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Russia syria talks
May 24, 2013
11:22 am
The June peace conference, being called "Geneva 2," would be aimed at ending Syria's civil war, which has killed more than 90,000 people in the past two years.
May 24, 2013
7:13 am
moscow eathquake
Undersea earthquake was estimated at a magnitude of 8.3, creating tremors as far away as Moscow and prompting an island tsunami warning.
May 23, 2013
7:27 pm
Maria Alyokhina
A Russian court has rejected a parole request by hunger-striking Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, despite pleas for leniency from former Beatle Paul McCartney, Patti Smith and Peter Gabriel.
May 23, 2013
5:51 pm
Caucasus attack 04 24 2013
Incident part of ongoing violence in Russia's restive North Caucasus.
Need to Know, Russia
May 22, 2013
1:00 pm
pussy riot hunger strike
Alyokhina was refused by a court to attend her parole hearing and rather appear via videolink.
May 22, 2013
12:48 pm
Eurovision1 russia dina garipova 2013 05 22
The latest example of how a contest of saccharine pop groups has been unable to keep itself above geopolitics.
May 22, 2013
9:57 am
Russia eurovision scandal dina garipova
Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is feuding with Azerbeijan over points "stolen" from Russia's Eurovision contestant Dina Garipova.
May 22, 2013
6:31 am
Chatter
What's Kim Jong Un's boy doing in Beijing? Also: security experts say internet warfare is all but imminent, and - gasp - garden gnomes have been allowed back at the Chelsea Flower Show. Just this once.
May 21, 2013
6:58 pm
Elizabeth Hurley Ramzan Kadyrov
The actor, pictured laughing and joking with Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, says the Tsarnaev brothers were brought up in America.
May 21, 2013
7:46 am
Caucasus attack 04 24 2013
Russian forces in a house raid turned gunfight killed two suspected militants outside the capital of Ingushetia, west of Chechnya.
May 20, 2013
7:33 pm
Russia corruption putin dead two years 07 02 2012
Russian counter-terrorism agents on Sunday foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two suspects during a raid and arresting another.
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