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Yesterday | UNESCO News

First Consultation Meeting of IFAP National Committees to take place next week in Moscow

The First Consultation Meeting of National Committees for UNESCOa s Information for All Program will take place on 7 and 8 December 2009 in Moscow, Russia.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News, Asia

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Xinhuanet

Russia mourns for nightclub blaze victims

Russia on Monday held a national day of mourning to commemorate the victims of a deadly nightclub blaze that killed at least 112 people and injured a further 130.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, India, Manmohan Singh

Domain-B

India, Russia ink crucial nuclear, defence agreements

Moscow: Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and visiting Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh signed an agreement Monday to cooperate in the peaceful use of nuclear technology and also inked three agreements related to defence.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, India, Manmohan Singh, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Sun Dec 06, 2009

St Petersburg News

India, Russia likely to sign various agreements during PM's Moscow visit

New Delhi, Dec.5 : During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day official visit to Moscow which begins on Sunday, India and Russia are likely to sign a host of agreements of significance, which will be a reflection of the breadth of their relationship and particularly, the depth of their cooperation in the defence sector, said Foreign Secretary ...

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, India, Manmohan Singh, Nuclear Energy

Sat Dec 05, 2009

India Gazette

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Moscow visit to begin on Sunday

New Delhi, Dec.5 : Prime Minister will be in Moscow for the Annual Summit Meeting with the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Manmohan Singh, India, Vladimir Putin, Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev

Fri Dec 04, 2009

CPJ Press Freedom Online

Beketov still recovering from attack a year later in Russia

's ordeal describe his survival as nothing short of a miracle. The once fit, towering 51-year-old who campaigned on environmental issues and criticized his city government's policies through the pages of his newspaper is now gone.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News, Journalism

Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Moscow Times

Russia's Renegade Puppet

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in July proposed to Akhmed Zakayev, a leader of the nationalistic and comparatively moderate Chechen opposition, that he return to Chechnya.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, World News, Russia, Asia, Opinion

Catholic World News

New hints of movement toward Vatican-Moscow 'summit'

On the eve of a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev, there are new signs of substantial progress in relations between the Holy See and the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, and hint that a "summit" meeting between the Pope and Russian Patriarch Kirill might be under discussion.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Orthodox Church, Asia

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The New York Times

A Victory for Holders of Yukos

An arbitration panel has ruled that shareholders in the former Yukos oil company, which was disbanded by the Russian government in 2007, are entitled to seek an estimated $100 billion in damages from the Russian government, lawyers for the Yukos shareholders said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia,

Tue Dec 01, 2009

WCNC-TV Charlotte

A look at economic developments around the globe

Dubai's leader tried to calm panicky investors as regional markets tumbled for a second day on news that the city-state's chief conglomerate needs to delay payments on its $60 billion in debt for six months.

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Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, China, Asia, Russia,

The China Post

Bomb caused train crash that killed at least 39: Russia

Russia's domestic intelligence service Saturday said a train disaster that killed at least 39 people and injured nearly 100 was caused by a bomb.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, World News, Russia, Terrorism, Explosion

Mon Nov 30, 2009

ETaiwanNews.com

British tabloids inspire school in Russia for scandal

Russian tabloid's editor promotes a new type of journalism, more emotional and interesting than the staid traditioal newspapers + Enlarge This image The web version of Russian daily newspaper Pravda displayed on a monitor at an internet cafe in Moscow, Russia in April 2007.

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

Sun Nov 29, 2009

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Bomb caused crash that killed 26, injured scores

Officials say a powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Russian train off its tracks, killing at least 26 people.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, World News, Russia, Terrorism

Sat Nov 28, 2009

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Russia investigates train derailment as terror act

The Nevsky Express, an upscale line popular with Russian business executives and government officials, was carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to the northern city of St.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, World News, Russia, Asia,

Fri Nov 27, 2009

People's Daily Online

First "Clean Water" Int'l Forum opens in Moscow

Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2009 shows water products at the exhibition hall of the first "Clean Water" International Forum in Moscow, Russia.

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Related Topix: Russia, World News,

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Sun-Bulletin

Russia: no space for space tourists

A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.

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

Tass

Second annual RF Pension Forum to be held in Moscow

The fulfilment of the new pension legislation and important problems of the development of the pension system are to be considered at the second annual Russian Pension Forum that is opening in Moscow on Wednesday.

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

Wed Nov 25, 2009

RIA Novosti

Moscow protests Japan's stance on Kuril Islands

Russia's Foreign Ministry sent on Tuesday a note of protest to Japan over a document describing the Southern Kuril islands as "territory occupied by Russia." Responding to a parliamentary query earlier in the day, the Japanese government reiterated that "the Russian Federation is illegally occupying four northern islands." A senior Russian MP said ...

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Related Topix: Russia, World News, Asia

Tue Nov 24, 2009

NowPublic

Russia- Blasts at Ulyanovsk ammunition depot leaves 8 dead

At least eight people have been killed in an explosion that happened at Arsenal 31, ammunitions depot on the outskirts of Ulyanovsk, 900km south-east of Moscow, Russia.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Explosion

Mon Nov 23, 2009

UzReport

ADB joins global effort to reduce mounting death toll on roads

A majority of the world's fatal traffic accidents occur in the Asia-Pacific region and concerted regional and country responses are needed to address the issue, Asian Development Bank Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss said.

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