TBILISI, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – Several thousand people have gathered in front of Georgian parliament on the second day of protests demanding early parliamentary elections next spring and the release of political prisoners.
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TBILISI, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – The united Georgian opposition is meeting with foreign ambassadors accredited in the country in an effort to secure support for their demands, a Republican Party leader said.
// Nov. 03, 2007 - 09:16 GMT
MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – An official election campaign in printed media, on radio and television starts in Russia Sunday, 28 days before the parliamentary elections set for December 2, an election official said.
// Nov. 03, 2007 - 10:04 GMT
KIEV, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine's Foreign Ministry dismissed statements by the Russian ambassador about a Ukrainian WWII army and Soviet-era famine as being against diplomacy.
// Nov. 03, 2007 - 10:39 GMT
ST. PETERSBURG, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – About 500 people have gathered in Russia's St. Petersburg to protest against rising food prices in an action called "March of Empty Casseroles".
// Nov. 03, 2007 - 10:57 GMT
MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian anti-monopoly authorities said they have inquired leading Russian oil refineries about reasons that recently led to reduced production of oil derivatives and higher prices.
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ST. PETERSBURG, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – Police said they arrested three organizers of protests against rising food prices in St. Petersburg after they tried to put up an effigy of a famous politician.
// Nov. 03, 2007 - 12:27 GMT
WASHINGTON, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski has reached the damaged panel of the solar battery on the International Space Station after two hours of a dangerous spacewalk, a NASA spokeswoman said.
// Nov. 03, 2007 - 12:55 GMT
TEHRAN, November 3 (RIA Novosti) – A senior Iranian parliamentarian said Saturday that if an international uranium enrichment consortium were to be formed, it should be based in Iran.
// Nov. 03, 2007 - 13:34 GMT