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Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize
Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature Oct. 8 for works that the prize judges called "a monument to suffering and courage."
Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel prize in literature
Belarusian journalist and writer Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded the 2015 Nobel prize in literature.
Swedish Academy stated that her work was a “monument to suffering and courage in our time”.
Alexievich was born on the 31 May 1948 in the Ukrainian town Ivano-Frankovsk. Her father is Belarusian and her mother is Ukrainian.
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In Syria, Russia chasing Chechens once again
While Russian President Vladimir Putin's air campaign in Syria may have other aims, one result seems to be that it is hitting Islamists from Russia's Caucasus, say analysts.
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Erdo?an asks: Why is Russia so interested in Syria?
Russia and US call urgent talks after Syria strikes
Russia and United States agreed Sept.30 to call urgent military talks to head off the risk of clashes between their forces, after Moscow's dramatic entrance into the Syrian war.
Trump would send home Syrian refugees
Republican US presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Sept.30 that he would send thousands of Syrian refugees back to their home country if he is elected in November.
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Fatal clashes stir Karabakh tension
Azerbaijan and the Armenia-backed breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday bickered about how many of their soldiers had been killed in clashes that have stoked fears of a wider conflict breaking out in the South Caucasus.
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Russia to continue support to Assad, says Putin on CBS
Russian President Vladimir Putin told CBS in an interview that he did not plan to send ground troops into Syria at this stage of the conflict. Before Putin leaves for New York to take part in the 70th UN annual Assembly, he called on the international community to coordinate its efforts and support Syrian President Bashar al Assad in his fight against ISIS terrorists.
Putin Says Russia Seeking to Set Up Regional Anti-IS Network
Russia is trying to establish "some kind of a coordination network" to cooperate with Middle Eastern countries in the fight against Islamic State (IS) group, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
Russia still arming Ukraine rebels despite truce: NATO chief
Russia is still sending weapons to separatist rebels battling the Ukrainian government despite a fresh truce in the war-torn east of the country, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sept. 22.