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Gold is seen as a safe long-term investment, as pension funds have started investing in the metal, the head of the World Gold Council notified Reuters on Wednesday.

Sochi (Russia), Jan 26 – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to discuss the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks, a Kremlin source said.

Moscow, Jan 26 – A planned gay rights parade will not be able to take place in Moscow after a ruling by its mayor, Yuri Lushkov, the Itar Tass news agency reported Monday.

Beijing, Jan 12 – China’s largest Internet search engine, Baidu. com, said that its website was paralysed Tuesday morning after coming under a cyber-attack. The search engine later resumed operation.

Moscow, Jan 4 – Russia’s president and prime minister hit the slopes in Sochi, planned site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, to give the Russian resort town a boost, according to Russian broadcasters.

Ramallah, Jan 3 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday separately discussed the fate of the stalled Middle East peace process with US and Russian diplomats.

Moscow, Jan 1 – Russia set a new minimum price for all vodka sold in the country, in a bid to curb alcoholism and the production and sale of bootleg vodka, both widespread in Russia.

Moscow, Dec 30 – The European Union (EU) Tuesday condemned the execution by China of a British man said to be suffering from a mental illness on drug-smuggling charges.

Moscow, Dec 29 – Russia launched a rocket with a US telecommunications satellite from the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti news agency said quoting the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Tuesday.

Moscow, Dec 28 – Three thieves stole 250 boxes of chewing gum estimated to cost 1.7 million roubles ($57,500) from a truck in southern Russia, police said Monday.The incident took place in southern Russia’s Stavropol Territory.
“Three unidentified assailants entered a parking lot, threatened the watchman with bodily harm, and tied him up. Then they stole [...]