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Russia set to make Olympic history -- for spending, controversy
The costs and challenges confronting Russia as it tries to convert a Black Sea beach resort into a Winter Olympics venue recall the "hero projects" of the Soviet era, when deluded dictators squandered fortunes trying to reverse the flow of Siberian...
Tags: Political Corruption, Moscow (Russia), Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, 2014 Winter Olympic Games
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Canada breaks relations with Iran over Syria, support for terror
World NowThe Canadian government announced that it has closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered Iranian diplomats to leave Canada, formally severing diplomatic ties and accusing the Islamic Republic of sponsoring terrorism.... -
China sends patrol ships to islands at center of Japan dispute
World NowChina said it has sent surveillance ships to waters near three islands at the center of a dispute with Japan, one day after Tokyo announced plans to purchase the uninhabited territories.... -
Japan says it will soon buy disputed islands claimed by China
World NowThis post has been updated. See the note below. BEIJING -- Japan’s government said Monday it would buy three uninhabited islands southwest of Okinawa from the Japanese landowners, ratcheting up a territorial dispute with China. Chief Cabinet... -
Rachel Marsden: Is Putin the Russian Reagan?
It would seem that we're now at the stage of global economic lunacy where the worldwide socialist slide is so far gone that the president of Russia is lecturing the world, and particularly Europe, about the risks of socialism. Speaking at the Asia-...
Tags: France, Personal Income, Rachel Marsden, Vladimir Putin, International Trade
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