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At least 91 people have been killed and 200 more injured when a massive tornado hit an Oklahoma City suburb overnight. Rescue teams predict the rising death toll. The VoR`s Roman Mamonov reports from the scene.
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Russia’s counter-terrorist agents hope to interrogate the surviving terror suspect who was arrested during a Monday raid on a group plotting a terrorist attack in Moscow.
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Medea Benjamin, the co-founder and manager of Code Pink, speaks on the ongoing Gitmo hunger strike and the reasons why indefinite detention is possible in the freedom-loving America. According to Mr. Benjamin, a myth stigmatizing Guantanamo inmates in the eyes of Americans as "the worst of the worst" means further injustice for its prisoners.
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Medea Benjamin, the co-founder and manager of Code Pink, speaks on the ongoing Gitmo hunger strike and the reasons why indefinite detention is possible in the freedom-loving America. According to Mr. Benjamin, a myth stigmatizing Guantanamo inmates in the eyes of Americans as "the worst of the worst" means further injustice for its prisoners.
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US President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with President Xi Jinping of China in California next month, with Sino-US relations rattled by alleged Chinese cyber spying and tensions in the Pacific. Only time will tell whether this is an attempt to bring about a rapprochement between the two countries or if this will simply accentuate their contradictions.
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A report from a watchdog group about the IRS’ singling out conservative organizations was already known weeks beforehand by two aides to President Obama, according to a spokesperson.
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House where Vicky Pelaez and Juan Lazaro lived in the suburbs of New York City was put up for sale. They were deported to Russia after the spy scandal in 2010.
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The family of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year walked out of a coroner's inquiry into their son's death Tuesday, saying they had "lost faith" in the proceedings.
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Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed and crucified five Yemenis convicted of murder and forming a gang which carried out robberies across several towns in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry said.
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Russia will respond to outrageous incident as result of which entry by Russian performer under-received points at Eurovision song contest, VoR's Polina Chernitsa has cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying today.
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Russia’s Interior Ministry took into account international experience while carrying out the police reform. A statement to this effect was made by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev during his meeting with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly on Tuesday.
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The Russian Emergencies Ministry has offered aid to the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, in doing away with the aftermath of the tornado that hit the state of Oklahoma earlier today, killing more than 90 people. This came in a statement by the Russian Emergencies Minister, Vladimir Puchkov, as he answered a question from the ITAR-TASS news agency.
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Russia’s economic diversification remains high on the agenda, but it is no easy matter to end our oil addiction, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily.
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is certain that Russia will avoid an economic crisis like the one in 2008, he told the Moscow-based daily Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
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Authorities & business community should work more closely to improve Russia's labour market – expert
At a time of slowing economic growth, labour market issues are becoming more apparent. Currently, experts in Russia talk of a lack of qualified specialists, a deteriorating demographic situation and complicated legislative framework as being among the key concerns to be addressed by politicians and the business community.
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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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In a harsh rebuttal to George Soros, the President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research Hans-Werner Sinn accused the speculator of “playing with fire” and stated that “Germany will not accept Eurobonds” in spite of the pressure from the investing community.
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Bats and dolphins use echoing techniques to find their way, and researchers now believe blind people can too. In a study conducted by the University of Southampton, using echoes actually assisted the blind and partially blind participants in finding their way.
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At least 91 people have been killed and 200 more injured when a massive tornado hit an Oklahoma City suburb overnight. Rescue teams predict the rising death toll. The VoR`s Roman Mamonov reports from the scene.
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Shirtless, pregnant and sitting on a skateboard, is what a new ad depicts, with a teenage boy having a swollen belly. The Chicago Department of Public Health has this image all over the city, on trains, buses, billboards, and places where teens congregate in order to get their message across to young males, females, and their families.
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- New Yorkers rally against anti-gay violence after gay man’s killing
- Russia’s economic diversification high on agenda – PM Medvedev
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- Saudi beheads, crucifies 5 Yemenis for murder
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