IAEA visit to Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 3 : Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are used to risky missions – from the radioactive aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan to the politically charged Iranian nuclear program. But their deployment amid …

Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold

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MOSCOW, Sept. 3 : When Mikhail Gorbachev is buried Saturday at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery, he will once again be next to his wife, Raisa, with whom he shared the world stage in a visibly close and loving marriage that was …

Zimbabwe government harasses opposition with arrests, jail

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(AP) — Opposition politicians languishing in prison. Journalists and government critics harassed and arrested. Public meetings banned. Zimbabwe’s general election is several months away but many opposition figures say they are already battling intense government repression similar to the iron-fisted …

US Navy confirms Iran tried to seize vessels in Red Sea, second such incident this week

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Washington [US], Sept. 3 : An Iranian warship attempted to seize unmanned surface vessels in the Red Sea belonging to the US Navy, marking the second incident in a week’s time where Iran tried to capture a US vessel, 5th …

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to visit Moscow to bid farewell to Gorbachev

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Moscow [Russia], Sept. 3 : Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will only attend the farewell ceremony for the late Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and no meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin are planned, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Friday. …

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