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Vonn clinches super-combi title with race canceled
U-T San Diego
(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) — AP A view of the course as a heavy snowfall forced the cancellation of a women's World Cup super-combined on the Sochi Olympics course, in Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Feb.19, 2012.
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Latvians Reject Russian as Second Language
Voice of America
February 19, 2012 Latvians Reject Russian as Second Language Jessica Golloher | Moscow Latvians have resoundingly rejected a constitutional referendum to make Russian an official second language in the country. With nearly all of the votes counted, ...
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Thousands rally for Putin before Russian election
The Sun Daily
MOSCOW (Feb 19, 2012): Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Russia in support of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday in a show of force two weeks before a March 4 presidential election that is expected to return him to the ...
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Tennis birthdays – Feb. 19, 2012
Montreal Gazette (blog)
Mandlikova won 27 singles titles and 19 doubles titles in a long career that probably wasn't what it could have been, given her talent. Her problem was that she could hit any shot; her issue was choosing the right one. It took her awhile, ...
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Prosecutor, judge killed in northwest Syria
Boston.com
(AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) By Bassem Mroue Associated Press / February 19, 2012BEIRUT—Gunmen opened fire Sunday on a car carrying a senior Syrian state prosecutor and a judge in the restive northwest province of Idlib, ...
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Geisenberger wins women's World Cup luge event
U-T San Diego
Germany's Natalie Geisenberger, Felix Loch, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt celebrate during award ceremony of team relay of the Luge World Cup event in Sigulda, Latvia, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Team Germany placed third in team relay.
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Putin dominates television as Russia gets ready to vote
Monsters and Critics.com
By Benedikt von Imhoff Feb 19, 2012, 2:06 GMT Moscow - Featuring bizarre televised debates between candidate surrogates, government critics sounding off on state television and vicious propaganda battles fought over the internet, recent Russian ...
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Heavy snowfall forces cancellation of women's super-combined event on Sochi ...
Bonnyville Nouvelle
Feb 19, 2012 05:30 am | Andrew Dampf, AP Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, left, stands next to Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch after completing a women's World Cup downhill on the Sochi Olympics course, in Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi, Russia, ...
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OM This Day in History, February 19, 2012
Outcome Magazine
In 1991, Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin demanded the resignation of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1997, China's “paramount leader” Deng Xiaoping died at age 92. In 2003, all 289 people aboard an Iranian military transport plane were ...
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Pissouri anger over Russian 'palace'
Cyprus Mail
By Bejay Browne Published on February 19, 2012PISSOURI residents are up in arms over a supersize house which is being built overlooking the village's picturesque bay and blocking hitherto unspoiled seaviews for many villagers.
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Syrian forces fire on anti-Assad crowd in capital
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | World News | Sunday, February 19,2012 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces fired on a huge protest against President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus yesterday, soon after a Chinese envoy had appealed for a halt to 11 months ...
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Chris Leyva Covers 1957: Release Party February 25 @ the Griffin
San Diego Reader (blog)
By Jay Allen Sanford | Posted February 19, 2012, 4:40 am “I have a new covers album called 1957 that's mixed and done,” says busy Blizzard frontman Chris Leyva. Leyva already dropped a solo full-length this month, Live Learn Loose (released on ...
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'Difficult moment' leaves F1 without an Italian
Autoblog UK (blog)
By Stephan Heublein, Feb 19, 2012 Rubens Barrichello on Saturday said it is "sad" another established formula one veteran, Jarno Trulli, has lost his race seat. After 19 consecutive seasons, Barrichello is poised to switch to Indycar in 2012, ...
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Seen on DVD Review: Birds of Prey aka Batgirl & Friends
San Diego Reader (blog)
By Jay Allen Sanford | Posted February 19, 2012, 6:02 am "Legend tells of a caped crusader, Batman, guardian of New Gotham, and his one true love, Catwoman, the queen of the criminal underworld. Their passion left behind something extraordinary, ...
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IAF to procure 71 more armed choppers
Business Standard
PTI / New Delhi Feb 19, 2012, 16:39 IST Aiming at strengthening its medium-lift helicopter fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to procure 71 more Mi-17 V5 choppers, including 12 for the Ministry of Home Affairs. These would be in addition to ...
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Inter-Palestinian splits are a setback on several fronts
Al-Arabiya
However, the real issue here is the February 6 agreement signed by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Mishaal, calling for Abbas to become prime minister of an interim Palestinian government that will prepare the ground ...
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Al-Arabiya
Posted On Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 07:33:02 AM
Pune Mirror
Two Iranian ships, the destroyer Shahid Qandi and supply vessel Kharg, had docked in the Red Sea port on February 4. Sayari said the naval deployment to the Mediterranean would show “the might” of the Islamic republic to regional countries, ...
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Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest
STLtoday.com
AP | Posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012 5:54 am | Loading… Hundreds of cars are circling central Moscow to demand that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allow free elections in Russia. As they travel along the wide Garden Ring, which makes a 16-kilometer ...
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NBC WEAPONS: Smoldering SLBMs Smothered
Strategy Page
February 19, 2012: It was recently revealed that a Russian submarine, that caught fire while in a dry dock last December, still had 16 nuclear ballistic missiles, plus four non-nuclear torpedoes stored in launch tubes. Normally, these weapons are ...
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Welcome to the New World of Post-Democracy
Troy Media (blog)
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 19, 2012/ Troy Media/ - Predictably, the academics are already on to it: the November 2012 American Anthropological Association (AAA) annual meetings in San Francisco will feature a panel on “Post- Democracy: Why does the democratic ...
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Thousands back Putin in rallies
Sky News Australia
Thousands back Putin in rallies Updated: 09:49, Sunday February 19,2012 Tens of thousands of Vladimir Putin's supporters backed his bid for the presidency in rallies across Russia on Saturday, trying to outdo mass nationwide protests staged by his ...
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Egypt Recalls Ambassador to Syria
Voice of America
February 19, 2012 Egypt Recalls Ambassador to Syria VOA News Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Syria. The move is the latest in a series of Arab diplomatic measures aimed at applying pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end his crackdown ...
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European cold snap tests Gazprom's reach
Sin Chew Jit Poh
By Dmitry Zaks MOSCOW, February 19, 2012 (AFP) -- Gazprom's inability to pump extra gas to Europe during the big winter chill has cast clouds over the Russian giant's vision of becoming the world's fail-safe supplier of last resort.
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A2Z Analysiz: WWE Elimination Chamber 2011 (John Cena, Randy Orton, Edge, CM Punk)
Inside Pulse
by Jake Ziegler on February 19, 2012 Kingston's Intercontinental Championship is not on the line here, since Del Rio won the Royal Rumble and is already challenging for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVII.
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Bangladesh wants Bangla as an official UN language: Hasina
IBNLive.com
PTI | 06:02 PM,Feb 19,2012 Dhaka, Feb 19 (PTI) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh was working to make Bangla an official UN language considering the vast number of its speakers and its rich literary heritage.
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War News Updates: World News Briefs -- February 19, 2012
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World News Briefs -- February 192012. Iran 'Halts Oil Sales To France And Britain' -- BBC. Iran has halted oil sales to British and French companies, the nation's oil ministry has said. A spokesman was reported as saying on the ministry's ...
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Third member joins Syrian opposition club — RT
By RT
Europe seeks to bring relief to the Syrian people by creating humanitarian corridors, a seemingly noble idea aimed at winning Russian and Chinese support in the UN Security Council. But some are calling the plan a wolf... Published: 19 February2012, 15:11. Syrian refugees in Lebanon ...The National Coordination Committee was quoted by AFP news agency as saying that it is impossible for them to vote “before an end to the violence and killing.” Saturday saw the talks between ...
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Russia suggests Using GLONASS for Afghan Drug Trafficking
Russia suggests using the GLONASS system for the struggle against Afghan drug trafficking, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. ...News Headlines Russia suggests Using GLONASS for Afghan Drug Trafficking. Russia suggests Using GLONASS for Afghan Drug Trafficking · Print · E-mail. Written by ITAR-TASS Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:12. Russia suggests using the GLONASS system for the struggle against Afghan drug trafficking, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
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Sharp Practices In UN Over Syria Aimed At Russia « Stop NATO
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Lao Woman Lost Millions To African & Russian Scam Gang in ...
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Published : February 192012 :: 09:02:58 [ 7 views ] ... 2. Ms. Julia Maksimova: Russian national. 3. Mr. Pual Michael: Mozambique citizen. Upon arresting the suspects, the police seized bank books, ATM cards, and 10 credit cards as evidence. On February 13, 2012 Pol.Lt. Gen Panya Mamen was notified by Pol.Col. Paisal Luesomboon, Nong Khai police a that a Loatian woman had been swindled ... Advertise. Print ThisNews. Type : Crime News Story : PDN staff. Photo : PDN staff ...
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China hopes for peaceful solution in Syria | China Media
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February 192012. By China Media News · AMMAN/BEIRUT — China said on Sunday it believed a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis was still possible as any armed intervention would only spread turmoil through the region, but Britain's foreign minister said he feared Syria will slide ...China and Russia infuriated Western and Arab states this month by blocking a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that backed an Arab plan urging Assad to halt the repression and surrender power.
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Prosecutor, judge killed in northwest Syria - World News - SINA ...
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Prosecutor, judge killed in northwest Syria. 2012-02-19 09:47:36 GMT2012-02-19 17:47:36(Beijing Time) SINA.com. Syrians chant anti-Bashar al-Assad slogans during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon) ... China, along with Russia, recently supported Damascus by vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have condemned Assad's regime. During his visit Saturday to Syria, Chinese Vice ...
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Iran halts oil exports to British, French firms | News Rickey
By BNO
Posted by BNO on February 192012 in World News | 0 Comment. TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) — Iran has stopped the export of crude oil to British and French companies, the oil ministry announced on Sunday. It comes nearly a month after ...
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Iran Special: And This Week's Medals for Worst News Coverage Go ...
By Scott Lucas
Sunday, February 192012 at 7:01 | Author Ali Yenidunya ... All very dramatic, if you take the supposed evidence on faith --- remember the 2010 documentary, pushed by Fox News, that said, "Osama bin Laden is Living Comfortably in Iran"? --- and Britain's Daily Telegraph is happy ... If that optimism comes to fruition, then Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China) will be sitting down for discussions for the first time since October 2009. That, along with an ...
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February 19, 2012 — RT News line
Go to main page News February 19, RT News line ... Russian winter, so alluring with its crisp snow and frosty fresh air, even birds cannot resist its pleasures.
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Vonn clinches super-combi title with race canceled
... Russia, Sunday, Feb.19, 2012.The race — the third and final super-combined event of the season — could be rescheduled for Are, Sweden, next month.
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Russia reaches for the stars with its own Silicon Valley | Business ...
Rupert Neate · The Observer, Sunday 19 February 2012; Article history... Moscow's Skolkovo innovation centre is designed to be Russia'sSilicon Valley. Its planned 'space ..... Follow the latest business news, comment and analysis on Twitter ...
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'Doomsday' scene stuns drivers in Russia - ninemsn News
06.06 pm, Sunday February 19 2012 ... The explosion was caused by an equipment failure yesterday morning, Russian news website Fontanka.ru reported.
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UFO Spotters In England And Russia Look For Answers From New ...
February 19, 2012 ... Get Weird News Alerts ... According to a RussiaNTV news report, this circular-shaped, donut-like UFO was seen by several witnesses who ...
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Latvians Reject Russian as Second Language
February 19, 2012 Latvians Reject Russian as Second Language Jessica Golloher | Moscow Latvians have resoundingly rejected a constitutional referendum to ...
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Russian tongue rejected - Columbia Daily Tribune
Sunday, February 19, 2012. RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvian voters resoundingly rejected a proposal to give official status to Russian, the mother tongue of their ...
www.columbiatribune.com/news/.../russian-tongue-rejected/?...
Ledger-Enquirer.com | 02/19/2012 | Vonn clinches super-combi title ...
News Archives Web Search powered byYAHOO! SEARCH. Home ...KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Another day, another title for Lindsey Vonn. ... the Sochi Olympics course, in Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi,Russia, Sunday, Feb.19, 2012.
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17 Russian police killed in Caucasus battle ‹ Japan Today: Japan ...
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