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Man convicted in kidnap-ransom scheme that left 5 dead in California reservoir gets life sentence

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The third man convicted in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme that resulted in the deaths of five people dumped in a California …
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Film about poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko to screen at Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) – A documentary about poisoned Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this …
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Chilling tape shows poisoned Russian ex-spy feared retribution long before his death

MOSCOW (AP) – Late one night in April 1998, three government security agents met at a guest house outside Moscow to make an extraordinary video in …
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Russian businessman involved in 1990s pyramid scheme released from prison

MOSCOW (AP) – A businessman who founded a notorious pyramid scheme in the 1990s that epitomized Russia’s troubled post-Soviet transition to capitalism …
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Reports: Lugovoi denies murder charge in Litvinenko poisoning; calls charges political motivated

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi said he was innocent in the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko and he called British …
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German authorities use scent tracking to keep tabs on G-8 protesters

BERLIN (AP) – German authorities are using scent tracking to keep tabs on possibly violent protesters against next month’s Group of Eight summit – a …
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Halliburton shifting focus toward the Mideast, CEO says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Halliburton Co., the Houston, Texas-based oil services company, is shifting the company’s focus and capital …
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Report: Gazprom deputy says idea of OPEC-like gas cartel unlikely

FRANKFURT (AP) – Thе idea of natural gas producers forming their own cartel akin to OPEC is increasingly unlikely, the deputy chief executive of OAO …
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Report: Russia will not turn over suspect in Litvinenko poisoning

MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian prosecutor-general’s office said it would not turn over Andrei Lugovoi, charged by Britain on Tuesday in the poisoning death …
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EU allows Edison and DEPA near-exclusive right to Greek-Italian natural gas pipeline

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union regulators on Tuesday gave Italian power company Edison SpA and Greek gas supplier DEPA almost exclusive control over a …
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Russian regulator says gas field owned by BP PLC joint venture may lose license

MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s environmental watchdog agency will inspect a giant natural gas field owned by BP PLC’s Russian joint venture this week in a …
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Kazakh president approves constitutional amendments to waive his term limits indefinitely

Kazakhstan (AP) – Kazakhstan’s longtime leader approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that waives presidential term limits and allows him to seek …
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Euro 2008: Shevchenko, Rebrov out of qualifier against France

KYIV (AP) – Andriy Shevchenko will miss Ukraine’s European Championship qualifying match against France next month with injury. The Chelsea striker is …
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Russia’s Kasparov prevented from traveling to opposition protest

SAMARA, Russia (AP) – Dozens of anti-government protesters marched through the southwestern Russian city of Samara on Friday after a Russia-EU summit …
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Divisions deep between EU and Russia at summit

SAMARA, Russia (AP) – Russian and European Union leaders sat down for talks Friday at a summit that may only serve to advertise the growing antagonism …
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India stops Russian flights in Indian airspace, aviation ministry says

NEW DELHI (AP) – Indian officials have ordered Russian airlines to stop flying in Indian airspace amid a dispute over air rights, an Indian aviation …
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US, German developers target Russia, Ukraine retail ventures

CLEVELAND (AP) – A developer of shopping centers in the United States said Monday it has reached a deal with a developer in Germany to build malls in …
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Mother of terror suspect says he was mistreated by Russian security service in prison

MOSCOW (AP) – The mother of a man arrested on suspicion of involvement in a bomb plot alleged Monday that her son was mistreated by law enforcement …
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