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Zenit deserved Super Cup victory says Manchester United star
01.09.2008 04:36
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Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic has said that Zenit St. Petersburg were the better team in Friday's Super Cup match and deserved their victory.
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Dollar up 9.01 kopeks, euro down 10.16 kopeks - Central Bank
01.09.2008 04:36
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Four years on, Russia remembers Beslan school tragedy
01.09.2008 02:34
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Russia marks on Monday the fourth anniversary of the Beslan school tragedy during which 331 people died, including 186 children.
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Russia wants arms embargo on Georgia
01.09.2008 02:34
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Russia would like to see the imposition of an embargo on arms supplies to Georgia until a change of leadership takes place in the Caucasus state, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
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Vladimir Putin helps save Ussuri tigers
01.09.2008 00:30
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On Sunday, August 31, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Reserve of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Far Eastern Department, gaining an insight into a program to study and preserve the Ussuri tiger population.
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EU leaders to hold emergency summit on Georgia-Russia conflict
01.09.2008 00:30
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Leaders from the 27 EU member countries will gather for an emergency meeting in Brussels on Monday to discuss relations with Russia in light of the Georgia crisis.
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Over 400,000 evacuated from flood-hit northern India
01.09.2008 00:29
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Indian authorities have evacuated more than 400,000 people from the flood-hit state of Bihar, in the northeast of the country, a spokesman for the local administration said on Monday.
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Two million people flee New Orleans and 'storm of the century'
01.09.2008 00:29
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Almost two million people have fled the U.S. city of New Orleans in the face of Hurricane Gustav, earlier labeled 'the storm of the century' by the city's mayor.
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