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  • Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies

    Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...

  • Eight killed in twin blasts in Russias North Caucasus

    At least eight people were killed Monday in twin car bombings in Russia's North Caucasus region, officials said. The blasts took place near the court bailiffs service headquarters in Makhachkala, capital city of Dagestan republic, Xinhua quoted a government spokesperson as saying. "Two cars were blown up, one after another. At least eight people were killed. Reports about injured victims are ...

  • Boxers Nanao Dilbagh settle for silver in Russia

    The Indian boxers' campaign came to an end at the Khabarovsk International Competition here with two silver and three bronze medals. The two Indians in the finals -- national games gold medallist Nanao Singh (49kg) and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Dilbagh Singh (69kg) -- had to be content with a silver medal finish after they lost to their respective opponents in the title round ...

  • Bad blood resurfaces in wrestling over Olympic axe

    Recriminations over wrestling's exclusion from the Olympics re-emerged Monday, as supporters of the sport's former chief were accused of hurling insults at an official meeting. Wrestling was cut from the 2020 Olympics in February by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), amid low spectator interest and claims of corrupt refereeing in some major bouts. After the IOC decision, Raphael ...

  • Mice and lizard return after a month in space

    A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. According to scientists, the experiment was conducted to test effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on the cell structure, Fox News reported. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants following its safe landing in a ...

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The Deceivers [DVD]

The Deceivers [DVD]

The Deceivers, a Victorian colonialist potboiler with art film pretensions (it was produced by Ismail Merchant), is set in India in 1825. Pierce Brosnan, in the pre-James Bond days when he was best known as the star of TV's Remington Steele, plays William Savage, a collection ... ...

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  • EU urges Russia against introducing gay law

    The European Union (EU) has appealed to Russia not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" . Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, intends to pass a law by the end of the current session (mid-July) banning dissemination of information among minors promoting homosexuality. Amendments will be made May 26-27, after which a working group will compile the draft law along ...

  • Alleged unmasked CIA agent leaves Russia

    Ryan Fogle, the man Russia's security services claimed to have captured last week as he tried to recruit a Russian to spy for the US, left Moscow Sunday, a media report said. Fogle checked in on a flight at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, NTV said. The Russian foreign ministry had earlier declared Fogle, a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow, persona non grata for "activity incompatible ...

  • Poland The Russians who shop gaily in Gdańsk

    There have probably not been so many Russians in Gdansk since the spring of 1945. Most are Kaliningrad residents, crossing the border to shop. It's largely a one-way trade that sees about EUR20m a month flow out of the Russian exclave into ...

  • 2 gunmen masterminding terrorist act in Moscow destroyed one more detained

    MOSCOW, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - Three gunmen, who were masterminding a terrorist act in Moscow, are neutralized in the Moscow Region on Monday. "When checking the detective information that the group of three gunmen were masterminding a terrorist act in Moscow the Federal Security Service detected the whereabouts of the bandits in a house in Orekhovo-Zuyevo," a representative of the ...

  • Russian roulette Luxembourg new offshore hotspot Cyprus abandoned

    Russians pulled $9.7 billion in investments from Cyprus in the last 2 years, and moved their wealth to 'safer' offshore banking in Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the British Virgin Islands. According to the Central Bank of Cyprus, the once offshore paradise lost out on Russian accounts, as investors pulled their money as they sensed the banking crisis looming.In ...

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