| Russia Drains Fountains for Paratrooper Day |
To prevent drownings, Russian cities drained public fountains on the soldiers’ national holiday.
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| Putin: Pussy Riot punishment mustn't be too severe |
 Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticized the feminist punk rockers facing trial for performing a "punk prayer" against him at Moscow's main cathedral, but said that a punishment for them shouldn't be too severe.
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| Russia edges Brazil in men's hoops |
LONDON (AP) - Vitaliy Fridzon's 3-pointer with four seconds left gave Russia a 75-74 victory over Brazil, keeping the Russians unbeaten in the Olympic men's basketball tournament.
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| Air intruders must be shot down, Belarus leader says |
MINSK (Reuters) - BelaRussian President Alexander Lukashenko, smarting after a pro-democracy stunt in which teddy bears were dropped into Belarus, told his new border guards chief on Thursday to use weapons to stop any more unlawful air intrusions by foreigners. About 800 toy bears were dropped near the town of Ivenets from a light aircraft, chartered by a Swedish public relations firm, which crossed into BelaRussian air space from Lithuania on July 4, the day after Belarus marked independence day. ...
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| Judo diplomacy: Putin, Cameron differ on Syria |
Black-belted Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron locked horns Thursday over Syria and Moscow's crackdown on political opponents in a day of judo diplomacy at the Olympics.
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| IHT Rendezvous: What Other Professions Deserve $3 Million Prizes? |
The new physics prize from Yuri Milner, the Russian tech investment magnate, throws a new light on how we might correct some of the perverse priorities of capitalism.
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| Way of the World: Celebrating Impractical Physicists |
A Russian billionaire investor deposited $3 million in the bank accounts of each of the nine theoretical physicists he judged to be doing the most brilliant work in their field.
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| Celebrity rockers: Free band Pussy Riot |
Music stars including Pete Townshend of The Who, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand and Corinne Bailey Rae called on Russia to free three members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot, who are on trial in Moscow on hooliganism charges.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pseyK13st5s:cwc3J3xyAmc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pseyK13st5s:cwc3J3xyAmc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pseyK13st5s:cwc3J3xyAmc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=pseyK13st5s:cwc3J3xyAmc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pseyK13st5s:cwc3J3xyAmc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://
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| Russian punk band Pussy Riot gets celebrity backing |
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| Top British rockers seek release of Russian band |
Some of Britain's leading musicians have published a letter calling for Russian officials to release a punk band that has been jailed following a protest in Moscow's main cathedral.
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