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  • US president plans talks with Russia on reducing nuclear weapons US president plans talks with Russia on reducing nuclear weapons

    BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...

  • Capello not to cancel contract as Russia coach

    Russia's national football team coach Fabio Capello is not going to cancel his contract as some media have suggested, the Russian Football Union (RFS) said. "Capello has a contract with the Russian Football Union, and he has repeatedly said about how happy he is with the Russian football and that he intends to go ahead," RFS chief Nikolai Tolstykh told a local media Wednesday, reports ...

  • Nepal-Africa Film Festival inaugurated in Kathmandu with `Earth Anthem

    The third Nepal-Africa Film Festival was inaugurated on June 18 with the screening of the `Earth Anthem' - a short film written, produced and directed by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. at the Russian Cultural Centre in Kathmandu. The Nepalese film uindustry is popularly known as Kollywood. The Earth Anthem originally a poem written by the poet Abhay K. In 2009, it was set to music by Sapan ...

  • Brad Pitt to open Moscow film fest with `World War Z

    Brad Pitt will open the 35th Moscow International Film Festival with the apocalyptic movie "World War Z", recently premiered in New York. Pitt, making his first visit to the Russian capital, will be the center of attention on the red carpet of the Oktiabr Theater Thursday. The actor will arrive in Moscow without partner Angelina Jolie, who was with Pitt, however, at the London premiere of the ...

  • Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

    US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a ...

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Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

In Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), Sandrine Bonnaire, who first captured audiences with her screen debut as a strong-willed teenager in Maurice Pialats nos amours (1983), plays Mona, a homeless 18-year-old in the south of France during a particularly brutal winter. We know f ... ...

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  • With Russian Help Europe Prepares to Search for Life on Mars

    PARIS The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week. Until last year, the ExoMars program was a joint project between ESA and the U.S. space agency NASA. But NASA dropped out, citing budget problems. The Russian space ...

  • Moscow to bar foreigners from buying Rostelecom ‘Big Three’ watch with interest

    The Russian government may succumb to pressure from the military, and prohibit foreign investors from buying its controlling stake in national operator Rostelecom, paving the way for a deal with the self-styled 'Big Three' mobile firms - Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), MegaFon, and Vimpelcom. Kommersant quotes an unnamed government source as saying: 'We wanted to create one more market ...

  • Russia slams US Trafficking in Persons report

    according to Secretary of State John Kerry it "is not about pointing fingers" . However, the Russians have a different opinion. "The authors of the report once again ...

  • Lavrov considers contribution to Russian-language mass media abroad priority of Russian foreign policy

    MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Contribution to Russian-language mass media abroad is one of the priorities of Russia’s foreign policy, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Addressing participants in and guests of the 15th World Congress of the Russian Press, Lavrov said, "Our priority is to strengthen corresponding mechanisms on spreading the Russian language and Russian culture and ...

  • Russia interested in construction of Belene nuclear plant in Bulgaria

    ST. PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s state-run nuclear concern Rosatom is interested in the construction of the Belene nuclear plant in Bulgaria, Rosatom CEO Sergei Kiriyenko told Itar-Tass on Thursday. "A litigation is underway, lawyers are working. But we are interested not in being at law but in building a nuclear plant," he said and added that if the Bulgarian ...

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