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  • Greece set to seal natgas deal with Azeri company -source

    ATHENS, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:48pm EDT ATHENS, June 18 (Reuters) - Greece is set to agree the sale of its natural gas grid operator DESFA to Azeri state energy company SOCAR, a senior official directly involved in the talks said on Tuesday. SOCAR has improved its offer to buy a 66 percent stake in the company to 400 million euros ($536 million), a price that Greece's ...

  • Azeri energy company raises offer for Greek natgas grid operator

    ATHENS, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:26pm EDT ATHENS, June 18 (Reuters) - Azeri state energy company SOCAR has improved its offer to buy Greece's natural gas grid operator, DESFA, the semi-official Athens News Agency (ANA) said on Tuesday, citing sources. SOCAR, the sole bidder for DESFA after Russian energy company Sintez and Greek-Czech group PPF-Terna dropped out of the bidding ...

  • Jordans World Cup Dream Alive as Win Sets Up Uzbekistan Playoff

    (Reuters) - Jordan's hopes of a first World Cup finals appearance remain alive after they beat Oman 1-0 at home on Tuesday to book a qualifying playoff against Uzbekistan in September. Striker Ahmad Ibrahim scored the winning goal in the 57th minute, stooping low to head home a cross from Khalil Bani Ateyah that drew wild celebrations at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman. The ...

  • Uzbekistan Win but Miss Automatic Spot for Brazil

    (Reuters) - Uzbekistan rallied to beat Qatar 5-1 in Tashkent on Tuesday but came up two goals short of securing their first appearance in a World Cup after Iran's win in South Korea sent both those teams to Brazil. Uzbekistan were pushed into third place in Asian qualifying Group A, behind Iran and South Korea, and will have to rely on the playoff route to make it to next year's ...

  • Iran and South Korea qualify for 2014 World Cup as Uzbekistan miss out

    Iran's Amir Hossein Sadeghi celebrates his nation's qualification for the 2014 World Cup after a 1-0 victory over South Korea in Ulsan. Photograph: Kim ...


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I, The Jury

I, The Jury

In the 1982 updating of Mickey Spillane's 1947 novel "I, The Jury," hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer is a Vietnam vet who drives a shiny bronze Trans Am, dresses like Don Johnson in "Miami Vice" with less pastels, and has sworn off alcohol. However, he still smokes his Lucky Strikes, detests a ... ...

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  • MPP Candidate B.Bat-Erdene’s ‘Like’ scripts

    here . There is a ‘Like’ campaign in relation to the current President’s general campaign. The ‘Like’ campaign’s goal was to collect as much as like possible from the Facebook users in the country on the issues if it had been addressed correctly by the Ts. Elbegdorj. He’s own Facebook page has around 62 thousand likes. MPP Candidate B.Bat-Erdene also ...

  • Central Asia Labor Migrants Caught in Russian Politicians’ Crosshairs

    Russian police force-march labor migrants, mostly from post-Soviet Central Asian republics, along Moscow city streets, seen in a still shot taken from a video shot in late May 2013. Estimates claim Central Asians make up roughly 10 percent of Moscow's population of 12 to 17 ...

  • Uzbekistan downs Qatar 5-1 in WCup qualifier

    TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan narrowly missed out on direct qualification for the 2014 World Cup despite routing Qatar 5-1 on Tuesday.Uzbekistan finished level on points with South Korea for second spot in Group A of Asian qualifying - which yielded automatic qualification for Brazil - but were one behind on goal difference.Uzbekistan will go into a sudden-death playoff against either Oman ...

  • Uzbekistan win but miss out on automatic place for Brazil

    Uzbekistan were pushed into third place in Asian qualifying Group A, behind Iran and South Korea, and will have to rely on the playoff route to make it to ...

  • Belarus Kazakhstan Russia want Ukraine in Common Economic Space

    KIEV, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine’s membership in the Common Economic Space will help make this association among the most powerful, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich. "The positions of the three states - Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia - coincide on both the Customs Union and the Common Economic ...

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