Russia rebuffs West over election

BBC News November 1, 2007 Russia has rejected Western criticism over the number of foreign observers invited to December’s general election. While the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe claims that the curbs on monitors are unprecedented, Russia’s Central Election Commission head Vladimir Churov said 70 monitors would be enough for democratic elections to […]

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US to offer Turkey help on PKK

By Daniel Dombey in Washington and Vincent Boland in Istanbul Financial Times November 1, 2007 The US is to offer Turkey a package of measures to dissuade Ankara from mounting a large-scale military incursion into Iraq to attack PKK Kurdish guerrillas, who have killed scores of Turkish soldiers in recent weeks. The meeting between Mr […]

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