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Russian pirates get ready for Harry Potter movie release
16/07/2009 14:40 A huge number of printed covers for pirated movies, including Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, have been seized in Moscow, a spokesman for Moscow's economic crimes department said
Suspected gunman shot dead near U.S. Capitol
16/07/2009 13:28 A man was shot dead near the Capitol building in Washington after he fired shots at police and injured an officer, local police said.
Border guards seize poaching vessels in Russia's Far East
16/07/2009 12:10 Russian Far East border guards have detained two Cambodian-registered vessels with Russian crews illegally carrying several tons of crab and fish, the local border guard service said on Thursday.
Black boxes from Iran plane wreck found
16/07/2009 11:21 Rescuers have found two of three flight recorders from a passenger plane that crashed in northern Iran on Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board.
Passenger plane crashes in Iran
16/07/2009 09:03 A passenger plane crashed on Wednesday in northwest Iran killing all 168 people on board.
Village official shot dead S. Russia's Daghestan
16/07/2009 09:01 The head of the Gedzhukh village administration in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan has been shot dead near his house, a local police spokesman said on Thursday.
Search begins for crashed Iranian plane's black boxes
15/07/2009 21:17 A search has begun for the black boxes from a passenger plane that crashed in northern Iran on Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board, the country's ISNA news agency reported.
Iranian plane crash could have been caused by engine fire - TV
15/07/2009 16:02 The fatal crash of an airliner in Iran on Wednesday is believed to have been caused by a fire in one of the engines, Armenian state television reported.
German man sets fire to flat while trying to fix air mattress
15/07/2009 14:56 A man in the German town of Duesseldorf set fire to his flat when an inflatable mattress he was trying to mend exploded, national media said on Wednesday.
Six Ukrainians killed as helicopter downed in south Afghanistan
15/07/2009 13:57 Six Ukrainian contract workers died when their helicopter was shot down in south Afghanistan, the helicopter owner said on Wednesday.
Passenger plane crashes in Iran, killing 168 people
15/07/2009 13:57 A passenger plane crashed on Wednesday in northwest Iran killing all 168 people on board, Iranian state media reported.
Five dead, two missing in Chinese chemicals plant blast
15/07/2009 10:07 An explosion at a chemical plant in central China's Henan Province left five dead, two missing and 108 injured early on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Three dead in apartment blaze in Russia's Urals
15/07/2009 10:01 Three people died after a fire broke out in a multistory apartment building in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, the regional emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.
Two killed, 20 injured in traffic accident in Ukraine's Crimea
14/07/2009 15:40 Two people were killed and 20 injured when a minibus and a car collided head-on in Crimea, southern Ukraine, the press service of the local traffic police department said in a statement on Tuesday.
Oil tanker leak in Russia's Volga River brought under control
13/07/2009 15:08 Emergency workers have localized an oil spill in Russia's Volga River using floating barriers, a local emergencies ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Coal mine in southeast Ukraine catches fire, evacuation underway
12/07/2009 16:17 Rescuers are evacuating almost 400 workers from a coal mine in southeast Ukraine where a fire has broken out, the UNIAN news agency said on Sunday.
Son of Georgian opposition leader injured in knife attack - TV
12/07/2009 15:01 The son of a Georgian opposition leader was admitted to a Tbilisi hospital last night after being injured in a knife attack, the Rustavi-2 TV channel reported on Sunday.
Armed robbers ransack Moscow jewelry store
12/07/2009 14:41 A group of armed robbers entered a jewelry store in southwest Moscow on Sunday, and stole cash and jewels worth over 4 million rubles ($120,000), police said.
Couple bringing up 16 children murdered in U.S.
11/07/2009 19:23 A couple who were bringing up 16 children, 12 of them adopted, some with special needs, have been killed in Florida, CNN reported Saturday.
Death toll in Italy railroad blast rises to 24
11/07/2009 11:09 The death toll in a gas explosion at a railroad station in northern Italy last month has risen to 20 people after a man with severe burns died in a hospital overnight, local media reported on Saturday.

Kazakhstan not against 2nd Russian base opening in Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan is not opposed to the possible opening of a new Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan and welcomes measures to strengthen security in the region, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said Monday.	The Caucasus-2009 military exercise Russia has completed the Caucasus-2009 large-scale military drills in North Caucasus
Sukhoi Su-35 fighter: new tests Russia is displaying its state-of-the-art, multi-role and highly maneuverable Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighter at the LAAD-2009 (Latin America Aero & Defence) air show in Brazil.	Bikini protest in Ukraine A group of students in Kiev don bikinis and wash their laundry in a city fountain to protest against the summer shut down of hot water supplies.

		17/07/2009 Bomb blast in Indonesia
		17/07/2009 Russia marks 100th anniversary of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's birth
		16/07/2009 Miss Moscow beauty pageant crowns winner

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