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| Dec.1 |
 Venezuela |
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Russia-Venezuela exercises begin Both navies have begun joint three-day operation in the Caribbean Sea, close to US territorial waters
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| Dec.2 |
 NATO |
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 NATO 'to resume ties with Russia'| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said talks with Moscow, which were frozen over its war with Georgia, would resume | |
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| Dec.5 |
 Moscow |
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Russia Orthodox Church's leader dies| Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a post-Soviet revival of faith but was accused of making the church a force for nationalism, died at age 79 | |
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 Panama |
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Russian ship enters Panama Canal The Russian warship, Admiral Chabanenko, has entered the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II
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| Dec.14 |
Moscow |
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90 arrested at opposition rally Police detained 90 people at an unsanctioned political opposition rally organized by Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov
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| Dec.16 |
 Israel |
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Tourist bus crash kills 24   Map of Eilat Israel A bus carrying Russian tourists from St. Petersburg came off a desert road and rolled down a steep slope near the Red Sea resort of Eilat
| The tourists had only just arrived and were being transported to Eilat from Ovda airport in the Negev desert
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| Dec.20 |
Moscow |
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Russian dancer Lepeshinskaya dies Lepeshinskaya danced with the Bolshoi for over 30 years and won several awards during her career. She died at the age of 92
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 Switzerland |
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Valuev stops Holyfield by decision Nikolai Valuev ended any hope of Evander Holyfield winning a 5th heavyweight title, narrowly defending his WBA title by majority decision
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| Dec.22 |
Moscow |
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Lawmakers back six-year presidency| The upper house approved an extension of the presidential term from 4 years to 6 | |
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| Dec.31 |
Moscow |
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 Hamas ready for peace, Russians say| Russian Foreign Ministry: The exiled leader of Hamas is ready to stop the fighting with Israel in exchange for an end to the blockade on Gaza | |
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