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Russian court deems 'punk prayer' video extremist
Two members of Pussy Riot remain imprisoned for their defiant “punk prayer” at a Moscow cathedral. Now the video of their protest against Vladimir Putin could be cut off from Russia as well, after a Moscow court deemed footage of their punk...
Tags: Moscow (Russia), Judges, Justice System, Occupy Wall Street, News Agency
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Yasser Arafat's Body Exhumed in Poisoning Probe
CNNRamallah, West Bank -- The body of former Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed Tuesday for tests to see if poisoning led to his 2004 death, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. Palestinian officials...Tags: West Bank, Nobel Prize Awards, Physical Conditions, Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas
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Former policeman sentenced in killing of Russian journalist
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.MOSCOW —Six years after the death of crusading Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a former senior police officer was found guilty in Moscow City Court on Friday for his role in the slaying and was sentenced to 11 years in prison in a trial...Tags: Politics, Prisons, Moscow (Russia), Justice System, Punishment
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Other Voices: Times changing in North Dakota, Russia's new adoption policy and diverting Missouri River water
Change coming upon state of North Dakota Standing on the leading edge of 2013, North Dakotans need to get reacquainted with their state. They need to because the state is undergoing heavy-duty change. That change will ramp up in the year ahead with...Tags: Politics, Human Rights, Family, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Congress
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Russian official: We're ready to meet with Syrian opposition
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.MOSCOW -- Russia is ready to meet with leaders of the opposition group seeking to overthrow Moscow's ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad, a high Russian official confirmed Friday. "We expressed readiness to meet with [the National Coalition of Syrian...Tags: Politics, Bashar Assad, Human Rights, Moscow (Russia), Russia
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Explosion, earthquake rock Sochi, Russia, site of 2014 Olympics
It was a scary day if you were living in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday. During the early morning hours, a gas pipeline that feeds a local power station exploded, then in an unrelated incident later in the morning, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocked the city....
Tags: 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Ministry (music group)
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Gerard Depardieu granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin
Gerard Depardieu now has Russian citizenship, courtesy of President Vladimir Putin, who Thursday delivered on a promise made a couple of weeks ago. Russia's main state-run TV station broadcast an open letter reportedly from the "Green Card" star (via...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Social Media, France, Belgium
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In Syria, 20 reported killed in fighting; commander defects
BEIRUT — Twenty people were killed Wednesday in fighting in a small Syrian village, according to opposition activists, as the commander of Syria's military police announced he was joining the rebellion in one of the army's highest-level defections....Tags: Politics, Al Arabiya (tv network), Bashar Assad, Human Rights, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Gorbachev, railing against capitalism, sounds a lot like Obama
Less than a week before the U.S. election, former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev berated America and all but endorsed the sitting president and fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner at an event I attended in Houston. Speaking last Thursday from a...Tags: Politics, Mikhail S Gorbachev, Barack Obama, Entertainment Events, Russia
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'March of Millions'? Not quite as Moscow crowd denounces Putin
World NowThe opposition had trumpeted the protest Saturday as the “March of Millions,” and the authorities were ready, deploying thousands of riot police in full gear all around the center of Moscow, blocking key streets with heavy trucks and sending... -
Russia puts an end to USAID activities in the country
World NowRussia is putting a stop to the United States aid agency operating in the country after a two-decade presence in Moscow, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday, a decision seen by critics as a swipe against American support for Russian civil society... -
Russia court bans anti-Islam film 'Innocence of Muslims'
World NowA Moscow district court on Monday found a film that has triggered sometimes violent protests throughout the Muslim world to be offensive and banned its broadcast in Russia. After viewing "Innocence of Muslims," Judge Yevgeny Komissarov agreed with...
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