We are saying the money for redemption of the debt has not come to the settlement account," he said.

This year has put many things in their places. Everyone has demonstrated what they are worth of, their abilities. Well-known Belarusians evaluate the results of this year in a different way, but still they agree that we are standing on

The head of the Central Elections Commission complains the "parliamentary elections" in Belarus were recognised by the OSCE unfree and undemocratic.

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine precludes talk of any achievements. The only positive that happened in 2008, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn says, was reaching a very unstable peace in Verkhovna Rada and defusing very tense political confrontation. It gave Ukrainians some

The files of the case of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser who is kept in the Belarusian prison are sent to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

PR-inside.com) The self-inking rubber stamps, available online at http://www.rubberstamps.net/bribery-stamps.aspx and in a choice of five ink colors, feature three different illicit phrases: 'Bribe Approved' 'Pay to Play: Amount Due' 'This is a ****ing Valuable Thing' 'Our bribery rubber stamps are

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Andrei Murtazin) - Israel started a sweeping antiterrorist Operation Cast Lead on December 27 to destroy the military structure of Hamas, a radical Islamic movement ruling in Gaza. In the first two days, intense bombing razed

MOSCOW. (Andrei Kislyakov for RIA Novosti) - Russia's space industry is ending the year without mishaps. Although old headaches and problems are still there, things have not changed for the worse, and that is quite an achievement in our troubled

ru President discusses dual power President Dmitry Medvedev has brought up the issue of dual power in the country for a second time over the past few days, but in a different context. He assured federal TV channels in a

The EU must keep up the pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza, says UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

President George W. Bush and Palestinian Authority President MahmoudAbbas agreed in a telephone conversation Tuesday that if any newcease-fire agreement is to be effective in the Mideast, "it must berespected by Hamas," the White House said.

Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 50-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ballots continued Tuesday and any final determination of a winner was still days or weeks away.

Defying U.S. Senate leaders and his Illinois lawmakers, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.

If Gov. Rod Blagojevich thought that he was regaining the political high ground, or at least a little credibility, with fellow Democrats by appointing former Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, he was apparently mistaken. And CBS 2's

We asked 'What are your thoughts on Gov. Rod Blagojevich naming former Ill. Atty. Gen. Roland Burris as Obama's replacement in the U.S. Senate?' Here is what you said:

Senate Democrats said Tuesday they would refuse to seat the manIllinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has picked to succeed President-electBarack Obama, saying that the taint of scandal would follow the newsenator to Washington.

President-elect Obama and his family can't seem to go anywhere on their Hawaiian vacation without causing a stir. Hisstay on Oahu has been a bit of a reality check as to how little privacyMr. Obama now has, CBS News correspondent

A House Democrat is daring Senate leaders to block a black man from taking President-elect Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, will kiss 2008 goodbye on the world's biggest stage this New Year's Eve. That's because Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Clintons will have the honor of pushing the

Blagojevich spokeswoman Kelley Quinn said William Quinlan resigned his state government job Tuesday. Quinn didn't give a reason.