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Investigate the University of Colorado
Not surprisingly, I once again experienced this frustration with America's corporate-controlled media a few weeks ago when I attempted to "shop around" an article about the United States Supreme Court's refusal to hear Ward Churchill's appeal challenging his firing from the University of Colorado ...
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Obama renews calls for reductions to US Russian nuclear stockpiles action on climate change
President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The final day of the G-8 summit of wealthy nations is ending with discussions on globe-trotting corporate tax dodgers, a lunch with leaders from Africa, and suspense over whether Russia and Western leaders can avoid ...
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Russia Is this Homophobia
Interesting isn't it, we have a term [like anti-Semitism] which is used emotively to deter discussion on an issue? We'll, I'm not politically correctly and never intend to be, so I have some comments on the subject. I read recently that Russia was passing a law to prohibit the propaganda around homosexuality and the promotion of abnormal sexual activity associated with Sodomy. ...
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Obamas Nuclear Push Moscow Fears Loss of World Power Status
A world without nuclear weapons? It's a nearly inconceivable scenario for the Kremlin, even if its arsenal costs Russia billions each year. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, the country has suffered a major drop in influence. Now it's doing all it can to cling to the geopolitical power it has ...
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Moscow cool on Obama nuclear cuts plan
RUSSIAN officials have reacted coldly to a call by President Barack Obama to jointly reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by a third, saying the United States should address Moscow's concerns over missile defence ...
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Report of Yakunin Sacking a Forgery
Dmitry Medvedev 's spokeswoman told Interfax. "It contained grammatical errors and was sent from an electronic address forged to resemble an official announcement from the government press ...
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Mikhail Prokhorov turns his back on Moscow mayor election
Civil Platform party has left the election race for the position of the mayor of Moscow, but it will fight for the seats in the City Council of the Russian capital, Mikhail Prokhorov said. The billionaire and businessman urged all opposition groups to unite for the elections to the Moscow ...
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Putin’s chess move in Syria with an eye on the region at large
Brian M Downing Shortly after Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to seek a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war, the Russian president bolstered his support for the embattled Assad government. Putin announced an impending transfer of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles to the Syrian military. It was a bold move that signals his intent to restore his ...
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Former Head of Yukos Subsidiary Paroled
reported Wednesday. Sergei Shimkevich, a deputy of the Tomsk Region's legislature at the time of his detention, was convicted of being part of an organized group that stole and laundered almost 6 billion rubles ($187 million) from Tomskneft, the Yukos subsidiary that he led, and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2010. A year later, he was convicted of using phony contracts to siphon ...
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RDIF Toddling Along With $620M Invested
Dmitry Medvedev , the Russia Direct Investment Fund, or RDIF, operates as a subsidiary of Vneshekonombank and has been allocated $10 billion of government ...
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Guelman Says Fired for Controversial Sochi Exhibit
Marat Guelman, a prominent art gallery owner and the director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, says he has been fired for showcasing an exhibition on the 2014 Sochi Olympics that authorities called unpatriotic. Local and federal authorities were outraged by the "Welcome! Sochi 2014" exhibition organized as part of the Perm White Nights festival earlier this month, which ...
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Obamas second-term G-8 dance card Judo with Putin trade and syria
secret police . Europeans also see a free-trader pressuring the French to bow before the altar of low tariffs in pursuit of a U.S. and European trade pact. Just last week, White House officials feared they wouldn't even be able to announce the beginning of trade talks at the G-8 Summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Northern Ireland. Under sustained pressure from British Prime Minister ...
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Продавцы Указали Ммвб Дорогу К 1300 Пунктам
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Немецкий Commerzbank подтвердил информацию о сокращении более 5 тыс. рабочих мест.
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Фсфр Установила Факт Манипулирования Акциями Автоваза На Московской ирже В Декабре 2012Г.
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Глава Ржд В.якунин Отправлен В Отставку На Его Место Назначен А.мишарин.
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В Усть-Луге Начали Работу Новые Терминалы Новатэка И Сибура.
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Акционеры Мрск Северного Кавказа Утвердили Дивиденды За 2012Г. На Уровне 28586 Руб.акция.
????????? ???? ????????? ??????? ?? ??????? ????? ???????? ????????? ????????? ?? 2012?. ?? ?????? 2,8586 ???./?????. ?? ???? ????????? ? ????????? ????????. ????? ???????, ???????? ???????? ????????? ??????? ?? ????? ???????????? ???????????? ? ...
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Глава Минэнерго Рф Ожидает Что Цены На Нефть В лижайшей Перспективе удут Колебаться Незначительно.
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ИК Велес Капитал На рынке еврооблигаций сохраняется боковая динамика
??? ???????? ???????? ?? "????? ???????", ????? ?? ?????????? ????? ????????? ?????? ???????? ? ?????????? ?????????? ??????????? ????????? ???. ?? ???????? ????? ?????? ??? ?????? ????????????? ??????????, ?????? ??????? ??????? ??-???????? ?? ???????????? ???????. ??????????? ??????? ??????????? ? ?? ???????? ???????. 3-?????? ?????? ??? ???????? ? ?????? ??????, 15-?????? ?? ?? ...
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AKM Composite Index was at 1433.471 on June 19
AK&M Composite Index was at 1433.471 (-11.319; -0.78%) on June 19 Please see the AK&M Composite Index five-day history below: 18.06.2013 1444.790 (+12.349; +0.86%) 17.06.2013 1432.441 (+20.124; +1.42%) 14.06.2013 1412.317 (+26.501; +1.91%) 13.06.2013 1385.816 (-29.281; -2.07%) 11.06.2013 1415.097 (-51.252; -3.50%) AK&M Stock Indices pioneered the assessment of the ...
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Salatin to address permaculture series in Moscow
Joel Salatin, local-food advocate, farmer and author, will deliver an all-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29 at the Latah County Fairgrounds in Moscow, Idaho.During his morning presentation, "Ballet in the Pasture," Salatin will talk about his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Va., and the relationship between plant and animal management and their impact on the land, community and ...
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Historian Presents Plan for State Textbook
Prominent historian Alexander Chubaryan, who heads a working group to develop a standardized history textbook for secondary schools, said Wednesday that he hopes the eventual content of the book will not be overly politicized. At the same time, Chubaryan, who is director of the World History Institute at the Academy of Sciences, acknowledged that the book would have an important role to play in ...
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How Putin Won the G8
Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and U.S. President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit, at Lough Erne, near Enniskillen, in Northern Ireland on June 18, 2013.(Yves Herman/Reuters) The G8 meeting in Northern Ireland ended with the diplomatic victory of Vladimir Putin: Assad will stay in power for another round of negotiations, while Russia will sell him more ...
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Skolkovo Reality Becoming Less Virtual
Hovercraft, bionic arms, space tourism and nuclear laptop batteries may all be products of the future to be created and brought to market by Skolkovo - the business education and technology center taking shape on the outskirts of Moscow. Despite a bumpy start, that has included typical Russian corruption scandals, construction delays and political intrigues, the formerly sleepy dacha community ...
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Russia relocating cosmodrome
The new Vostochny Cosmodrome to be constructed in Amur Oblast will save money and provide long-term stimulus to the province’s local economy, according to early material released to Russia news media detailing the government’s plans for the new site.
Russia has a long history of manned space flight and continues to operate one of the most advanced spaceports in the world. Our Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan remains the largest operational space launch facility in the world and was also the first in the world to be constructed and made operational. Read more
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