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MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seeking to repair strained ties with Russia, said on Monday she did not like its rhetoric toward Washington but said there were no grounds for talk of a new Cold War. As she flew to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin, Rice conceded it was “not an easy time for the relationship,” but said ties were nowhere near as bad as during Soviet times. “I know people talk about, throw around terms like new Cold War. As somebody who came out of that period as a specialist in it I think the parallels ... frankly, they have no basis whatsoever,” she told reporters. Rice said she hoped to ease Moscow’s concerns about U.S. plans to place 10 interceptors in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic as part of a missile defense shield for Europe. She also hopes to allay Russian concerns about a plan to grant effective independence to Kosovo, which has been under UN administration for nearly eight years. Russia is strongly opposed to both proposals, and Putin has accused the United States of seeking to impose its will on the rest of the world. While acknowledging the strains, Rice highlighted areas where Russia and the United States cooperated, such as reining in nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea. U.S. companies have been enjoying sharply growing profits in Russia, as its strong oil- and gas-fuelled growth enters its ninth consecutive year. Russian officials say they are ready for calm and positive talks with Rice on her two-day visit, in contrast to the shrill exchanges of the past few months. But Moscow — flush with oil money and once again flexing its muscles as a world power just as Washington is mired in Iraq — warned that ... |
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Canada's Rick Nash holds the trophy after his team won the Ice Hockey World Championship final against Finland in Moscow on Sunday. Canada won the match 4-2. |
 Prosecutors on Sunday detained a suspect in the case of the murder of 22-year-old Dmitry Nikulinsky who was killed Saturday in the stairwell of his apartment building on Svetlanovsky Prospekt. Nikulinsky, a sixth year student of the biology faculty of St. Petersburg State University, was stabbed to death and died of multiple wounds to his face and neck. The ...
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MOSCOW — Samara authorities have granted permission for a Dissenters’ March to be held in the city center during a Russia-EU summit, but police on Sunday detained several journalists and march organizers. Sergei Kurt-Adzhiyev, editor of the Samara edition ... |
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Leaders from five European and Caspian Sea nations agreed Saturday to work together on energy security issues and on a possible extension to Poland of ... |
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NEW YORK — Some U.S. couples hoping to adopt children from Russia are concerned that rising political tensions between the two countries could add further delays to their bids to become parents. “We’re getting kicked when we’re down,” said Kathleen Dorrian, ... |
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Gay rights activists said Monday some 2,000 people are expected to take part in a gay pride parade in St. Petersburg later this month despite authorities’ ... |
 HELSINKI — Serbia’s Marija Serifovic won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday with a heart-wrenching ballad that beat 23 other entries in a competition dominated by East European countries. Serifovic’s song “Molitva” (“Prayer”) received the ... |
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BRUSSELS — Talks between NATO leaders and General Yury Baluyevsky late last week failed to narrow the gap between Moscow and the West over a missile defense ... |
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One of Britain’s largest menswear stores has pulled a T-shirt off its racks after realizing it bore a slogan similar to those used by Russian ultranationalists to promote ethnic cleansing, the company said. Burton stores stopped selling the T-shirts on ... |
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 MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin scored a victory for access to Turkmen gas on Saturday, winning approval for a direct pipeline around the Caspian in ... |
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MOSCOW — Bank robbers killed two guards and stole 38 million rubles ($1.5 million) from a Sberbank branch in Chita, pulling off one of the country’s biggest heists in a decade. Police found the bodies of the guards, their hands in cuffs and legs bound ... |
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YEREVAN, Armenia — Pro-presidential parties have won a majority in Armenia’s parliamentary elections, the country’s election commission said Sunday, in ... |
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Four years into her reign as St. Petersburg governor, Valentina Matviyenko has acknowledged the “outrageous” nature of the city’s outdoor advertising and vowed to banish it from the center of town. Matviyenko has offered to remove banners spanning Nevsky ... |
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MOSCOW — No. 2 bank VTB raised $8 billion on Friday in the world’s largest stock market float of 2007, and its shares rose by up to 11 percent in initial ... |
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ST. PETERSBURG — Rail freight between Russia and Estonia, interrupted during a dispute over the relocation of a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn, will soon resume in full, Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin said Saturday. “Traffic is limited at present, ... |
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OSLO — Norwegian phone group Telenor said on Monday it spent $745 million to increase its stake in Russian mobile group Vimpelcom to 29.9 percent of the ... |
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MOSCOW — TMK, the world’s third-biggest steel pipe maker by market capitalization, said Friday that it was in talks with Ukrainian producer Interpipe over “a potential transaction,” but stopped short of confirming they involved a possible tie-up. TMK, ... |
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MOSCOW — The Federal Migration Service has rejected a proposal to grant an amnesty to immigrants working illegally in the country, the service’s deputy ... |
 MOSCOW — A mystery firm called Prana bid $3.9 billion to beat Rosneft in a fiercely fought auction on Friday for assets of bankrupt oil firm Yukos, including its head office. The price was far higher than expected, and Prana’s backers are as yet unknown. The ... |
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 Natalya Vashko labors under the slogan “Turn off your brain!” But her own brain won’t heed that advice. On a recent afternoon in Correa’s cafe, sardined ... |
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LONDON — The Independent on Sunday reported that the Reuters Founders Share Company, the trust that acts as guardian to the editorial independence of Reuters Group Plc, is set to back a proposed takeover of the media group by Canada’s Thomson Corp. “It looks like this deal is now almost certain to go ... |
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 Uneven development, as reflected in political polarization, geographical and ethnic diversity, the minuteness of the middle class and sectoral imbalances, is a defining feature of Russian history. Imbalances persist today and are prevalent across regions ... |
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For more than 60 years, Mexico’s most important political practice was known as the dedazo. It was a moment near the end of the president’s term when he ... |
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 If ever there were a political conundrum, this is it. On Thursday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would leave office on June 27. The decision came only days after dreadful results for his Labour Party in the Scottish, Welsh and local elections, ... |
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The day after U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with President Vladimir Putin and invited Russia to take part in a joint anti-ballistic missile defense ... |
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The pickup in housing construction has yet to have much effect on the availability of housing. In the first quarter of 2007, according to the State Statistics Service, the rate of residential construction was 9.5 million cubic meters, or 50 percent higher ... |
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With its detailed financial calculations and planning, the style of President Vladimir Putin’s final state-of-the-nation address last week was reminiscent ... |
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 KARACHI — Shops were closed and public transport off the streets of Karachi on Monday after nearly 40 people were killed and about 150 wounded in Pakistan’s worst political street violence in two decades. The authorities have banned demonstrations in ... |
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WELLINGTON — Church services across the tiny Pacific island nation of Samoa paused for a moment’s silence in honor of the late King Malietoa Tanumafili ... |
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BELGRADE — It’s been a long time since Serbia won a popularity contest, and the country is going wild. Some 25,000 people gathered in downtown Belgrade to welcome back Marija Serifovic, winner of the 2007 Eurovision song contest, waving flags and singing ... |
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MONTREAL — Veteran politician Gilles Duceppe said on Saturday he was abandoning the race for the leadership of the Parti Quebecois, just one day after ... |
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Woolmer Death KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) — Scotland Yard investigators have concluded that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not strangled as local police have said, a Jamaican newspaper reported on Sunday. In London, Scotland Yard declined to comment on the report ... |
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 MOSCOW — Every time Canada competes at the world championship it is expected to bring home the gold. But the record 24th world title clinched with a 4-2 win over Finland on Sunday will be considered a bit of a surprise, coming from a team that overcame ... |
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BERLIN — Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic fought back from a set down to win the first title of her career on clay on Sunday, defeating Russian third seed ... |
 LONDON — Sheffield United was relegated from the Premier League on goal difference after it lost 2-1 at home to Wigan Athletic and Carlos Tevez fired West Ham United to a shock 1-0 win at champions Manchester United on Sunday. Sheffield United finished ... |
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 MOSCOW — Russia beat Sweden 3-1 in a consolation game for third place at the world championship on Sunday to win the bronze and salvage some pride. The ... |
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