Putin arrives in S.Africa on historic visit
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  arrived in South Africa on Tuesday, starting a historic two-day  visit on Tuesday which will see Russia stepping up investment  in the country.
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President Vladimir Putin made the first official visit by a Russian leader to Turkey on Sunday, seeking to boost trade and counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries, which have been rivals since the time of the czars and sultans.
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The Prime Minister of Norway, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, arrives in Dar es Salaam today for a three-day official visit.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the breakaway republic of Chechnya to honor its slain pro-Russian leader Akhmad Kadyrov, hours after rebel attacks left several dead in Grozny, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
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TDN- Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin was in Ankara on Monday for a state visit unmatched in the history of relations between the Turkish and Russian nations.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with leading Russian academics in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.
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BANGALORE: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Bangalore on Saturday evening on a 21-hour visit during which he will interact with Indian IT honchos on the country&#39;s emergence as a major tech power.
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President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day visit to Ukraine starting Friday, his second trip to the country during its presidential election campaign.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Brazil for talks on its space programme and the sale of fighter planes.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to South Africa, meeting President Thabo Mbeki.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met   South African leader Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday at the start of a   visit intended to forge closer ties between the mineral and   diamond superpowers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Germany today and tomorrow for a visit expected to have a more sober atmosphere than his previous contacts with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the northern German city of Hamburg Monday for informal meetings with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in South Africa on Thursday on the final leg of a trip to the continent where he is due to bid farewell to Nelson Mandela.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Belarus' leader late Thursday, starting a visit that was closely watched for signs the two ex-Soviet neighbors were advancing toward a merger.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia held talks yesterday with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the first visit by a Russian leader to the kingdom.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to arrive in Cape Town for the first ever visit to South Africa by a Kremlin leader as Moscow bids to reassert its superpower status.