President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected Western criticism he is using his energy policies as a weapon, denounced the deployment of U.S. anti-missile systems in eastern Europe, and said he didn't believe in conspiracy theories in the poisoning death of a former KGB officer.
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Move over Big Brother. Italy's true life reality show is playing out not in a fish bowl studio but on the evening news, the front pages and in the piazzas: Silvio Berlusconi and his scorned wife have made peace -- for now.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was questioned by police for a second time last Friday in an investigation into the funding of political parties, his office said on Thursday.
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British police have questioned UK Prime Minister Tony Blair for a second time as part of an investigation into political party funding, his spokesman says.
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