Putin Orders Special Inquiry Into Accidents that Shock Russia
March 21st, 2007Vladimir Putin ordered a special Kremlin inquiry into the three tragedies to hit Russia since the weekend, Reuters news agency reported.
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British Citizen Among Victims of Russian Coal Mine Blast
March 21st, 2007A British citizen was among dozens of people killed in a gas explosion at a remote Siberian coal mine, Telegraph.co.uk reported March 20. Total number of victims of the deadly blast is currently 106 people, at least a dozen have not been found yet.
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Man Shoots Himself After Blowing Up Neighbor’s Toilet
March 21st, 2007A pensioner in the Russian region of Primorye blew up his neighbor’s toilet and then killed himself following an apparent quarrel between them on Monday afternoon, RIA Novosti reported March 20.
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Human Rights Activists Urge Moscow Mayor to Allow Gay Parade
March 21st, 2007The Moscow authorities should give the go-ahead to gay pride parades, Alison Gil the head the Moscow office of the Human Rights Watch group, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Tuesday.
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Russia Withdraws Nuclear Experts From Iran
March 21st, 2007Russia is bringing home its technicians and engineers from Iran’s unfinished nuclear reactor site at a time of growing international pressure on Tehran to curb its atomic ambitions, U.S. and European representatives said on Tuesday according to the Associated Press report.
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Ukraine’s Prosecutors Search Apartment of Oppositionist Ex-minister
March 21st, 2007Investigators Tuesday searched the apartment of former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko who is now an opponent of the powerful prime minister and his Cabinet, The Associated Press news agency reports, quoting Lutsenko’s spokeswoman.
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Russia to Build First Nuclear Power Plant in Morocco
March 19th, 2007Russia’s nuclear equipment export monopoly Atomstroyexport said Monday it plans to build a nuclear power plant in Morocco. Read the rest of this entry »
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Blast Rips Through Siberian Coal Mine
March 19th, 2007According to Russian emergency officials an explosion occurred in a Siberian coal mine on Monday, no casualties have been reported yet.
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Russia to Sign Energy and Metals Deals in Africa
March 19th, 2007Russia hopes for a package of energy and metals deals with African states, a ministry statement said on Friday, March 16, as a government delegation left for South Africa, Angola and Namibia. Some Russian firms however deny having any such plans.
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Former Soviet Dissident Killed in U.S. by ‘Coldblooded’ Hip-Hop DJ
March 17th, 2007Brian “DJ Coldblooded” White beat a former Soviet political prisoner to death with a rock Thursday at a highway rest stop in the United Stated after the victim declined to buy his religious CDs.
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