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Kyrgyz vote wins 90 percent support, Russia wary | Reuters - 0 views

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Kyrgyzstan Russia Central Asia

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  • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, whose country shares U.S. fears about Islamist militancy in Central Asia, said the political system set up by Sunday's referendum could bring extremists to power or cause the collapse of the state.
  • Interim leader Roza Otunbayeva, speaking before the first results were known on Sunday, said Kyrgyzstan -- which lies on a major drug trafficking route from Afghanistan -- had embarked on a path to establishing a "true people's democracy."
  • Official results showed that with almost all votes counted, 90.6 percent of voters backed a new constitution paving the way for a parliamentary election in October.
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  • The 56-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the referendum was transparent and the high voter turnout signaled the resilience of Kyrgyz citizens.
  • Medvedev, speaking after a G20 summit in Toronto, said: "I do not really understand how a parliamentary republic would look and work in Kyrgyzstan."Will this not lead to a chain of eternal problems -- to reshuffles in parliament, to the rise to power of this or that political group, to authority being passed constantly from one hand to another, and, finally, will this not help those with extremist views to power?"In its current state, there are a host of scenarios for Kyrgyzstan, including the most unpleasant scenario -- going up to the collapse of the state," Medvedev said.
  • His remarks contrasted with the immediate support shown by the Kremlin for Kyrgyzstan's new government after the April 7 uprising that overthrew President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
  • Under the new charter, Otunbayeva -- the first woman to lead a Central Asian state -- will be acting president until the end of 2011. A former ambassador to the United States and Britain, she has struggled to gain control of the south, Bakiyev's family stronghold, even though she was born in Osh.
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Syria wants Brazil to help Mideast peace: report | Reuters - 0 views

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Brazil Syria Middle East

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  • "In my view, the combined effort of Brazil and Turkey in the Iranian nuclear question has raised Brazil's role to a new level," Assad said. "For this, we hope Brazil can act to stabilize the Middle East."
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Iran cancels aid ship to Gaza | Reuters - 0 views

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Iran Israel Gaza Egypt

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  • Iran's Red Crescent Society has canceled a plan to send a shipload of aid to the Gaza Strip, saying it was denied access to pass through the Suez Canal, a claim rejected by an Egyptian official.
  • "We did not inform the Iranian side of refusing to allow any aid vessel and at the same time we have not received any requests through shipping agents or Iranian authorities regarding the passage of an aid ship," a senior official at the authority said.He added that Suez Canal Authority does not impose any restrictions on Iranian ships.
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Israeli inquiry into Gaza flotilla raid opens | Reuters - 0 views

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Israel Gaza

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  • Iran's Red Crescent Society Monday canceled a plan to send a shipload of aid to Gaza, saying Egyptian authorities had denied it access to pass through the Suez Canal. The Society said it was looking at other ways of getting aid to Gaza.
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North Korea party to pick new leadership | Reuters - 0 views

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North Korea

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  • The WPK is the ruling body of the reclusive state and Kim serves as its general secretary. He is also chairman of the increasingly powerful National Defense Commission.Analysts said the role of the Workers' Party has diminished over the past decades as the North has increasingly focused on its military power, but the party still dictates political ideology.
  • Kim has in recent weeks reshuffled the Defense Commission to put close aides sympathetic to dynastic succession on the panel. His brother-in-law, Jang Song-thaek, who is seen as a potential caretaker in the event of Kim's early demise, was named to the powerful vice chairmanship.Jong-un, in his 20s, has little experience and some analysts are skeptical he will pushed into a senior position at the convention.
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Britain, Russia seek thaw after frosty relations | Reuters - 0 views

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Russia UK

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  • British companies accounted for $20.5 billion of the $265.8 billion Russia has attracted from abroad since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. Russian companies traditionally sell stocks and bonds in London.
  • Medvedev and Cameron also discussed Iran, the Middle East and the future of BP, which has a 50 percent stake in TNK-BP, a joint venture with Russia-based partners.
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FT.com / Iran - Tehran's mayor seeds presidential bid - 0 views

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Iran

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  • reformists have always been suspicious of Mr Qalibaf, a former commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. He appears to hold modern views, but his belief in democratic values has been questioned. Mr Qalibaf was silent about the alleged rigging of last year’s presidential election and the violent suppression of street protests that followed.
  • He is believed to have considered running against Mr Ahmadi-Nejad, but closed down his election campaign headquarters when he learnt that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, still favoured the incumbent.
  • moderate fundamentalists are pinning their hopes on Mr Qalibaf to become president when Mr Ahmadi-Nejad’s second and final term ends in 2013. They see the mayor as the man who could save the Islamic regime from the deeply controversial radicalism of the president.
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