Apr 9 2008
A Russian capsule carrying two cosmonauts and Korea’s first astronaut blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome Tuesday, en route to the international space station.
Mar 13 2008
European governments have been told to plan for an era of conflict over energy resources, with global warming likely to trigger a dangerous contest between Russia and the west for the vast mineral riches of the Arctic. A report from the EU’s top two...
Mar 13 2008
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories on March 19-21 to discuss holding a Mideast meeting in Moscow, a ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Mikhail Kamynin said in a statement the issue of a...
Feb 29 2008
A controversial election-monitoring mission in Armenia has plunged the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights into a full-blown credibility crisis. Already under attack from member states that are hostile to ODIHR’s...