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Plane catches fire landing at airport in Moscow; no injuries
MOSCOW (AP) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide. The Emergencies Ministry says none of...Tags: Boeing Co.
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U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in...
Tags: Suez Canal, Lebanon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Russia, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Cold War over, US-Russia espionage battle continues, but players can't always avoid capture
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are in an espionage battle with secret tactics, spying devices and training that sometimes can'...Tags: Anna Chapman, Politics, Russia, Crimes, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989)
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Dempsey slams Russia for giving Syria anti-ship missiles, says they'll 'prolong the suffering'
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work...Tags: The New York Times, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chuck Hagel, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Russia
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Human Rights Watch says it has found evidence Syrians were tortured in government prisons
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday....Tags: Kidnapping, Armed Conflicts, Activism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisoners and Detainees
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
House committee to grill ousted head of embattled IRS for targeting tea party groups WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its first hearing on the tougher scrutiny the...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Steve Carell, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Habitat for Humanity International, U.S. Senate
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Leonid Bershidsky: Accused U.S. spy's tools get a laugh from Russians
Two wigs, one blond, one dark. Three pairs of glasses. Two knives. Two envelopes containing 500 euro notes. One flashlight. One can of mace. One compass. One paper map of Moscow. One ancient Nokia phone. One letter in Russian, addressed "Dear friend."...Tags: Nokia Corp., Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, U.S. Embassy, Politics
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Russia reports earlier accusation of U.S. spying
MOSCOW --The arrest and expulsion of a U.S. Embassy official this week for allegedly attempting, in a ham-handed way, to recruit a Russian intelligence officer was the second such case this year, Russian state television reported Wednesday. The...Tags: Police Arrests, Politics, U.S. Embassy, Russia, Espionage and Intelligence
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Russia says American was recruiting for CIA
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.MOSCOW -- Russia detained an American citizen accused of attempting to recruit a local intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow, was held...Tags: Anna Chapman, Politics, U.S. Embassy, Russia, Espionage and Intelligence
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Trudy Rubin: Russia gives John Kerry very little on Syria
Those who oppose greater U.S. involvement in Syria were no doubt relieved at the announcement that Moscow and Washington want to convene an international conference to end the country's civil war. They shouldn't be. Secretary of State John Kerry's...Tags: Francois Hollande, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Politics, Russia
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U.S., Russia agree to convene talks on Syria
MOSCOW -- The United States and Russia have agreed to convene an international conference as soon as this month to try to end two years of bloodshed in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced after...Tags: Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Russia, Wars and Interventions
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Russian Deputy Premier Vladislav Surkov relieved of duties
MOSCOW — Vladislav Surkov, a masterful political operative and propagandist known as the “gray cardinal” of the Kremlin, was fired Wednesday in a move that was widely seen as a reflection of a deepening rift in the relationship between...
Tags: Politics, Russia, London School of Economics, Vladimir Putin, Government
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