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Afternoon Awwww: Albino hedgehog
The Baltimore SunAn albino hedgehog sits on someone's palm at the Botanical Garden in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. The hedgehog was found at one of the construction sites of the 2014 Winter Olympics. -
Under Armour bets on bobsled to fuel global growth
Facing a cupboard bare of medals and reeling from scandals, the once-proud U.S. bobsled and skeleton program was at rock bottom the year of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The helping hands that reached out to restore stability and glory came from an unusual...Tags: Olympic Games, Awards and Prizes, Companies and Corporations, John Harbaugh, Steve Bisciotti
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'Top Chef Texas' recap: 'Fire and Ice'
Hello, Top Cheffers! Tonight’s episode felt like the quiet before the storm. The final three chefs, Lindsay, Paul and Sarah, are very friendly toward one another. Usually there is a little infighting or a passive-aggressive “good luck”...Tags: Chili, Sasha Cohen, Jon Heder, Foods and Beverages, Ice Skating
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Violence in Russia's North Caucasus kills four
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Police killed two suspected Islamic militants on Thursday after one of them threw a grenade at a group of officers and two others died in a separate shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, Interfax reported. Both incidents...Tags: Human Rights, Shootings, Civil Rights, Russia, Islam
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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: Margaret Thatcher, Government, Brookings Institution, International Monetary Fund, Petroleum Industry
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RPT-Olympics-Discovery of alleged plot points to growing jitters
Reuters(Repeats to additional clients, no changes to text) * Russia says it foiled plot for attack on Moscow * Faces signs that security threat is widening * Putin wants to rally support, boost security cooperation By Timothy Heritage OREKHOVO-ZUYEVO,...Tags: NATO, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Rebellions, Bombings, Islam
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1020 GMT, May 22
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/BEIJING - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid...Tags: European Union, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Un, National Government, U.S. Senate
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Boston bomb brothers more American than Chechen -Depardieu
ReutersGROZNY, Russia, May 21 (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu said on Tuesday the ethnic Chechen brothers accused of the Boston marathon bombing had been raised American and that residents of the volatile Russian region of Chechnya were not to blame....Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Wars and Interventions, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon
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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: 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Rebellions, Domodedovo International Airport, Bombings, Wars and Interventions
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Dagestan bombs kill four, two dead in shootout near Moscow
ReutersMAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in one of the bloodiest attacks this year in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an...Tags: Rebellions, Law Enforcement, Bombings, Islam, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Video: Vettel and Coulthard drive Russia's very unfinished Sochi Circuit
Autoblog.comFiled under: Motorsports, Sedan, Videos, Infiniti, Russia, Luxury The next Winter Olympics will happen in Sochi, Russia from February 7-23, 2014. Sometime after that, barring any delays, a portion of the Sochi Olympic Park will be turned into the Sochi... -
Olympics-Sochi to unveil medals for 2014 Games this month
ReutersMOSCOW, May 16 (Reuters) - Medals for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi will be unveiled at this month's gathering of top sports and Olympic officials, local organisers said on Thursday. The medals will presented at the International Olympic Committee's...Tags: Olympic Games, Sports Organizations, International Olympic Committee, Awards and Prizes
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