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Russia set to make Olympic history -- for spending, controversy
The costs and challenges confronting Russia as it tries to convert a Black Sea beach resort into a Winter Olympics venue recall the "hero projects" of the Soviet era, when deluded dictators squandered fortunes trying to reverse the flow of Siberian...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Amnesty International, FIFA World Cup, Vladimir Putin
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Canada breaks relations with Iran over Syria, support for terror
World NowThe Canadian government announced that it has closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered Iranian diplomats to leave Canada, formally severing diplomatic ties and accusing the Islamic Republic of sponsoring terrorism.... -
China sends patrol ships to islands at center of Japan dispute
World NowChina said it has sent surveillance ships to waters near three islands at the center of a dispute with Japan, one day after Tokyo announced plans to purchase the uninhabited territories.... -
Japan says it will soon buy disputed islands claimed by China
World NowThis post has been updated. See the note below. BEIJING -- Japan’s government said Monday it would buy three uninhabited islands southwest of Okinawa from the Japanese landowners, ratcheting up a territorial dispute with China. Chief Cabinet... -
Vietnamese PM to visit Russia
Vietnam News, Hanoi / Asia News NetworkHANOI (Viet Nam News/ANN) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay an official visit to Russia at the invitation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev from May 12-15. His visit aims to strengthen the comprehensive strategic relationship between...Tags: Government, Politics, Asia, Dmitry Medvedev, United Nations
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The truth behind the new Islamic flashpoints
American VoicesThe CIA claims that it never saw the storm coming, but Canadian intelligence sure did. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird landed in Vladivostok, Russia, earlier this month for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and had barely...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Islam, Iran, Barack Obama, Lebanon
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Rachel Marsden: Is Putin the Russian Reagan?
American VoicesIt would seem that we're now at the stage of global economic lunacy where the worldwide socialist slide is so far gone that the president of Russia is lecturing the world, and particularly Europe, about the risks of socialism. Speaking at the Asia-...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, Illegal Immigrants, International Trade, Vladimir Putin
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