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Russia to resume space tourist programme in 2-3 years
March 19th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Space tourists will be again able to fly on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station in two to three years, Russia's top space official said ...
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North Korea executes official over currency reform
March 18th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea has executed a former top finance official over the country's failed currency reform, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Thursday.
North Korea redenominated its national currency, ...
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Clumsy Afghan suicide bomber blows himself up
March 18th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A suicide-bomber in southern Afghanistan blew himself up while putting on a vest of explosives, an official said.
The explosion occurred in a house in Gereshk town ...
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Clinton in Moscow for arms reduction talks
March 18th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Moscow Thursday to discuss a new strategic arms reduction deal.
During her two-day visit here, Clinton will meet Russian Foreign ...
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Putin to attend conference on the Arctic
March 17th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the international Arctic Conference where the exploration and development of mineral resources, environmental protection and improving transport infrastructure in the ...
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Russia to launch new nuclear submarine on May 7
March 15th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new Russian nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine will be launched May 7, an official said Monday.
Construction of the Severodvinsk, a Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class submarine, began ...
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33 killed in Kazakhstan flood
March 15th, 2010 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
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Astana, March 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Rescuers have found 33 bodies in southern Kazakhstan, where heavy rains swept away two dams last week, causing massive flooding, authorities said.
Heavy precipitation and melting snows ...
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Georgian opposition to sue TV channel over fake invasion report
March 14th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Tbilisi, March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A leading Georgian opposition party Sunday said it was preparing a lawsuit against a television channel over a fake news report about a supposed Russian invasion and ...
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Russia, US close to signing arms reduction pact: Kremlin
March 14th, 2010 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian and US presidents have discussed the negotiations on a new strategic arms reductions treaty and said it was possible to talk about a date ...
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Stolen remains of Cyprus ex-president reburied
March 12th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Athens, March 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen from his grave three months back, has been finally laid to rest in the capital Nicosia, ...
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Russian car sales fall year-on-year in January-February
March 10th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sales of new passenger cars in Russia in January-February 2010 decreased by 34 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the Association of European ...
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Large Hadron Collider performing well
March 9th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A detailed check of the world's most powerful atom smasher -- the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -- has shown that it is "performing well," the European ...
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Chinese pandas spotted eating bones rather than bamboo (Lead, Changing Dateline)
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, March 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Some Chinese pandas have started eating animal bones instead of their traditional diet of bamboo, state-run China Central Television has said.
The bizarre change in the endangered ...
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Chinese pandas seen eating bones rather than bamboo
March 2nd, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Some Chinese pandas have started eating animal bones instead of their traditionally-preferred diet of bamboo, state-run China Central Television has said.
The bizarre change in the endangered ...
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Russia close to arms reductions deal with US: Medvedev
March 2nd, 2010 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Paris, March 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that his country and the US are close to completing negotiations on a new treaty on strategic arms cuts, and ...
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Two fighter jets crash in South Korea
March 2nd, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, March 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two fighter jets crashed into a mountain in South Korea during a routine training flight Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The accident took place near the coastal ...
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Tajikistan votes in parliamentary election
February 28th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Dushanbe, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Polls opened Sunday in Tajikistan's parliamentary election, with the ruling People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan led by incumbent President Emomali Rakhmon expected to consolidate its power in ...
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Tsunami threat: People evacuated from Russian islands
February 28th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia), Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Residents of Kuril Islands in Russia's Far East were being evacuated due to the threat of tsunami roused by a quake in Chile, an official said.
The ...
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Tsunami hits Chile after 8.8-magnitude quake, toll 78(Fifth Lead)
February 27th, 2010 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Santiago, Feb 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hours after a devastating earthquake killed at least 78 people in Chile Saturday, a massive tsunami hit the Robinson Crusoe island of the Latin American country, President ...
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Toll in Chile quake rises to 47: President (Third Lead)
February 27th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Santiago, Feb 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The toll in a powerful earthquake which struck Chile Saturday has risen to 47, the country's President Michelle Bachelet said.
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Latin American country ...
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Zoo ‘treats’ turn chimp into alcohol, nicotine addict
February 27th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 27 (IANS) Frequent "treats" by visitors made a zoo inmate, Zhora the chimp, an alcoholic and nicotine addict, a Russian daily said.
Zoo authorities in Rostov -- 200 km northeast of ...
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Russian mini-subs to repeat dive in world’s deepest lake
February 26th, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 26 (IANS) Two Russian mini-subs that have spent the past two summers researching Siberia's Lake Baikal will return to the depths of the world's deepest freshwater lake this summer, a ...
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‘China may build up N-capability to counter US missile shield’
February 25th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 25 (IANS) China may strengthen its nuclear capability in response to the US global missile defence plans, said a Russian military expert.
"At present, China has a very limited nuclear potential, ...
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Shuttle Endeavour to undock from ISS Saturday
February 19th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 19 (RIA Novosti) Space shuttle Endeavour will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) Saturday after a nine-day mission, US space agency NASA said.
The shuttle, carrying six astronauts, was ...
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UN calls on world to collect $1.44 bn for quake-hit Haiti
February 19th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
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United Nations, Feb 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN has called on the international community to collect $1.44 billion in aid for Haiti, which was hit by a devastating quake last month.
The UN ...
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Russia, US may sign new arms reduction treaty soon
February 17th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Mexico, Feb 17 (RIA Novosti) A new Russian-US treaty on nuclear arms reduction might be concluded soon on the condition that both sides follow the previously reached agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei ...
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Vladimir Lisin named richest Russian with $18.8 bn
February 15th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 15 (RIA Novosti) Vladimir Lisin, the owner of the Russian steel giant Novolipetsk Steel, has been named Russia's richest person with an estimated wealth of $18.8 billion by Russia's ...
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Over 7 million tax documents stolen in Latvia
February 15th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Riga, Feb 15 (RIA Novosti) In Latvia's largest ever leak of confidential information, about 7.4 million tax documents were stolen from the server of the country's state revenue service, the country's media ...
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Thai court orders release of arms cargo plane crew
February 11th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangkok, Feb 11 (RIA Novosti) A Thai criminal court Thursday ordered the release of the crew of a cargo plane that was seized with illegal weaponry from North Korea on board, a ...
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Yanukovych wins Ukraine presidential vote
February 10th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Kiev, Feb 10 (RIA Novosti) Former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych received 48.95 percent of the vote in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, 3.48 percent more than his opponent Yulia Tymoshenko, ...
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UN workers’ toll in Haiti Quake reaches 94
February 9th, 2010 - 7:36 am ICT by IANS
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United Nations, Feb 9 (RIA Novosti) The number of UN workers killed in last month's earthquake in Haiti has reached 94, while eight of its staff remained unaccounted for, a ...
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Ukrainians vote in presidential runoff
February 7th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Kiev, Feb 7 (RIA Novosti) Polls opened Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff, with Ukrainians having to choose between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a bitterly fought election.
Yanukovych ...
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Moscow irked by US missile shield plans for Romania
February 6th, 2010 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
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Berlin, Feb 5 (RIA Novosti) Moscow is apprehensive about US plans to deploy missile defence elements in Romania, a senior Russian parliamentarian said Friday.
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday his country backed ...
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China to impose anti-dumping measures on US chicken imports
February 5th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) China Friday said it would impose anti-dumping measures on chicken imports from the US.
The preliminary ruling required importers of chicken products from the US to place deposits at ...
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Oldest monastery in Egypt opens doors for pilgrims
February 5th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Al-Zaafarana (Egypt), Feb 5 (RIA Novosti) The oldest monastery of Saint Antony near Egypt's coastal town of Al-Zaafarana has opened its doors for pilgrims after almost five years of renovation, the head ...
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Indian fighter jets to be armed with BrahMos missiles
February 5th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Singapore, Feb 5 (RIA Novosti) India's fleet of Su-30MKI Flanker-H fighter jets could be armed with BrahMos missiles by 2012, the vice president of the Irkut Corporation said at the Singapore Airshow ...
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Half a million Russian may lose jobs
February 3rd, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 3 (RIA Novosti) The total number of unemployed people in Russia may rise to 6.7 million as almost half a million people are in danger of losing their jobs, authorities ...
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Russia’s first ice hotel to open on Valentine’s Day
February 1st, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
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St Petersburg (Russia), Feb 1 (RIA Novosti) Some 150 builders, ice sculptors and architects are carving Russia's first ice hotel which will open on Valentine's Day, its promoters said Monday.
The resort, which ...
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Moscow police detain about 100 protesters
February 1st, 2010 - 3:18 am ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 1 (RIA Novosti) About 100 people, including several prominent opposition leaders, have been detained during a demonstration in the Russian capital, police said.
Moscow police spokesman Viktor Biryukov said about 300 ...
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200 children hospitalised after eating Chinese fruits
January 31st, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Jan 31 (RIA Novosti) Over 200 children, most of them younger than three years, were hospitalised with acute intestinal infection after eating fruits imported from China, Rossiya TV channel reported Sunday.
According ...
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