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Venezuela and Russia say they are working on a series of agreements for Moscow to provide the South American country with technology for the development of industries ranging from robotics to biochemistry.
Iran turns to Italy to launch satellite instead of Russia
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The relationship between Moscow and Tehran could be damaged if the Kremlin does not move on deliveries of the S-300 missile defense system, lawmakers said.
American swimmer Jessica Hardy won two events and set a world record Friday and Saturday at the FINA World Cup meet in Moscow. Hardy shattered the world record in the in the 50m breast in 29.36, and set a World Cup record in the 100m breast in 1:03.75.
NOVOROSSIISK, Russia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A police department in southern Russia will be investigated after a critical video by a local police officer was posted on a Web site, officials said.
Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear program, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, toasts Mikhail Kalashnikov, who invented the AK-47 assault rifle, during festivities to celebrate his 90th birthday at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday. The AK-47 is one of the world's most popular and reliable rifles.
Russia's Nikolay Davydenko eased into the third round at the Paris Masters by beating Germany's Benjamin Becker on Tuesday and took a step closer to securing an ATP World Tour Finals place in the process.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Frederic Bourke , the co-founder of handbag maker Dooney & Bourke , seeks to avoid prison when he’s sentenced today for conspiring to pay bribes to leaders in Azerbaijan in what U.S. prosecutors call one of the most corrupt investment schemes in the former Soviet Union.
Jing Zhao of China has set a world record in the women's 50-meter backstroke at a short-course World Cup meet. Jing won a qualifying heat Tuesday in 26.08 seconds, beating the previous record of 26.17 set by Marieke Guehrer of Australia four days ago at the World Cup in Moscow. Jing's record was set on the first day of competitions in Stockholm.
The president expressed willingness to attend climate talks, if his presence is needed.
Merkel Says GM Has to Pay Most Opel Revamp Costs
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mikhail Kalashnikov , the self-made inventor of the world’s most popular assault rifle that’s in use in about 100 countries and adorns the flag of Mozambique, celebrates his 90th birthday today.
BERLIN -- For once, Germans celebrated a moment from their tumultuous past without a pang of guilt.
Europe was transformed in 1989, but the events of that year are seen differently in Europe, the U.S. and Russia.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development agreed to cooperate with OAO Sberbank , Russia’s largest bank, to cut energy use in the nation and prepare for a potential government sale of spare Kyoto emission permits.
Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died in Moscow. He was 93.
World Cup: Guehrer, Hardy, Verraszto, Du Rand and Korotyshkin set global short-course marks at Moscow round of the world cup; Verraszto's is a rare or unique achievement - her father Zoltan who helps to coach her was also a world record holder
World leaders hailed the ordinary people who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and said the historic events of 20 years ago showed nations were capable of rising to new challenges, from terrorism to climate change.
The Russian Red Army was in the Dundees last week and some area hockey players put up a good fight -- on the ice, that is.
Venezuela and Russia say they are working on a series of agreements for Moscow to provide the South American country with technology for the development of industries ranging from robotics to biochemistry.
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