Al Jazeera English
| Mar 21, 2013
As the Xi Jinping era dawns in China, analysts are closely watching his first moves, including the decision to make today's trip to Moscow his first foreign visit. Getting nearly as much attention is his glamourous wife, celebrity folk singer Peng...
Euronews
| Mar 20, 2013
Cypriot ministers voted down a proposed levy on the island's bank deposits as part of a bailout arrangement, delighting protesters gathered outside, but shaking up the Eurozone."We are a strong example, not only for this country, but for ...
Russia Today
| Mar 10, 2013
Russia Today takes an intriguing look at babies born in prison and how inmate moms struggle to mix parenthood with serving time. Some in the grim Russian institution featured in the documentary want nothing to do with their children, while others ...
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 5, 2013
A top Russian ballet dancer is among three suspects busted in an acid attack on Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin. Investigators believe that dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko ordered the attack, presumably because of a professional grudge, possibly...
Associated Press
| Mar 2, 2013
Russia voiced strong skepticism about the autopsy on a 3-year-old adopted Russian boy in Texas and demanded further investigation as thousands rallied in Moscow to support the Kremlin ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian children.
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Mosaic
| Mar 1, 2013
The International diplomatic group of countries known as 'Friends of Syria' met in Rome to discuss the situation in the country. However, Russia criticized the decisions that emerged from this meeting, and found that it is encouraging extremists ...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 23, 2013
Syria's main opposition group is pulling out of a series of international meetings in protest over the continuing violence in the country. The Syrian National Coalition said Russia "bears moral and political responsibility" for supplying weapons t...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 21, 2013
At least 42 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in a powerful car bomb targeting the ruling Baath Party headquarters in central Damascus on Thursday, state media and activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 20, 2013
Russia, warning that the Syrian war is "a road to mutual destruction," has offered to broker talks between the opposition and the Assad regime it has long supported in an attempt to end the conflict. The offer came after meetings with Arab League ...
Euronews
| Feb 19, 2013
Russian politicians have ordered a probe into the death of Maxim Kuzmin Shatto, 3, after he was adopted by a Texas family. Russian officials claim he was beaten and fed anti-psychotic drugs, though US officials say the cause of his death last mont...
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Syrians living in Egypt shout slogans against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during a protest outside the Arab League offices in Cairo yesterday....
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