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Meteor Explodes Over Russia [VIDEO]

Brian Scott — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:50:08 +0000

A meteor that exploded over injured over 900 people and damaged hundreds of buildings. Many of the injuries came from the glass that was blown out of buildings by the sonic blast as the meteor went by

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Trade Official Urges Action On China, Russia Ties

Associated Press — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:16:46 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is showing its unhappiness with a federal court ruling that restricted the government's ability to impose higher trade penalties on China when it subsidizes exports to the United States

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Russia: Nuclear Sub Fire Finally Out

Associated Press — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:43:55 +0000

MOSCOW (AP) — Firefighters extinguished a massive fire aboard a docked Russian nuclear submarine Friday as some crew members remained inside, officials said, assuring that there was no radiation leak and that the vessel's nuclear-tipped missiles were not on board

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World Trade Body Agrees To Russia Becoming Member

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:59:51 +0000

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to allow Russia to become its newest member, giving a critical boost to the ailing economy of its biggest trading partner, the European Union

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TV Censorship Crosses Time Zones In Putin's Russia

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:44:06 +0000

MOSCOW (AP) — On a recent Sunday evening, television viewers in Russia's eastern regions watched as a young Chechen man with a bandaged bloody nose described the details of his torture by Chechen special police

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UW Students to Dine with Mikhail Gorbachev

Associated Press — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:56:28 +0000

LARAMIE, Wyo. — University of Wyoming students will have an opportunity to dine with former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev.

Gorbachev will be in Laramie Oct. 14 for a talk at the school.

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Forty-Four People Die When Plane Carrying Russian Ice Hockey Team Crashes

Danny Groner — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:00:39 +0000

Forty-four people were killed when a Russian jet carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team for the Kontinental Hockey League’s first game of the season crashed on takeoff on Wednesday.

It’s just the latest accident this summer involving Russian airliners — two other accidents killed a total 54 people which has led to calls for stricter safety guidelines.

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Cargo Plane Crash in Russia Kills 11

Jade Walker — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:37:38 +0000

A cargo plane carrying 16 tons of food crashed in eastern Russia on Tuesday. All nine crew members and two passengers are believed to have died, officials said.

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