EU Urges Calm After Russia School Crisis
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European Union foreign ministers appealed Friday for calm and expressed solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a school hostage crisis came to a violent end.
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Russia called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Wednesday on the hostage-taking at a school in a region bordering Chechnya.
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The European Union regrets Russia&#39;s  refusal to extradite a murder suspect to Britain but wants to  prevent the standoff further damaging already strained  EU-Russia relations, an EU presidency official said on Friday.
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EU leaders on Friday urged Ukraine to use upcoming elections to end months of infighting and to quickly form a stable government capable of pushing ahead with reforms, as Kiev reiterated its hopes for EU membership.
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Russia warns Europe and US against recognising independent state
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The European Union will seek Monday to set aside divisions and examine ways to end the impasse over Kosovo&#39;s future status after Russia blocked attempts to put the province on the road to independence.
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Russia and the European Union failed to complete negotiations Thursday on a "strategic partnership" because of disagreements over security, but said they were confident that final agreement will be reached next ...
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Bulgaria moved to quell panic on Friday after rumors of a nuclear power plant accident in "a nearby country" sparked school closings and a dash to pharmacies by people seeking anti-radiation remedies.
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The European Union called on Russia on Tuesday to lift economic sanctions on Georgia or risk deepening the crisis between the ex-Soviet neighbors sparked by a spying row.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is to attend an EU summit despite diplomatic sniping over the  Ukraine crisis.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Russian President Vladimir Putin here on Friday that other countries are &quot;worried and fearful&quot; about events in Russia.
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BRDO, Slovenia  - The European Union sought to convince Russia on Wednesday that the status-quo in Kosovo is unsustainable, the EU's external relations commissioner said.
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Russia's foreign ministry on Friday said Britain was to blame for a diplomatic crisis over the closure of two British cultural centres and had tried to "twist the facts."
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Russian president Vladimir Putin says his parliament will launch an inquiry into a school siege that ended in the deaths of more than 300 hostages.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned that Ukraine's crisis over last week's disputed presidential election must be solved without foreign pressure &#151; even as European envoys returned to Kiev for a second round of mediation.
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Russia on Monday requested an emergency conference to discuss an arms control pact after accusing NATO nations of ignoring the deal negotiated in the months after the Cold War ended.