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Kyrgyzstan says will close U.S. base, secures Russian loan, aid
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Medvedev addresses Georgian congress, says seeks friendly ties
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22/12/08
Peter Pan on Ice: a show unseen by the Russian public
Olympic champion Robin Cousins stages his Peter Pan on Ice in Moscow. The holiday show will feature impressive acrobatic stunts and pyrotechnics.
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22/12/08
Top three original New Year gifts
An unusual Christmas fair has opened at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. It features hand-made souvenirs and gifts. Craftsmen not only sell their wares, but also offer advice.
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22/12/08
Sexual deviant sentenced to life in Russia’s Chelyabinsk
The 24-year-old Zlatoust resident, Nikolai Mozglyakov, has been found guilty of the rape and murder of schoolgirls and sentenced to life in prison by the Chelyabinsk court.
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22/12/08
New U.S troops for Afghanistan
The United States says it will send up to 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan. The troops will be sent to the country by next summer, said the chairman of the U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff. These troops are in addition to the 3,000 troops that Washington are sending in January.
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22/12/08
Russian warships flag up warming Cuba relations
Russian warships sail into Havana Bay for the first time since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. The anti-submarine destroyer Admiral Chabanenko sailed in from the Straits of Florida just 144 kilometres from the U.S. coast for a five-day stay.
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22/12/08
New baby gorilla for Israeli zoo
A rare baby gorilla is born in captivity at an Israeli safari park in Ramat Gan. The new inhabitant's birth came just in time, as UNESCO and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums have named 2009 'The Year of the Gorilla'.
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22/12/08
Piracy patrols hit Somali fish trade
Somali fishermen say their livelihoods are being harmed by international anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. The fishermen say some of their boats have been fired on by international naval patrols along the Horn of Africa which also stop their vessels searching for fish further out to sea.
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22/12/08
Protest in Novosibirsk against the government's decision to raise import duties on used foreign cars
The Russian government passed a resolution on December 10 to raise import duties on foreign cars and trucks from January 12, 2009 amid the ongoing global financial crisis to protect domestic auto producers and foreign companies assembling vehicles in Russia.
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22/12/08
Explosion at south Moscow market leaves 13 people injured
The number of people injured in an explosion at a southern Moscow market on Saturday has risen to 13 persons, with 12 of them in hospital, the Moscow police said on Sunday.
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19/12/08
A musical instrument that sounds like an orchestra: a veteran pipe organ in Russia
Pyotr Tchaikovsky made sure that this unique organ got to the Moscow Conservatory. Later the country’s best musicians learned to play on it. Its sound has been delighting audiences for 140 years. Authors: Svetlana Shcherbakova and Sergei Beznosov
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19/12/08
Man's best friend bitten by economy
Battersea dogs and cats home in south London has seen an increase in the number of stray animals. Workers at the centre say that due to the financial climate, pet owners are no longer able to afford the upkeep of their animals, and are being forced to leave them on the streets.
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19/12/08
Sketches behind da Vinci painting
A curator at the Louvre Museum has stumbled upon some unknown drawings on the back of a painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Detailed tests and infra red photo revealed three distinct drawings - a horse's head, a part of a skull and an infant Jesus playing with a lamb.
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19/12/08
Punch up over U.S. free trade bill
The introduction of a U.S. free trade bill with the United States sparks a fight in South Korea's parliament. The bill is being pushed forward by the conservative Grand National Party which wants to ratify the bill by the end of this year.
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18/12/08
Even rich Russians suffer from financial challenges. The global crisis in Rublyovka.
The global financial crisis has been spreading. Now it is in Moscow’s exclusive Rublyovka neighborhood. Builders have suspended construction of luxury houses, and books by elite writer Oksana Robski are being offered at a discount.
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18/12/08
Ural migrant workers strike for wage pay-out
A construction company in Yekaterinburg in Russia’s Urals region had to pay 10 million rubles ($360,000) of wage arrears to its migrant workers after they went on a strike last week demanding pay for three months’ work. Following the strike, the company was fined and the workers quit their jobs.
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18/12/08
Miss World 2008 Kseniya Sukhinova: I want to go home to my mom and see the snow
Russia’s Kseniya Sukhinova has won the Miss World 2008 title and is back in Russia. At the airport, she shared her impressions of South Africa and the international beauty contest with the journalists.
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18/12/08
Madoff under house arrest
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff is placed under house arrest as Congress orders a probe into the securities watchdog agency.
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18/12/08
OPEC cuts deep
OPEC made its deepest production cut ever, amid lagging worldwide demand, but prices remain in a slump.
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18/12/08
Sold! Marilyn's iconic images
Iconic images of actress Marilyn Monroe fetchd hundreds of thousands of dollars at a New York auction. Other famous faces are also up for sale but it's Marilyn who still captivates the crowd.
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18/12/08
Lockerbie remembers
Twenty years after the bombing of Flight 103, a Scottish town remembers the night when hundreds died. The town's Sherwood Crescent took the full force of the impact of wreckage from Flight 103. Houses disappeared into a huge crater 70 metres wide and ten metres deep.
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