US security firm Blackwater banned from Iraq
RTE News (Ireland)
Monday, 17 September 2007 14:36
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US security contractor Blackwater has been banned from operating in Iraq, after eight civilians were killed in Baghdad yesterday.
Blackwater offers personal security to US officials working in Iraq, and is one of the better known firms involved in what critics call the privatization [...]

Putin Names Zubkov Premier, Dissolves Government
Sept. 12 (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=atwvhhHXZtGs&refer=home
Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly replaced his prime minister, naming a little-known financial regulator to the post and setting off speculation over how he intends to wield power after leaving office next year.
Putin nominated Viktor Zubkov, the head of the Russian agency that monitors money laundering, to replace [...]