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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Priest: Holocaust's Toll
 Likely Higher Than Thought

Catholic makes it his life's work to investigate killing sites in eastern Europe

May 23, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic priest probing the slaughter of Jews in Eastern Europe believes the Holocaust's true death toll may be far higher than the 5 to 6 million historians have settled on, the Times of London reports. Father Patrick Desbois has spent the last five years methodically investigating mass graves in... More »

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Russia • Holocaust • Ukraine • Belarus • Nazis • Catholic priest • Patrick Desbois

Missile Shield Useless Against Iran's Arsenal: Study

System wouldn't protect Europe; Iran far from nuclear missiles

May 19, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US missile shield planned for eastern Europe wouldn’t protect the continent from threats posed by Iranian missiles, a team of American and Russian scientists found. Further, the Washington Post notes, it will be more than 5 years before Iran can build nuclear warheads and missiles to launch them,... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • missile defense system • scientists • nuclear arsenal • nuclear missiles • Obama administration • report • President Obama

(Newser) - Canada has a message for Europe: Keep your mitts off our Arctic. The government has begun a multi-pronged strategy that combines tough diplomatic talk with a flurry of cultural events across the continent that stress the nation's long ties to the region, the Globe and Mail reports. Canada knows it... More »

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Russia • European Union • Canada • United States • Arctic • sovereignty • foreign policy

(Newser) - The very strategies that made Gazprom an international force are now causing the energy giant—and consequently, Moscow—unaccustomed financial stress, the New York Times reports. Vladimir Putin built Gazprom into a goliath by aggressively dominating natural gas supplies, but to do it, he entered into long-term contracts to... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Gazprom • gas prices • natural gas

 Russia Warns 
 of Arctic War 

New document says Moscow should prepare for polar resources battle

May 14, 09 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A document released by the Russian government suggests that the country should prepare for war in the Arctic within the next decade, as rising temperatures intensify the scramble for the region's vast oil and gas fields. Russia claims sovereignty over a 465,000-square-mile ridge, which the US and other northern... More »

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Russia • oil • Arctic • natural resources • Lomonosov Ridge • Dmitry Medvedev • Arctic Circle • Russian foreign ministry

West 'Wasted 20 Years' After Berlin Wall Fell: Gorbachev

Former Soviet states should unite, he suggests

May 13, 09 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Europe has squandered two decades of potential cooperation since the Berlin Wall fell, Mikhail Gorbachev says. At a Moscow event sponsored by his foundation, the former Soviet leader criticized Western leaders who viewed the 1989 event as their victory over Eastern Europe, rather than an opportunity for common good, Reuters... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • European Union • Vladimir Putin • Soviet Union • Mikhail Gorbachev • Berlin Wall • United Russia • Dmitry Medvedev

 Investors Rush Back Into
 Risky Emerging Markets 

After a season of defensive investing, money flows to developing economies

May 11, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economic slump may not be over, but investors are piling on risk in emerging markets, driving up stocks in developing nations as they seek the large rebounds that will accompany a global turnaround, the Wall Street Journal reports. The week ending May 6 saw some $4 billion flow to... More »

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China • Russia • stock market • Brazil • emerging markets • Brazil Bovespa • financial crisis

 Putin Hints at 2012 Comeback 

Russian PM says he may succeed
Medvedev in 2012

May 11, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin dropped his strongest hint yet last night that he may seek to return to his country's top job in 2012. In an interview with Japanese media, Russia's president-turned-PM said there was no decision yet on whether he or Dmitry Medvedev would run for president at the end of... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kremlin • United Russia • Dmitry Medvedev • Russian president

 Georgia Ends Coup, 
 Russia Cries Foul 

Government withdraws earlier claims of Moscow-backed coup

May 6, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Georgian government claims to have crushed an army mutiny at a base near the capital Tbilisi, but it backed away from earlier claims that Russia was backing a coup aimed at ousting or assassinating President Mikheil Saakashvili. The plot organizer has been arrested and several others remain at large.... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Kremlin • mutiny • Mikheil Saakashvili • Georgians

 Georgia Sees Russian Hand 
 in Mutiny, Coup Attempt  

Tbilisi says Russia-backed revolt was set to topple government

May 5, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A revolt has broken out at an army base near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, which the government is calling a Russian-backed military coup, the Guardian reports. The Georgian defense minister says the soldiers were being confined in their barracks, and at least one person has been arrested. The Georgians... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Tbilisi • military coup • former Soviet state • Georgians

NATO Boots 2 Russians for Spying on HQ

Moscow charges expulsion is ploy to sabotage relations

May 1, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO has expelled two Russian diplomats from its Brussels headquarters for spying, officials announced. The expulsion of the diplomats, one of whom is the son of Russia's EU ambassador, provoked an angry response from Moscow, which accused NATO of deliberately sabotaging relations. The spy scandal is the most serious rift... More »

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Russia • NATO • Estonia • European Union • espionage • Georgia • spy • Dmitri Rogozin

Virus-Wary Egypt to Destroy All 300K Pigs

USDA says American pork is safe; Russia, China ban imports

Apr 29, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Egyptian government says it will immediately slaughter the country’s entire population of 300,000 pigs to protect against the swine flu, the AP reports. Egypt has stressed that it has no reported cases of the virus, though two infections have been confirmed in neighboring Israel. The move comes... More »

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China • Russia • Egypt • imports • USDA • Tom Vilsack • Department of Agriculture • Obama administration • President Obama • swine flu • pork products • slaughter • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - Countries are tightening borders and stepping up containment methods as the swine flu body count continues to rise, the New York Times reports. The disease is suspected in 152 deaths, all in Mexico; 50 US cases are now confirmed from California to New York City. Health officials in Japan and... More »

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China • Russia • Indonesia • Japan • Mexico • France • Taiwan • Hong Kong • United States • public health • Britain • borders • pork • pandemic • swine flu

Moscow Police Chief Kills 3 in Gun Rampage

Officer opens fire in supermarket after
wife leaves him

Apr 27, 09 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Moscow police chief went on a gun rampage in a supermarket last night, killing three people and wounding seven others. The chief, whose wife had recently left him, had finished a late shift and hitched a ride to the supermarket. He then shot the driver dead before entering the... More »

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Russia • police • Moscow • supermarket • shooting rampage • gun violence

OPINION

'Fatuous'
Obama Does
US No Favors: Krauthammer

Big talk yields little help from European allies

Apr 10, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is out in the world, "acting the philosopher-king who hovers above the fray" and badmouthing past American actions, and to what end? Charles Krauthammer, writing in the New York Times, doesn't see any satisfactory answers. "I'm not against gift-giving in international relations," he writes.... More »

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Russia • North Korea • Europe • Austria • disarmament • foreign policy • Guantanamo prisoners • G20 • President Obama • Charles Krauthammer

Pentagon Game Simulates Global Economic Warfare

The exercise showed China to be the savviest economic operator

Apr 9, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last month, the Pentagon hosted a new kind of war game, focused not on a “shooting war,” but on how hostile states might damage the US economy, Politico reports. Instead of decorated military brass calling the shots, shirt-sleeved hedge fund managers, academics, and executives played out scenarios shifting... More »

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China • Russia • Pentagon • war games • global economy • Chinese economy • economy

Russia Sees Red Over Moldova's Twitter Revolution

EU accused of plotting pro-Romania coup

Apr 9, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The escalating crisis in Moldova is threatening to sour Russia's relations with the West once again, reports the Independent. Russia is siding with the Moldovan government in its accusations that the anti-Communist protests—organized by pro-EU youth mobilizing with the help of Twitter updates—are part of a coup attempt... More »

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Russia • social networking • Communist Party • Romania • Twitter • Moldova

(Newser) - It may sound like a B-grade espionage thriller, but foreign cyberspies have infiltrated the US electrical grid and stand ready to wreak havoc at the right moment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The foreign hackers—from China, Russia, and elsewhere—have left behind software programs that could theoretically allow them... More »

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China • Russia • espionage • electricity • Department of Homeland Security • spying

UN Split Over Response to
N. Korea Rocket

Russia, China resist
as US, Japan call
for punishment

Apr 6, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and Japan have hit international resistance as they push for a firm response to yesterday’s North Korean rocket launch over Japan, the Guardian reports. As the second day of emergency UN talks begins today, China and Russia aren’t backing a proposed statement condemning the move from... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • Japan • sanctions • United States • punishment • rocket • UN Security Council

 Vandals Rip Lenin a New One 


Apr 1, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb exploded this morning at a St. Petersburg tribute to Vladimir Lenin, opening a gaping hole in the statue's backside, the BBC reports. “As a result of the explosion a crater of 31-39 inches appeared on the monument,” a Russian official said. The motive for the attack... More »

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Russia • vandalism • bomb • explosion • statue • monument • St. Petersburg • Communism • Vladimir Lenin

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