| Serb villages evacuated, wildfires rage unabated |
CACAK, Serbia (Reuters) - Police in Serbia ordered the evacuation of several thousand villagers in the southwest of the country on Saturday as over-stretched emergency services, backed by a Russian plane, battled wildfires scorching the western Balkans.
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| Russians make us more puzzled |
(MENAFN - Arab News) THE war in Syria indicates that the Assad regime has lost most of its positions, some of its top military leaders, the majority of its regions and all of its land crossings. And ...
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| Putin Shows Some Openness to New Missile Reductions |
President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia would be willing to negotiate new reductions in nuclear arms if the United States first changed its plans for a missile defense system in Europe.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Garry Kasparov Cleared in Pussy Riot Rally |
A Russian court unexpectedly acquitted Garry Kasparov, the opposition leader and former world chess champion, on Friday of participating in an unauthorized rally for the punk band Pussy Riot.
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| Dortmund beats Bremen 2-1 in Bundesliga opener |
BERLIN (AP) - Mario Goetze scored the tiebreaking goal in the 81st minute, three minutes after entering the game, to give defending champion BoRussia Dortmund a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen on Friday night in the opening game of the 50th Bundesliga season.
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| Greenpeace Activists Climb Russian Oil Rig in Arctic Ocean |
Activists scaled the side of an oil-drilling platform in the Arctic Ocean, suspended themselves on ropes and unfurled a banner that said “Save the Arctic” as workers above sprayed cold water on them.
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| Pussy Riot copycats may face 3-year sentence in Germany |
Church officials at a German cathedral have filed charges against three masked activists who disrupted a Sunday mass in support of the Russian rock group Pussy Riot.
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| Copycat Pussy Riot protesters face 3-year sentence in Germany |
Church officials at a German cathedral have filed charges against three masked activists who disrupted a Sunday mass in support of the Russian rock group Pussy Riot.
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| Stunning image of Russian girl is not a photograph |
Samuel Silva, a 29-year-old attorney in Portugal, has shocked and delighted countless viewers online this week when he uploaded a stunning painting that many mistook for a photograph. As Colossal notes, the artwork, which was created using only Bic ballpoint pens, is based on this photograph by Russian photographer Kristina Tararina. Silva, who describes his [...]
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| Russian Ombudsman May Appeal Pussy Riot Verdict |
Russian human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has declared that he is ready to challenge the two-year sentence for three members of punk group Pussy Riot, unless it is commuted. Last Friday, Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, were controversially found guilty of  "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred." ...
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