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Chechen Rebels Claim Responsibility For Russian Train Bombing

AP | DAVID NOWAK | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Russia Train Bombing, Russia, Chechen Rebels, Kavkazcenter.com, North Caucasus, Chechnya, Moscow, St. Petersburg, World News

MOSCOW — Chechen rebels claimed responsibility Wednesday for blowing up a high-speed Russian train last week, an attack that killed 26 people, i...

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Home-made bomb derails Russian express, killing 26

The Independent | Independent | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home

Read More: St Petersburg, Moscow-Russia, Russia, Home News

A home-made bomb is believed to have caused the derailment of the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and St Petersburg on Friday night that...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: A Brisk Trade in Paul Giamatti: Sophie Barthes on Cold Souls

Dan Persons | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Russia, Stanislavski, Soul, Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman, Black Market, Paul Giamatti, Film, Interview, Movies, New York, Exclusive, St. Petersburg, David Strathairn, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Russian Mafia, Acting, Morality, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Barthes was willing to give us some insight into her definition of soul and what it's like dealing with actors raised in the land of Stanislavski.

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Russian Building Boom Disregards Architectural Treasures: Report

GlobalPost | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Architectural Preservation, Russian Architecture, Foreign Affairs, Architecture, Moscow, Moscow Architecture Preservation Society, Russian Architectural Preservation, Advocacy, St. Petersburg, World News

Just steps from Lubyanka, the feared headquarters of the KGB and its post-Soviet successor, stands a building that was once home to toys and laughter....

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Video: Drop in oil prices hit Russian economy hard

MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 07.03.2009 | Home

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June 2: CNBC's Maria Bartiromo discusses her interview with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ahead of the economic forum in St. Petersburg. (Other) ...

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Russian Navy Shells Village By Accident

BBC NEWS | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Affairs, Russia, St. Petersburg Attack, Russian Navy, Russian Ship Attack, Russian Warship, Russian Military, Advocacy, St. Petersburg, World News

A Russian warship has mistakenly shelled a village near the northern city of St Petersburg, officials say....

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Endangered Leopard Stolen In Russian Car-Jacking

Guardian | Posted 05.30.2009 | World

Read More: Endangered Animals, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Foreign Affairs, Leopard Car Jacking, Amur Leopard, Endangered Species, Animals, Advocacy, St. Petersburg, World News

Police in the Russian city of St Petersburg were today searching for a rare missing leopard which was stolen yesterday when thieves ambushed a TV prod...

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Russian Police Stage Murder To Catch Plotters

Times Online | Tony Halpin | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Kermen Basangova, Russia Crime, St Petersburg Russia, Crime, St Petersburg, Russia Police, World News

In a scheme that could have been taken from a Hitchcock thriller, detectives arranged for Kermen Basangova, the head of a civil service academy in St ...

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Arshavin Scores Four Goals; Vodka Consumption on the Rise in Moscow

ReadRussia | ReadRussia | Posted 05.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Liverpool, St. Petersburg, Moscow-Russia, Russia, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Home News

Russian soccer player Andrei Arshavin, who is playing for London's Arsenal this season, scored four goals in a game against Liverpool (the game ended ...

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Revolution Money Raises Another $42 Million for Alternative Payment Service Nobody Is Using

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.07.2009 | Home

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At a time when both consumers and merchants are looking for ways to cut costs, several major financial firms and individual investors have pumped $42 ...

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Digital Television Delay

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Poynter Institute, Pbs, Public Service Announcements, Congress, Verizon, AT&T, Media, Barack Obama, National Association of Broadcasters, St. Petersburg, Wired, Wired Magazine, Digital TV, Television, Media Matters, Nielsen, Sarasota, Tampa, Florida, Switch to Digital TV, Technology, Media News
Stephanie Vaughn Hapke

I'm sorry, but if people have not heeded the warnings by now, they either do not watch enough TV for this to be an issue, or they just don't care.

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Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Russia, Congress, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, The Huffington Post, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Honda, Dodge Viper, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Future of General Motors, Mike Pence, Ford, St. Petersburg, Automakers, Auto Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Los Angeles Auto Show, Green Cars, Southern California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, US Senate, Los Angeles Auto Show Green, Electric Cars, Congressional Oversight, Detroit, Greensburg Indiana, Nissan Motors, Detroit Auto Industry, Fuel Economy, Bankruptcy, Gm, Environmentalists, Detroit Three, Jeep Commander. Hemi Hybrids, Washington DC, American Honda, Daewoo, Honda Fit, Continuously Variable Transmission, Barack Obama, American Auto Industry, Las Vegas, Auto Industry Rescue Legislation, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Dodge, XTRONIC CVT, South Korea, Kirk Kerkorian, Harry Reid, Consumers, Jeep, Auto Industry Bailout, Europe, Auto Industry, Golden Parachutes, Lordstown, Detroit Automakers, Reid Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Automobiles, Business News
Steve Parker

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

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Drunken Attempt To Hijack Turkish Plane Foiled

New York Times | Jack Healy | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Airplanes, Turkish Airlines, St. Petersburg, Home News

There was trouble in the skies over Belarus today. According to reports from Russian and Turkish news services, a drunken passenger flying on a Turkis...

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Lamborghini hybrids, Citroen diesel/electrics, Honda's Prius-fighter, budget Ferraris and more from the Paris Car Show

Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Russia, Automotive News, Lamborghini Hybrid, Nissan Nuvu EV Concept, Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Ferrari California, Stop-Start System, Paris, Nubira, St. Petersburg, Lamborghini Estoque Hybrid Photos, VW Group, A1 Sportback, Dual-Clutch Transmission, Lamborghini Estoque, Paris Car Show, Automatic Hardtop, Toyota Prius, Chevy Cobalt, Silicon Valley CEOs, Nissan, Porte De Versailles, Tokyo, Honda Insight, Renault, Nashville, Diesel/Electric Hybrid, Citroen Hypnos, Carlos Ghosn, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Prius-Fighter, Daewoo, Renault Nissan Electric Cars, Los Angeles, Hybrid Honda Insight, Toyota Europe, Formula One, Chevrolet Cruze, Smart Car, Renault Megane, Lamborghini Gallardo, South Korea, Turbodiesel, Audi, Europe, Citroen C3 Picasso Minivan, Lordstown, Green News
Steve Parker

Opening in the shadow of the worst auto sales in the US in over 15 years, the biennial Paris Car Show begins welcoming the public this Saturday and ru...

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