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Cosmonaut Says Russia Falling Behind In Space Race

Report: Cosmonaut Says Russia Falling Behind In Space Race With Reliance On Old Technology (AP) MOSCOW (AP) - Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and will likely fall behind in the space race, a...

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Russia tax chief sees trouble with taxes in 2010-RIA

MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russian taxmen may have difficulty collecting taxes in 2010, the year Russia plans to issue a Eurobond, due to legal changes and the economic situation, RIA news agency quoted the tax service head as...

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Russia ups its nuclear triad

MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will begin operating a second regiment armed with Topol-M mobile missile systems by the end of the year. The single-warhead Topol-M is an advanced version of the...

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Israel seeks to check Iranian inroads in South America

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Israel is seeking to check Iranian diplomatic and trade advances in South America, a region where it has enjoyed sympathy and support since its founding, but a fuller picture of shifting alliances...

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Russia's VEB prepared to finance AvtoVAZ -Ifax

MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russian state development lender VEB is prepared to finance the investment programme of Avtovaz after the car maker restructures its debt, Interfax news agency quoted VEB Deputy CEO Alexander Ballo as...

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Enigma of Russian MiG-29s for Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Russian military delegation is inspecting airfields before Moscow sends 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to bolster Lebanon's almost non-existent air force, a challenge to U.S. efforts to build up the...

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Russia's Latest YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption

High percentage of Russians have no trust in police force Public antipathy toward the police runs so deep in Russia that it would seem impossible for the reputation of those paid to protect and serve to get any worse. Reports...

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Medvedev Is Reinventing the Red Army

How Medvedev plans to reform the military—and why Obama should not be worried. Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP-Getty Images By Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova | NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Nov 30, 2009 On a chilly day...

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Five cities that will rise in the New Economy

In Houston, the Texas Medical Center is expanding so quickly that it will soon become the seventh largest downtown in the US. By itself. The hospital complex brims with restaurants, shops, and hotels, and employs 100,000 people...

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NT-MDT technologies for Indian partners

November 19, 2009 09:21 AM US Eastern Timezone NT-MDT visits Abdul Calam Russian innovative developments in the field of high technologies have always attracted a great interest among political leaders in many countries. Probe...

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