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The Russian Federal Service of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) has confirmed that the aftershocks felt in Moscow were caused by an earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk.
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“I want to kill more,” said one of the two men allegedly responsible for the murder of a soldier in broad daylight in Woolwich, southeast London, on Wednesday, when shortly after the incident a woman asked him what he was hoping to achieve, the British Telegraph has reported today.
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A renowned Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer Pyotr Todorovsky has died aged 87, a source close to director’s family has told reporters.
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The government’s plans to secure the modernization of shipbuilding and ship repair facilities are under threat. A statement to this effect was made by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who urged the authorities to step in to avoid such a development.
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Russian and US law enforcers will join efforts to devise new methods of addressing threats to global security.
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Russia said that the Damascus regime had agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference on the Syria crisis that is expected to take place in Geneva in June.
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Hundreds of young people clashed with police and damaged cars in riots of immigrants in the suburbs of Stockholm. This outbreak of violence has challenged Sweden's image of a happy and prosperous state and put the issue of social and economic gap at the full front. The riots appeared to have been sparked by the police killing 69-year-old man wielding machete in one of the suburbs earlier this month, which prompted accusations of police brutality. Tom Sallivan from the Swedish Radio International shared with the VoR his take on the reasons behind Swedish revolts of young people, who he believes have fallen out of the system.
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Runways at Heathrow airport closed as British Airways plane evacuated safely. Smoke could be seen.
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Russia remains a major trade partner for the Czech Republic. A statement to this effect was made by Executive Director of the Czech Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the CIS Countries Frantisek Masopust ahead of a visit to Moscow by Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas scheduled for May 26th .
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Magadan residents could feel aftershocks on Friday evening (local time) following an earthquake in Kamchatka.
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A renowned Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer Pyotr Todorovsky has died aged 87, a source close to director’s family has told reporters.
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The Russian federation and Venezuela have formed a joint venture to produce 120,000 barrels of oil a day by 2016 in two fields in the Orinoco Oil Belt.
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The Cyprus government "is determined to fight money laundering and terrorist financing and is constantly improving measures in this area", according to a statement made by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic.
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Commercial banks that raised interest rates for credits are increasing risks in the Russian economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with businessmen in Voronezh and reminded that such risks exist in the European Union.
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It may happen that a new strike on bank secrecy will be delivered later this year. On the results of the latest summit of the European Union, the leaders of the EU member-states have agreed to complete the relevant resolution of the European Commission before the end of this year.
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Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
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David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
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A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
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Swiss scientists have finally uncovered the gene in mice which dictates their aging process. This specific gene is vital to understanding why we age. Through their experiments, they were able to extend the life-time of worms by 60 percent using standard antibiotics.
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A new strain of the bird flu virus – H7N9 – is transmissible by direct contact and through the air, Hong Kong researchers report.
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Four patients in a Gaza hospital were nearly killed by carbon dioxide happened to be in a nitrous oxide canister, bought from Israel.
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