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Iranian plane catches fire on landing
At least 46 passengers on board an Iranian airliner have been injured as the plane catches fire while trying to land in the Mashhad airport. The Taban Airlines passenger aircraft, which had departed from the southeastern Iranian city of Abadan, was trying to land at the airport at 07:20 local time (0350 GMT) Sunday morning when its tail caught fire.
25.01.10
EU, OSCE to discuss conflicts
19.01.10 OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev will meet with the foreign diplomats accredited in Astana on January 20, said Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Abdurahmanov told APA. He said Saudabayev would declare priorities of Kazakhstan in the OSCE Presidency, which were aiming to increase usefulness of the organization and extension of its positive contribution to the solution of urgent international problems.
Yanukovich and Tymoshenko win first round of presidential elections in Ukraine
Ukraine held presidential elections on January 17. Leader of the Party of Regions Victor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Julia Tymoshenko won first round of the elections, UNIAN and Ukrainskaya Pravda report.
18.01.10
Ukraine votes in crucial presidential elections
Ukrainians are voting on Sunday in the first presidential elections since the 2004 Orange Revolution, in a ballot set to determine the ex-Soviet republic’s relations with Russia and Europe, RIA Novosti reports.
18.01.10
