Russia Watch: Is Russia’s Putin a secret fan of Mitt Romney?
The conventional wisdom is that the Kremlin would like to see Barack Obama back in the White House next year.
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Rockets slam southern Israel, Israeli strikes back
Dozens of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, wounding several people, while Israeli warplanes have
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Bulgarian pleads guilty in Chicago scam fraud case
A Bulgarian national arrested in March on charges of financial crimes pleaded guilty on October 23 and was sentenced to
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Italian scientists resign to protest earthquake ruling
Senior members of Italy’s government disaster assessment agency have resigned in protest, after seven scientists and experts were sentenced to
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Italian scientists convicted of not warning of earthquake
An Italian court on Monday convicted seven scientists and experts of manslaughter for underestimating the risks of a killer earthquake
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Final US presidential debate displays differences on foreign policy
In their final debate before the November 6 U.S. presidential election, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney battled
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International Cycling Union bans Armstrong, strips Tour titles
Cycling’s governing body has stripped famed U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him
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Russia Watch: After 20 years of US aid, Russia goes solo on controlling loose nukes
The day that Russia’s government decided last week to end its participation in the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program, a
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Pussy Rioter wants a ‘thought revolution’
As a recently freed member of the jailed punk-rock trio Pussy Riot vows to continue protesting against Russian authorities, observers
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