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Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012 Preview

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 04.18.2012

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Alan W. Silberberg

Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012 is here. Gov 2.0 and Open Government are blossoming around the world, as evidenced by the historic gathering this week in Brazil of the Open Government Partnership.

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Voina, Russia's Prize-Winning Anarchist Art Collective, Spawns an All-Female Anti-Putin Punk Group

ARTINFO | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Russia, Arrests, Vladimir Putin, Innovation Art Prize, Moscow-Russia, Pussy Riot, Artinfo, Arts News
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Voina, the infamous Russian art collective known for making art out of vandalism and other pranks, remains best-known for a very male image: a 65-foot...

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Why Russian Art Hooligans Voina Are In The News Again

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Russia, Voina, Radicalism, Police Car, Moscow-Russia, Russian Art, The War, Hooliganism, Radicals, Burning Police Car, Radical Art, Arts News

Charges against the Russian guerilla art group Voina have been dropped, according to the Russian news site RIA Novosti. The charges of hooliganism...

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The Russian Business Enigma

John Sullivan | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Russia Jobs, Obama Russia, Russian Economy, Putin Russia, Moscow Russia, Russian Jobs, Russia Economy, World News
John Sullivan

Winston Churchill famously summarized his view of Russia as "[A] riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Even for the Russian people, Churchill's view remains largely true today, particularly in the business sector.

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Libyan Rebels Claim Biggest Boost To Campaign In Weeks, Government Denies Claim

Reuters | Nick Carey | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Russia, Moscow-Russia, Libya Gaddafi, Bishr, Brega, Moussa Ibrahim, Gaddafi, Libya, Libya Rebels, Ugayla, Sergei Lavrov, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya Oil, Nato, Libyan Rebels, Hillary Clinton, Moscow, Tripoli, China, Libya Protests, World News

By Nick Carey MISRATA, Libya, July 18 (Reuters) - Rebel forces have routed most of Muammar Gaddafi's troops in the Libyan oil town of Brega in ...

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Keeping Travel Plans After a Terrorist Attack

Julia Schwarz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Moscow-Russia, Bombing, Cairo, Terrorism, New Years Eve, Saudia, Afghanistan, Cnn, Bedouin, Riyakh, Iraq, Luxor, Travel News
Julia Schwarz

You can stay home and run the risk of car accidents, smoke inhalation, or pneumonia, or you can travel and risk plane crashes and terrorist activity -- which you also risk at home.

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Moscow wants Arnold Schwarzenegger's muscle

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited Moscow yesterday and ended up being offered the mayoralty of the city by the Russian President. ...

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Karl Rove calls Colorado's gubernatorial race "the weirdest thing" -- and he's right

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Rove has spent much of the last week in Colorado: stumping for candidates, pontificating in Aspen -- "Moscow in the Colorado Rockies" ...

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Deadly fire at Russian nursing home

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nine people dead in apparent suicide attempt by elderly resident of a facility 170km outside of Moscow....

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Former spy 'is not Russian and wants to go to Peru'

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least one of the 10 Russian undercover agents arrested by the FBI and sent back to Moscow last month in a rare spy-swap is having so much difficul...

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Moscow Mayor

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Cartoon, Moscow-Russia, Mayor, Medvedev, Putin, Politics News
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The Spy Swap is Complete

New York Observer | New York Observer | Posted 05.25.2011

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This morning, on the tarmac of Vienna's international airport, America handed over ten spies to Russia, and, in return, received four men accu...

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Russia denounces US 'spy' arrests

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moscow describes allegations as "baseless" as 11th suspect is detained in Cyprus....

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Moscow Judge Who Sentenced Neo-Nazis Murdered

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eduard Chuvashov Murdered, Russia, Moscow-Russia, Eduard Chuvashov, Eduard Chuvashov Dead, Moscow, Moscow Judge Killed, World News

MOSCOW — A judge who sentenced neo-Nazis to prison for hate killings was gunned down Monday, marking the latest murder in a surge of violence ag...

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Russian Drivers Used As 'Human Shields' By Police

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Moscow-Russia, Russia Police Reforms, Moscow Motorway, Moscow Human Shield, Youtube, Russia Motorways, Moscow, Russia Human Shield, Russia Police, World News

Moscow's police chief has been forced to apologize after allegations that motorists were ordered to move their vehicles into the path of a speeding ge...

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Yury Luzhkov, Mayor Of Moscow, Calls Gay Parade "Satanic"

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yury Luzhkov, Russia, Moscow Gay Rights, Moscow-Russia, Gay Rights, Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, Russia Gay Rights, World News

Yury Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, told a conference on Monday that he would not allow a gay rights parade in the city and any unsanctioned efforts would ...

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Russian Lesbians Lose Bid To Have Marriage Recognized (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Gay Rights, Moscow, Canada, Moscow-Russia, Toronto-Canada, Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, World News

Irina Fyet, 30, and Irina Shepitko, 32, have lost their appeal to have their same-sex marriage, which was conducted in Toronto, recognized by a Moscow...

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Hacker shows porn on Moscow highway

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A hacker is being blamed for the display of a two-minute pornographic video of an electronic billboard in downtown Moscow that usually screens ad...

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Hacker shows porn on Moscow higway

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A hacker is being blamed for the display of a two-minute pornographic video of an electronic billboard in downtown Moscow that usually screens ad...

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The Top Stories of 2010

Gotham Gazette | Gotham Gazette | Posted 05.25.2011

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How many legislators will be indicted? Are the Nets on the way to Moscow? Who will run for what? And who will be the funniest City Council member? Our...

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Maksharip Aushev, Opposition Leader In Russia, Murdered

washingtonpost.com | Philip P. Pan | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW -- A popular opposition figure in Russia's restive Ingushetia province was gunned down Sunday morning in the latest killing of a government cri...

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Russian gays express disappointment in Clinton

AP | BEN JUDAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Russia's leading gay activist said Wednesday that he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with an outspoken foe of gay rights during her two-day trip to Russia and did not decry homophobia in the country.

Clinton attended a ceremony unveiling a statue of Walt Whitman at Moscow State University with Russian officials including Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Luzhkov has blocked all attempts to hold gay pride marches in Moscow, once saying they "can be described in no other way than as satanic."

Clinton did not mention of the issue during the ceremony. Some biographers have described Whitman as homosexual and U.S. gay activists have claimed him as symbol of their movement.

"Just as Pushkin and Whitman reset poetry we are resetting our relations for the 21st century," Clinton said. A statue of the revered Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was erected at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., in 2000.

Luzhkov also compared Whitman to "our Alexander Pushkin" – but said he was quintessentially American.

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Russian lawyer's death in prison sparks outrage

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russian vigil. Photo credit flickr user squigglycircle Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in Moscow’s Butyrka prison on November 16...

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Moscow's Mayor Attempts To Control Snowfall

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yury Luzhkov, Russia, Moscow, Moscow Weather Control, Luzhkov, Moscow-Russia, Moscow Snow Removal, Moscow-Snow, World News

By Miriam Elder MOSCOW, Russia -- It was an odd proposal, to say the least. As Russians buckled down for the long, hard winter that has characteri...

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Faith leaders call for calm as murdered priest is buried

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A murdered Russian Orthodox priest was laid to rest in Moscow yesterday, amid fears of rising religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in th...

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