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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Abkhazia"s president, Sergei Bagapsh, on his reelection, the Kremlin said on Monday.


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MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost...

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost 413 million rubles ($16 million) in the first five months of 2007 as a result of money laundering, an Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. Yevgeny Shkolov, head of the ministry"s economic security department, said his unit alone tracked down some 2,680 money-laundering incidents between January and May of this year - a 14% increase year-on-year. The total number of such crimes detected across the nation was 4,390, he said. "Some 4,390 crimes related to money laundering were tracked in the Russian Federation in the first five months of this year, including 1,257 on a large scale," Shkolov said.

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The Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)...

The killed militant was identified by Al-Malahim Media Foundation, the media arm of the Yemen-based AQAP, as Ibrahim Saleh Mujahid al-Khalifa (alias Abi Jandal al-Qisaimy), Xinhua said.

"Al-Qisaimy was responsible for collecting and raising money from inside Saudi Arabia and transferring them into al-Qaida wing in Yemen," al-Malahim was quoted as saying in a statement posted on the Internet.

The statement said the killed Saudi national "was also the coordinator behind smuggling groups of wanted Saudi militants to Yemen through the Saudi-Yemeni joint border."

The AQAP has claimed responsibility for the failed Christmas Day attempt to blow up a U.S. plane over Detroit, which triggered international concerns over air transportation security and forced Yemeni security forces to intensify their military and security operations against the terrorist group.

Xinhua quoted the AQAP"s statement as saying the militant was killed in clashes with the Yemeni security

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