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Trial opens for Russia opposition leader, who calls claims absurd
MOSCOW — One of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders went on trial Wednesday, proclaiming his innocence but predicting that the case will lead to a lifetime ban on his participation in Russian electoral politics. “Any independent...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Vladimir Putin, Embezzlement, Czech Republic, Justice and Rights
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Massive manhunt for suspect in killing of six in Russia
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.MOSCOW--Thousands of police and volunteers fanned out over the Russian city of Belgorod on Tuesday, hunting for a 32-year-old ex-convict who is suspected in the shooting deaths of six people, two of them teenage girls. The massive manhunt ranged through...Tags: Riots, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Heart Attack, Russia, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Pakistan, Human Rights, Politics
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Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow sued by dancer
It’s another round of legal woes for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow: One of its top dancers is suing the company to annul two reprimands he received for talking to the media. Following an acid attack on the Bolshoi's artistic director, Segei Filin,...
Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Dance, Arts and Culture
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Fire in Russian psychiatric hospital kills 38
MOSCOW -- A fire swept quickly through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, most of them in their beds, officials said. The one-story brick-and-wood hospital building housed patients with severe mental disorders, Health...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Russia
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'Magic lantern' images open window into Russia's past
Anton Orlov held one of the glass plates to the light. The hand-colored image seemed to glow. Two soldiers in long brown coats, rifles over their shoulders, stood with their backs to the camera. A trolley rushed out of the frame. A small patch of sky...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Alzheimer's Disease, Heart Attack, YMCA, Clubs and Associations
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Bolshoi dancer admits ties to acid attack
MOSCOW — The acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin was shocking when it happened and turned even more bizarre when police said it elicited a confession from a Bolshoi dancer known for playing the Evil Genius in one of the most...
Tags: Russia, Entertainment, Natalie Portman, Music, Entertainment Events
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Russia charges that U.S. aid helps Syrian 'extremists'
MOSCOW -- Russia charged Friday that the latest U.S. push to aid the Syrian opposition promotes "extremists" who have no interest in peace talks and are determined to seize power through force. The comments come a day after U.S. Secretary State John F....
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Vladimir Putin, National Government, Rome (Italy), Political Dissent
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Van Cliburn dies at 78; pianist who gave U.S. a Cold War victory
After a tense decade of air raid sirens, duck-and-cover drills and fears of Soviet superiority, hope for America came in an unlikely form in the late 1950s: a lanky, 23-year-old Texan with a head full of curls and huge hands that ranged across a piano...
Tags: Music Industry, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Awards and Prizes
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Van Cliburn, pianist 'who conquered Russia,' dies at 78
Van Cliburn, a little-known pianist who in 1958 dazzled the music world by winning an international piano competition in Moscow, died Wednesday of bone cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, said his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone. A child prodigy,...
Tags: Music Industry, Mikhail S Gorbachev, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Russia, Entertainment
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Van Cliburn was a Cold War cultural ambassador
Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan pianist who died Wednesday at 78, was an unofficial cultural ambassador for the United States during much of the Cold War. His win at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow made him a beloved musical figure...
Tags: Mikhail S Gorbachev, Russia, Entertainment, Ronald Reagan, Obituaries
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Kerry confronts clashing interests in Syria, Iran and Russia
This time will be different. That is the word from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Syrian rebels who have become so frustrated by empty promises of help to overthrow President Bashar Assad that they had threatened to boycott a Thursday meeting in...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Woodrow Wilson, Iran, National Government, Weaponry
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