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A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport today trailing plumes of smoke from an engine. Eyewitnesses have seen a plane 'on fire' flying over central London, reports British media.
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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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A post-mortem has failed to establish the cause of death of Drummer Lee Rigby, who was killed in a terror attack in Woolwich, Sky News reports.
Politics
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The preliminary results of a continuing meeting of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces in Istanbul are not encouraging, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
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A demand to set a date for the proposed international conference on Syria in Geneva cannot be treated seriously because it is not even known who will represent the Syrian opposition at the event, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich said that Moscow was concerned with attempts to promote "a counterproductive resolution" on Syria at the UN session on human rights in Geneva.
World
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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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Friday's earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk did not effect radiation levels in the Far East and other Russian regions, a spokesman for the state atomic energy corporation Rosatom said during a conference call at the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's National Crisis Management Center.
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Early on Friday morning, Muscovites woke up to aftershocks of an 8.2-maggnitude earthquake that hit off Russia’s Far Eastern coast in the Sea of Okhotsk
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Magadan residents could feel aftershocks on Friday evening (local time) following an earthquake in Kamchatka.
Economy
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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.
Reality Check
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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)
Society
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Researchers admit that both adults and teenagers underestimate how many calories they are taking in, when dining at fast-food joints, according to a study. Customers do not seem to realize what they are eating in fast-food establishments, as this study surveyed over 3 thousand adults and teenagers.
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A post-mortem has failed to establish the cause of death of Drummer Lee Rigby, who was killed in a terror attack in Woolwich, Sky News reports.
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People who have been diagnosed mentally ill may live 30 years less due to physical health aliments. Throughout Australia, politicians are seeing this as a difficult challenge.
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- Radiation levels unchanged after Sea of Okhotsk quake - Rosatom
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- Moscow is pessimistic about Syrian opposition meeting results
- Emergencies ministry launches hotline after quake
- BA says plane in emergency landing at Heathrow Airport was Airbus A319 with 75 passengers on board
- Russian diplomat says it is presently impossible to set date for Syria conference
- Resolution on Syria proposed for UN session on human rights counterproductive - ministry
- London's Heathrow airport closed after emergency landing
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