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WRAPUP 1-US, Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
Reuters* US, Russia bury differences to push for Syria peace talks * Not clear warring parties will readily agree to negotiate * Threat of conflict spilling over has alarmed world powers * Kerry says without deal Syria could simply break apart By Thomas...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Ban Ki-moon, Russia, Politics, Muammar Gaddafi
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WRAPUP 1-Russia, China express alarm after Israel hits Syria
Reuters* After air strikes, Israel seeks to ease tension with Syria * China urges restraint during Israeli PM's visit * Russia says chance of foreign intervention growing * Oil price rises on concern of regional tension By Dan Williams and Khaled Yacoub...Tags: Energy Saving, Weaponry, Religious Conflicts, Ban Ki-moon, Russia
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WRAPUP 2-Israel says "no winds of war" despite Syria air strikes
Reuters(Adds strikes detail, chemical arms comments, Golan Heights mortar) * After air strikes, Israel seeks to ease tension with Syria * China urges restraint during Israeli PM's visit * Russia says chance of foreign intervention growing * Oil price rises...Tags: Energy Saving, Weaponry, Religious Conflicts, Russia, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Russian media magnate Lebedev sees trial as Putin's revenge
Reuters* Lebedev portrays trial as political revenge * Says he threw punches in TV talks show in self-defence * Billionaire is financial backer of two British newspapers By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev...Tags: United Kingdom, Human Interest, Prisons, Political Corruption, Economy, Business and Finance
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WRAPUP 3-Israel says 'no winds of war' despite Syria air strikes
Reuters(Adds U.S. senator introducing bill to arm Syrian rebels, paragraphs 26-28) * After strikes, Israel seeks to ease tension with Syria * China urges restraint during Israeli PM's visit * Russia says chance of foreign intervention growing * Oil price...Tags: Energy Saving, Weaponry, Religious Conflicts, Russia, Politics
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Russian opposition seek to revive protests against Putin
Reuters* Opposition marks anniversary of rally that turned violent * Protests have faded since peak early last year * Putin denies repression, has tightened grip on power By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 6 (Reuters) - Russian protestors unfurled a huge banner...Tags: Parliament, Political Dissent, Prisons, Political Corruption, Activism
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Russia, Japan renew quest for elusive WWII peace treaty
World War II lingers for Russia and Japan. Nearly 68 years after the fighting ended, the two Asian powers have yet to sign a peace treaty. That could change now that the leaders of both countries have solid nationalist credentials and could pull off...
Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Peace Negotiations, Treaties
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IAAF sees bright prospects for Diamond League deal
ReutersLONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The focus of the world's gaze during the 2012 Olympics, athletics is now searching for a new title sponsor for its elite series of meetings just two weeks before the season opens. Electronics giant Samsung pulled the plug...Tags: Usain Bolt, Science and Technology, Photography and Video, Track and Field, Electronics
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Review: A night of Riehm rattles and excites
Although Pier Paolo Pasolini was best known as an Italian filmmaker, he called himself a poet and his Wikipedia entry begins by also describing him as a journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, columnist, actor, painter,...Tags: Entertainment, Philosophy, Germany, Tony Awards, Religion and Belief
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Russia's oldest rights group told to register as "foreign agent"
Reuters* Dozens of NGOs ordered to register as "foreign agents" * Putin says law will prevent foreign-funded groups spying * Memorial, others, say will refuse prosecutor's demand MOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) - Moscow prosecutors told Russia's oldest human...Tags: Prosecution, Human Interest, Russia, Politics, Vladimir Putin
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WRAPUP 1-$15 billion question haunts Russian energy results
Reuters* Russian energy stocks trading at 40-50 pct discount * Third-largest oil firm fails to disclose ownership * Gazprom, Rosneft criticised for over-investing * No signal to stranded TNK-BP minority shareholders By Douglas Busvine and Vladimir Soldatkin...Tags: Banking, Bank of America Corp., Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Russia, Petroleum Industry
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Tennis-Sharapova shows off 'Shugarpova' candy in Moscow
ReutersMOSCOW, April 29 (Reuters) - Fresh from claiming her 29th WTA singles title, Maria Sharapova made a one-day stop in Moscow to present her 'Shugarpova' candy brand to the Russian market on Monday. The Florida-based Russian insisted that despite her...Tags: Maria Sharapova, China, Li Na, Women's Tennis Association, Tennis
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