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Will Smith slaps journalist who tried to kiss him
MOSCOW (AP) — Hollywood star Will Smith has slapped a male television reporter who tried to kiss him before the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III." The reporter from the Ukrainian television channel 1+1 approached Smith on the red carpet, put...
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FACTBOX-Foreign banks in Russia
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as an undiscovered country where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. To follow is some background about foreign banks in Russia:...Tags: Italy, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Investment Service, Banking, Deutsche Bank AG
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Insight: No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. While players such as Citi and Austria's Raiffeisen thrive, many have found...Tags: Banking, Marketing, France, Mikhail Prokhorov, Government
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INSIGHT-No more easy pickings in Russia's banking market
Reuters* Domestic players Sberbank, VTB are hard to beat * Foreign banks have made mistakes in Russia's retail market * Russia remains under-banked compared to BRICs * Investment banks are here to stay By Megan Davies MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - Foreign...Tags: Investment Service, Banking, Investments, Marketing, France
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Dollar, German bond yields ease before Bernanke
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The dollar and benchmark German debt yields eased on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank will later in the day signal no tapering back of its ultra-loose monetary policy. Two senior Federal Reserve...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Seoul (South Korea), Taiwan, European Central Bank, Pharmaceuticals
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Athletics-Cheruiyot expecting first child, aims to return in 2014
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan said in a statement. The 29-year-old, who won both races at the 2011 world... -
Russia angry over "stolen" Eurovision votes
Reuters* Russian foreign minister says votes 'stolen' in song contest * Russian singer placed fifth in a field of 26 * Azerbaijan says official result inaccurate By Lada Evgrashina and Steve Gutterman BAKU/MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with...Tags: Human Rights, Denmark, Theft, Civil Rights, Russia
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Moscow, St Petersburg vie in Impressionist tug-of-war
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's cultural elite is at loggerheads over whether to rebuild a museum closed by the late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, with the fate of masterpieces by Monet, Renoir and Picasso at stake. Shut down in 1948 for being too...Tags: Museums, Artists, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Arts and Culture
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 21
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MOORE - Emergency workers pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, and officials lowered the death toll from the storm to 24, including nine...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Career and Workplace, Raytheon Company, Algeria, U.S. Congress
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INTERVIEW-Russia's Putin out to silence independent voices - pollster
Reuters* Sole independent pollster warned under "foreign agent" law * Levada Center says Kremlin waging campaign on NGOs * Pollster fears clients will flee By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's leading polling group said on Tuesday it...Tags: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Politics, Open Society Foundations, Polls, Marketing
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Russia's Putin out to silence independent voices: pollster
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading polling group said on Tuesday it would fight to keep operating despite pressure to register as a "foreign agent" under what it calls a campaign by President Vladimir Putin to silence independent voices. Levada Center,...Tags: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Politics, Open Society Foundations, Polls, European Union
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Russia says kills senior Islamist insurgent
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Terrorism, Russia, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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