Tag: putin
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putin: america, you’re provoking wars for political gain
from times online: Vladimir Putin accused President Bush tonight of orchestrating the war in Georgia in a plot to get John McCain elected to the White House.
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russian & US warships engaged in black sea standoff
from irish times: Russian and US warships were engaged in a Black Sea stand-off last night, amid western warnings that the conflict in Georgia could destabilise other parts of Moscow’s old empire. A US coast guard cutter carrying aid docked at the Georgian port of Batumi after bypassing the Russian-controlled port of Poti. Two other…
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putin hands presidency & nuke suitcase to medvedev
medvedev inaugurated as russian presidentfrom washington times: Dmitry Medvedev yesterday was inaugurated as Russia’s president, pledging to bolster the country’s economic development and civil rights in what might signal a departure from his predecessor’s heavy-handed tactics. Mr. Medvedev took the oath of office in the Kremlin’s golden-hued Andreyevsky Hall, bringing to an end Vladimir Putin’s…
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global tensions: bombers, beijing, suez & subs
russian bombers fly close to US borderfrom afp: Russian bombers accompanied by Nato fighter jets have completed a patrol off the north west coast of the United States, the Russian air force said on Wednesday, Interfax reported. “NATO fighter jets accompanied the planes of long range aviation in the area of Alaska during the air…
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israeli strikes, russian elections & german rfid
death toll rises as israel strikes gaza targetsfrom reuters: Israeli aircraft struck new targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing two militants, after the government vowed to press home an offensive despite appeals from Washington and elsewhere for an end to violence… A total of 107 people have been killed since Wednesday. Among these…
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december clearinghouse
top economist says america could plunge into recession * ohio guard call-up said to be largest since wwii * how to lose your job on your own time * mexico to microchip central american migrants * eli lilly knew prozac had 1200% higher suicide rate than other antidepressants * wtc7: a tale of three broadcasters…
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recruiting, russia, nuke site, ptsd, budget & ‘condor’
US military recruiting illegal aliensfrom press tv: Mexican citizen groups claim the US army is recruiting illegal immigrants from Mexico to send them to the war in Iraq. According to Prensa Latina on Friday in Culiacan, the capital of the northern state Sinaloa, civil activist Ildefonso Ortiz Cabrera told reporters that US military officers use…
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russia says it may deploy missiles to belarus
from msnbc: Russia may deploy its newest Iskander tactical missiles in neighboring Belarus in response to U.S. plans for a missile shield in eastern Europe, Russian media quoteda senior general as saying on Wednesday. Asked if the missiles could be deployed in response to the U.S. shield, Major-General Vladimir Zaritsky, head of Russia’s artillery and…
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bush admin ‘grossly misjudged putin’
from mcclatchy: The Bush administration’s failure to win Russia’s consent to install U.S. missile defenses in its European backyard and a growing list of other disputes suggest that President Bush and his aides have misread the man whose “soul” Bush thought he’d divined when they first met six years ago. Bush’s strategy on Russia assumed…
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2 russian strategic bombers fly along alaska, canada coasts
from itar-tass: Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers, within the scope of a long-range aviation drill, flew along the coasts of Alaska and Canada and returned to their home airfield via the North Pole on Thursday, Air Force spokesman Col Alexander Drobyshevsky told Itar-Tass. “A pair of Tu-95MS planes flew along a large range along the…
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news on the march
ron paul for president 2.0from time: Kissing babies, stumping on the campaign tour and meeting with the local supporters all seems so… well 1.0. Texas Congressman and libertarian Dr. Ron Paul represents the new 2.0 candidate, with his success recruiting supporters through new social media channels. But Congressman Paul’s online supporters may run far afield…
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‘i am plotting a new russian revolution’
from guardian: The Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has told the Guardian he is plotting the violent overthrow of President Putin from his base in Britain after forging close contacts with members of Russia’s ruling elite. In comments which appear calculated to enrage the Kremlin, and which will further inflame relations between London and Moscow, the…
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putin pushes back against ‘one single master’
from kurt nimmo: It displeased the neocons and their fellow travelers, including Robert “Iran-Contra” Gates, Joe Lieberman, John “Keating Five” McCain, and Lindsey Graham. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, in essence, told the neocons to back off and rethink their “unipolar world” rhetoric. Predictably, the New York Times focused in on Robert Gates’ comments to Putin’s speech,…
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riot cops detain hundreds of activists in moscow
from edmonton sun: Russian authorities pulled hundreds of opposition activists off buses and trains and detained them along with scores of others on Saturday ahead of a rare anti-government rally in Moscow, organizers said. The police action did not prevent more than 2,000 people from gathering in a central square, where leftist and liberal groups…