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A pack of enormous bears searching for food killed and ate two men at mines in Russia’s Pacific Kamchatka region and have kept hundreds of geologists and miners from reaching the mine, news agencies reported Wednesday.

 
 
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Charles Z. Wick, who as director of the U.S. Information Agency under Ronald Reagan expanded American broadcasts to Cuba and Russia but whose agency was accused of blacklisting liberals from a government program, has died. He was 90.

 
 
Jul 22 2008 by AP0 Comments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, visiting Moscow to pursue weapons and energy deals, on Tuesday called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect his country from the United States.

 
 
Jul 22 2008 by AP0 Comments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on Tuesday for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect the South American country from the United States.

 
 
Jul 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

China and Russia signed an agreement Monday to end a long-running dispute over the demarcation of their eastern border, the scene of military clashes between the once-bitter Communist rivals.

 
 
Jul 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

A local Interior Ministry official says unidentified assailants have shot and killed three police officers in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region of Chechnya.

 
 
Jul 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

A spokesman for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

 
 
Jul 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

China and Russia have resolved a 40-year-old dispute over their border, Chinese state media said Monday, in the latest sign of warming relations between the once bitter rivals.

 
 
Jul 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

Russia’s foreign minister on Friday called for an internationally developed “road map” to resolve the hot tensions over separatist Abkhazia, but raised serious objections to a plan devised by major countries.

 
 
Jul 17 2008 by AP0 Comments

Bulgaria has sent its remaining highly enriched uranium to Russia for safeguarding from terrorist or other potential misuse.

 
 
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Jul 16 2008 by Jaiyant Cavale11 Comments

Most Western powers have been skeptical about the way Russian elections are held and the new government was seen as a body that is under the shadow of Vladimir Putin. Not surprisingly, the Medvedev government, which revealed the future foreign policies...

 
 
Jul 14 2008 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

A west-sponsored UN Security Council resolution against the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe has died pre-maturely after Russia and China vetoed it. Russia said that the resolution would have meant interference in internal matters of Zimbabwe. It has...

 
 
Jul 7 2008 by Deepa0 Comments

Ouch, I just missed this blingy Porshce baby by a couple of days as I have recently compiled a list of 12 incredible bling-bling vehicles. Wish it was bought to my notice earlier, I would have definitely found a parking place for it on my dazzling...

 
 
Jul 2 2008 by Sameer Kumar0 Comments

I still never understood what all the fuss was about when St. Petersburg was planning to have the new Gazprom tower and irrespective of those who view it as a radical demolition of the tradition and the age old goodness of the city, it is hard to argue...

 
 
Jul 2 2008 by Deepa1 Comments

Since living in the concrete jungle has limited our chances to get in touch with nature, its time to look up as vertical hanging gardens are here to lift everyone’s spirits as plants, pots, and plaques move upwards. Here is a towering green reason...

 
 
Jun 27 2008 by Asmita1 Comments

You know how when a car has a real powerful engine we say it is a monster? Well, in the small town of Krasnoyarsk, Russia when they call a car a monster, they mean it quite literally. Thanks to some really imaginative car lovers with tonnes of time to...

 
 
Jun 21 2008 by Sunit2 Comments

Russians are facing a massive dilemma regarding the recognition of their country’s leader. President Dmitry Medvedev may be the man entrusted with the powers to take Russia forward towards economic and political superiority, yet his predecessor and the...

 
 
Jun 5 2008 by Geetanjali Singh1 Comments

Though Halloween is too far, it seems some of the youngsters in Russia have already started gearing for the celebration. We came across these Russians obsessed with dressing their cars evil or rather raising dragon-cars these days. You may have heard...

 
 
May 28 2008 by Jayaprashanth0 Comments

Gamers and IT Professionals are notorious for spending long hours in front of their PCs often ending up with repetitive stress injuries. If you want to enjoy working or gaming minus the dreaded RSIs, you certainly would want to take a sneak peek at the...

 
 
May 24 2008 by Jayaprashanth0 Comments

Steampunking is the rage all across the design universe with designers steampunking almost every object that they can lay their hands and eyes on. This time, it is the ubiquitous USB flash drive that has gotten itself steampunked. A Russian designer...

 
 
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Members of the Russian Olympic team, from left, Sergei Makarov, Tatyana Lebedeva, Elena Slesarenko and Yuri Borzakovsky show the new Olympic uniform produced specially for the Russian team by in Moscow, Wednesday, July 23, 2008.