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Russian lawmakers move to keep information on homosexuality from kids
MOSCOW – Despite opposition from human rights activists, Russia’s lower house of parliament Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban providing children with information on homosexuality. The lower house, or State Duma, voted...
Tags: Parliament, Human Rights Watch, Religion and Belief, Punishment, Civil Rights
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'You Are One of Them' is part coming-of-age, part thriller
Back in 2007, Elliott Holt was the recipient of a curse: New York Magazine deemed the young writer one of its "Stars of Tomorrow." In Manhattan's claustrophobic literary world, expectations were immediately raised and daggers surely sharpened. Holt's...
Tags: Russia, Literature, Authors, Arts and Culture, Book
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Putin divorce announcement spurs debate, quips in Moscow
MOSCOW -- The surprise announcement about the Russian first couple’s divorce has spawned a flurry of reaction, including debate about what President Vladimir Putin will do next and a fair share of cynical jokes and commentary. State-controlled...
Tags: Politics, Family, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Divorce
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Russia President Vladimir Putin and wife announce divorce
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his long-suffering wife, Lyudmila, are ending their nearly 30-year marriage, they announced on state television Thursday in a tone of mutual indifference. "We practically never saw each other," Putin...
Tags: Saint Petersberg (Russia), Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Syria has received advanced missiles from Russia, Assad says
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT -- Syria has received its first batch of advanced air-defense missiles from Russia, Syrian President Bashar Assad told a Lebanese television station, according to reports surfacing Thursday. If true, Assad’s assertion would seem to edge...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, France
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Russia sticks with arms sale to Syria despite EU action
BEIRUT -- Angered that the European Union has decided to lift its arms embargo on the Syrian conflict, Russia said Monday that Moscow will not abandon plans to sell sophisticated antiaircraft missiles to the government of President Bashar Assad, despite...
Tags: Russia, European Union, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Syria's Bashar Assad says a peace pact would face a referendum
BEIRUT — Any agreement reached at prospective peace talks on Syria would have to be approved by the Syrian people in a nationwide referendum, President Bashar Assad said in a television interview aired Thursday. A confident Assad said his...
Tags: Istanbul (Turkey), U.S. Department of State, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Wars and Interventions
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Russians hedging their bets on prospects for Syrian peace accord
Russian officials are working diligently with U.S. counterparts to revive collapsed peace talks on Syria’s future after more than two years of bloody civil war. But Moscow also has threatended to ship sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to the...
Tags: Polio, Muammar Gaddafi, Robin Williams, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Trying too hard to deal with Iran
Iran's presidential election is again inviting speculation about which candidate can nudge the Islamic Republic toward moderation and pragmatism. Such conjectural games miss the point that the theocratic state is defined by an ideology that demonizes...
Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Religion and Belief, Tehran (Iran), The Holocaust (1934-1945), Islam
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Kerry sees no change on Iran no matter who wins election
WASHINGTON -- Although nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili is favored to win the upcoming presidential election in Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Friday that the outcome would have little effect on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program and...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Department of State, American Red Cross, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran (Iran)
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Syria conflict: Hopes for peace conference may be dashed
BEIRUT— With violence increasingly spilling over Syria's borders, refugees swamping its neighbors and new arms transfers to both sides on the horizon, a solution to the Syrian conflict has rarely seemed so urgent — and so far beyond reach....
Tags: Istanbul (Turkey), Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam, Rebellions
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U.S. reassures Syria rebels about its stance on Assad
BEIRUT — The new U.S.-Russia peace initiative for Syria will inevitably lead to the departure of President Bashar Assad, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Thursday, moving to reassure Syrian rebels and their allies that the Obama...
Tags: Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Politics
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