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| 2 of September, 09:32 |
A monument to officials of special task forces and rescuers of the Emergency Ministry killed during hostage release in September 2004, has been unveiled on Beslan cemetery.
The sculpture represents a body armour standing on a school book and protecting a child toy. A helmet of special task soldiers is lying near-by.
10 soldiers of "Alpha" and "Vympel" special units and 2 rescuers of the Russian Emergency Ministry died during forced storm of the captured Beslan school N 1 on September 3, 2004.
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 Transport strikes may freeze up France
18 of October 10:01
Paris` subways slowed to a halt and rail lines were disrupted Thursday during a massive strike in France that was expected to give President Nicolas Sarkozy his first real test after five months in office.
sections: Society, World News
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 Timoshenko puts blame for gas explosion in Dnepropetrovsk upon Russian company
15 of October 13:35
Leader of BYT, born in Dnepropetrovsk, Yulia Timoshenko puts the blame for explosion of gas at an apartment block in the city of Dnepropetrovsk upon owners of Dneprogaz Company, a REGNUM correspondent quotes as saying it to reporters yesterday.
sections: Society, Accidents
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 Putin signs degree on federal border agency
13 of October 16:21
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on setting up a federal agency dedicated to securing Russia`s borders, the Kremlin press office announced on Saturday.
sections: Society
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 Kidnapped uncle of Ingushetia leader released
12 of October 13:56
The uncle of the president of Russia’ s republic of Ingushetia, kidnapped in March, was set free on Thursday without any ransom or conditions, sources from republican law enforcement agencies told Tass.
sections: Society, Region News
regions: Southern region
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 Russia`s finance minister knows how to fight against inflation
12 of October 13:29
Control over money supply and demand must become a major instrument in the fight against the sharp increase in consumer prices in Russia, the finance minister said.
sections: Society
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 "Passionate" kiss lands art lover in court
11 of October 16:43
A self-professed art lover stood trial on Tuesday accused of damaging a $2-million painting by kissing it while wearing red lipstick.
sections: Society, Culture
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 Report: African conflicts cost billions
11 of October 15:19
About $18 billion a year has been drained from Africa by nearly two dozen wars in recent decades, a new report states, a price some officials say could`ve helped solve the AIDS crisis and created stronger economies in the world`s poorest region.
sections: Society, Economics, World News
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 Vacations in Russia: Russian travel more, foreign travel less
11 of October 11:25
15 million Russians visited resorts of Krasnodar Territory, Russia, this summer, a third more than last year. In the number of tourists, the domestic tourism to southern Russia overwhelmed overseas travel, which is usually about 5 million Russians.
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 Nobel Prize in physics goes for nanotech discovery
9 of October 15:33
France`s Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a discovery that lets billions of computer users store reams of data on computer hard drives.
sections: Society, World News
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 Shoppers bemused by clash between Russia`s wealthiest expats
9 of October 15:16
They were business partners before their relationship soured. Now it seems that the animosity between Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich, two of Russia`s most famous and wealthy expatriates, has reached a new low at a very high-fashion spot - Hermes.
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 Russia and Kazakhstan disagree on sum of damage from Proton fall
9 of October 12:36
Russia and Kazakhstan could not agree a sum of damage from a Proton-M missile. A compensation sum of the damage will be determined in December 2007, head of Roskosmos (Russian Space Agency) Anatoly Perminov told reporters in Astana on Tuesday.
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 Georgian ex-defense minister Irakly Okruashvili released on $6 mln bail
8 of October 17:16
A court in Tbilisi released Georgian ex-defense minister Irakly Okruashvili on bail set at 10 million lari (over $6 million), the deputy prosecutor general told the press on Monday.
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 Crocodile on the run in Ukraine
8 of October 16:33
A crocodile with the nickname Godzilla is on the run in the Southeast of Ukraine and is proving to be a particularly elusive beast. Residents of the city of Mariupol have been desperately trying to catch the escaped reptile for almost five months.
sections: Society, Nature & Health
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 Food price rises were alarming - Putin
8 of October 15:02
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the current rises in the prices of foods as alarming.
sections: Society
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 Vigils held in Berlin and Paris for Politkovskaya
8 of October 11:15
The first anniversary of the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has also been marked with vigils in other European centres.
sections: Society, World News
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 Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are ready to form customs union
6 of October 16:07
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have agreed on the legal framework for a customs union. The agreement is intended to ease tariffs and customs procedures to boost trade. In time, other EurAsEC members are expected to join.
sections: Society
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 Teenage girls to set up the dog fights for fun
6 of October 15:10
Moscow residents are stunned as a gang of teenage girls deliberately sets their dogs against other animals in the south-west of the city.
sections: Society, Region News
regions: Central region
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 Abkhazian wine to appear in Russian market
4 of October 19:02
Wine from Georgia`s breakaway republic of Abkhazia could enter the Russian market soon, Russia`s chief sanitary doctor said on Thursday.
sections: Society
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 Thomas Hammarberg: Russia witnessing positive trends in protection of human rights
4 of October 16:42
Russia is witnessing positive trends in the protection of human rights, but a lot of problems remain, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said.
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 Scientists: Neanderthals trekked into southern Siberia before vanishing
2 of October 11:33
Neanderthals, the stocky kin of modern humans, were far more widespread geographically than previously thought, with some trekking into southern Siberia before vanishing about 30,000 years ago, scientists said on Monday.
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