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Nigeria Police Rescue Four Kidnapped Oil Workers
ABUJA Nigerian police say they have rescued four expatriate oil workers who were held hostage for a month. The men have been released in good health, but the kidnappers remain at large. The men, two Russians and two Ukrainians were kidnapped on April 22 off the coast of Bayelsa in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Police say they are still searching for the kidnappers. Security ...
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Medvedev hits at possible cabinet reshuffle
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has indicated a cabinet reshuffle could be expected sooner or later. "The government's resignation will necessarily take place, the question is only when," Medvedev said on a news channel Sunday. "I am a more seasoned soldier than many of my colleagues. I told them: guys, you hold still and work, because sooner or later you will be all sacked anyway. This ...
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Missiles not meteorites on US-Russia agenda
The US plans to collaborate with Russia on missile issues and Afghanistan, but not planetary defence from space threats, a US diplomat said. Building a joint asteroid defence system was not a "real proposal" until the project has funding, which is not on the cards with either country, said US Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Rose Gottemoeller. The meteorite ...
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Russian military orders six Be-200 amphibious planes
The Russian defence ministry has signed a contract with the Beriev Aircraft Company for the purchase of six Beriev Be-200 amphibious planes. "The contract is worth 8.4 billion rubles ($268 million)," Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said in a statement. "The first two planes will be basic Be-200ChS models, while the following four will be the Be-200PS version without firefighting ...
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People seriously injured in Makhachkala blasts taken to Moscow
MOSCOW, May 26 (Itar-Tass) - The EMERCOM plane carried three injured people from Makhachkala to Moscow, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's information department told ...
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Phantasm [DVD]
A modest hit in theaters in 1979, Don Coscarellis Phantasm, a clever, if slightly incoherent horror/sci-fi hybrid made on a shoestring budget, became a cult phenomenon due to the advent of home video and cable in the early 1980s. Its success on television may be ... ...
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Bomb attack causes dozen casualties in Russias Dagestan
At least one person was killed and 11 others injured when a bomb attack took place near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus region on Saturday, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said. "One of the most probable theories is a suicide bomb attack by a female terrorist, whose remains have been found at the scene," the NAC said in a ...
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US May Review Aid to Syrian Rebels over Hezbollah’s Declaration
WASHINGTON, May 27 (RIA Novosti) - The United States will take into account Hezbollah’s declared involvement in the Syrian conflict while deciding on its further aid to Syrian opposition forces, a White House spokesman said on Sunday. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah publicly admitted on Saturday that the Lebanese movement is involved in fighting on the border between Syria and Lebanon, ...
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Russian mom detained after babies found in fridge
Police in a small town in Russia's Urals have detained a woman suspected of killing her newborn sons by freezing them to death. The bodies were discovered in the freezer of a local food store where they have been kept for five years. The bodies were found on Tuesday in Verkhnyaya Pyshma in the Sverdlovsk region by staff at the store. Past inspections of the store by local officials had ...
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Russia opposes the initiatives of the west to create a no-fly zone over Syria the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday. Unfortunately these destructive ideas keep popping up over time but no one ever bothered to think a
Russia opposes the initiatives of the west to create a no-fly zone over Syria, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, these destructive ideas keep popping up over time, but no one ever bothered to think about the consequences," said Gatilov. It is worth mentioning that on March 19, the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty ...
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US Tornado Death Toll Rises to 26 - FEMA
last week , the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Sunday. The agency said 26 people were officially listed as dead and 387 were injured. A total of 1,150 buildings were ...
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