A former Russian inmate at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has requested political asylum in the Netherlands, citing his lawyer and the organization Human Rights Watch, the RIA Novosti news agency reported April 4.
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April 5, 2007Museum authorities at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp have closed a Russian exhibition after Moscow changed it to describe eastern European citizens as Soviet, the AFP news agency reported April 4.
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April 4, 2007Washington needs to think twice before launching a military campaign against Tehran as such an attack would have global implications, the RIA-Novosti quoted a senior Russian military official as saying on Tuesday.
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April 3, 2007Russia’s leading nuclear scientist said on Monday that it was just a question of time before Iran developed a nuclear weapon and it should be stopped, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.
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Russian intelligence believes that the U.S. Armed Forces have nearly completed preparations for a possible military operation against Iran, and will be ready to strike in early April, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Friday quoting an unnamed source in the Russian security services.
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April 1, 2007Seven Russian terrorism suspects once held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered torture and other abuse after being returned home in 2004, reads a new report by Human Rights Watch quoted by AFP.
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March 29, 2007Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said to russian RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday.
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March 27, 2007Iran has resumed paying for construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant but has still to catch up after recent shortfalls, the AFP news agency reported quoting an official statement by Russia’s atomic energy agency.
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UK has asked Russia for its help in winning the release of 15 British sailors detained by Iran last week in the Persian Gulf.
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The United States expressed concern on Wednesday about Russia’s arms sales to Iran, Syria and Venezuela and accused Moscow of bullying its neighbors, Reuters news agency reported March 21.
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