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Russia cuts gas supplies| Russia has begun shutting off a pipeline after last-ditch talks failed to settle a price dispute | | |
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| Jan.2 |
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Russia-Ukraine 'gas war' escalates
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Russia vows to end gas shortage |
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| Jan.3 |
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Russia restores European gas deliveries |
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Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal The Ukrainian natural gas company agreed to a price of $230 per thousand meters of gas
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| Jan.17 |
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Iran crisis: World powers at odds Russia and China: Sanctions are not the best way to resolve international concerns over nuclear program
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| Jan.20 |
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Freeze kills at least 40
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| Jan.22 |
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Blasts cut Georgia gas, electricity supplies |
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| Jan.26 |
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Energy crisis as Georgia freezes President Saakashvili has cut short a visit to the World Economic Forum to deal with a growing crisis
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Bitter cold kills 181 |
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| Feb.10 |
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Energy focus for G8's meet |
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| Feb.13 |
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Pairs drama as Russians take gold |
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| Feb.16 |
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Russian biathlete tested positive |
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Plushenko storms to skating glory |
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| Feb.20 |
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Navka, Kostomarov seized ice dance gold |
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| Feb.23 |
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49 dead in roof collapse |
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64 dead in roof collapse Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors after a snow-laden roof collapsed on the market
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| Mar.3 |
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Hamas visits Moscow Russia's foreign minister has warned that Hamas faces no future if it fails to change itself into a political party
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Hamas: We won't negotiate with Israel |
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| Mar.4 |
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Hamas hails 'breakthrough' visit |
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| Mar.7 |
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US, Russia reject Iran compromise The United States and Russia have ruled out allowing Tehran to run its own small-scale uranium enrichment program
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| Mar.17 |
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President warns against 'coup'
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| Mar.19 |
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President Lukashenko seen ahead |
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Opposition seeks new poll |
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Landslide win for Lukashenko President has been declared the overwhelming winner of the presidential election
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| Mar.20 |
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OSCE: vote not free, fair
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| Mar.21 |
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Bird flu kills five WHO: 5 people have died from the H5N1 strain in Azerbaijan since February
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| Mar.23 |
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Police storm protest vigil Police stormed the opposition tent camp in Minsk early, detaining scores of demonstrators
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| Mar.24 |
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West slams Belarus crackdown
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| Mar.25 |
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Yanukovych leads election
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| Mar.31 |
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Brazilian pioneer docks in space
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| Apr.8 |
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Brazilian back on Earth from ISS |
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| Apr.12 |
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Russia, Britain blast Iran's nuclear move |
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| Apr.18 |
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Moscow hosts meeting on Iran crisis |
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No Iran consensus in talks
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| Apr.20 |
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7.7-magnitude quake |
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| Apr.25 |
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Ukraine remembers Chernobyl blast
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| May.2 |
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Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast
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| May.3 |
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Hunt for Armenia air crash bodies |
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| May.6 |
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Criticism of UN Iran draft mounts |
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| May.10 |
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Putin calls for stronger army |
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| May.12 |
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US calls for Uzbek killings probe |
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| May.14 |
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Abbas and Putin set for key talks |
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| May.26 |
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Beslan attacker: No death penalty
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| May.27 |
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Banned gay rally broken up |
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| Jun.1 |
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China, Russia agree Iran deal
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| Jun.3 |
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Russian diplomats ambushed |
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| Jun.8 |
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Henin, Kuznetsova get to final showdown |
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| Jun.25 |
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Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages The statement, video on a Web site: the Mujahedeen Shura Council had beheaded 3 of the men and shot 1 to death
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| Jun.26 |
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Ukraine win on penalties over Switzerland |
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| Jun.28 |
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Putin orders diplomats' killers 'destroyed' |
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| Jun.29 |
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Iran pressed to respond to nuclear offer |
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| Jul.9 |
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122 dead in airline crash The Sibir Airlines passenger jet A-310 crashed into a concrete barrier and burst into flames
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| Jul.14 |
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Bush and Putin talk ahead of G8 |
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| Jul.15 |
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Putin rejects Iraq democracy model |
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| Jul.16 |
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G8 split on nuclear energy, climate change The group approved a statement on 'Global Energy Security' that acknowledges splits over nuclear energy
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G-8 calls for end to Mideast strife |
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| Jul.26 |
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Chavez to sign Russia arms deal |
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| Jul.31 |
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'Huge' pipeline oil spill |
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| Aug.1 |
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Yukos declared bankrupt by court |
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| Aug.2 |
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President Yushchenko accepts rival as PM |
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| Aug.22 |
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Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes| The pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence. A jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board. The Tupolev-154, belonging to St Petersburg-based Pulkovo airlines,was flying from s... | |
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Mourning for plane victims |
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| Aug.23 |
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Russia still seeks Iran solution
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| Aug.25 |
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Former Ukraine PM is jailed |
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| Sep.4 |
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Putin in key South African visit |
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| Sep.8 |
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Missing U.S. major found |
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| Sep.9 |
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Sharapova powers to US Open title
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| Sep.14 |
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Central banker shot dead |
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| Sep.17 |
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Vinokourov takes the Tour of Spain |
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Lift off for woman space tourist
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| Sep.28 |
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Space tourist in Earth touchdown |
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| Sep.29 |
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Russian officers on spying charge 
| Georgian officials: 4 Russian officers detained in Georgia have been charged with spying | |
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| Sep.30 |
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Russia suspends Georgia pullout |
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| Oct.1 |
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Putin fury at Georgia 'terrorism' |
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| Oct.2 |
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Moscow maintains Georgia blockade |
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| Oct.5 |
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Russia turns screw on Georgians |
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Russians 'in N Korea test talks'
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| Oct.6 |
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Georgians deported as row deepens
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Putin calls for Georgia pressure |
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| Oct.7 |
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War critic writer murdered | Anna Politkovskaya was known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya. Her body was found in an elevator | |
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Hunt for reporter's killer
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| Oct.8 |
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Russians remember killed reporter |
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| Oct.10 |
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Murder mars Putin visit to Germany
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| Oct.12 |
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French in Armenia 'genocide' row French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
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| Oct.13 |
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Kramnik defeated FIDE Champion Topalov |
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| Oct.16 |
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Tass' business chief murdered |
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| Oct.20 |
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Putin firm on EU energy charter
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| Oct.21 |
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Rice: No promise on new nuke blast
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| Oct.25 |
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Putin: I will stay an influence |
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| Nov.2 |
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Gazprom to double Georgia charges
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| Nov.4 |
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Hungary mourns crushed uprising |
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| Nov.7 |
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Violent clashes in Kyrgyz capital |
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| Nov.8 |
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Kyrgyzstan curbs president power |
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| Nov.11 |
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S Ossetia votes on independence |
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| Nov.13 |
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S. Ossetia: 99% back independence
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| Nov.15 |
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Bush, Putin discuss Iran over lunch |
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| Nov.16 |
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Canada detains alleged Russian spy |
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| Nov.18 |
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Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK' Scotland Yard is investigating the alleged poisoning of the critic of President Putin, Alexander Litvinenko
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| Nov.19 |
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Bush welcomes bringing Russia into WTO |
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| Nov.20 |
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Russia denies poisoned spy claims |
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| Nov.21 |
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Poisoned spy 'had death threats'
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| Nov.23 |
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Poisoned former KGB spy dies Alexander Litvinenko, the longtime critic of the Russian government, died in a hospital 3 weeks after his suspected poisoning
| The doctors unable to determine the cause of his illness. Litvinenko and his friends blamed Russian government for his sudden illness. Kremlin have denied any role in the matter. The former KGB spy met with a contact who claimed to have information connecting the Russian government with the slaying of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
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Divisions mar EU-Russia meeting |
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| Nov.24 |
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Former spy poisoned by radiation British health officials: Alexander Litvinenko died after being poisoned by radiation from polonium 210
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| Nov.27 |
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More radiation found in spy case |
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| Dec.3 |
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Safin wins Davis Cup for Russia |
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Poisoned spy probe widens to U.S., Russia |
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| Dec.5 |
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Russia: No Litvinenko extraditions
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| Dec.7 |
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Russia opens spy poison probe |
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| Dec.8 |
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Hospital fire killed 45 women A fire at Hospital 17, a drug rehabilitation hospital, has killed mostly young addicts
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| Dec.10 |
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Second Russian hospital hit by deadly fire |
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| Dec.11 |
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Car of ex-spy contact contaminated
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Gazprom 'wins $22B Shell gas plan' |
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Spy death police quiz key figure |
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| Dec.20 |
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Putin celebrates 'glorious' spy service |
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President Niyazov dies aged 66 The authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the country for 21 years. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest
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| Dec.23 |
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Turkmenistan mourns late leader
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| Dec.27 |
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Space telescope to hunt planets
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| Dec.28 |
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'Hijack' drama on Russian plane |
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| 2006 |
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| May.10 |
Putin calls for stronger army |
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| Sep.8 |
Missing U.S. major found |
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| Sep.30 |
Russia suspends Georgia pullout |
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| Oct.7 |
War critic writer murdered | Anna Politkovskaya was known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya. Her body was found in an elevator | |
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| Oct.12 |
French in Armenia 'genocide' row French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
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| Nov.4 |
Hungary mourns crushed uprising |
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| Nov.27 |
More radiation found in spy case |
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.20 |
Freeze kills at least 40
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| Jan.26 |
Energy crisis as Georgia freezes President Saakashvili has cut short a visit to the World Economic Forum to deal with a growing crisis
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| Jan.26 |
Bitter cold kills 181 |
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| Feb.23 |
49 dead in roof collapse |
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| Feb.23 |
64 dead in roof collapse Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors after a snow-laden roof collapsed on the market
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| Mar.21 |
Bird flu kills five WHO: 5 people have died from the H5N1 strain in Azerbaijan since February
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| Apr.20 |
7.7-magnitude quake |
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| May.2 |
Jet lost over Russia, 113 on board An Armenian plane disappeared from radar near the Black Sea resort of Sochi. debris had been found off the coast
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| May.3 |
Hunt for Armenia air crash bodies |
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| Jul.9 |
122 dead in airline crash The Sibir Airlines passenger jet A-310 crashed into a concrete barrier and burst into flames
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| Jul.31 |
'Huge' pipeline oil spill |
|
| Aug.22 |
Russia airliner with 170 aboard crashes| The pilot reported a fire on board and heavy turbulence. A jet crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board. The Tupolev-154, belonging to St Petersburg-based Pulkovo airlines,was flying from s... | |
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| Aug.22 |
Mourning for plane victims |
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| Dec.8 |
Hospital fire killed 45 women A fire at Hospital 17, a drug rehabilitation hospital, has killed mostly young addicts
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| Dec.10 |
Second Russian hospital hit by deadly fire |
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| Dec.11 |
Car of ex-spy contact contaminated
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.13 |
Pairs drama as Russians take gold |
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| Feb.16 |
Russian biathlete tested positive |
|
| Feb.16 |
Plushenko storms to skating glory |
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| Feb.20 |
Navka, Kostomarov seized ice dance gold |
|
| Jun.8 |
Henin, Kuznetsova get to final showdown |
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| Jun.26 |
Ukraine win on penalties over Switzerland |
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| Sep.9 |
Sharapova powers to US Open title
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| Sep.17 |
Vinokourov takes the Tour of Spain |
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| Oct.13 |
Kramnik defeated FIDE Champion Topalov |
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| Dec.3 |
Safin wins Davis Cup for Russia |
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.1 |
Russia cuts gas supplies| Russia has begun shutting off a pipeline after last-ditch talks failed to settle a price dispute | | |
|
| Jan.2 |
Russia vows to end gas shortage |
|
| Jan.3 |
Russia restores European gas deliveries |
|
| Jan.3 |
Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal The Ukrainian natural gas company agreed to a price of $230 per thousand meters of gas
|
| Jan.26 |
Energy crisis as Georgia freezes President Saakashvili has cut short a visit to the World Economic Forum to deal with a growing crisis
|
| Feb.10 |
Energy focus for G8's meet |
|
| Jul.26 |
Chavez to sign Russia arms deal |
|
| Jul.31 |
'Huge' pipeline oil spill |
|
| Aug.1 |
Yukos declared bankrupt by court |
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| Sep.14 |
Central banker shot dead |
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| Oct.2 |
Moscow maintains Georgia blockade |
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| Oct.20 |
Putin firm on EU energy charter
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| Nov.2 |
Gazprom to double Georgia charges
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| Nov.19 |
Bush welcomes bringing Russia into WTO |
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| Dec.11 |
Gazprom 'wins $22B Shell gas plan' |
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.22 |
Blasts cut Georgia gas, electricity supplies |
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| May.26 |
Beslan attacker: No death penalty
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| Jun.3 |
Russian diplomats ambushed |
|
| Jun.25 |
Al Qaeda group killed 4 Russian hostages The statement, video on a Web site: the Mujahedeen Shura Council had beheaded 3 of the men and shot 1 to death
|
| Aug.25 |
Former Ukraine PM is jailed |
|
| Sep.8 |
Missing U.S. major found |
|
| Sep.14 |
Central banker shot dead |
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| Sep.29 |
Russian officers on spying charge | Georgian officials: 4 Russian officers detained in Georgia have been charged with spying | |
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| Oct.7 |
War critic writer murdered | Anna Politkovskaya was known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya. Her body was found in an elevator | |
|
| Oct.7 |
Hunt for reporter's killer
|
| Oct.16 |
Tass' business chief murdered |
|
| Nov.16 |
Canada detains alleged Russian spy |
|
| Nov.18 |
Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK' Scotland Yard is investigating the alleged poisoning of the critic of President Putin, Alexander Litvinenko
|
| Nov.21 |
Poisoned spy 'had death threats'
|
| Nov.23 |
Poisoned former KGB spy dies Alexander Litvinenko, the longtime critic of the Russian government, died in a hospital 3 weeks after his suspected poisoning
| The doctors unable to determine the cause of his illness. Litvinenko and his friends blamed Russian government for his sudden illness. Kremlin have denied any role in the matter. The former KGB spy met with a contact who claimed to have information connecting the Russian government with the slaying of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
|
| | |
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| Nov.24 |
Former spy poisoned by radiation British health officials: Alexander Litvinenko died after being poisoned by radiation from polonium 210
|
| Nov.27 |
More radiation found in spy case |
|
| Dec.3 |
Poisoned spy probe widens to U.S., Russia |
|
| Dec.5 |
Russia: No Litvinenko extraditions
|
| Dec.7 |
Russia opens spy poison probe |
|
| Dec.11 |
Car of ex-spy contact contaminated
|
| Dec.11 |
Spy death police quiz key figure |
|
| Dec.20 |
Putin celebrates 'glorious' spy service |
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| Dec.28 |
'Hijack' drama on Russian plane |
|
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.2 |
Russia-Ukraine 'gas war' escalates
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| Jan.3 |
Russia, Ukraine reach natural gas deal The Ukrainian natural gas company agreed to a price of $230 per thousand meters of gas
|
| Jan.17 |
Iran crisis: World powers at odds Russia and China: Sanctions are not the best way to resolve international concerns over nuclear program
|
| Feb.10 |
Energy focus for G8's meet |
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| Mar.3 |
Hamas visits Moscow Russia's foreign minister has warned that Hamas faces no future if it fails to change itself into a political party
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| Mar.3 |
Hamas: We won't negotiate with Israel |
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| Mar.4 |
Hamas hails 'breakthrough' visit |
|
| Mar.7 |
US, Russia reject Iran compromise The United States and Russia have ruled out allowing Tehran to run its own small-scale uranium enrichment program
|
| Mar.17 |
President warns against 'coup'
|
| Mar.19 |
President Lukashenko seen ahead |
|
| Mar.19 |
Opposition seeks new poll |
|
| Mar.19 |
Landslide win for Lukashenko President has been declared the overwhelming winner of the presidential election
|
| Mar.20 |
OSCE: vote not free, fair
|
| Mar.23 |
Police storm protest vigil Police stormed the opposition tent camp in Minsk early, detaining scores of demonstrators
|
| Mar.24 |
West slams Belarus crackdown
|
| Mar.25 |
Yanukovych leads election
|
| Mar.31 |
Brazilian pioneer docks in space
|
| Apr.8 |
Brazilian back on Earth from ISS |
|
| Apr.12 |
Russia, Britain blast Iran's nuclear move |
|
| Apr.18 |
Moscow hosts meeting on Iran crisis |
|
| Apr.18 |
No Iran consensus in talks
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| Apr.25 |
Ukraine remembers Chernobyl blast
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| May.6 |
Criticism of UN Iran draft mounts |
|
| May.10 |
Putin calls for stronger army |
|
| May.12 |
US calls for Uzbek killings probe |
|
| May.14 |
Abbas and Putin set for key talks |
|
| May.27 |
Banned gay rally broken up |
|
| Jun.1 |
China, Russia agree Iran deal
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| Jun.28 |
Putin orders diplomats' killers 'destroyed' |
|
| Jun.29 |
Iran pressed to respond to nuclear offer |
|
| Jul.14 |
Bush and Putin talk ahead of G8 |
|
| Jul.15 |
Putin rejects Iraq democracy model |
|
| Jul.16 |
G8 split on nuclear energy, climate change The group approved a statement on 'Global Energy Security' that acknowledges splits over nuclear energy
|
| Jul.16 |
G-8 calls for end to Mideast strife |
|
| Jul.26 |
Chavez to sign Russia arms deal |
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| Aug.2 |
President Yushchenko accepts rival as PM |
|
| Aug.22 |
Mourning for plane victims |
|
| Aug.23 |
Russia still seeks Iran solution
|
| Sep.4 |
Putin in key South African visit |
|
| Sep.17 |
Lift off for woman space tourist
|
| Sep.28 |
Space tourist in Earth touchdown |
|
| Sep.29 |
Russian officers on spying charge | Georgian officials: 4 Russian officers detained in Georgia have been charged with spying | |
|
| Sep.30 |
Russia suspends Georgia pullout |
|
| Oct.1 |
Putin fury at Georgia 'terrorism' |
|
| Oct.2 |
Moscow maintains Georgia blockade |
|
| Oct.5 |
Russia turns screw on Georgians |
|
| Oct.5 |
Russians 'in N Korea test talks'
|
| Oct.6 |
Georgians deported as row deepens
|
| Oct.6 |
Putin calls for Georgia pressure |
|
| Oct.7 |
War critic writer murdered | Anna Politkovskaya was known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya. Her body was found in an elevator | |
|
| Oct.8 |
Russians remember killed reporter |
|
| Oct.10 |
Murder mars Putin visit to Germany
|
| Oct.12 |
French in Armenia 'genocide' row French parliament approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks
|
| Oct.16 |
Tass' business chief murdered |
|
| Oct.20 |
Putin firm on EU energy charter
|
| Oct.21 |
Rice: No promise on new nuke blast
|
| Oct.25 |
Putin: I will stay an influence |
|
| Nov.4 |
Hungary mourns crushed uprising |
|
| Nov.7 |
Violent clashes in Kyrgyz capital |
|
| Nov.8 |
Kyrgyzstan curbs president power |
|
| Nov.11 |
S Ossetia votes on independence |
|
| Nov.13 |
S. Ossetia: 99% back independence
|
| Nov.15 |
Bush, Putin discuss Iran over lunch |
|
| Nov.18 |
Ex-KGB officer 'poisoned in UK' Scotland Yard is investigating the alleged poisoning of the critic of President Putin, Alexander Litvinenko
|
| Nov.19 |
Bush welcomes bringing Russia into WTO |
|
| Nov.20 |
Russia denies poisoned spy claims |
|
| Nov.23 |
Divisions mar EU-Russia meeting |
|
| Dec.20 |
Putin celebrates 'glorious' spy service |
|
| Dec.20 |
President Niyazov dies aged 66 The authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the country for 21 years. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest
|
| Dec.23 |
Turkmenistan mourns late leader
|
| Dec.27 |
Space telescope to hunt planets
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