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• Just another coincidence: Italy convicts 23 CIA members, both the Italian Prime Minister and the Pope are attacked by “nutjobs”

  
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  > Last updated: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:30:00 +0000 Related:  New law could stop Silvio Berlusconi from facing corruption charges , Italy: Berlusconi government seeks to rehabilitate fascism Italian Judge Convicts in Absentia 23 CIA Operatives in Kidnap Case The Italian government, which did ...
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• Two Chinese wives spot common husband on social networking site

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Beijing, Dec 25 (RIA Novosti) A Chinese man has been arrested on charges of bigamy after his two wives discovered each other on a social networking site, a media report said.The Mexican national of Chinese origin, identified as Chang, was arrested last week after one of the wives added her husband’s “buddies”, ...
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• Russian nightclub fire toll rises to 152

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Moscow, Dec 25 (RIA Novosti) The toll in the Dec 5 deadly blaze at a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm has risen to 152, the regional emergencies service said in a statement Friday.“On Thursday, Dec 24, two women died in Moscow hospitals,” the statement said.A total of 74 people remain in hospitals. Doctors ...
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• Kremlin orders 20pct cut to Russian police ministry – Reuters

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 172
  Telegraph.co.uk Kremlin orders 20pct cut to Russian police ministry Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday ordered a one fifth cut to the staff of the 1.4 million strong Interior Ministry after a series of scandals involving the police. If implemented, the reform ...
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• Russia to develop new nuclear missiles and launchers – BBC News

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 172
  Reuters Russia to develop new nuclear missiles and launchers BBC News Russia will continue developing new nuclear missiles and launchers despite disarmament talks with the US, Russias President Dmitry Medvedev says. "Of course, we will develop new systems, including delivery platforms, or ...
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• Head of Russian Orthodox Church condemns discrimination against gays

  
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  The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has said that although homosexuality is still a sin, gay people must not be discriminated against.
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• New Russian nuclear submarine to enter service in 2010

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Moscow, Dec 23 (RIA Novosti) A new Russian nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine should enter service by late 2010, its developer said Wednesday.A spokesman for the Malakhit design bureau said dockside tests on the Severodvinsk, a Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class submarine, would start later this month and be ...
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• 40 injured as US plane overshoots runway in Jamaica (Lead)

  
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  Washington, Dec 23 (RIA Novosti) About 40 people were injured as an American Airlines plane split into two after overshooting a runway in the airport of Kingston, Jamaica, local media said Wednesday.No fatalities were reported.“The plane crashed and broke almost in front of me,” the Jamaica Observer quoted a ...
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• Russia’s Soyuz craft docks with space station

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Moscow, Dec 23 (RIA Novosti) Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Mission Control said Wednesday.The spacecraft docked with the ISS in an automated mode at 1:48 a.m. Wednesday.The crew, comprising Russian Oleg Kotov, NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer ...
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• Return Nefertiti statue, Egypt to tell Germany

  
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  Cairo, Dec 21 (RIA Novosti) Egypt is set to officially ask Germany to return a 3,300-year-old statue as it is believed to have been illegally taken out of the country in the early 20th century, an official has said.Egypt maintains that the priceless limestone bust of Nefertiti, queen of ancient Egypt and wife of ...
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• Soyuz spacecraft blasts off

  
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  Baikonur (Kazakhstan), Dec 21 (RIA Novosti) The Soyuz spacecraft, carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), was launched here in the early hours of Monday.The TMA-17 spacecraft was launched at 00:52 hrs from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan and it separated from the Soyuz-FG booster on ...
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• Iranian troops partially withdraw from Iraqi oil well

  
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  Baghdad, Dec 20 (RIA Novosti) Iranian troops have partially withdrawn from an oil well in a disputed oilfield in southern Iraq, an official said Sunday.A small group of Iranian soldiers took control of the oil well in a remote area along the two countries’ border last week. Iraq claims that the oil well is part [...]
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• Obama: US Close to New Arms Deal with Russia – Voice of America

  
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  MiamiHerald.com Obama: US Close to New Arms Deal with Russia Voice of America US President Barack Obama says the United States and Russia are quite close to agreeing on a new arms control treaty. Photo: AP Mr. Obama discussed the issue with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in a private meeting ...
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• Medvedev meets Lebanese PM in Copenhagen

  
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  Copenhagen, Dec 18 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Copenhagen, where he arrived Thursday in order to take part in the UN climate change conference.The Russian president told Saad Hariri he hoped they could discuss “not only climate-related issues, but also ...
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• Wild Dogs Turn Green After Eating Toxic Waste

  
  Life within me — Authority: 138
  It’s bizarre, to say the least: a pack of wild dogs in Russia, which previously had reddish fur, are suddenly emerald green after supposedly consuming toxic waste that had been dumped in the area. Photos and video show the animals, thought to be former guard dogs, sporting green-tinged fur. From NineMSN.com : ...
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• Black magic suspected as 50 needles found in Brazilian child

  
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  Rio De Janeiro, Dec 17 (RIA Novosti) Brazilian doctors have found some 50 needles in the body of a two-year-old boy that were allegedly inserted during a black magic ritual, media reports said.The child, from the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, was taken to a hospital by his mother, who said he had vomited and ...
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• Russia blames US for tardiness in n-arms cut deal

  
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  Moscow, Dec 17 (RIA Novosti) The US has slowed down talks on a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia in the last few days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.Asked to comment on media reports that a new landmark pact to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expired Dec 5, is unlikely ...
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• Toxic dumping turned Russian dogs green

  
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  A pack of wild dogs roaming the outskirts of the Russian city of Yekaterinburg have taken on a green tinge, and authorities suspect it’s from scavenging for food in a dump that may be contaminated with chemical waste. The greenish dogs are among a pack of about 20 strays, believed to be former guard dogs. “I go ...
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• NATO seeks more Russian help in Afghanistan

  
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  Moscow, Dec 16 (RIA Novosti) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday the Western military bloc is seeking greater Russian assistance for international operations in Afghanistan.Speaking to reporters after talks with President Dmitry Medvedev, Rasmussen said he was inviting Russia to step up its ...
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• Former Russian PM dies

  
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  Moscow, Dec 16 (RIA Novosti) Yegor Gaidar, former Russian prime minister and one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53, his aide said Wednesday.“Yegor Gaidar has died, I cannot currently give any more details,” Gennady Volkov said.Gaidar served as prime ...
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