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Fake money causes traffic nightmare outside Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Drivers who thought they were on the road to riches caused a huge traffic jam on a 10-lane Moscow highway as they scurried out of their cars to pick up what looked like scattered money. But the Wednesday morning chaos on the Moscow...Tags: Road Transportation, Transportation, Travel
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Russia's parasailing donkey dies of heart trouble
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian donkey whose brays of terror while parasailing won her worldwide sympathy has died. The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda says the 18-year-old female donkey called Anapka died of heart trouble after falling ill in December....Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Human Interest, Russia, YouTube
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Moscow drops plan to deport thousands of dogs
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow's thousands of stray dogs have something to wag their tails about — animal rights activists say the city has dropped a plan to round up the strays and ship them to a camp far out of town. Animal rights activists had been...Tags: Dog (animal), Activism, Politics
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Moscow, St Petersburg vie in Impressionist tug-of-war
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's cultural elite is at loggerheads over whether to rebuild a museum closed by the late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, with the fate of masterpieces by Monet, Renoir and Picasso at stake. Shut down in 1948 for being too...Tags: Museums, Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Russia, Artists
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 21
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MOORE - Emergency workers pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, and officials lowered the death toll from the storm to 24, including nine...Tags: Labor Legislation, Internal Revenue Service, National Government, Israel, Politics
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INTERVIEW-Russia's Putin out to silence independent voices - pollster
Reuters* Sole independent pollster warned under "foreign agent" law * Levada Center says Kremlin waging campaign on NGOs * Pollster fears clients will flee By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's leading polling group said on Tuesday it...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Parties and Movements, Polls, Elections
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Russia's Putin out to silence independent voices: pollster
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading polling group said on Tuesday it would fight to keep operating despite pressure to register as a "foreign agent" under what it calls a campaign by President Vladimir Putin to silence independent voices. Levada Center,...Tags: Science and Technology, Parties and Movements, European Union, Polls, Elections
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Russia says kills senior Islamist insurgent
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February....Tags: Shootings, Religious Conflicts, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions
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Russia moves closer to jail terms for offending religion
Reuters* Bill has passed second reading, nears Putin signing * Rights activist calls it a "repressive law" By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers on Tuesday took a step toward imposing jail terms for offending religious feelings,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, News Agency
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 21
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MOORE - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and thousands of survivors were homeless on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City, wiping out whole blocks of homes and...Tags: Egypt, Apple iPad, Labor Legislation, Internal Revenue Service, National Government
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Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance, yen awaits Bank of Japan
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street with Japan's Nikkei reaching a 5-1/2 year high, while the yen took a defensive stance ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) policy meeting. MSCI's...Tags: Good Friday, McDonald's, New Zealand, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Oracle Corp.
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Russia angry over "stolen" Eurovision votes
Reuters* Russian foreign minister says votes 'stolen' in song contest * Russian singer placed fifth in a field of 26 * Azerbaijan says official result inaccurate By Lada Evgrashina and Steve Gutterman BAKU/MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with...Tags: Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, European Union, Elections, Denmark
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