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• Sharapova, Schnyder meet in Acura Classic finals

  Published: August 5, 2007, 2:45 pm

  Tags: Acura Classic, Patty Schnyder, Maria Sharapova, Schnyder, Acura, Victories, Seed's, Slovenia, Overpowered, Belarus, Head

  with Victoria Azarenka of Belarus reached the doubles final by defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-2, 3-6, 10-6. Patty Schnyder reached the final by beating ninth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-0. They are not equal any more, now Schnyder leads 7-6 in their career head-to-head meetings. Who will

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• Death Star of Minsk

  Published: August 24, 2007, 5:32 pm

  Tags: Funny, Photos, Video, Belarus, Minsk, Russian Architecture

  Minsk by a personal order of Belarus president Mr. Lukashenko. Locals joke: “Lukashenko had just learned to read and decided to build a library dedicated to this new ability he acquired.” He wanted to build an impressive building and therefore made everyone in the country pay for it. Students had to bring money to school for several

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• More Belarus Police

  Published: August 30, 2007, 8:15 am

  Tags: Photos, Technology, Belarus, Cars, Russian Police

  After publishing the news about tractors used in Belarus police department, we started to receive a lot of messages from our indignant Belarussian visitors. The point is that tracktors are not the only Belarussian police vehicles, as you can see on the next submitted photos. (more…)

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• VENEZUELA - IRAN: Presidentes de Ir n y Venezuela sellan su alianza con proyecto petroqu mico

  Published: July 3, 2007, 1:54 am

  Tags: Russia, Onu, Nicaragua, Belarus, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Opep, Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chavez

  Los presidentes iran y venezolano, Mahmud Ahmadinejad y Hugo Ch vez, sellaron la alianza entre sus respectivos pa ses basada en un profundo antiamericanismo con la puesta de la primera piedra, el lunes de una empresa conjunta para la producci n de metanol en Ir n.En el proyecto, que se pondr en marcha en las costas del Golfo en Assaluyeh

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• IRAN - BELARUS : To develop oil field in southwestern Iran

  Published: September 5, 2007, 9:00 pm

  Tags: Belarus, Oil Fields, Gholam Hossein Nozari, Iran

  Officials of Iran and Belarus reached an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• IRAN: Azadegan oil field to yield up to 50,000 bpd oil next year

  Published: September 6, 2007, 8:26 am

  Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Darkhoein, Belarus, Iran, Gholam Hossein Nozari, Belorusneft, Azadegan, Yadavaran, Jofeir

  Caretaker of Oil Ministry Gholam-Hossein Nozari... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Soviet Ads for Western Audience

  Published: September 12, 2007, 10:38 am

  Tags: History, Photos, Russian Art, Belarus, Leningrad, Soviet Ads, Soviet Posters, Ukraine

  There were almost no ads in the Soviet Union at all, except for the rare cases. For example, these promotional posters were intended for the foreign tourists and visitors. (more…)

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• Tim Bryan on a safari in 'Europe's last wilderness'

  Published: September 16, 2007, 6:36 am

  Tags: Observer Escape Section, Travel, Europe, Belarus, Russia, Safaris, Minsk

  The beavers proved elusive but the rocket-grade vodka hits the spot for Tim Bryan on a safari through 'Europe's last wilderness'.

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• Harass the Police

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:47 pm

  Tags: Funny, Photos, Society, Belarus, Police, Russian People, Russian Police

  This naked guy in Belarus city of Grodno harassed the two police patrol guys. They didn’t want to arrest a naked man probably they didn’t want to touch a naked man at all, so when he came to them they even didn’t want him to sit inside their car and asked him to stay not closer than 5 feet to them while they called local

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• Europeans Call Russia Vote 'Not Fair'

  Published: December 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Europeans, Call, Russia, Vote, Not, Fair, Vladimir Putin, Organization For Security And Co Operation In Europe, Moscow Kremlin, Council Of Europe, Chechnya, Alexander Lukashenko, Moscow, Belarus, U S S R, United Russia Party, Interfax International Group, Berlin, Boris Nem

  MOSCOW, Dec. 3 -- Russia's parliamentary election, which the pro-Kremlin United Russia party won overwhelmingly, was "not fair" and failed to meet international democratic standards, observers from two leading European organizations said Monday. They accused the authorities here of "the merging of...

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• Europeans Call Russia Vote 'Not Fair'

  Published: December 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Europeans, Call, Russia, Vote, Not, Fair, Vladimir Putin, Organization For Security And Co Operation In Europe, Moscow Kremlin, Council Of Europe, Chechnya, Alexander Lukashenko, Moscow, Belarus, U S S R, United Russia Party, Interfax International Group, Berlin, Boris Nem

  MOSCOW, Dec. 3 -- Russia's parliamentary election, which the pro-Kremlin United Russia party won overwhelmingly, was "not fair" and failed to meet international democratic standards, observers from two leading European organizations said Monday. They accused the authorities here of "the merging of...

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• Russia tipped to swallow Belarus

  Published: December 7, 2007, 9:45 pm

  Tags: World Politics, Belarus, Russian Federation

  There has been growing speculation in Russia that the country is about to merge with neighbouring Belarus, and that President Vladimir Putin would head the new state.

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• RUSSIA - BELARUS: It was not the Union State they discussed, though

  Published: December 16, 2007, 8:24 am

  Tags: Alexander Lukashenka, Sergei Sidorsky, Belarus, Putin, Russia

  Presidents of Russia and Belarus agreed on Friday that Belarus will get a loan of $1.5 billion to pay higher price for Russia's natural gas. Kommersant's special correspondent Andrei Kolesnikov believes that can be viewed as news, considering the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and

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• Vladimir Putin (Russia) and President Alexander Lukashenka (Belarus) [Flickr]

  Published: December 16, 2007, 7:41 am

  Tags: Russia, Belarus

  energyPICS posted a photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka (R), and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov (L) meet during Putin's official visit to Minsk, December 14, 2007.

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• RUSSIA: Belarus to buy Russian gas at $119 per 1,000 cubic meters

  Published: December 15, 2007, 11:25 am

  Tags: Gazprom, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus, Energy Supply, Putin, Russia

  gas will be supplied to Belarus in the first quarter of 2008 at the price of $119 per 1,000 cubic meters, a high-placed source in the Russian energy giant Gazprom said Saturday. "Despite earlier agreements on the price for Turkmenistan's natural gas at $100 [per 1,000 cu m], it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for

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