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Amid Tensions, Bush and Putin Conduct Meeting in Russia (World, 42 articles) [UPDATE]
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Russian soldiers goose-stepped, veterans waltzed and crowds of parade-watchers shouted out thanks Sunday for Nazi Germany's defeat 60 years ago, as Russia launched a lavish, tightly controlled two-day celebration marking the anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe. The historic Yalta pact led to one of the greatest wrongs in history trading small nations' rights for stability, the president says in Latvia. " This moment in history will give everybody a chance to recognize what took place in the past and move on U.S. President George Bush said after meeting with the leaders of the three Baltic states, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Bush urged Russia on Saturday to make peace with the "freedom movement" spreading around its borders and vowed to continue helping opposition forces working to topple authoritarian governments in countries such as neighboring Belarus. " Once again, when powerful governments negotiated, the freedom of small nations was somehow expendable the president said, opening a four-nation trip to mark the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat. Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to growing calls for Russia to renounce the secret Soviet-Nazi pact that consigned the Baltic republics to Soviet rule, said Moscow condemned the deal long ago.
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After Winning One Campaign, Blair Is Facing Another Against Him, in His Own Party (U.S., 30 articles) [UPDATE]
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Even a damaged Blair and his party offer lessons that analysts on both sides of the Atlantic say could aid the Democrats as they look toward elections in 2006 and 2008. British Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain returned to power on Friday for a record-setting third successive term, according to official election results, with a much reduced majority reflecting his unpopularity over the war in Iraq. The point of elections is to change government, and this one has - not in the usual way of changing the party in power, but rather by forcing a change of style, tone and agenda from Labour.
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For Some in Iraq's Sunni Minority, a Growing Sense of Alienation (World, 23 articles)
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One of four Sunni Arabs picked this weekend to join Iraq's new Shiite-controlled cabinet abruptly rejected the job on Sunday, saying he first learned of his selection from a television news report on Saturday night. Iraq's parliament approved six new ministers on Sunday hoping to fill the political void that has stoked the insurgency, but one minister turned down the job, leaving the cabinet still incomplete three months after polls. Two suicide car bombs exploded in a central Baghdad square today, killing 22 people, including two American contract workers, as Iraqi political leaders agreed on nominees for six of the seven vacant Cabinet posts.
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N. Ireland's Trimble To Quit as Party Leader (World, 10 articles) [UPDATE]
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Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has announced his resignation as leader of the party, after losing his Westminster seat in Upper Bann. The party lost four of its MPs in the general election, while the DUP's Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams won with increased majorities. LITTLE OVER seven years ago, with Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and President Clinton closely engaged, the Belfast agreement was negotiated.
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Mavericks roll over Rockets in Game 7 (Sports, 19 articles) [UPDATE]
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With one dominant swipe of their collective hand, the Mavericks ended all the doubt and their first-round series with a 116-76 whipping of the Houston Rockets on Saturday night at American Airlines Center, winning the best-of-7 series, 4-3. The Mavericks dismissed the Rockets with splendid play by point guards Jason Terry and Darrell Armstrong and high-energy production from Josh Howard , Erick Dampier and Michael Finley . The frustration of a long series took a toll on the Rockets superstar , who couldn't score or stop a surge by the Mavericks.
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