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RUSSIAN POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS AT TWO MOSCOW SITES After the Occupy Abai encampment is cleared, authorities confront anti-Putin demonstrators in a downtown square.MOSCOW — Russian riot police cleared a Moscow park early Wednesday of a weeklong encampment considered a local version of the Occupy movement, and hours later clashed with antigovern... 05/17/2012 05:21, LaTimes	US-RUSSIAN CREW ARRIVES AT SPACE STATION An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday, kicking off a four-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. 05/17/2012 00:00, msnbc
WORLD BRIEFING \| EUROPE: RUSSIA: DOWNED JET WAS BACKUP MODEL The Russian passenger airliner that crashed during a demonstration flight in Indonesia last week was a backup the manufacturer had sent to complete a promotional tour though Asia after the first airplane broke down. 05/16/2012 23:28, NewYork Times	WORLD BRIEFING \| EUROPE: RUSSIA: TEACHER WHO SAID SHE WAS PRESSURED TO RIG VOTE FACES TRIAL A teacher went on trial in St. Petersburg on Wednesday after publicly claiming that she was pressured to help rig Russia’s parliamentary election to increase the results for Vladimir Putin’s party. 05/16/2012 23:28, NewYork Times
RUSSIAN POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS AT TWO MOSCOW SITES After the Occupy Abai encampment is cleared, authorities confront anti-Putin demonstrators in a downtown square.MOSCOW — Russian riot police cleared a Moscow park early Wednesday of a weeklong encampment considered a local version of the Occupy movement, and hours later clashed with antigovern... 05/16/2012 19:21, LaTimes	JOHN WOO DIRECTING REMAKE OF JAPANESE MOB MOVIE LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Woo, the Hong Kong action maestro, will bring his stylistic flare to a remake of "Day of the Beast." Woo will direct the English-language update of Seijun Suzuki's 1963 Japanese film, as well as co-produce. "Day of the Beast" centers on a turf war... 05/16/2012 22:22, Yahoo!News
RIOT POLICE BREAK UP ANTIGOVERNMENT ENCAMPMENT IN MOSCOW The crackdown on protesters on Wednesday was the latest volley between the Russian authorities and opponents of President Vladimir V. Putin. 05/16/2012 07:07, NewYork Times	RUSSIAN FLIGHT RECORDER FOUND Indonesian authorities said Wednesday that they had found part of the flight recorder of the Russian passenger jet that crashed into the side of a volcano during a demonstration flight last week, killing 45 people.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=hm5e... 05/16/2012 05:00, CNN
MOSCOW RIOT POLICE DISMANTLE ANTI-PUTIN CAMP A camp set up by protesters opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin was dismantled by riot police in Moscow on Wednesday. According to police authorities, 20 activists have been briefly detained. A Moscow court had earlier obliged police to "take action to put a halt to disorder" at th... 05/16/2012 02:21, Sofia News Agency	PART OF FLIGHT RECORDER OF RUSSIAN PLANE FOUND IN INDONESIA Indonesian authorities have found part of the black box of the Russian passenger jet that crashed into the side of a volcano last week.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=-7WCl0CH2a4:Px-ER7ZNchk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~... 05/15/2012 22:42, CNN
CARTWRIGHT, KEY RETIRED GENERAL, BACKS LARGE U.S. NUCLEAR REDUCTION Gen. James E. Cartwright is adding his voice to those who are calling for a reduction in the number of warheads below the levels set by agreements with Russia. 05/15/2012 14:28, NewYork Times	SMOKEY BEAR ALONG FOR THE RIDE TO SPACE STATION When a former American schoolteacher, a veteran Russian space station commander and a rookie Russian cosmonaut launched toward the International Space Station Monday, their fiery blastoff was not without a touch of irony: The trio rode a pillar of flame into orbit while carrying a toy mascot known f... 05/15/2012 14:21, msnbc
TORRENT-BUSTING 'PIRATE PAY' MAY BE ILLEGAL A Russian startup that received $100,000 of funding from Microsoft made headlines recently as its emerging efforts to battle digital piracy found their way to the spotlight. Dubbed Pirate Pay, the company's technology launches attacks on groups of computers hosting pirated content, theoreticall... 05/15/2012 22:56, Yahoo!News	RUSSIA'S PATRIARCH LAUNCHES FACEBOOK PAGE MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Facebook page dedicated to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill was launched on Tuesday to feed growing interest in the divisive religious figure who has embodied the church's thickening ties with newly inaugurated President Vladimir Putin. Kirill has openly supported Putin, wh... 05/15/2012 21:00, Yahoo!News
10 SUPER HI-RES PHOTOS THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND NASA's updated "Blue Marble" shot is a 121-megapixel single-shot taken from 22,369 miles away by Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No. 1. 05/15/2012 06:32, Yahoo!News	8,000 CONTRACTORS SAID ELIGIBLE FOR U.S. CYBER GUARD WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Up to 8,000 companies doing business with the Pentagon may be qualified to join a newly expanded U.S. effort to guard sensitive information on private networks, a senior Defense Department official said Monday. The Pentagon on Friday invited all of its eligible contractors to ... 05/15/2012 03:40, Yahoo!News
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN EARTH LIKE THIS This photo is highest resolution image of earth ever taken and it didn't come from NASA. The image was captured by Russian weather satellite, Electro-L, and unlike NASA's famous "blue marble" photo, it is a single shot, not a composite of different images. The 121 megapixel... 05/14/2012 21:56, Yahoo!News	NEW CREW READY TO LAUNCH TO THE SPACE STATION Three astronauts are finally ready to blast off toward the International Space Station Monday night, after weeks of delay caused during testing of their Russian-built space capsule. 05/14/2012 10:07, msnbc
MICROSOFT-FUNDED 'PIRATE PAY' TAKES AIM AT P2P PIRACY Russian startup Pirate Pay is taking aim at the growing popularity of illegal file-sharing as it looks to cooperate with music labels and movie studios to stem the distribution of copyrighted materials on the Internet. The company's technology launches attacks on "BitTorrent swarms," o... 05/14/2012 17:08, Yahoo!News	INDIA INK: IN BRICS NATIONS, JOURNALISTS AT RISK In Brazil, Russia and India, killers of journalists go free. 05/14/2012 00:35, NewYork Times
QUEEN'S COUSIN GIFTED CASH FROM RUSSIAN OLIGARCH Prince Michael, Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, received hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) in financial assistance from the self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky over several years, their representatives disclosed Sunday. 05/13/2012 19:26, Yahoo!News	PUNK BAND ARREST AT HEART OF RUSSIA CHURCH FEUD The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers. Nearby, a dozen bearded men bearing Russian Orthodox crosses and wearing skull-and-crossbones T-shirts cheer on the cops. 05/13/2012 14:56, Yahoo!News
DORTMUND BEAT BAYERN 5-2 TO WIN GERMAN CUP Poland striker Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund swept aside Bayern Munich 5-2 in the German Cup final to win the domestic double for the first time in their history.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=Bqw6yvrB1ho:lkYimpcuILE:yI... 05/12/2012 14:00, CNN	DORTMUND BEATS BAYERN 5-2 IN GERMAN CUP FINAL Robert Lewandowski scored a hat trick Saturday to help Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 5-2 in the German Cup final. 05/12/2012 13:35, msnbc
DORTMUND BEATS BAYERN 5-2 IN GERMAN CUP FINAL BERLIN (AP) -Robert Lewandowski scored a hat trick to help Borussia Dortmund outclass Bayern Munich 5-2 in the German Cup final and claim its first domestic double on Saturday. 05/12/2012 13:28, msnbc	REMAINS RETRIEVED FROM SITE OF INDONESIA JET CRASH Clearer weather finally allowed Indonesian helicopters to land Saturday and retrieve some remains of the 45 people aboard a Russian-made plane that crashed into a volcano during a demonstration flight. 05/12/2012 03:28, msnbc
ROOM FOR DEBATE: HAVE THE BRIC NATIONS LOST THEIR MOMENTUM? What happens to the world economy if Brazil, Russia, India and China experience a slowdown? 05/11/2012 21:29, NewYork Times	THE SATURDAY PROFILE: SERGEI UDALTSOV, RUSSIAN PROTEST LEADER, TAKES CENTER STAGE Russia’s protest movement appears to have entered a new and unpredictable stage, and Sergei Udaltsov, one of its most prominent leaders, is at the center of a debate about its future. 05/11/2012 19:14, NewYork Times
REVIEW: "WHERE DO WE GO NOW?" CAN'T FIGURE OUT IF IT'S SATIRE LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oscar prognosticators were flummoxed when "Where Do We Go Now?" won the audience award at last year's Toronto Film Festival - previous winners like "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The King's Speech" had turned the prize into an Academy Awards be... 05/12/2012 02:02, Yahoo!News	ROMNEY’S VIEW OF RUSSIA SPARKS DEBATE Many Democrats, some Republicans and the Russians themselves suggest that Mitt Romney is stuck in a cold war mind-set. 05/11/2012 15:42, NewYork Times
US NUKE UPGRADE TO TRIGGER NEW ARMS RACE WITH RUSSIA? Plans to upgrade the estimated 180 American tactical nuclear weapons in western Europe are expensive, dangerous and likely to trigger a dangerous reaction from Russia, according to a new report. 05/11/2012 09:14, msnbc	NOKIA READING COMES TO EUROPE THIS WEEK Nokia's e-book reading application, Nokia Reading, is coming to France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the UK. 05/11/2012 17:54, Yahoo!News
12 BODIES FOUND IN RUSSIAN JET WRECKAGE Bad weather hampered recovery efforts Friday as rescue teams combed a forbidding slope of an Indonesian mountain where a Russian jetliner crashed on a demonstration flight this week.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=A6UWN6lJ9dM:ZJhAMH5N-ko:yIl2AUoC8zA"... 05/11/2012 05:21, CNN	RUSSIA CONDEMNS DEADLY SYRIA BLASTS Russia condemned the massive bombings that killed dozens in Syria and accused outside nations of instigating violence to heighten the 14-month uprising that has left thousands dead.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=UdFLC3Qu_g4:PKI2q9e4R00:yIl2AUoC... 05/11/2012 02:35, CNN
TEAMS COMB WRECKAGE OF RUSSIAN JETLINER IN INDONESIA Troublesome weather conditions hampered recovery efforts Friday as teams combed a steep mountainside where a Russian jetliner crashed on a demonstration flight in Indonesian this week.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=RK3VcQitrx4:B21k4DLKuhg:yIl2AUoC8... 05/11/2012 02:07, CNN	WEATHER HAMPERS RUSSIAN JET RECOVERY Troublesome weather conditions hampered recovery efforts Friday as teams combed a steep mountainside where a Russian jetliner crashed on a demonstration flight in Indonesian this week.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=sbsMEegtte0:9OmAUdYns7Q:yIl2A... 05/11/2012 02:07, CNN
10 BODIES FOUND NEAR INDONESIA PLANE CRASH SITE MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) -- An official says Indonesian climbers have found at least 10 bodies near the wreckage of a Russian-made jetliner that crashed into a steep volcano slope.... 05/11/2012 00:10, AssociatedPress	WORLD BRIEFING \| EUROPE: RUSSIA: PLOT FOILED, OFFICIALS SAY Russia said Thursday that it had foiled a plot to attack the city of Sochi before and during the 2014 Winter Olympics. 05/10/2012 20:14, NewYork Times
ANALYSTS SEEK POLITICAL IMPORT AS PUTIN PUTS OFF MEETING OBAMA President Vladimir V. Putin’s inner circle is said to believe that Russia had not benefited much from Mr. Obama’s “reset” policy. 05/10/2012 19:49, NewYork Times	RUSSIA FOILS 2014 OLYMPIC TERROR PLOT Russia's security service says it has foiled a plot to attack the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, state media reported Friday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=a6nwibMKtsI:GzEQqgaBUNs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.co... 05/10/2012 06:28, CNN
RUSSIA: WINTER OLYMPICS MISSILE TERROR PLOT FOILED Russia's secret service claimed Thursday to have foiled plans to stage a terrorist attack in the Black Sea resort of Sochi during the 2014 Winter Games, according to reports. 05/10/2012 05:56, msnbc	UKRAINE CAUGHT BETWEEN EAST, WEST After the controversial imprisonment of popular former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukraine government of President Viktor Yanukovych finds itself in a weakened position, trying to balance its relationships with the European Union and Russia.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://... 05/10/2012 05:42, CNN
JETLINER WRECKAGE FOUND ON VOLCANO The wreckage of a Russian passenger jet that went missing during a flight from Jakarta has been found 5,800 feet up an Indonesian volcano.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=w10NTV97CUA:XngYjemVE9I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com... 05/10/2012 05:14, CNN	EU PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE CALLS FOR DIVERSIFICATION OF ENERGY SUPPLIERS (MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Energy Committee of the European Parliament has issued a report calling for opening up to new foreign energy suppliers and for lesser dependance on Russia ... 05/10/2012 03:28, MENAFN
BODIES FOUND NEAR WRECKAGE OF JET THAT 'FELL' FROM SKY Indonesian rescuers said Thursday that they had discovered bodies near the wreckage of a Russian-made airliner that disappeared from radar south of the capital Jakarta. 05/10/2012 01:14, msnbc	INDONESIAN RESCUERS FIND BODIES NEAR JET WRECKAGE Indonesian rescuers said Thursday that they had discovered bodies near the wreckage of a Russian-made airliner that disappeared from radar south of the capital Jakarta. 05/10/2012 01:00, msnbc
WRECKAGE OF RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT FOUND IN INDONESIA The wreckage of a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 was found on Thursday on the side of a mountain volcano shrouded in mist. 05/10/2012 00:49, NewYork Times	RUSSIAN PLANE WRECKAGE FOUND IN INDONESIA The wreckage of a Russian passenger airliner that went missing during a demonstration flight over Indonesia has been located in a mountainous area, officials said Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=7IxgVYGPeIw:cLiUoD10l6k:yIl2AUoC8zA">&... 05/10/2012 00:28, CNN
RUSSIAN PLANE WRECKAGE FOUND IN INDONESIA The wreckage of a Russian passenger airliner that went missing during a demonstration flight over Indonesia has been located in a mountainous area, a local official said Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=EYnmpl5YbkE:IbqvwgnfSL0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&g... 05/09/2012 21:42, CNN	DEBRIS SPOTTED IN SEARCH FOR RUSSIAN JET MISSING IN INDONESIA A helicopter searching for a missing Russian-made airliner south of Indonesia has spotted debris, a senior rescue official said, Reuters reported early Thursday. An airport spokesman said the wreckage was found on the edge of a cliff in a mountainous area at 5,500 feet. 05/09/2012 20:07, msnbc