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Foster parents of Alexey, Anastasia and Svetlana Klimov in the United States have been stripped of their parental rights.
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A US court has granted a motion by the defense and prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspected of committing the Boston marathon bombings, to postpone the first hearing on the case to July 2, or a later date.
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What is the purpose of NATO’s military build-up in Eastern Europe? What can be done to reduce threats to strategic stability created by American missile defence plans? What is the current role of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe? Some 300 Russian, EU and NATO experts, diplomats and generals will be discussing these and other issues at Moscow’s second annual international security conference to be hosted by the Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday and Friday.
Politics
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The meeting of Prime Ministers of Serbia, Kosovo and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, dedicated to implementation of the Brussels agreements, ended in the capital of Belgium without any tangible result on Tuesday.
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Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel hopes for a continuing dialogue with the Russian leaders on matters of security. This was announced on Tuesday by Pentagon Press Secretary George Little on the outcome of Hagel’s meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
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Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, who has arrived on a visit to the United States, will be delivering to President Barack Obama a message from Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
World
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A convicted sex offender accused of abducting two girls aged 12 and 15 from a bus stop in Dayton, Iowa, has been found dead, but one of the girls remains missing, authorities said Tuesday.
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Newtown elementary school shooter Adam Lanza had no sign of alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications in his body, according to toxicology tests, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday.
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Rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN) of Colombia on Tuesday released a woman who stayed hostage for nearly a year, according to local media.
Russia
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev considers it necessary to continue with privatization, but it should be done sensibly.
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Russia’s Regional Development Ministry has published the list of the most attractive Russian cities. The survey covered 164 cities and the top-lost contained 50 cities.
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The engineers of the Russianspace corporation RKK Energia have designed a machine that produces water out of air.
Economy
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Russia's joining the World Trade Organization should teach it how to manage production costs, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
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The US remains the world’s biggest sovereign debtor. In 2014, its debt is expected to amount to 76% of the annual GDP. By 2018, the figure is likely to go down, but only slightly – to approximately 71% of the GDP.
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The US authorities are going to enforce a ban on gold sales to Iran as part of extra unilateral sanctions against the country from July 1. The sanctions suggest a ban on selling gold and other precious metals to private and state-run Iranian companies, as well as to individuals holding Iranian citizenship.
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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Foster parents of Alexey, Anastasia and Svetlana Klimov in the United States have been stripped of their parental rights.
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The National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) confirms that the so-called military emir of the Caucasian Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz) Djamaleil Mutaliyev, the deputy head of Doku Umarov, was eliminated in Ingushetia in the North Caucasus.
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Britain's House of Commons has voted to legalize gay marriage in England and Wales. British MPs approved the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) bill by 366 votes to 161.
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- Toxicology tests show no alcohol, drugs in body of Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza
- National Liberation Army rebels release Colombian woman hostage
- Juventus delegation meets Pope Francis at Vatican
- US Army general suspended over adultery allegations
- US Senate committee votes to provide weapons to Syrian rebels
- US court postpones hearings into Dzhokhar Tsarnaev case
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