A nuclear waste dump in the Russia Arctic may be in danger of exploding because of corrosion caused by salt water in enormous storage tanks, the Norwegian environmental group Bellona warned Friday.
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June 1, 2007A student carrying over 30 kg of explosives has been arrested in the Moscow Region, a local police source said Friday.
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All the miners in a Russian coal mine when methane gas exploded Thursday morning have been accounted for, with 38 dead and seven injured.
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May 24, 2007About 38,000 hectares of the forest are on fire in the Russian Far East, Siberia and the Volga-Urals region.
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May 8, 2007An explosion in Ukraine on Monday knocked out of service one of the main pipelines exporting Russian natural gas to the European Union, but was not expected to affect supplies, officials said.
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The latest reports say 18 servicemen have died in a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crash in Chechnya, the Interfax news agency reported quoting a source at the headquarters of the joint federal force in the North Caucasus.
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April 28, 2007A military helicopter went down in Russia’s volatile province of Chechnya killing all 17 people on board, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported quoting a source in the military.
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Russia remains the most dangerous place to fly despite global improvements that made 2006 the safest year on record, the Reuters news agency reported quoting the latest annual report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released on Tuesday.
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April 18, 2007One person died and another one was injured after a Ukrainian helicopter crash, the DPA news agency reported on Wednesday.
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A system designed to prevent miners working in unsafe conditions was knowingly switched off before a gas blast at a Russian colliery that killed more than 100 miners last month, the Reuters news agency reported quoting official statement by the state safety watchdog.
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