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Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...
Tags: Russia, Afghanistan, John Kerry, Taliban, Government
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U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in...
Tags: Russia, Weaponry, U.S. Department of State, Wars and Interventions, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Russia reports earlier accusation of U.S. spying
MOSCOW --The arrest and expulsion of a U.S. Embassy official this week for allegedly attempting, in a ham-handed way, to recruit a Russian intelligence officer was the second such case this year, Russian state television reported Wednesday. The...
Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Politics, U.S. Embassy, Russia, Police Arrests
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Russia says American was recruiting for CIA
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.MOSCOW -- Russia detained an American citizen accused of attempting to recruit a local intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow, was held...Tags: Politics, Espionage and Intelligence, Russia, U.S. Embassy, Central Intelligence Agency
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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: Russia, Israel, Weaponry, Jay Carney, John Kerry
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Russian Deputy Premier Vladislav Surkov relieved of duties
MOSCOW — Vladislav Surkov, a masterful political operative and propagandist known as the “gray cardinal” of the Kremlin, was fired Wednesday in a move that was widely seen as a reflection of a deepening rift in the relationship between...
Tags: Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Government, London School of Economics
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U.S., Russia agree to convene talks on Syria
MOSCOW -- The United States and Russia have agreed to convene an international conference as soon as this month to try to end two years of bloodshed in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced after...
Tags: Politics, Russia, John Kerry, National Government, Vladimir Putin
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U.S. and Russia to seek Syria peace talks
MOSCOW — The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to bring together the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the opposition for peace talks, signaling a potential breakthrough in long-stalled diplomatic efforts to end a bloody...
Tags: Russia, Israel, John Kerry, Osama bin Laden, Hillary Clinton
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Israeli attacks in Syria aimed at Hezbollah, not as aid to rebels
Israeli airstrikes in Syria on Iranian weapons destined for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia could be seen as heralding wider international involvement in Syria’s intractable civil war. Reports of sarin gas attacks in Syria also conjure the...
Tags: Iran, Armed Conflicts, Israel, Weaponry, John Kerry
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Russia, Japan renew quest for elusive WWII peace treaty
World War II lingers for Russia and Japan. Nearly 68 years after the fighting ended, the two Asian powers have yet to sign a peace treaty. That could change now that the leaders of both countries have solid nationalist credentials and could pull off...
Tags: Russia, China Earthquake (2010), Richard Nixon, Tokyo (Japan), Vladimir Putin
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Review: A night of Riehm rattles and excites
Although Pier Paolo Pasolini was best known as an Italian filmmaker, he called himself a poet and his Wikipedia entry begins by also describing him as a journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, columnist, actor, painter,...
Tags: Germany, Entertainment, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Philosophy, Entertainment Events
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Russia's Putin calls Boston attack 'disgusting'
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday began a U.S.-Russian youth hockey game opening the world championship competition by declaring a minute of silence for the casualties of the Boston bombings and the West, Texas, explosion. “In...
Tags: Politics, Russia, Human Rights, Vladimir Putin, Pakistan
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