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By M K Bhadrakumar From an apparently impromptu remark on Monday, the United States has elevated the Russian parliamentary election held on December 5…
Philemon Yang has been maintained as Cameroon’s Prime Minister. President Paul Biya re-shuffled the government which was announced on state radio (CRTV) late on…
By SARAH LYALL and STEPHEN CASTLE LONDON — No matter what happens at the European summit meeting on the euro in Brussels that begins…