FIFA World Cup delegates visit Samara
June 22nd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Samara (Russia), June 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The FIFA delegation charged with assessing Russia's 13 World Cup candidate cities visited here Friday.The seven delegates visited the site on the banks of ... Read more...
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Pilot dies in chopper crash in Russia
April 7th, 2012 - 4:39 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The pilot of a Bell 407 light helicopter died after the aircraft crashed in Russia's Tatarstan region, officials said.The helicopter wreckage, found near Yamash village, ... Read more...
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Russian kept female corpses at home, dressed them as dolls
November 8th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 8 (IANS) A man in Russia who dug up 29 female corpses from cemeteries, brought them to his apartment and then dressed them up as dolls has been ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha pays tribute to Mumbai blast victims
August 1st, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Reiterating the resolve to fight against terror, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari Monday paid tribute to the victims of the July 13 Mumbai bombings."No ... Read more...
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Nine dead after pleasure boat sinks in Moscow
August 1st, 2011 - 1:01 am ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- Eight people have been confirmed dead and a ninth person is presumed to have drowned after a pleasure boat collided with a cargo barge and sank in the ... Read more...
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Nine killed in Moscow river boat accident
July 31st, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Nine people were killed when a pleasure boat collided with a barge and sank in Russia's Moskva river here Sunday.
The accident occurred at about 1.30 ... Read more...
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Russian sunken ship toll rises to 120
July 25th, 2011 - 8:23 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The confirmed toll in the sunken cruise vessel Bulgaria risen to 120 people, after the divers discovered one more body on the riverboat, the Emergencies ... Read more...
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Russia begins lifting sunken ship from Volga
July 22nd, 2011 - 4:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 22 (IANS) Russian officials Thursday night began an operation for lifting the ship that sank in the Volga river, killing at least 114 people, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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Russia bans ships similar to sunken Bulgaria riverboat
July 17th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has imposed a ban on ships similar to the sunken Bulgaria riverboat until the causes of the tragedy are established, Transport Minister Igor Levitin ... Read more...
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Toll in Russian ship wreck rises to 83
July 12th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 12 (IANS) The toll in the ship wreck in Russia's Volga river has risen to 83, the government said Tuesday.An emergency situations ministry spokesman said that till 1200 ... Read more...
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‘Maximum punishment for captains of vessels passing sinking ship’
July 12th, 2011 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The captains of two passing vessels who failed to come to the aid of the Bulgaria, which sank in the Volga River with some 200 ... Read more...
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Toll in Russia ship capsize rises to 54 (Lead)
July 11th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Rescuers searching the wreck of a Russian cruise ship that sank in the Volga river Sunday have recovered 53 bodies, officials said Monday. One woman ... Read more...
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Over 100 people missing, 80 rescued as ship sinks in Russia
July 11th, 2011 - 5:00 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eighty of the 185 people on board the Bulgaria cruise ship that sank in the Volga River Sunday were rescued, said Russian Emergencies Ministry spokesman ... Read more...
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88 missing as ship sinks in Russia
July 10th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), July 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eighty-eight people were missing while 84 others were rescued from a cruise ship that sank in Russia's Volga river Sunday, officials said. One ... Read more...
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Russia to join top five economies in next decade: Putin
May 12th, 2011 - 6:59 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia would become one of the world's top five economies in the next decade, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday."In the next decade, Russia ... Read more...
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Bridge in Russia ‘bounces like a ball’ with wind
May 27th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 27 (ANI): A bridge in Volgograd, Russia has been filmed bouncing up and down with the wind.Russian TV station www.1tv.ru has shown the seven-kilometre bridge bouncing by more than three ... Read more...
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Russia’s GAZ confirms interest in Opel
May 12th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 12 (DPA) Russian automaker GAZ Tuesday officially confirmed its interest in forming a joint venture with German-based Opel and the Austrian-Canadian auto-parts supplier Magna International.
"The GAZ group is hoping for ... Read more...
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Russian cyslist Kalentieva eyeing Olympic gold
July 21st, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, July 21 (Xinhua) Four years have passed since Russian cyclist Irina Kalentieva made her poor Olympic debut. She was placed 13th at the Athens Olympics. Now, she is 31 years old. ... Read more...
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