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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The leaders of the Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) on Friday pledged to enhance integration within the framework of the CIS at the summit held in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. The sides had constructive talks and expressed willingness to develop and strengthen integration within the framework of the CIS, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said at a press conference after the summit. They hoped...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The leaders of the CIS member states decided Friday to establish a working group at the level of finance ministers to fight the current global financial turmoil, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said. "A working group is set up given the situation in the global economy. I mean the financial crisis, which has effected everyone, and if it has not yet, it will certainly do so," Bakiyev was quoted as...
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | yesterday
The leaders of the Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) on Friday pledged to enhance integration within the framework of the CIS at the summit held in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. CIS leaders fail to approve draft CIS economic development strategy
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday
Georgia notified the CIS executive committee of its desire to quit the Russian-dominated alliance of former Soviet states on August 18, 2008 after a five-day war with Russia over the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Its withdrawal will come into effect next August.
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Foreign Ministers discussed structure reforms, CIS activities and cooperation.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) failed to approve a draft strategy for CIS economic development for the period to 2020, CIS Executive Committee chief Sergei Lebedev said Friday. "A decision has been made to adjust the document and bring it forward for approval at a meeting of CIS prime ministers in Chisinau on Nov. 14," Lebedev said at the CIS summit. The decision was made...
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Otto's Random Thoughts (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The Commonwealth of Independent States will be having its annual summit in Bishkek this year. The actual meeting is on the tenth. The president of Russia, Medvedev, has already arrived in town. There are lots of signs, uniformed police and official vehicles appearing out of nowhere. I expect traffic in the center of town will be even worse than when the Shainghai Cooperation Organization held its meeting...
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Georgia notified the CIS executive committee of its desire to quit the Russian-dominated organization on August 18, 2008 after a five-day war with Russia over the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia. Its withdrawal will come into effect next August.
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Georgia's withdrawal from the CIS will not harm the organization, the Russian foreign minister said on Thursday, suggesting that Tbilisi's participation in the post-Soviet alliance had been malign in recent years.
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Serzh Sarsgyan will also attend a meeting of EurAsEC intergovernmental council.
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday for talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and to take part in meetings of CIS and Eurasec leaders, the Kremlin said.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
QLT Inc. (NASDAQ: QLTI; TSX: QLT) announced that it has initiated a Phase I safety study in healthy adults of QLT091001, an orally administered synthetic retinoid replacement therapy for 11-cis-retinal, which is a key biochemical component of the visual retinoid cycle.
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WebPro News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Iowa-based CIS Internet Services, a small ISP, will likely never see the $236 million awarded to them by a federal judge, but there is at least the satisfaction of watching a pair of spammers get clobbered. read more
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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Russia have completed the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from a buffer zone on the border between Georgia and Abkhazia, two days ahead of the agreed deadline, a deputy commander of the CIS peacekeeping contingent in the region said Thursday.
