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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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Review: Jennifer Koh shows her own genius with Bach program
With Montecito magically misted by a surprising spring drizzle Wednesday night, Jennifer Koh went, for a second time, beyond Bach. The violinist's awe-inspiring solo recital at the Music Academy of the West's Hahn Hall was the latest installment in her...
Tags: University of California, Santa Barbara, Culture, Music, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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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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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: Politics, Czech Republic, Russia, Human Rights, International Law
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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: Japan, Shinzo Abe, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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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: Music, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Philosophy, Germany, Tony Awards
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Russia ex-tycoon Boris Berezovsky found dead
MOSCOW — Boris Berezovsky, 67, an exiled Russian ex-tycoon who played a key role in bringing Vladimir Putin to power, only to have a bitter falling out, has died in Britain, according to his family and Russian news reports. Berezovsky had claimed...
Tags: Politics, Human Interest, Russia, Radio Industry, Assassinations
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Could tiny Cyprus trigger collapse of the Eurozone?
It’s being marketed as a one-time tax -- a civic donation to the nation’s financial stability. But the people of Cyprus know it by another name: expropriation. A government plan to siphon as much as 10% from individual bank deposits to co-...
Tags: Politics, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Foreign Exchange Market, International Monetary Fund, Nazi Party
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U.S., Russia split on disputed chemical weapons strike in Syria
BEIRUT -- The United States and Russia stood behind their respective allies Tuesday as each side in the Syrian conflict accused the other of launching a devastating chemical attack outside the northern city of Aleppo. Washington has backed the ouster of...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Russia, Biological and Chemical Weapons, White House, Jay Carney
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Russian officials can't track all wage-earners, or income taxes
MOSCOW -- The Russian government has no idea how about 44% of the country’s registered workers are making a living, a top official said Wednesday. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said the government is unaware of what’s happening with...Tags: Employees, Russia, Career and Workplace, Personal Income
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'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?
President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nuclear Policy, Russia, Military Equipment
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Russia finds no evidence of torture in Sergei Magnitsky case
MOSCOW — Russian investigators found no evidence of violence against a lawyer who died in custody after accusing officials and police officers of running a multimillion-dollar tax refund scam, and have ended their probe, officials said Tuesday....
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Russia, Diabetes, Crime, Law and Justice
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