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18 Americans barred from Russia in tit-for-tat sanctions
MOSCOW -- Russian officials Saturday banned 18 American officials from entering the country, a day after the U.S. announced similar sanctions on 18 Russians in connection with the prosecution and subsequent death of Russian auditor Sergei Magnitsky. The...
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Russians draft 'Guantanamo list' to sanction U.S. officials
MOSCOW -- Russia has prepared the “Guantanamo list” of U.S. officials who will be denied entry visas, officials in Moscow said Friday, the latest apparent retaliation for a U.S. law imposing sanctions on Russians over the death of an...
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North Korean rocket reportedly flew just over a minute
World NowA North Korean rocket broke apart shortly after being launched from its base today, according to U.S., Japanese and South Korean officials. Japan’s defense ministry said the rocket flew for just over a minute before possibly splintering into pieces.... -
Military unrest mars hopes for Guinea-Bissau election
World NowIn Guinea-Bissau, soldiers reportedly sealed off the parts of the capital on Thursday and ringed the home of the prime minister, lobbing grenades. The unrest comes weeks before an election once seen as a chance for one of the most troubled states in... -
Convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout asks Moscow to intervene
World NowArms merchant Viktor Bout, who was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison by a U.S. judge, appealed Thursday to the Russian government to take his case to the International Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to help him get back to Russia.... -
Russia wants 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout back
World NowMOSCOW -- Russia will work to bring convicted arms smuggler Viktor Bout back home, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday, strongly implying that his country disagrees with the verdict handed to Bout on Thursday by a U.S. federal court in New York.... -
The 'Island President' hits the media circuit [video]
World NowThe ousted president of the Maldives has been on the American media circuit, making stops on the Daily Show and Letterman like a movie star -- which he is. Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of this chain of islands in the... -
Brazil workers protest over manufacturing losses
World NowAfter a decade of speedy economic growth powered by selling basic commodities to Asia, Brazil has become an expensive country to live in, and the complex goods produced by well-paid workers cannot compete with cheap imports from China.... -
In Hungary, it's time for the 'watering of the girls'
World NowIn Hungary's "watering of the girls," men throw buckets of water at women in a fertility ritual that reportedly goes back to the nation's pre-Christianity tribal roots.... -
Convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout gets 25 years in prison
World NowREPORTING FROM NEW YORK -- A federal court judge sentenced convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison Thursday, but in a swipe at prosecutors said there was no convincing evidence that he would have committed the crimes alleged if he had...
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