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A local resident runs near a peat fire in a forest near the town of Lubertsi, southeast of Moscow in Shatura, late Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Health   Photos   Russia   Weather   Wikipedia: Heat wave		  The New York Times 
Heat Wave Batters Russia
Thu 29 Jul 2010
RYBKHOZ, Russia — Ivan Tyurkin trudged along a pier and surveyed the breeding ponds all around him. He did not need a thermometer to know that the water was treacherously tepid. Dead trout,... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
This is a generla view of departures area of Domodedovo airport outside Moscow on Wednesday, April 5, 2006. Authorities at Moscow's Domodedovo airport presented new voice analysis technology to assist in the identification of terrorists and drug smugglers.
Aviation   Photos   Russia   Security   Wikipedia: Aircraft hijacking		  The Star 
Russia foils plane hijacking in Moscow
Thu 29 Jul 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian special forces staged a lightning strike on Thursday to detain a man who had seized an aircraft on a domestic flight to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a spokeswoman... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Local residents carry buckets of water to extinguishes a peat fire in a forest near the town of Shatura, some 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Moscow, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Peat swamps started burning in central Russia following an unprecedented heat wave.  The Star  Thu 29 Jul 2010
Sweltering heat breaks new record in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The summer heat set a new all-time temperature record in Moscow on Thursday, a leading forecaster said, adding that the unprecedentedly long heatwave could be interrupted already on... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
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Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoi opens a car door after a news conference in Moscow, Thursday, May 31, 2007. The Russian businessman whom Britain has named as a suspect in the killing of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko said Thursday that he has evide  China Daily  Thu 29 Jul 2010
Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency
MOSCOW - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev. The law restores Soviet-era powers to the Federal... (photo: AP/Ivan Sekretarev)
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State Kremlin Palace The Star Thu 29 Jul 2010
Russia's Medvedev signs law to boost KGB successor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a new law to boost Russia's security service, restoring a Soviet-era practice of issuing warnings to people it... (photo: Creative Commons / TCY)
Medvedev   Moscow   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: KGB
Moscow kremlin seen from the Moscova river Balchug Island, also known as Bolotny Ostrov, lying just opposite the Kremlin. The island was formed by construction of Vodootvodny Canal in 1780s, and has no official name in Russian. The Boston Globe Thu 29 Jul 2010
Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency
MOSCOW-The Russian president has signed a law widening the powers of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main... (photo: Creative Commons / Eden)
Kremlin   Medvedev   Photos   Russian   Wikipedia: KGB
An ethnic Albanian man passes by a billboard where is written "Independence" in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Zeenews Thu 29 Jul 2010
Serbia proposes new talks on outstanding issues in Kosovo
Belgrade: Serbia submitted a resolution to the United Nations on Wednesday which, in an apparent concession to international pressure, called for new negotiations on... (photo: AP / Visar Kryeziu)
Independence   Kosovo   Photos   Serbia   Wikipedia: 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
A blue 600 Mercedes Benz car The Times of India Thu 29 Jul 2010
Daimler in talks to make vans in Russia
STUTTGART: German carmaker Daimler is in talks with Russia’s Kamaz and other companies about possibly making... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Daimler   Photos   Russia   Stuttgart   Wikipedia: Daimler AG
The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. Al Jazeera Wed 28 Jul 2010
US hopes for Iran nuclear talks
The United States has said it hopes to hold talks with Iran soon and would be prepared to follow up on a plan to provide fuel for Iran's research reactor in exchange for... (photo: AP / str)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, gestures to a crowd on his regular provincial visit to southern Iranian port of Bushehr, where the first light-water nuclear power plant of the country is under construction by Russia, 1200 kms (720 miles) south of Tehran, Iran, Wednesday Jan. 30, 2008. Ahmadinejad, Wednesday urged western powers to participate in construction of nuclear power plants for his country saying it will be late if they do not decide immediately, state television reported. Daily Star Lebanon Wed 28 Jul 2010
Iran ready to curb enrichment if swap deal pans out
Compiled by Daily Star staff Thursday, July 29, 2010 - Powered by Iran has given assurances that it would stop enriching uranium to 20 percent purity if world powers... (photo: AP / Ruhullah Vahdati)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Sanctions   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
MOSCOW. Dmitry Medvedev voted in the election to the fifth Moscow City Duma. Star Tribune Wed 28 Jul 2010
US says old treaty disputes with Russia have no bearing on new nuclear arms treaty
WASHINGTON - U.S. complaints about Russian compliance with the 1991 START nuclear arms control treaty had not been resolved when the pact expired last year, but the... (photo: Creative Commons / Esp rus2)
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The gauge indicates satisfactory pressure in the pipeline forwarding Russian natural gas from Ukraine at the receiving station of Mol Natural Gas Transporting Corp. in Beregdaroc, 302 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, near the Ukrainian border, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Saturday Hungary receives the normal amount of natural gas imported from Russia although Ukraine has decreased the amount of Russian gas destined for Europe and transited through Ukraine after Russian gas monopoly Gazprom fully cut gas deliveries to Ukraine due to disputes over the pricing for 2009 as of Jan Russia's great gas game Gulf News
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, second from left, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspect a guard of honour before their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Cameron is in Turkey for a two-day visit. British PM urges Turkey to use links to influence Iran Irish Times
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In this photo taken Friday, July 24, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures during his interview with Russia's NTV television in Moscow. In a prerecorded interview broadcast Sunday on Russia's NTV television, Dmitry Medvedev said NATO is beginning to realize that Georgia and Ukraine should not be "dragged" into the alliance. Russian President asks Iran to cooperate with IAEA Zeenews
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