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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...
Tags: Will Smith, Television, Entertainment
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WRAPUP 3-Syria opposition unity take face spectre of collapse
Reuters* U.S., Russia to discuss peace talks on Monday * Russia says Syrian govt agrees in principle to talks * West will step up support to opposition if talks fail (Recasts with opposition talks facing collapse, adds quotes) By Khaled Yacoub Oweis...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Revolutions, Lebanon, National Government, Government
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Russia says Syria will attend peace conference
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has agreed "in principle" to participate in a U.S.- and Russian-sponsored peace conference aimed at ending the violence in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Moscow learned of the...
Tags: Turkey, Wars and Interventions, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Bashar Assad, Istanbul (Turkey)
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Russia's oldest rights group fights 'foreign agent' tag
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's oldest rights group began a legal battle on Friday to avoid being branded a "foreign agent" under a new law it sees as a tool of repression by President Vladimir Putin. Memorial, which has fought to preserve the memory of...Tags: Parties and Movements, Lawyers, European Union, Labor Legislation, Human Rights
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Kerry, Lavrov hold phone call on Syria peace conference
ReutersMOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone on Friday to discuss efforts to bring Syria's warring parties to a peace conference, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "The situation... -
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: Arts and Culture, Museums, Museum of Modern Art, Artists, Vladimir Putin
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WRAPUP 1-Syria opposition seeks to unify as momentum for talks builds
Reuters* Fractious opposition coalition seeks to forge united front * U.S., Russia to discuss peace talks on Monday * Russia says Syrian govt agrees in principle to talks * West will step up support to opposition if talks fail By Khaled Yacoub Oweis...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Revolutions, Lebanon, National Government, Human Rights
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WRAPUP 2-Syria opposition seeks to unify as momentum for talks builds
Reuters* Fractious opposition coalition seeks to forge united front * U.S., Russia to discuss peace talks on Monday * Russia says Syrian govt agrees in principle to talks * West will step up support to opposition if talks fail (Adds coalition spokesman's...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Lebanon, National Government, Human Rights, Government
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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for...Tags: House Building, Budgets and Budgeting, Christopher Johnson, Easter, New York Weather
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Syria opposition struggles to forge transition plan before talks
Reuters* Syrian National Coalition likely to attend Geneva talks * Fails to endorse outgoing leader's transition plan * Opposition in exile also has to elect new leader By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL, May 24 (Reuters) - Syria's divided opposition leaders...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Revolutions, Lebanon, National Government, Government
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Global Voices: The six personalities of Russia's Putin
Vladimir Putin emerged from the obscurity of a secret agent’s life when called to Moscow in 1997 by power-hungry oligarchs in search of a pliable accomplice to plant in the Kremlin. In little more than two years, Putin was president of Russia and...Tags: International Monetary Fund, Margaret Thatcher, Government, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Vladimir Putin
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Pussy Riot member refused parole by Russian court
ReutersBEREZNIKI, Russia, May 23 (Reuters) - A Russian court refused on Thursday to grant parole to a member of Pussy Riot serving a two-year prison sentence for protesting in Moscow's main cathedral with a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin. The...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Lawyers, Prisons, Judges, Punishment
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