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| Feb.12 |
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Russia-Ukraine summit
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| Feb.20 |
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FBI agent charged with espionage R. Hanssen, 27-year veteran FBI agent, worked an assignment sniffing out Russian spies
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| Feb.23 |
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FBI to investigate murder
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| Mar.15 |
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Hijack plane lands in Saudi
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| Mar.21 |
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Russian diplomats leave U.S. 6 Russian diplomats accused of direct contact with Hanssen have left U.S. Additional 40 planned to be expelled
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| Mar.22 |
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Mir destroyed in fiery descent| After 15 years in space, station re-entered the atmosphere and plunged into the South Pacific | |
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| Mar.23 |
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Moscow expels 4 U.S. diplomats
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20 dead in blasts 90 wounded in 2 separate blasts. Car exploded in a central market
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| Mar.27 |
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Russia orders 4 U.S. diplomats out
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| Apr.3 |
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Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV A state-run gas giant Gazprom has taken control of only independent nationwide television station
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| Apr.4 |
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Ted Turner signs NTV deal
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| Apr.7 |
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NTV rally
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| Apr.13 |
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Jordan claims control of NTV
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| Apr.14 |
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NTV management wrested control The morning news was cut off mid-sentence. Renegade staff is broadcasting on a smaller channel
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| Apr.25 |
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Chernobyl's 15 years on |
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| Apr.26 |
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Ousted PM vows to return |
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| Apr.28 |
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First Tourist Blasts Off for Space |
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| May.2 |
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Russia calls for missile talks |
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| May.5 |
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Tourist Tito lands safely |
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| May.10 |
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Fire at satellite centre |
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| May.13 |
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Starving seals stranded on ice |
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| May.16 |
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Russia backs Annan 2nd term |
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| May.17 |
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EU wants Russia to trade in euros |
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Borodin silent before Swiss court |
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Peacekeepers in firefight |
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| May.18 |
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Russia agrees deal to raise Kursk |
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| May.19 |
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Ivanov on high-intensity U.S. visit
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| May.23 |
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Nuclear powers unite against NMD |
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| May.25 |
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Troops spark coup fears |
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| May.26 |
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Clashes mar Georgia anniversary |
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| May.29 |
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Court liquidates Gusinsky's empire |
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| May.31 |
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Grenade attack on Russian embassy |
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| Jun.13 |
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Russia investigates U.S. lecturer |
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Trying to save sturgeon |
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| Jun.19 |
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Putin vows to retain Chechnya |
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| Jun.23 |
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Pope lands in Orthodox Ukraine John Paul II visit that has angered followers of the Orthodox church. Pope is hoping to calm inter-church tensions
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Putin renews nuclear arms warning |
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| Jun.27 |
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Pope beatifies Ukrainian martyrs |
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| Jul.2 |
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Chirac visits Putin
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| Jul.3 |
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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 |
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Plane crash victims mourned |
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Kursk salvage operation gears up |
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| Jul.6 |
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FBI spy Hanssen pleads guilty |
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| Jul.11 |
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8 die in Siberia floods |
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| Jul.12 |
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Beijing is favorite for 2008 Games
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| Jul.13 |
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10 killed in air crash |
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| Jul.15 |
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Divers prepare for Kursk mission |
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Russia condemns U.S. missile test |
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| Jul.16 |
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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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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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| Jul.17 |
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Kursk site tested |
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| Jul.18 |
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First stage Kursk salvage complete |
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Nazi hunting group asks Chavez |
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| Jul.21 |
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Divers begin Kursk recovery |
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| Jul.22 |
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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 |
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| Jul.24 |
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Kursk radiation threat denied |
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| Jul.25 |
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Kim Jong-il on rail trip to Moscow |
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| Jul.26 |
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U.S. pushes ahead with NMD plan |
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| Jul.30 |
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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 |
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Gunfire at Russia hostage siege |
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| Aug.3 |
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Russia frees jailed U.S. student |
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| Aug.4 |
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Putin meets Kim Jong Il| North Korean leader intends to observe the moratorium on long-range missile testing until 2003 | |
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| Aug.5 |
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Kim tours space center |
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| Aug.6 |
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Ukrainian beats Jones in 100-meter
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| Aug.15 |
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Radioactive devices stolen |
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| Aug.19 |
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Mine blast kills 33
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Russia commemorates 1991 coup |
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| Aug.20 |
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Hopes fade for mine survivors |
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| Aug.25 |
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Race against time to raise Kursk |
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| Sep.9 |
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High turnout in poll |
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Lukashenko victory disputed Alexander Lukashenko declared victory in presidential election by 78% of the vote. Opposition called for a second round
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| Sep.10 |
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Protests at unfair poll |
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| Sep.11 |
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Lukashenko defiant after election |
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| Sep.13 |
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Kursk bow sawn off
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| Sep.22 |
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Pope brings message of peace
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Pope urges harmony between faiths |
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| Sep.24 |
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Putin pledges support for US Russian President says country will support operations in Afghanistan and widen the cooperation with the alliance
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Pope's Armenia trip threatens row |
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| Sep.25 |
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Putin: We failed to see threat
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| Sep.26 |
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Pope avoids Armenia controversy
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| Oct.1 |
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Putin talks tough on terrorism |
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| Oct.2 |
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Russia needs no proof |
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| Oct.3 |
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Russia closes ranks with EU |
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| Oct.4 |
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Jet explodes over Black Sea
Map of Black Sea Russia A Russian airliner travelling from Israel to Siberia has crashed into the sea with 76 people on board
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Blair in terror talks with Putin
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Sources: missile downed Russian jet |
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Black Sea crash wreckage located |
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| Oct.5 |
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US begins ground deployment| The elite 10th Mountain Division, 1,000 US troops are on their way to Uzbekistan. Rumsfeld met Karimov | |
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Ukraine missile may have hit plane |
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| Oct.6 |
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England and Russia qualified
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Foreign objects in plane wreckage |
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| Oct.7 |
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Raising of the Kursk begins
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| Oct.12 |
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Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory
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| Oct.13 |
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Black Sea crash prompts resignations |
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| Oct.17 |
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Russia shuts Cuba spy base The Lourdes station, a radar base, with 1,500 Russians, is too expensive to maintain
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| Oct.23 |
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Kursk investigators examine sub |
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| Oct.25 |
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Kursk gives up its dead |
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| Oct.28 |
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Targets hit along Tajikistan border There is no sign of an assault against the 6,000 Taleban soldiers
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| Nov.3 |
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Rumsfeld in Uzbekistan |
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| Nov.5 |
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Explosives halt Kursk lifting |
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| Nov.6 |
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Vajpayee held talks with Putin |
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| Nov.10 |
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Prince urges mercy for flower girl |
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| Nov.13 |
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Putin visits Bush| US and Russia Presidents are focusing on reducing nuclear arsenals and Afganistan | |
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| Nov.14 |
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Germany makes World Cup
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| Nov.15 |
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Bush, Putin fail to agree on missiles After a 3-day summit both presidents have promised to keep talking on an agreement on missile defense
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| Nov.16 |
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Kursk remains to be scrapped |
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| Nov.19 |
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24 dead in plane crash |
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| Nov.30 |
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Prince flower girl charged |
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AIDS sweeping eastern Europe |
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| Dec.1 |
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Plane crash kills 17 |
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Kursk inquiry punished admirals |
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| Dec.5 |
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Uzbek warlord rejects Afghan deal
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Russia to cut oil exports
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Dotcom tycoon space bound |
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| Dec.7 |
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Russia and NATO agree joint action Agreement is creating a new council on issues ranging from civil emergencies to missile defence
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| Dec.8 |
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Key bridge to reopen to Afghanistan
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| Dec.10 |
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Russia, U.S. close on weapons cuts
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| Dec.13 |
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US withdraws from ABM treaty| Bush has officially announced withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty with Russia | |
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Putin: U.S. ABM move 'a mistake'
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| 2001 |
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| May.2 |
Russia calls for missile talks |
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| May.17 |
Peacekeepers in firefight |
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| May.23 |
Nuclear powers unite against NMD |
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| May.25 |
Troops spark coup fears |
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| May.26 |
Clashes mar Georgia anniversary |
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| Jun.23 |
Putin renews nuclear arms warning |
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| Jul.4 |
Kursk salvage operation gears up |
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| Jul.15 |
Russia condemns U.S. missile test |
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| Jul.18 |
First stage Kursk salvage complete |
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| Jul.18 |
Nazi hunting group asks Chavez |
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| Jul.22 |
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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| Jul.26 |
U.S. pushes ahead with NMD plan |
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| Sep.22 |
Pope brings message of peace
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| Sep.24 |
Putin pledges support for US Russian President says country will support operations in Afghanistan and widen the cooperation with the alliance
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| Sep.26 |
Pope avoids Armenia controversy
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| Oct.4 |
Sources: missile downed Russian jet |
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| Oct.5 |
US begins ground deployment| The elite 10th Mountain Division, 1,000 US troops are on their way to Uzbekistan. Rumsfeld met Karimov | |
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| Oct.5 |
Ukraine missile may have hit plane |
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| Oct.6 |
Foreign objects in plane wreckage |
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| Oct.12 |
Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory
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| Oct.13 |
Black Sea crash prompts resignations |
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| Oct.17 |
Russia shuts Cuba spy base The Lourdes station, a radar base, with 1,500 Russians, is too expensive to maintain
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| Oct.23 |
Kursk investigators examine sub |
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| Oct.28 |
Targets hit along Tajikistan border There is no sign of an assault against the 6,000 Taleban soldiers
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| Nov.3 |
Rumsfeld in Uzbekistan |
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| Nov.5 |
Explosives halt Kursk lifting |
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| Nov.15 |
Bush, Putin fail to agree on missiles After a 3-day summit both presidents have promised to keep talking on an agreement on missile defense
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| Nov.16 |
Kursk remains to be scrapped |
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| Dec.1 |
Kursk inquiry punished admirals |
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| Dec.7 |
Russia and NATO agree joint action Agreement is creating a new council on issues ranging from civil emergencies to missile defence
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| Dec.10 |
Russia, U.S. close on weapons cuts
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| Dec.13 |
US withdraws from ABM treaty| Bush has officially announced withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty with Russia | |
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| Dec.13 |
Putin: U.S. ABM move 'a mistake'
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|
| 2001 |
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| May.10 |
Fire at satellite centre |
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| May.13 |
Starving seals stranded on ice |
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| May.18 |
Russia agrees deal to raise Kursk |
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| Jun.13 |
Trying to save sturgeon |
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| Jul.3 |
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 |
Plane crash victims mourned |
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| Jul.4 |
Kursk salvage operation gears up |
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| Jul.11 |
8 die in Siberia floods |
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| Jul.13 |
10 killed in air crash |
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| Jul.15 |
Divers prepare for Kursk mission |
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| Jul.17 |
Kursk site tested |
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| Jul.18 |
First stage Kursk salvage complete |
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| Jul.21 |
Divers begin Kursk recovery |
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| Jul.22 |
Holes cut in to Kursk hull |
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| Jul.24 |
Kursk radiation threat denied |
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| Aug.19 |
Mine blast kills 33
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| Aug.20 |
Hopes fade for mine survivors |
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| Aug.25 |
Race against time to raise Kursk |
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| Sep.13 |
Kursk bow sawn off
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| Oct.4 |
Jet explodes over Black Sea
Map of Black Sea Russia A Russian airliner travelling from Israel to Siberia has crashed into the sea with 76 people on board
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| Oct.4 |
Sources: missile downed Russian jet |
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| Oct.4 |
Black Sea crash wreckage located |
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| Oct.5 |
Ukraine missile may have hit plane |
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| Oct.6 |
Foreign objects in plane wreckage |
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| Oct.7 |
Raising of the Kursk begins
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| Oct.12 |
Kiev accepts jet crash missile theory
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| Oct.13 |
Black Sea crash prompts resignations |
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| Oct.23 |
Kursk investigators examine sub |
|
| Oct.25 |
Kursk gives up its dead |
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| Nov.5 |
Explosives halt Kursk lifting |
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| Nov.16 |
Kursk remains to be scrapped |
|
| Nov.19 |
24 dead in plane crash |
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| Nov.30 |
AIDS sweeping eastern Europe |
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| Dec.1 |
Plane crash kills 17 |
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|
| 2001 |
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| Jul.12 |
Beijing is favorite for 2008 Games
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| Jul.16 |
Rogge wins top Olympics job Belgian has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee. He succeeds Samaranch
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| Aug.6 |
Ukrainian beats Jones in 100-meter
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| Oct.6 |
England and Russia qualified
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| Nov.14 |
Germany makes World Cup
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|
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.3 |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV A state-run gas giant Gazprom has taken control of only independent nationwide television station
|
| Apr.4 |
Ted Turner signs NTV deal
|
| Apr.13 |
Jordan claims control of NTV
|
| May.17 |
EU wants Russia to trade in euros |
|
| May.29 |
Court liquidates Gusinsky's empire |
|
| Jun.13 |
Trying to save sturgeon |
|
| Dec.5 |
Russia to cut oil exports
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| Dec.8 |
Key bridge to reopen to Afghanistan
|
|
| 2001 |
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| Feb.20 |
FBI agent charged with espionage R. Hanssen, 27-year veteran FBI agent, worked an assignment sniffing out Russian spies
|
| Feb.23 |
FBI to investigate murder
|
| Mar.15 |
Hijack plane lands in Saudi
|
| Mar.21 |
Russian diplomats leave U.S. 6 Russian diplomats accused of direct contact with Hanssen have left U.S. Additional 40 planned to be expelled
|
| Mar.23 |
Moscow expels 4 U.S. diplomats
|
| Mar.23 |
20 dead in blasts 90 wounded in 2 separate blasts. Car exploded in a central market
|
| May.17 |
Borodin silent before Swiss court |
|
| May.31 |
Grenade attack on Russian embassy |
|
| Jun.13 |
Russia investigates U.S. lecturer |
|
| Jul.6 |
FBI spy Hanssen pleads guilty |
|
| Jul.30 |
Gunmen take 40 hostage 2 masked men have taken hostage people travelling on a bus in southern Russia
|
| Jul.31 |
Gunfire at Russia hostage siege |
|
| Aug.3 |
Russia frees jailed U.S. student |
|
| Aug.15 |
Radioactive devices stolen |
|
| Sep.25 |
Putin: We failed to see threat
|
| Oct.1 |
Putin talks tough on terrorism |
|
| Nov.30 |
Prince flower girl charged |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Feb.12 |
Russia-Ukraine summit
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| Mar.21 |
Russian diplomats leave U.S. 6 Russian diplomats accused of direct contact with Hanssen have left U.S. Additional 40 planned to be expelled
|
| Mar.22 |
Mir destroyed in fiery descent| After 15 years in space, station re-entered the atmosphere and plunged into the South Pacific | |
|
| Mar.23 |
Moscow expels 4 U.S. diplomats
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| Mar.27 |
Russia orders 4 U.S. diplomats out
|
| Apr.3 |
Bosses ousted at Russia's NTV A state-run gas giant Gazprom has taken control of only independent nationwide television station
|
| Apr.7 |
NTV rally
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| Apr.13 |
Jordan claims control of NTV
|
| Apr.14 |
NTV management wrested control The morning news was cut off mid-sentence. Renegade staff is broadcasting on a smaller channel
|
| Apr.25 |
Chernobyl's 15 years on |
|
| Apr.26 |
Ousted PM vows to return |
|
| Apr.28 |
First Tourist Blasts Off for Space |
|
| May.5 |
Tourist Tito lands safely |
|
| May.10 |
Fire at satellite centre |
|
| May.16 |
Russia backs Annan 2nd term |
|
| May.19 |
Ivanov on high-intensity U.S. visit
|
| May.26 |
Clashes mar Georgia anniversary |
|
| Jun.19 |
Putin vows to retain Chechnya |
|
| Jun.23 |
Pope lands in Orthodox Ukraine John Paul II visit that has angered followers of the Orthodox church. Pope is hoping to calm inter-church tensions
|
| Jun.27 |
Pope beatifies Ukrainian martyrs |
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| Jul.2 |
Chirac visits Putin
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| Jul.16 |
Russia and China sign alliance Presidents Zemin and Putin Good Neighbourly Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation to oppose to the U.S. plans
|
| Jul.18 |
Nazi hunting group asks Chavez |
|
| Jul.25 |
Kim Jong-il on rail trip to Moscow |
|
| Aug.4 |
Putin meets Kim Jong Il| North Korean leader intends to observe the moratorium on long-range missile testing until 2003 | |
|
| Aug.5 |
Kim tours space center |
|
| Aug.19 |
Russia commemorates 1991 coup |
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| Sep.9 |
High turnout in poll |
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| Sep.9 |
Lukashenko victory disputed Alexander Lukashenko declared victory in presidential election by 78% of the vote. Opposition called for a second round
|
| Sep.10 |
Protests at unfair poll |
|
| Sep.11 |
Lukashenko defiant after election |
|
| Sep.22 |
Pope brings message of peace
|
| Sep.22 |
Pope urges harmony between faiths |
|
| Sep.24 |
Pope's Armenia trip threatens row |
|
| Sep.26 |
Pope avoids Armenia controversy
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| Oct.1 |
Putin talks tough on terrorism |
|
| Oct.2 |
Russia needs no proof |
|
| Oct.3 |
Russia closes ranks with EU |
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| Oct.4 |
Blair in terror talks with Putin
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| Nov.3 |
Rumsfeld in Uzbekistan |
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| Nov.6 |
Vajpayee held talks with Putin |
|
| Nov.10 |
Prince urges mercy for flower girl |
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| Nov.13 |
Putin visits Bush| US and Russia Presidents are focusing on reducing nuclear arsenals and Afganistan | |
|
| Dec.5 |
Uzbek warlord rejects Afghan deal
|
| Dec.5 |
Dotcom tycoon space bound |
|
| Dec.7 |
Russia and NATO agree joint action Agreement is creating a new council on issues ranging from civil emergencies to missile defence
|
| Dec.10 |
Russia, U.S. close on weapons cuts
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| Dec.13 |
Putin: U.S. ABM move 'a mistake'