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7 hrs ago | State Department

May 24 - Friday

Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Jerusalem and Addis Ababa. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Spokesperson Psaki and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, India, Russia, Prison

12 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

KBC Group: KBC completes the sale of Absolut Bank

Press Release Outside trading hours - Regulated information* Brussels, 24 May 2013 Today, KBC Group is pleased to announce the completion of the deal announced on 24 December 2012, whereby KBC would sell its Russian banking business Absolut Bank to a group of Russian companies that manage the assets of the second largest non-state pension fund in ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Mortgage, Personal Finance

16 hrs ago | Forum News Portal

Ukraine to develop space cooperation with Russia

Ukraine is interested in developing cooperation with Russia in space industry, in particular under the Dnipro program, and in participating in the creation of super-heavy launch vehicle on the basis of the Zenith carrier rocket and in constructing of the cosmodrome "Vostochyi". This was announced by vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuri Boiko in ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Russia,

20 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Moscow says Syrian government agrees to talks - in principle'

FILE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands in Moscow on May 8. Kerry argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria.

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Related Topix: Syria, Middle East, Russia, Vladimir Putin, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

22 hrs ago | Russia Beyond the Headlines

Trip Advisor says: Saint Petersburg is among top-25 best travel destinations

The Northern Capital was the only Russian city to make the list this year. RBTH introduces apps for modern gadgets and devices that may be indispensable for foreigners who visit St.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Travel, Russia Travel, Saint Petersburg, Russia Travel, Europe Travel, Moscow, Russia Travel,

Yesterday | Balkans.com

Serbia, Russia discuss defense cooperation

Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Defence Minister Segei Shoigu in Moscow to discuss the implementation of the agreement on cooperation in the defence sector.Vucic, who is on a two-day visit to the Russian Federation,... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia,

Thu May 23, 2013

VDARE

Todashev buddy Ramzan Kadyrov is the Checheniest Chechen of them all

Reuters is reporting that the father of Chechen immigrant Ibragim Todashev, slain by an FBI agent yesterday, "is said to be on close terms with regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov." Ray Sawhill of Uncouth Reflections has coined the phrase "Russia: Awesomest Country on Earth" for things like this ultraviolent micro- action movie .

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Vladimir Putin,

Sys-Con Media

Mazor Robotics Receives Purchase Order for Renaissancea System from ...

Mazor Robotics Ltd. , a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, today announced that its Russia distribution partner, Neuroproject, placed an order for a Renaissancea system to be used at the N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, located in Moscow.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, World News, Russia, Asia, Oncology, Medicine, Back Pain, Health

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff, speaks during a security conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Strategic Defense Initiative

Fiji Times

15s or 7s

This was after players such as Watisoni Votu and Nikola Matawalu were named in the Flying Fijians and the national 7s team that was due in camp yesterday.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News,

Wed May 22, 2013

News24

Russia: Syria opposition too divided

Israeli filmmaker Messe Kopp walked backwards then played his film in reverse. The concept is simple, but the result is bizarre.

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RIA Novosti

US Lawmakers Try to Block Sharing Missile Defense Data with Russia

WASHINGTON, May 22 Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows.

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Related Topix: Strategic Defense Initiative, World News, Russia, Asia, US News, US Politics, Representative Mo Brooks, Republican, US House of Representatives, Department of Defense,

Daily Report

Amid Alleged CIA Spy Scandal, Russia Boots Baker & McKenzie Lawyer

As the U.S. and Russian governments trade accusations over espionage activities and human rights abuses, Baker & McKenzie of counsel Thomas Firestone, a former Justice Department official and liaison to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, has been expelled from the country.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Prison,

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Pussy Riot member going on hunger strike

That's the name of a DEC promotion reminding people not to disturb fawns and other young wildlife.

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Related Topix: Riot, World News, Russia,

Tue May 21, 2013

The Nation

Russia probes Moscow terror attack 'plot'

MOSCOW Russia was Tuesday set to question the sole survivor of a deadly police raid outside Moscow that authorities said had prevented a major attack in the capital.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Terrorism,

News24

Officer's Putin desk shots investigated

Displayed on a computer screen is one of the pictures of Alexei Ustimchuk, a former officer of the Federal Bodyguard Service , posing behind Vladimir Putin's desk in the Kremlin.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, World News, Russia,

Mon May 20, 2013

Reuters

For Russia, Syria is not in the Middle East

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, British Prime Minister David Cameron, next Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. REUTERS/FILES A string of leaders and senior emissaries, seeking to prevent further escalation of the Syria crisis, has headed to Moscow recently ... (more)

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, Israel, World News, Middle East, Russia,

In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Russia Working to Align Biologics Regs with International Standards

Regulators and the drug industry met in Moscow last week to develop a framework for firms developing biologics and biosimilars in the Russian Federation.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, The Regulators, Country,

Russia Beyond the Headlines

Russian cosmonaut becomes first human to file taxes from outer space

Fifty-nine-year-old Pavel Vinogradov became the first human being to take advantage of the Russian Federal Tax Service's website to file his taxes from the International Space Station last month .

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Science / Technology, Space,

Russia Beyond the Headlines

Will the spy scandal fan anti-American sentiment in Russia?

I learned about the detainment of the American spy and third secretary of the U.S. Embassy, Ryan Fogle, while I was in Morocco at a conference.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion