11 charged in connection with credit card fraud
BOSTON - Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Nations:Ukraine U.S. Estonia Belarus Latvia Turkey Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
US drops China from list of top human rights abusers
The United States dropped China from its list of the world's worst human rights violators, but added Syria, Uzbekistan and Sudan to its top 10 offenders in an annual report released Tuesday.
Nations:Uzbekistan China Mauritania Belarus Kyrgyzstan Nigeria People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:Darfur Genocide Crisis China-U.S.
2008-03-11
Djokovic beats Tsonga for Aussie title
Novak Djokovic started making peace with the crowd as soon as he lifted the trophy. After beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Sunday night to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title, Djokovic knew a little public relations was in order.
Nations:Australia Belarus Ukraine People:Novak Djokovic Shahar Peer Arnaud Clement Marat Safin Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Jankovic Activities:2008 Australian Open
2008-01-27
Bush discusses civilian deaths in Iraq
President Bush pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday to move on stalled measures deemed critical to political reconciliation, while al-Maliki made clear his unhappiness about the killing of Iraqi civilians by private U.S. security contractors.
Nations:Myanmar Iraq North Korea Belarus Lebanon Zimbabwe People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Condoleezza Rice Activities:2007 Blackwater Scandal
2007-09-25
Federer advances to match-up with Roddick
Top seed Roger Federer withstood a few anxious moments before defeating Spain's Feliciano Lopez in four sets to book a quarter-final berth against old foe Andy Roddick at the U.S. Open on Monday.
Nations:Belarus Germany South Korea Spain People:Shahar Peer Tommy Haas Svetlana Kuznetsova Nikolay Davydenko James Blake Tomas Berdych Activities:2007 U.S. Tennis Open
2007-09-04
Gay sizzles, Kluft sparkles on golden night
Tyson Gay sizzled and Swedish superwoman Carolina Kluft sparkled on Sunday night, both scattering sporting gold on the athletics world championships.
Nations:Belarus Ukraine Spain People:Asafa Powell Activities:2007 World Athletics Championships
2007-08-27
Russia, China and allies play war game
BEIJING — Russia , China and four former Soviet Central Asian republics have sent some 6,500 troops to participate in a multinational war game, in which they've deployed paratroops, 80 aircraft and hundreds of armored combat vehicles to suppress an Islamic uprising, similar to one that occurred in Uzbekistan in 2005.
Nations:Uzbekistan China Pakistan Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2007 SCO Drills
2007-08-11
Putin comments escalate U.S.-Russia missile shield row
President Vladimir Putin froze Moscow's commitments under a European arms control pact on Thursday, escalating a row between the United States and Russia over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in eastern Europe.
Nations:Russia North Korea Kazakhstan Belarus Moldova Ukraine People:Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Russia Putin Admin.
2007-04-26
Former Russian President Yeltsin dies
Former President Boris Yeltsin, who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed Russia to embrace democracy and a market economy, has died, a Kremlin official said Monday. He was 76.
Nations:Russia Belarus Ukraine China People:Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin Activities:Russia Yeltsin Admin.
2007-04-23
Oil extends slide to 15 percent this year
Oil prices slumped below $52 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since May 2005, extending a decline to 15 percent since the start of the year on fund selling and weak demand for heating fuel.
Nations:United Arab Emirates Belarus Mexico Russia
2007-01-11
Report: Russia halts oil via Belarus
A senior Russian official said Monday that Russia has been forced to stop delivering oil to Europe via Belarus after disruptions to the flow of exports it blamed on Minsk, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.
Nations:Belarus Russia Activities:2006 Russia Gas Dispute
2007-01-08
Russia, Belarus sign gas deal
Russia and Belarus announced a last-minute deal on gas prices on Monday, moments before Moscow was to start cutting off supplies with potential disruption for customers in Europe.
Nations:Russia Ukraine Belarus Activities:2006 Russia Gas Dispute
2007-01-01
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