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| Jul.2 |
 Moscow |
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  Chirac visits Putin France and Russia are discussing their opposition to National Missile Defense system, backed by Bush
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| Jul.3 |
Siberia |
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Plane crash kills 143| Passenger plane, Tupolev 154, crashed and burned in Siberia with 133 passengers and 10 crew members | |
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| Jul.4 |
Moscow |
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Plane crash victims mourned President Putin announced a national day of mourning and ordered an investigatory commission
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  Kursk salvage operation gears up Commander Kuroyedov will oversee preparations for lifting the submarine by Dutch transport company Mammoet
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| Jul.6 |
 Washington |
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 FBI spy Hanssen pleads guilty By entering plea to 15 counts of espionage and conspiracy charges Hanssen avoided a possible death sentence
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| Jul.10 |
Moscow |
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Beijing frontrunner at Olympic race
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| Jul.11 |
Siberia |
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8 die in Siberia floods 200 trapped in the woods. Villages near Lake Baikal have been evacuated
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| Jul.12 |
Moscow |
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Beijing is favorite for 2008 Games Human rights groups argue that sending the games to Beijing would reward a repressive regime
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| Jul.13 |
Moscow |
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10 killed in air crash Cargo plane, 4-engined jet Il-76, crashed on takeoff at a military airport
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| Jul.15 |
Russia |
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 Russia condemns U.S. missile test Foreign Ministry said the trial threatened the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
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  Divers prepare for Kursk mission Norwegian ship with deep-sea divers have arrived in the Barents Sea to prepare for lifting the sunken sub
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| Jul.16 |
Moscow |
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 Russia and China sign alliance| Presidents Zemin and Putin Good Neighbourly Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation to oppose to the U.S. plans | |
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Moscow |
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 Rogge wins top Olympics job| Belgian has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee. He succeeds Samaranch | |
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| Jul.17 |
Russia |
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Kursk site tested Engineers are using a remote-control, deep-sea vessel. 25 deep-sea divers arrived in the Barents Sea
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| Jul.18 |
Russia |
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First stage Kursk salvage complete Debris has been cleared from sub by using an unmanned remote-controlled vessel
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| Jul.20 |
Chechnya |
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9 dead in crash Mi-8 helicopter carrying interior ministry troops crashed. 5 others were injured
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| Jul.21 |
Russia |
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Divers begin Kursk recovery The first group of divers has descended to the bottom of the Barents Sea in a diving bell
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| Jul.22 |
Russia |
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 Bush, Putin agree on missile talks| Presidents unexpectedly have agreed to tie plans for a missile defence shield to reducing nuclear stockpiles | |
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Holes cut in to Kursk hull Diving teams had been working on the wreck in 6-hour shifts around-the-clock
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| Jul.24 |
Russia |
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Kursk radiation threat denied Russian engineers said there was no chance of a leak
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| Jul.25 |
Siberia |
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  Kim Jong-il on rail trip to Moscow North Korean leader has crossed into Russia's Far East to start a train journey for a meeting with President Putin
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| Jul.26 |
Moscow |
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 U.S. pushes ahead with NMD plan National Security Adviser C. Rice met President Putin and his security adviser Rushailo
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| Jul.30 |
Russia |
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Gunmen take 40 hostage| 2 masked men have taken hostage people travelling on a bus in southern Russia | |
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| Jul.31 |
Russia |
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Gunfire at Russia hostage siege Gunman claiming to have a bomb and had demanded 6 more sub-machine guns and a helicopter
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