Tag: russia
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doomsday cult refuses to leave underground bunker
from abc: Local officials and negotiators from the Russian Orthodox Church spent the weekend unsuccessfully trying to convince a group of doomsday cult members to come out of the underground bunker they have been holed up in for weeks. The groups leader, Peter Kuznetsov, ordered followers to take refuge in the bunker last month to…
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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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report: russia evacuates entire bushehr staff
iranian news outlet claims nuclear experts packed their bags friday, increasing speculation of imminent US, israeli attackfrom paul joseph watson: Iranian and Israeli news outlets are reporting that Russia has evacuated its entire staff of nuclear engineers and experts who were working at the Bushehr nuclear reactor, increasing speculation that the US is preparing an…
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SCO could expand to include pakistan & india
from app: The six-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) could be enlarged in near future to include Pakistan,India,Iran and Mongolia to help strengthen regional security and ensure greater economic development and progress. At a discussion arranged at the International Institute of Strategic Studies on “The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation and Sino-Russian Strategic Rapprochement” on Thursday afternoon, the…
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news on the march
colorado checkpoint takes blood & saliva samplesfrom denver post: The Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office was apologizing Monday after a weekend effort to help a research group led to complaints about what appeared to be a DUI checkpoint – but wasn’t. Sheriff’s officials who participated in the stops now acknowledge that the nonprofit organization requesting voluntary…
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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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US develops 14-ton super bomb
bigger than russian vacuum bombfrom ria novosti: The U.S. has a 14-ton super bomb more destructive than the vacuum bomb just tested by Russia, a U.S. general said Wednesday. The statement was made by retired Lt. General McInerney, chairman of the Iran Policy Committee, and former Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.…
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russia says US attack on iran would be ‘catastrophic’
from afp: Any US military intervention in Iran would be a “political error” that would have “catastrophic” consequences, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov said in an interview published Tuesday. “Generally speaking, bombings of Iran would be a bad move that would end with catastrophic consequences,” he told the daily Vremya Novosti. Losyukov expressed 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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china & russia begin massive ‘anti-terror military drill’
from moscow news: China, Russia and four central Asian nations began a joint anti-terror military drill in a remote Muslim-dominated Chinese region on Thursday, state press reported. The exercise involves a total of 6,000 troops and 36 aircraft from the six nations. Dubbed “Peace Mission 2007,” the drill among the members of the Shanghai Cooperation…
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april clearinghouse
china to force rain ahead of olympics could global warming be halted by controlling the weather? the mystery of the 9/11 car bombs rosie pledges allegiance to seeking ‘truth’ about 9/11 security contractor faces growing protest over 824-acre base street closed to look for 9/11 remains drill angers conservatives prof who criticized bush added to…
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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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sick people used like lab rats in GM trials
from independent: Genetically modified potatoes developed by Monsanto, the multinational biotech company, have been fed to sick patients in an experiment. Rats that ate similar potatoes in the research suffered reductions in the weight of their hearts and prostate glands. Dr Michael Antoniou, reader in molecular genetics at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of…
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news on the march
russian journalist dies in suspicious fallfrom abc news: Respected Russian journalist Ivan Safronov, who reported on military affairs, mysteriously plunged to his death from the 5th floor of his apartment building Friday, making him the 14th journalist to die under questionable circumstances in Putin’s Russia, according to statistics compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists.…