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Gazprom's profits cut in half in first half 2009

1 day ago - Russian gas company Gazprom saw profit cut in half in the first six months of the year as the cost of natural gas it buys from Central Asia soared and demand plummetted in Europe.

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Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces

3 days ago - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.

UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc

20 days ago - The smuggling of Afghan opiates is fueling addiction and drug use along trafficking routes from Iran to Central Asia as well as spreading diseases and funding insurgents, the U.N. warned Wednesday.

Report: Media freedoms shrink in Iran, rise in US

21 days ago - Iran's crackdown on journalists amid postelection protests and Israel's squeeze on media during its Gaza offensive drew black marks Tuesday from a watchdog monitoring media freedoms worldwide.

Top 10, bottom 10 of media watchdog's freedom list

21 days ago - Top and bottom countries in Reporters Without Borders' Press Freedom Index 2009, released Tuesday.

Warmer ties for Russia, China with big gas deals

26 days ago - Russia and China are closing in on a mammoth energy deal which could insure that Beijing has the fuel to run its factories and cities and Moscow has a vast new market for its natural gas empire.