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Las Vegas cabbie finds $300,000 in backseat, returns it to poker player

A Las Vegas cabbie had no second thoughts when he found $300,000 in cash in a brown paper bag in his cab this week, cnn reports. December 27 2013, 11:40 1 004 просмотрs

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China marks muted 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong

The mood at the 120th anniversary of Chairman Mao Zedong's birthday is relatively muted, by Chinese standards, cnn reports. December 27 2013, 10:53 2 041 просмотрs

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Russian Transport Plane Crashes in Siberia, Crew Dead

An Antonov An-12 transport plane crashed on the outskirts of the eastern Siberian city of Irkutsk on Thursday afternoon, Russian officials said, reports azh.kz. December 26 2013, 19:04 1 087 просмотрs

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Hit by scandal and resignations, Turk PM names new ministers

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday after three members quit over a corruption scandal that has posed an unprecedented challenge to his 11-year rule, reuters reports. December 26 2013, 14:55 2 049 просмотрs

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Canada hit as winter storm grips eastern Canada and US

A severe ice storm has brought snow and freezing rain to Canada's biggest city, Toronto, and to much of the east of the country, bbc reports. December 26 2013, 14:46 1 234 просмотрs

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BTA Bank ex-CEO's associate freed from detention in Moscow

The Russian Interior Ministry's Investigative Department has released Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, Kommersant daily reported Thursday, rapsinews.com reports. December 26 2013, 12:11 1 736 просмотрs

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital surgeon suspended over 'branding' claim

A doctor has been suspended over allegations he "branded" his initials on to a patient's liver, bbc reports. December 25 2013, 20:02 1 139 просмотрs

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David Cameron explains selfie with Obama and Helle Thorning-Schmidt at Mandela Memorial

David Cameron has attempted to explain why he decided to lean in for a ‘selfie’ with Barack Obama and the Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesberg, independent.co.uk reports. December 25 2013, 15:31 2 139 просмотрs

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Michelle Obama 'prepared divorce papers to separate from Barack Obama’

Donald Trump will reveal on Wednesday proof that Barack and Michelle Obama once had serious plans to obtain a divorce, according to global.christianpost.com. December 25 2013, 15:13 7 520 просмотрs

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Kim tells N Korean army to ready for combat

Kim Jong-Un has warned war could break out "without any prior notice" amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, aljazeera.com reports. December 25 2013, 14:43 1 476 просмотрs

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Iran mulls plan to move capital from Tehran

The Iranian parliament has voted to consider a proposal to pick another city as the nation's capital, potentially moving the seat of government from the overcrowded Tehran, aljazeera reports. December 25 2013, 13:58 1 426 просмотрs

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Former Egyptian Prime Minister arrested

Egyptian police arrested former Prime Minister Hisham Qandil in an apartment in Giza governorate, according to state-run news agency EGYNews, cnn reports. December 25 2013, 12:14 1 843 просмотрs

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Royal Thai Navy sues two journalists for quoting Reuters report

Reporters Without Borders condemns the criminal defamation charges brought against Alan Morison, an Australian journalist based in the southwestern province of Phuket who edits the news website Phuketwan, and Chutima Sidasathian, a Thai journalist who works for the site, trust.org reports. December 25 2013, 11:37 1 727 просмотрs

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Kazakh and Russian Presidents signed cooperation documents

President of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev arrived in Moscow for participation in the sitting of the Supreme Eurasia Economic Commission. It is planned that President of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev will meet with President of Russia V. Putin during the visit, the president’s press service informs, inform.kz reports. December 24 2013, 17:37 2 065 просмотрs

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Two U.S. astronauts set to make Christmas Eve spacewalk for repair job

While many people may spend Christmas Eve doing last-minute gift shopping, two American astronauts have a more challenging matter to attend to Tuesday, cnn reports. December 24 2013, 12:46 2 445 просмотрs

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Yanukovych Signs Amnesty For Detained Protesters

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a bill granting amnesties to anyone detained during the recent pro-European Union demonstrations in Ukraine, rferl.org reports. December 24 2013, 12:09 940 просмотрs

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Snowden Says His 'Mission's Accomplished'

Edward Joseph Snowden, former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) consultant, says his “mission’s already accomplished” because he “wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.” In an exclusive interview given to "The Washington Post" on December 23, he said: “All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed.”  December 24 2013, 11:48 1 340 просмотрs

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of AK-47, dies at 94

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian gun designer whose AK-47 rifle became the weapon of choice for many national armies and guerrillas around the world, died Monday, the Kremlin announced on its website, cnn.com reports. He was 94. December 24 2013, 10:37 1 673 просмотрs

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Pussy Riot Protester Freed From Prison Under Amnesty

A jailed member of the punk rock protest group Pussy Riot walked free from jail on Monday under a presidential prison amnesty passed by Russian lawmakers last week, ria.ru reports. December 23 2013, 12:39 1 586 просмотрs

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Carlos Santana Reunites With Ex-Bandmate Who Is Now Homeless

Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana reunited with his ex-bandmate who now lives on the street of Oakland, USA, contactmusic.com reports. December 23 2013, 11:20 1 371 просмотрs

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Freed Khodorkovsky challenges Putin over 'political prisoners'

Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Sunday he would not seek power in Russia but fight for the freedom of political prisoners, challenging Vladimir Putin two days after the president freed him from jail, reuters reports. December 23 2013, 11:06 1 664 просмотрs

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Turkish Minister Offers Resignation Over Scandal

Turkey’s interior minister says he has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over a corruption scandal that has resulted in his son’s arrest, theepochtimes.com reports. December 23 2013, 09:45 1 104 просмотрs

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Khodorkovsky Walks Free after Putin Signs Pardon

A lawyer for jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Friday that his client had been released after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree pardoning Russia’s most famous prisoner, ria.ru reports. December 20 2013, 16:16 1 558 просмотрs

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Top Dagestan Official Dies in Moscow Car Crash

A top government official from Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan has been killed in a multi-vehicle crash in western Moscow, city police said Friday, ria.ru reports. December 20 2013, 13:55 1 203 просмотрs

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Fired nuke general misbehaved in Russia

The Air Force general who was fired from command of U.S. land-based nuclear missile forces had engaged in "inappropriate behavior" while on official business in Russia last summer, including heavy drinking, rudeness to his hosts and associating with "suspect" women, according to an investigation report released Thursday. December 20 2013, 11:49 937 просмотрs