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Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...
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Syrian conflict claims more than 80000 lives
More than 80,000 people have been killed during the armed conflict in Syria, which continues since March 2011, human rights activists said Sunday. A statement from the Supervisory Council for Human Rights says that about half of those killed in the confrontation between government troops and rebels were civilians. It has also been reported recently that Russia and the U.S. were going to hold ...
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Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II
French actor and new Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu has compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II, a staunch ...
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CIA Agent RussiaFSB announced that the identity of the CIA Moscow station chief US News
It follows Russian Secret Service decision to expel US diplomat Ryan Fogle, who was accused of trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as a CIA ...
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American guns injure 19 at Mothers Day Parade in New Orleans
As a result of the shooting during Mother's Day parade in the U.S. city of New Orleans (Louisiana), 19 people, with several children among them, were ...
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McDonalds abandons most expensive burger
McDonald's franchise has decided to abandon the Angus burger sold in the United States due to lower demand on the product. Angus was available at McDonald's restaurant for $4, according ...
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Reshuffle in North Korean Defense Ministry is not Apocalypse
The North Korean news agency KCNA reported on Monday that the country's leader Kim Jong-un appointed a new Minister of People's Armed Forces, Colonel-General Chang Chung-Nam. How may this reshuffle affect the situation on the Korean Peninsula? Pravda.Ru asked leading officer of the Center for Korean Studies of the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Konstantine Asmolov, to comment the ...
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Football match interrupted over racist remarks in Italy
On Sunday, the Italian Serie A match between FC Milan and Roma was interrupted because of racist insults against black player Mario Balotelli, according ...
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Maria Sharapova gives way to Serena Williams in WTA rankings
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has moved to second place in the updated rankings of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), giving way to Serena Williams of the United States. In a new table of ranks of WTA best tennis players in the world, top spot was taken by the American athlete. Serena Williams has 11,115 ranking points. Sharapova was placed on the second position with 10,690 ...
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Unmanned aircraft No thanks
The latest gossip has it that pilotless aircraft are soon to take to the skies, ferrying passengers from one part of the globe to another in an entirely automated process. Until what point does robotics have a use and at which point does the human being become ...
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Plane Catches Fire Upon Landing at Moscows Vnukovo Airport
MOSCOW/STAVROPOL, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow's Vnukovo Airport was temporarily closed on Saturday morning after a plane carrying about 140 people from the southern Russian city of Stavropol caught fire upon landing, a law enforcement source said. No one was reported injured in the incident."The plane's left landing gear leg caught fire upon landing. Preliminary reports suggest ...
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Complaint filed against Nestle in Colombian trade unionists death
Nestle was accused of failing to protect Luciano Romero, one of their employees and a Colombian trade union leader. The Trade Union Workers of the Colombia Agrifood System, said that the multinational did not protect the union member who was brutally murdered. The prosecutor of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland has filed a complaint against ...
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Young and healthy mind
In the study, scientists put mice in environments with multiple stimuli and then assessed the anatomical changes in the brain. They found that stimulating environmental activates a via related to adrenaline, which reduces the formation of beta-amyloid in the region of the hypothalamus, a region of the brain responsible for memory. The protective mechanism was most effective in young rats and ...
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Spy row worsens Russian names CIAs Moscow chief
Russian security forces . Footage was aired showing him wearing a blond wig and his array of spying equipment, including a compass and an old-fashioned mobile phone. An unnamed representative of the FSB security services told the Interfax news agency that back in 2011, the agency had "officially warned" the CIA station chief in Moscow over what it called "provocative recruiting ...
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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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