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ianstone
05-27-2010, 04:58 PM
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Russian premier in Finland to discuss border links (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Russian_premier_in_Finland_to_discuss_border_links _b/)
Thu 27 May 2010
(AP) - HELSINKI (http://helsinki.com/) - Russian (http://russialife.com/) Prime Minister (http://worldpolitical.com/) Vladimir Putin (http://wn.com/s/putinphoto) is in Finland (http://finlandnews.com/) to sign agreements on border cooperation and a high-speed train (http://railtimes.com/) link between the two countries. The government says that Putin... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky)
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Kraft Hopes to Encourage Adults to Revert to a Childhood Favorite (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Kraft_Hopes_to_Encourage_Adults_to_Revert_to_a_Chi ldhood_Fav/)
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Ahmadinejad delivers ultimatum to Obama (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Ahmadinejad_delivers_ultimatum_to_Obama/)
Dubai (http://dubai.com/), May 27: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday asked his American counterpart Barack Obama to either choose friendship with Iran (http://iranobserver.com/) by supporting the nuclear (http://nuclearreview.com/) swap deal that it had... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr)
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Polish Crash Probe Focuses on General (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Polish_Crash_Probe_Focuses_on_General/)
By MARCIN SOBCZYK WARSAW—The investigation into the April plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others is close to finished, with the remaining focus on whether the Polish (http://aktualnoscipolskie.com/) air (http://russiapost.com/s/airbases/) force... (photo: AP / Alik Keplicz, file)
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Iran's Ahmadinejad lambasts Russia over nuclear stance (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Irans_Ahmadinejad_lambasts_Russia_over_nuclear_sta nce/)
TEHRAN—Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a stinging attack on Russia (http://russialife.com/) Wednesday over its stance on Tehran's atomic (http://atomicenergynews.com/) drive, accusing it of "siding with those... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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Ahmadinejad's ultimatum to Obama on nuclear swap deal (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Ahmadinejads_ultimatum_to_Obama_on_nuclear_swap_de al/)
Atul Aneja President also apprehensive of Medvedev's stand... (photo: AP / Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour)
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Russia denounces U.S. missile move (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Russia_denounces_US_missile_move/)
Vladimir Radyuhin... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
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States block progress on global justice - Amnesty (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/States_block_progress_on_global_justice_Amnesty/)
LONDON (http://londonglobe.com/) (Reuters) - Governments are blocking progress on human rights (http://humanrightstoday.com/) by refusing to join the International Criminal Court (http://worldcourtnews.com/) (ICC) or by shielding their allies from justice (http://worldjusticereport.com/),... (photo: AP / Eyad Baba)
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Robert Fisk: Power to change (http://article.wn.com/view/2010/05/27/Robert_Fisk_Power_to_change/)
I've always claimed that somewhere across the Atlantic - or perhaps somewhere over the Mediterranean - there lies a geopolitical fault line, perhaps a screen or curtain,... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
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Again some good links worth reading. People dont realise how close, Finland and Russia are,.