsa hatchbacks in Belarus from next year as its European brand seeks to diversify outside its core market. Opel, known as Vauxhall in Britain, said on Thursday that...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Plant Openings, Services and Shopping, Passenger Cars, Chevrolet
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Athletics-World Challenge Meeting Moscow men/women results
ReutersJune 11 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World Challenge Meeting Moscow Men/Women on Tuesday Men's 100m 1. Dwain Chambers (Britain) 10.32 2. Aleksandr Brednev (Russia) 10.33 3. Peter Emelieze (Nigeria) 10.41 Men's 400m 1. Vladimir Krasnov...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Nigeria, Cuba, Ukraine, Track and Field
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BHP entry threatens creaking global potash duopoly
ReutersBy Ron Bousso and Polina Devitt LONDON/MOSCOW, June 10 (Reuters) - The prospect of new competition from miner BHP Billiton could dynamite the cracks appearing in a potash duopoly that accounts for 70 percent of global trade in the fertiliser. For...Tags: Global Expansion, India, Petroleum Industry, Malaysia, Entertainment
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READER SUBMITTED: Quinnipiac University School Of Business Professor Awarded Grant to Belarus
HamdenBruce White, of Hamden, professor of computer information systems in Quinnipiac University's School of Business, was awarded a Fulbright-Hays grant to teach and lecture in Belarus. The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program provides short-term study...Tags: Science, Minsk (Belarus), Education, Financial Aid, U.S. Embassy
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Ukraine to be observer in Russia-led trade bloc
ReutersMINSK (Reuters) - Ukraine signed a deal on Friday to become an observer in a Russia-led Customs Union trade bloc, going as far as it could to please its powerful neighbor without jeopardizing a planned free trade deal with the European Union. Russia...Tags: Economic Organization, Minsk (Belarus), International Trade, Trade Dispute, Moscow (Russia)
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Athletics-Meeting Rome men/women results
ReutersJune 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Meeting Rome Men/Women on Thursday Men's 400m Hurdles 1. Johnny Dutch (U.S.) 48.31 2. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 48.36 3. Mamadou Kasse Hanne (France) 48.56 4. Justin Gaymon (U.S.) 48.64 5. David...Tags: France, Italy, Keshia Baker, Sweden, Dawn Harper
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Tennis-French Open women's singles first round draw
ReutersPARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Draw for the French Open women's singles first round (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Qualifier v Caroline Garcia (France) Monica Niculescu (Romania) v Johanna Larsson...Tags: Italy, France, Sweden, Mathilde Johansson, Tennis
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Tennis-French Open order of play on Tuesday
ReutersPARIS, May 27 (Reuters) - Order of play on show courts on day three of the French Open on Tuesday (times GMT, prefix number denotes seeding): Court Philippe Chatrier (play starts at 0900): 13-Marion Bartoli (France) v Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 1-Novak...Tags: Aravane Rezai, Kimiko Date-Krumm, Maria Kirilenko, France, Portugal
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Beaver kills man in Belarus; he wanted to be photographed with it
A Belarus fisherman who invaded a beaver's space paid for it with his life. The 60-year-old man in Belarus was with friends on a recent fishing trip when he tried to approach the beaver to be photographed with it, according to the Daily Telegraph. The...
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USDA opens export markets for day-old chicks, hatching eggs, dairy cattle
WASHINGTON - On April 3 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced recent results of the Agency's efforts to support exports of U.S. agricultural products. APHIS' recent efforts are...Tags: China, Iraq, Kazakhstan, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pears
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'Minsk, 2011' finds sexual heat in totalitarian chill
In these free, privileged United States, the phrase "Sex in the City" conjures up a premium-cable experience of hot nights, cool fashion, heavy appetizers and relationship angst so light it might fly away on the West Village breeze. But whither real sex...
Tags: Skype, Alexander Lukashenko, Minsk (Belarus), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Nelson Algren
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