U.S.-Educated Diplomat Wins in Estonia
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A Western-leaning former diplomat and journalist was narrowly elected Estonia's president Saturday, ousting the incumbent who was favored in the race.Comment
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Saku Koivu scored the winner with less than four minutes to go, giving Finland a surprise 2-1 victory over the United States in the semi-finals of the World Cup of Hockey at St Paul, Minnesota on Friday.
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A Norwegian and an American won the 2004 Nobel prize in economics Monday for their work in determining the consistency of economic policy and the driving force behind business cycles worldwide, work that has shown how the money supply can affect international trade.
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High-tech Estonia's experiences in using information technology in public governance will soon reach Africa as the Baltic nation has been invited to help Namibia develop its e-governance system, officials said ...
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Puerto Rico's congressional envoy who favors the island's status as a U.S. territory narrowly won a recount in the governor's race, election officials announced Thursday.
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By Lee Peterson STAFF WRITER  In a victory for environmental activists, a U.S.
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Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's center-right Reform Party narrowly won Estonia's Parliamentary election Sunday ahead of its left-leaning coalition partner, official preliminary results showed.Comment
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A senior U.S. official on Wednesday   shrugged off EU threats to impose visa requirements on U.S.   diplomats in retaliation for a U.S. delay in extending a visa   waiver scheme to all EU states.
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Estonian Defense Minister Margus Hanson admitted Monday that his briefcase containing state confidential files was stolen, news from Tallinn, capital of Estonia, reported.
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Wangari Maathai of Kenya won this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote democracy, protect the environment and improve social conditions in Africa, said the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen on Friday granted Riitta Uosukainen, former Speaker of Parliament, the extremely rare honorary title of Counsellor of State.
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A Finn who helped mediate peace in Indonesia is tipped to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, while bookmakers favor a Turkish novelist for the literature award.
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Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Muta Maathai has been named winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, beating a number of much better known world names to the prestigious award.
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Iraq war opponents France, Germany and Russia Monday hailed elections in the country as a success and, in a sign of warming transatlantic ties, pledged to back U.S. efforts to restore stability.
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The party of Estonia's prime minister, who pledged to preserve the market-friendly policies credited with the Baltic nation's impressive growth, narrowly won parliamentary elections Sunday, official preliminary ...Comment
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South Korean's Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-Moon, won Monday's crucial informal poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, with no opposition from any of the five veto-bearing council members.
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Helsinki police say that a woman renting out apartments owned by the Russian trade delegation in Finland to prostitutes has benefitted the diplomats at the trade mission to the tune of about EUR 80,000. Police ...