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Global Warming: 2 German Cargo Ships Pass Through 'Arctic Passage'

AP | MATT MOORE and SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


FRANKFURT — Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South...

RusHydro Accident: 64 Missing Workers Feared Dead

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 09.18.2009 | World


MOSCOW — An accident during repair work at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least 11 workers, while as many as 65 others...

Russia Power Plant Explosion Kills 10, Dozens Missing

AP | Nataliya Vasilyeva | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


MOSCOW (AP) -- An accident during repair work at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant on Monday killed at least 10 workers, while as many as 65 others...

Kremlin Shuts Down All Casinos In Russia

nytimes.com | CLIFFORD J. LEVY | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


The government is shutting down every last legal casino and slot-machine parlor across the land, under an antivice plan promoted by Vladimir V. Putin ...

Feral Russian Girl Raised By Cats And Dogs In Siberia: Police

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


In a real-life "Jungle Book" situation, a 5-year-old Russian girl has been rescued from an un-heated Siberian flat, where she has lived her entire lif...

The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

Russian Police Free Hostages, Kill Gunman

AP | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


MOSCOW — Russian security forces killed a masked gunman who seized five hostages at a Siberian bank Friday and the captives escaped unharmed, of...