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Exterior view of the Central European Gas Hub in Baumgarten, Austria, near the Austrian-Slovakian border on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.
Gazprom   Photos   Russia   Ukraine		  BBC News 
Gas cut: How Europe is coping
Many European countries have been hit by a sudden cut in Russian gas supplies, as sub-zero temperatures coincide with a Russian-Ukrainian row over energy prices. The impact has been felt especially... (photo: AP / Ronald Zak)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP: Palestinian firemen inspect a burnt building inside the Islamic University in Gaza City on Saturday, 03 February 2007 after Fatah forces attacked the building in a gun battle with Hamas militants. At least 17 Palestinians were kill
Gaza   Hamas   Photos   UN   War		  The Australian 
BBC parrots UN-Hamas as Palestinians kill their own
Blogging for The Spectator, Melanie Phillips claims Israel wasn't responsible for civilian deaths at a UN school AS soon as it was reported that about 40 Gazans (later reduced to 30) had been killed... (photo: WN Gaza)
France´s President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a wel  Asia Times 
A return to De Gaulle's 'eternal China'
By David Gosset One repeatedly attributes to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte a statement that he probably never uttered and which has become an inept cliche: "When China awakes, the world will... (photo: AP Photo)
Business   China   France   Photos   Politics
Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are seen during a patrol in Arghandab district after it was recaptured by NATO and Afghan troops from Taliban militants last week in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.  Asia Times 
A high cost for more feet on the ground
By Sreeram Chaulia Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has grown highly dependent on Pakistan for the prosecution of its interests in Central Asia. The second American... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Defence   Pakistan   Photos   US
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The headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom are seen in, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. "Given the crisis situation, we are ready to start talks at any moment," said Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov, on Orthodox Christmas Eve, a holiday in both Russia and Ukraine. Wall Street Journal
The Winter Gas War

Five months after sending Russian tanks into Georgia, Vladimir Putin has turned his sights to another pesky democratic neighbor, Ukraine. His weapon of choice this time... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Gazprom   Photos   Russia   Ukraine
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., makes remarks during a rally, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, in Youngstown, Ohio. ( The Providence Journal
Matthew Stevenson: Will Europe's swoon for Obama last?
GENEVA AMERICANS remain curious about the reaction in Europe to the election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president. As an American who has lived in Europe since the... (photo: AP / Rick Bowmer)
Election   Europe   Photos   Politics   President
Russian Prime Minister and chairman of United Russia ruling party Vladimir Putin addresses the tenth United Russia Party Congress in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised Thursday the country would emerge stronger from a world economic crisis he said was triggered by U.S. recklessnes Globe and Mail
Globe editorial Putin strikes again

Neither party is innocent in the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine that is currently gripping Europe, but the former deserves most of the blame for a debacle that... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Gazprom   Photos   Putin   Russia   Ukraine
Palestinian Prime Minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Mahmoud Zahar, Asia Times
Bush plan beat obstacle to Gaza assault

By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas... (photo: AP Photo)
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Politics   US
Nicolas Sarkozy Wall Street Journal
Nicolas to the Rescue

By NIDRA POLLER | From today's Wall Street Journal Europe Israeli authorities insist they have learned the lessons of the botched 2006 Lebanon war. How about France? No... (photo: Creative Commons / Guillaume Paumier)
Attacks   Ceasefire   Gaza   Photos   Sarkozy
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his likely successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, visit Russia's main flight test center in Zhukovsky, 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 Belfast Telegraph
Russian gas and the struggle for power

The Ukrainian gas crisis, which escalated further yesterday and put Europe's energy supplies into greater jeopardy, is a prime illustration of the unusual status of... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Europe   Gas   Photos   Russia   Ukraine
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Europe´s lead in the commercial space race has suffered a major setback after a new version of its Ariane 5 rocket disintegrated on its maiden flight. Ariane rocket orbits telecoms satellites for Europe's Eutelsat Novosti
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From left to right, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, Israel's President Shimon Peres, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero Waldner and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, pose for the photographers prior to their meeting in Peres' official residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009. The European Union delegation is in the region to discuss efforts towards a Gaza ceasefire. Israel seized control of high-rise buildings and attacked houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels as it pressed forward with its offensive against the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers, even as the stream of European leaders headed for the region to press for a truce. Sarkozy chastises both sides, insists 'violence must halt' Daily Star Lebanon
Palestinians sift though the rubble Death toll in Gaza passes 530 Manila Bulletin
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Gas Station Cold reality sets in as gas supply to Europe drops International Herald Tribune
Gas Pump 6 countries lose Russian gas The Statesman
Offshore oil Russian Gas Disruption Spreads Across Europe CNBC
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