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Appathurai not rule out creation of NATO-RF sectoral MD

MOSCOW, February 14 (Itar-Tass) - NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai ruled out the possibility of creating a sectoral missile defence system of NATO and Russia. Appathurai said on Monday that the Alliance is responsible for defending NATO member-states. In his opinion...

North Korea, China security ministries seal cooperation deal

PYONGYANG, February 14 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea and China signed an agreement to step up security cooperation on Sunday. North Korea’s Minister of People’s Security Ju Sang Song and China’s Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu, put their signatures to the document at a ceremony in Pyongyang, the Korean Central News Agency reported. ...

Kazakh CEC issues lists for signatures in support of Nazarbayev

ASTANA, February 12 (Itar-Tass) -- Kazakhstan’ Central Election Commission ion Saturday, February 12, confirmed President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s right to run for re-election in an early presidential election slated for April 3 and issued lists for collection signatures in his support. Lists for signatures were handed over to Sergei Gromov...

Kazakh ruling party sets up headquarters to support Nazarbayev

ASTANA, February 12 (Itar-Tass) -- The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Nur Otan, which nominated its chairman, President Nursultan Nazarbayev as its candidate at the early presidential elections due to be held on April 3, has set up a republican headquarters, PDP first deputy chairman Nurlan Nigmatullin said in Astana on Saturday. According...

Moldovan Communists, Liberal Democratic Party negotiating presidential election

CHISINAU, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- The opposition Party of Communists and the Liberal Democratic Party are negotiating the presidential elections in Moldova, Party of Communists leader, ex-president Vladimir Voronin said on Friday. “The Liberal Democrats have 32 parliament seats, and the Communists have 42. Together we have the...

Seven sailors missing in Russian ship wreck off South Korea

VLADIVOSTOK, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Seven Russian sailors from the Alexandra vessel, which had a wreck offshore South Korea on February 9, are still missing, the Russian State Maritime Rescue and Coordination Center said on Friday with the reference to the South Korean Coast Guard. Two helicopters and 14 vessels searched for the sailors...

British court permits Zatuliveter employment if it doesn’t damage UK security

LONDON, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- A British court has mitigated terms for Russian citizen Yekaterina Zatuliveter, who was arrested in December 2010 and eventually set free. Zatuliveter was allowed to take a job on condition that her activity did not harm UK security. Lawyers said she was offered to work for Russia Today, an ...

Meetings held for Kim Jong Il birthday in N Korea

PYONGYANG, February 11 (Itar-Tass) - Solemn meetings and rallies are held these days in all North Korean regions on the occasion of Kim Jong Il's birthday that will be celebrated on February 16 and is one of the main public holidays in the country. “The birth of Kim Jong Il on the sacred revolution Mount Paektu (Baekdu) was a happy event...

Nararbayev is confirmed presidential candidate

ASTANA, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Participants in the 13th congress of Kazakhstan’s Nur Otan Party confirmed the candidature of the party’s Chairman Nursultan Nazarbayev for participation in the early presidential election due on April 3.

North Korea calls on South to cancel exercise with USA

PYONGYANG, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- North Korea called on South Korea to cancel a joint military exercise with the United States and thus “confirm adherence to a peaceful settlement on the Korean Peninsula.” The Rodong Sinmun official newspaper of the ruling Workers’ Party described the plans to hold the exercise as a “challenge...

Police kill gunman in US bank, hostages unharmed

NEW YORK, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Police shot and killed a gunman who took seven hostages in Wachovia bank in Cary, North Carolina on Thursday. Television footage broadcast live during the dinner hour showed the man crumple to the ground after five officers fired on him while he led a hostage through the parking lot with a gun to her...

Mubarak delegates powers to deputy, remains in office

CAIRO, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Thursday in an address to the nation he is transferring powers to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but will stay in office until the next presidential election in September. He said he would transfer power according to the constitution to prove that the demands of.....

Russian Culture Festival begins in Switzerland

LAUSANNE, February 11 (Itar-Tass) - A festival of Russian culture began on Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland. The official start to the event, which is timed for the 65th anniversary since the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, was given by Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev. As he spoke at the gala...