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Medvedev demands resignations over Olympic flop

Russia turned in one of its worst historical Winter Olympic performances. Should the president call for resignations? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Russian Nuclear Submarines Patrol US East Coast

WASHINGTON (Aug. 5) - Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said Tuesday. U.S. Northern Command would [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Obama Says US, Russia Not Adversaries

resident Barack Obama, working to drastically reshape U.S. relations with a skeptical Russia, said Tuesday the two countries are not "destined to be antagonists." "The pursuit of power is no longer a zero-sum game," Obama said, speaking in the Russia [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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The never-completed "string train" project in Russia

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To continue the transportation theme for today, as we had the new trains, now something that was planned to be built 30 years ago, back in 1970s. It was called the “super string transportation system” and was claimed to come to replace the existin [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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100 year old mystery solved- it was a comet

It has been a debate for more than 100 years: what caused the Tunguska explosion in 1908, an event which devastated 830 square miles of Siberian forests? Perhaps it is not surprising that the mystery has stood for more than a century as it took the ex [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Obama hints at Russia deal - no missile shield for iran support

President Obama has sent a letter to his Russian counterpart that raises the prospect of the United States halting development of its missile defense program in Eastern Europe if Russia helps resolve the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program, senior  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Two satellites collide in space- first time ever

The Pentagon and NASA are scrambling to assess the risk to spacecraft and the international space station from hundreds of pieces of debris created in the collision Tuesday of two satellites 491 miles above Siberia. NASA's initial estimate is that the [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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HOORAY!

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U.S.-Poland deal will install missiles 115 miles from Russia

Looks like Russias attack must have scared Poland enough to agree to host American missiles. The timing is interesting. Was this a necessary security measure or was there a better way to deal with this? ..an agreement that prompted an infuriated Rus [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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US pole vaulter talks trash,Russian understands English, US loses

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This is girl trash talk I guess. Apparently fired up after hearing and understanding the American say "I hope we do some damage... and kick some Russian butt," the Russian was so fired up, she dominated the event, setting a new world record and leavi [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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HUGE

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McCains advisor got money from Georgia as lobbyist - a big deal?

Bonus: his foreign policy advisor. Double bonus: he lobbied McCain. Triple bonus: 49 times in 3 1/2 years. This is starting to percolate because of McCain's tough talk toward Russia to lay off Georgia. From the article: "The payments raise ethical [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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An Extra War

In a surprising twist, the world has decided to have an extra war. Georgia invades some breakaway province it probably doesn't really need, Russia invades Georgia, and now hundreds are dead and the battles continue. Who's a bigger jerk A) Georgia B) [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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