Putin, Saudi king meet in landmark visit
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia held talks yesterday with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the first visit by a Russian leader to the kingdom.
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The departing Ukrainian president, Leonid D. Kuchma, flew to Moscow today and met with the Russian leader, Vladimir A. Putin, who interjected himself into Ukraine&#39;s
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in India to discuss defence, energy and oil deals.
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Astana - Kiev, October 27 KAZINFORM - Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a working visit in Ukraine, on Wednesday will hold talks with the Ukrainian head of state Leonid Kuchma.
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SOCHI, Russia A three-way meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Jacques Chirac got underway Tuesday, their third summit since the trio united in strong opposition to the US invasion of Iraq.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday for the first time in the Vatican amid signs of warmer ties between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.Comment
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a surprise trip to Moscow on Thursday to discuss Iran's nuclear program with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who just returned from talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran.
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President Vladimir Putin begins a Middle East tour which includes the first visit of a Russian leader to Saudi Arabia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with leading Russian academics in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a summit with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at his Black Sea residence later this month, the Kremlin announced today.
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President Vladimir Putin made the first official visit by a Russian leader to Turkey on Sunday, seeking to boost trade and counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries, which have been rivals since the time of the czars and sultans.
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In the early months of his presidency, Vladimir Putin met British leader Tony Blair for a beer at a cozy Moscow restaurant. The setting and the leaders' tentative smiles had the air of a promising date that might bloom into something big for Britain and Russia.
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The British and Saudi monarchs spoke  warmly about each other's countries at a formal banquet in  London on Tuesday, but a state visit by Saudi Arabia's King  Abdullah drew protests and political controversy in Britain.
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BEIRUT: Bahrain&#39;s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa traveled to Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz.
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Jordan's King Abdullah II and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a stronger international push for lasting Mideast peace and urged for a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear standoff.
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MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin&#39;s visit to Turkey this week deserves the label of historic. For centuries, Russia and the Ottoman Empire clashed along geographic fault lines.
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NEW DELHI President Vladimir Putin of Russia arrived Friday to hold talks on expanding trade and cooperation in defense, energy and space with India, a longtime ally of the Soviet Union during the cold war.