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MOSCOW News, Nov 20, 2011


With a Russian in a Tajik Jail, Moscow Aims Its Reprisal at Migrant Workers
New York Times
Hundreds of Tajiks have been detained, and Kremlin-connected youth groups have picketed the Tajik Embassy in Moscow. By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ MOSCOW — The imprisonment of a Russian citizen in Tajikistan has touched off reprisals against ethnic Tajik ...
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New York Times
Syrian opposition presses Moscow on Assad
Reuters
Opposition delegation of the Syrian National Council, led by Chairman Burhan Ghalioun (R), attend a news conference during their visit toMoscow November 15, 2011. By Alissa de Carbonnel and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syrian opposition leaders ...
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Reuters
Moscow defeat to United still hurts Swans boss Rodgers
WalesOnline
Rodgers was part of Chelsea's coaching staff when United beat the Londoners in the 2008 Champions League final in Moscow, in one of the most memorable finals of all time. After dominating the second half and extra-time, Chelsea were beaten when John...
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Russian, US crew safely dock with space station
Reuters
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Three astronauts in Russia's Soyuz spacecraft safely docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday, to the relief of agencies who had feared they might have to leave the orbiting base empty for the first time in a ...
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Moscow Now Proposing Anti-Gay Law
Care2.com (blog)
by Paul Canning After two regions and St. Petersberg proposed anti-gay laws, now it isMoscow's turn. Gazeta reports that the city authorities will adopt the St Petersberg ban on so-called 'gay propaganda.' Yes, we plan to adoption of this law in ...
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Moscow Airport Will Allow Check-In Via Skype
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Olga Razumovskaya MOSCOW — Sheremetyevo International Airport starting Wednesday will launch a service it says will be the first in the world — video flight check-in via Skype. The airport forecasts that between 15% and 20% of all the passengers ...
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Moscow fleshes out 'Eurasian Union' plans
EurActiv
A roundtable in Moscow, organised by the ruling United Russia part, put flesh on those ideas, the Russian media reported today (17 November). Apart from countries of the former USSR, the "Eurasian Union" should bring together nations that are ...
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Russia's military chief warns that heightened risks of conflict near borders ...
Washington Post
MOSCOW — Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders that have the potential of turning nuclear, the nation's top military officer said Thursday. Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed ...
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Elections In South Ossetia, Transdniester Pose Prickly Problems For Moscow
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Moscow has taken an active interest in the recent presidential poll in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia and in the vote coming up next month to elect a president in Moldova's de facto independent region of Transdniester. ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Krishna finalise Moscow summit agenda for Prime Minister
IBNLive.com
PTI | 06:11 PM,Nov 17,2011 From Vinay Shukla Moscow, Nov 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to sign a number of key bilateral pacts including in the field civil nuclear energy during his visit here next month. ...
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Moscow Ex-Mayor Will Testify in Bank of Moscow Criminal Case
BusinessWeek
14 (Bloomberg) -- Yury Luzhkov, the former Moscow mayor, will testify tomorrow in a criminal case relating to Bank of Moscow, the recipient of Russia's biggest-ever bailout, his lawyer Genri Reznik said. Luzhkov is a witness in a case involving the ...
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Moscow: Three days in the third Rome
Manila Bulletin
Only Moscow, home of Orthodox Metropolitans, remained. As the Second Rome collapsed, Moscow aspired to be “the new heavenly city.” Her Grand Prince, Ivan the Terrible, claimed the title “Tsar,” derived from the First Rome's “Caesar” — the Old ...
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Chechen poet murdered in Moscow 'contract killing'
euronews
http://www.euronews.net/ A prominent Chechen academic and poet has been shot dead outside his home in Moscow. The Russian authorities are describing Ruslan Akhtakhanov's murder as a contract killing. Gunmen are said to have shot the 58-year-old in the ...
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Former Moscow Mayor in fraud investigation
euronews
http://www.euronews.net/ The former Mayor of Moscow, Yury Luzkhov is being questioned over an alleged fraud involving the bank of Moscow. But his lawyer has stressed that he's being called as a witness not a defendant. The investigation is looking into ...
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CSKA Moscow [1 - 2] Rubin Kazan
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CSKA Moscow [1 - 2] Rubin Kazan.
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David Hallberg, Bolshoi newcomer, greeted with praise, criticism
Los Angeles Times
Prima Ballerina Svetlana Zakharova chose him to dance with her at theMoscow theater's reopening, an honor that upsets at least one other company member. David Hallberg watches from the wings the first act of "The Sleeping Beauty" during a dress ...
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Los Angeles Times
Moscow seeks tougher term for US murder pair
The Independent
Russia's top investigative body said that it would seek additional punishment for an American couple convicted in the US of killing a seven-year-old Russian boy whom they had adopted. A US court this week sentenced Michael and Nanette Craver to 19 ...
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Georgian, Russian Patriarchs Meet in Moscow
Civil Georgia
Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, met with Russian Patriarch Kirill inMoscow on November 19. The Georgian Patriarch is in Moscow to participate in celebration of Russian Orthodox Church leader's 65th birthday. ...
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Moscow, Kiev and Astana hold video link-up on Eurasian integration
Caspionet
This data by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre was voiced during theMoscow-Kiev-Astana video link-up. Apart from Russia, the center conducted surveys in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Lithuania. Kyrgyzstan and Belarus were the most...
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Differences over Syria show up between EU and Moscow
euronews
Moscow says it does not agree with calls for embattled President Bashar al-Assad to immediately step down. But Brussels has repeated its message: the time has come for Assad to resign. Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, ...
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euronews
Mumbai Fighters whitewashed by Moscow in WSB
IBNLive.com
PTI Mumbai: It wasn't an outing to remember for Venky's Mumbai Fighters as they lost 0-5 to hosts Dynamo Moscow in their first away match and second Group A encounter of the World Series Boxing, held at the Sukharev Sports Complex in Perm, ...
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IBNLive.com
Moscow and Paris step up all-round cooperation
The Voice of Russia
Moscow and Paris believe that Russia's entry to the WTO will pave the way to signing a new basic agreement between Russia and the EU, reads the final document which was signed in Moscow by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his French ...
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The Voice of Russia
Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker Returns to the State 12/8
Broadway World
In State Theatre tradition, it will once again snow over the audience during the annual presentation of the Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker on Thursday, December 8th, 7:30 PM. Tickets at $43/$38 & $33 for children 10 & under can be purchased ...
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Moscow marks No-Smoking Day
RT
As part of international anti-smoking campaign, Moscow authorities wage war against ashtrays in restaurants and send superheroes to give lectures on tobacco's killing effects. Eager to take part in No-Smoking Day celebrations, 27 restaurants in Moscow...
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Moscow man charged with trafficking heroine
KLEW
MOSCOW, ID - A Moscow man is facing drug trafficking charges after local police recovered heroin in his possession. 25-year-old Thomas Quarles Jr. is facing a heroin trafficking charge in Latah County District Court after police recovered approximately ...
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KLEW
Arab Spring as Virus to Attack Moscow & Beijing
The Atlantic
By Steve Clemons Former presidential candidate and US Senator John McCain's comment that "This Arab Spring is a virus that will attack Moscow and Beijing" was an interesting and biting kicker at opening dinner of 2011 Halifax International Security ...
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Secret Moscow: curious stories behind curved streets
RT
In an ever-growing metropolis like Moscow, keeping tabs on all the streets is a challenge. It is thought the city has about 4000 of them. Some have names that are enough to baffle even born-and-bred Muscovites, let alone tourists. ...
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UN Bosnia report slammed by Moscow
RT
Moscow's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin has questioned the objectivity of a report presented to the UN Security Council by the international representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko. In his address to the Council on Tuesday, Churkin accused ...
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RT
Putin Pledges Slow Change
The Moscow Times
By Anatoly Medetsky Misha Japaridze / AP Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting at restaurant Le Cheval Blanc, a former barn, outside Moscowwith journalists and scholars of the Valdai Club. POZDNYAKOVO,Moscow Region — Converted from a dairy barn, ...
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The Moscow Times
Moscow Ballet Performs In Missoula - News Story - NBCMontana ...
MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Moscow Ballet performed The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet in Missoula Saturday. Saturday, November 19, 2011.
NBCMontana.com - KECI - Local News
Belt of blessings: Christian relic visits Russia — RT
By RT
Thousands of Muscovites are lining up to worship one of the most revered Orthodox Christian relics - The Mother of God's Belt – as it goes on display at the Moscow'sCathedral of Christ the Savior.
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St. Petersburg lawmakers denounce 'gay and ... - The Moscow News
I think it's a very dangerous tendency because the next step will be a law like this on a federal level,” he told The Moscow News. 'Destructive information' ...
themoscownews.com/russia/20111116/189209067.html
Newseum | Today's Front Pages | Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Moscow-Pullman Daily News, published in Moscow, Idaho USA. < BACK · Print Page · Readable PDF · Web Site. ID_MPDN.jpg. The Newseum is located at 555 ...
www.newseum.org/todaysFrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname...
Moscow fleshes out 'Eurasian Union' plans | EurActiv
EU news & policy debates - across languages -. en · fr. Click here for EU News ..... A roundtable in Moscow, organised by the ruling United Russia part, put flesh ...
www.euractiv.com/.../moscow-fleshes-eurasian-union-plans-ne...
Photos: KHOU 11 News in Moscow | khou.com Houston
KHOU 11 News reporter Jeremy Desel and photojournalist Gregg Ramirez are in Russia as they continue coverage the Soyuz launch that carried a U.S. ...
www.khou.com/.../Photos-KHOU-11-News-in-Moscow--1339...
Meaningful changes are needed - Moscow-Pullman Daily News ...
I recently noticed the arrival by car of many megaload protesters to downtown Moscowfor the protests. This struck me as hypocritical. I believe that it…
dnews.com/.../article_45254039-9e32-546c-a68d-043f7587b...
With a Russian in a Tajik Jail, Moscow Aims Its Reprisal at ...
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ MOSCOW — The imprisonment of a Russian citizen in Tajikistan has ... Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines....
www.nytimes.com/.../russia-rounding-up-tajik-workers.html
Moscow Now Proposing Anti-Gay Law
Yes, we plan to adoption of this law in Moscow and now [are] just working ... even wearing a rainbow pin or any news report quoting openly gay people — or a ...
www.care2.com/.../moscow-now-proposing-anti-gay-law.html
Russia's military chief warns that heightened risks of conflict ...
MOSCOW — Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its ...Makarov added, according to Russian news agencies, that “under certain ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAWQTJUN_story.html
Iran seeks Moscow and Beijing to buffer pressures - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: For Iranian envoys at an Asian affairs summit this week in Russia, it was the ultimate dream team: The Russian prime minister and China's ...
news.yahoo.com/iran-seeks-moscow-beijing-buffer-pressures-...
March in November – Red Square parade re-enacted 70 years on ...
A key moment in history - the military parade in central Moscow on November 7, 1941 - has been relived in Red Square, marking 70 years since Soviet soldiers ...
rt.com/news/parade-moscow-military-1941-681/
Chechen poet murdered in Moscow 'contract killing' | euronews ...
world news - A prominent Chechen academic and poet has been shot dead outside his home in Moscow. The Russian authorities are describing Ruslan ...
www.euronews.net/.../chechen-poet-murdered-in-moscow-con...
THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Middle East :: Moscow backs Syria ...
BEIRUT: In a clear defense of President Bashar Assad, Russia has expressed its concerns to the Arab League over the crisis in Syria, saying it had reports the ...
www.dailystar.com.lb/.../153795-moscow-backs-syria-position...
BBC Weather : Moscow
Weather Moscow. English; Cymraeg. °C; °F. mph; km/ .... All times are MSK ( Europe/Moscow, GMT+0400) unless otherwise stated. This is a forecast for Moscow ...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/524901
FMS does not expect Tajik colleagues in Moscow « News Headlines ...
MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Russian Business and Financial News) – Arrangements for the planned mutual economic integration of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will ...
www.interfax.co.uk/.../fms-does-not-expect-tajik-colleagues-in...
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