Russia slams Britain’s HR report as biased
Russia on Saturday called Britain’s latest human
rights and democracy report a biased document that has ignored the
Russian achievements in democratic reforms. “As before, Britain’s
approach to assessing the real situation in the human rights sphere
in our country is not impartial and open-minded,” the Russian
Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website.
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Sarkozy closes on Hollande as France elects President
France goes to the polls Sunday with frontrunner
Francois Hollande hoping voters will reject Nicolas Sarkozy's record
in office and make him the country's first Socialist president since
1995.
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Clinton heads to India to breathe life into ties
Both countries keen to 'keep their differences to
manageable limits':
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to
India Sunday with hopes of reinvigorating a relationship seen as
losing steam despite years of efforts to bring the world's two
largest democracies closer.
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Iranian traders to visit India as Clinton arrives
‘India is uneasy about joining a US-led drive
against the Islamic republic’ :
A big Iranian trade mission will arrive in India
on Sunday to explore commercial opportunities on the same day as US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton starts her official visit,
officials said. The six-day Iranian trip comes as Washington has
been pressuring India to reduce its oil purchases from Iran in a bid
to coax the Islamic republic to abandon its disputed nuclear
programme.
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