Plane crash in central Russia kills 88
MOSCOW - A passenger jet traveling from Moscow to the Ural Mountains city of Perm crashed near residential buildings as it was preparing to land early Sunday, killing all 88 people aboard, officials said.
Nations:Russia Kyrgyzstan Latvia Turkey Italy Switzerland People:Vladimir Putin Source:(AP)
2008-09-14
Querrey's 2nd upset of Open earns match vs. Nadal
NEW YORK - Sam Querrey is so young that there isn't a trace of irony when he mentions growing up rooting for Andy Roddick and James Blake, two guys still very much on tour and still in their 20s.
Nations:Italy Latvia Ukraine Switzerland Japan People:Venus Williams David Nalbandian Svetlana Kuznetsova James Blake Andy Murray Tomas Berdych Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open
2008-08-30
Bush tells Russia to get out of Georgia
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.
Nations:Russia Poland Latvia People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Robert Gates Stephen Harper Joseph Biden Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis Russia-U.S.
2008-08-17
Russian convoy heads into Georgia, violating truce
OUTSIDE GORI, Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries thrust deep into Georgia on Wednesday, rolling into the strategic city of Gori and violating the truce designed to end the six-day war that has uprooted 100,000 people and scarred the Georgian landscape.
Nations:Russia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-08-13
Russia calls halt to 5-day invasion of Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia - Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia -- five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people.
Nations:Russia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine Turkey People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis
2008-08-12
Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks sent Georgia's army into a headlong retreat and left ports, military bases, towns and homes smoldering.
Nations:Russia Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-08-12
11 charged in connection with credit card fraud
BOSTON - Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Nations:Ukraine U.S. Estonia Belarus Latvia Turkey Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
Nasdaq to acquire OMX in Borse Dubai deal
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and Borse Dubai have reached a deal under which Nasdaq will take over Nordic bourse operator OMX AB, while Borse Dubai acquires just under 20 percent of Nasdaq and 28 percent of the London stock exchange.
Nations:Sweden United Arab Emirates Estonia Latvia Lithuania Denmark
2007-09-20
Russians silent on U.S. missile plans
Defense Secretary Robert Gates' assertion that the Bush administration will not replace its plan for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe with Russia's counterproposal for a radar site in Azerbaijan was met Friday with silence.
Nations:Afghanistan Azerbaijan Poland Romania Latvia Slovakia People:Robert Gates Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations
2007-06-15
China, Russia top U.S. piracy list
China and Russia again lead the United States' annual list of the world's biggest producers of pirated and counterfeited goods, a U.S. trade report said on Monday.
Nations:Russia U.S. China Canada Latvia Ukraine
2007-04-30
U.S. boosts Iraq force; allies pare down
The Italians have left, and the Slovaks are about to. Britons want to start getting out, and so do Danes and South Koreans.
Nations:Japan Slovakia Iraq Denmark Afghanistan Latvia People:John Howard Condoleezza Rice Tony Blair Activities:International Fronts Second Gulf War Vietnam War
2007-01-12
U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 2,952
As of Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, at least 2,952 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,370 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Nations:U.S. Iraq Estonia Kazakhstan El Salvador Latvia Activities:Fighting in Iraq
2006-12-20
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