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07 December 2009 4:29 PM | Tagged: world cup russia coach guus hiddink rules coaching nigeria argentina
Russia coach Guus Hiddink has revealed that he will not lead another team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Both the Nigerian FA and the Argentinian FA were believed to be interested in signing the Dutchman. My working relationships with my emp

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07 December 2009 3:27 PM | Tagged: russia club toll reaches burials begin
PERM, Russia - Grieving friends and relatives of victims of a Russian nightclub fire buried the dead on a frigid Monday as the death toll climbed to 113 and looked likely to rise. Prosecutors on Monday charged four people in connection with the blaz

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07 December 2009 12:57 PM | Tagged: russia mourns club victims buried
PERM, Russia - Flags flew at half mast and entertainment programs were canceled across Russia on Monday as the country mourned 112 victims of a weekend nightclub inferno and dozens more fought for their lives in hospitals. Mourners heaped red and w

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07 December 2009 9:57 AM | Tagged: russia mourns nightclub victims buried
PERM, Russia - Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze, as investigators stepped up their probe into fire safety breaches and burials continued in Perm. The number of casualties remained

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06 December 2009 11:17 PM | Tagged: russia mourns anger rises deadly club fire
PERM, Russia - Russians mourned on Sunday for 112 revelers killed in a nightclub blaze, expressing anger at breaches of fire safety rules that prosecutors have blamed for Russia's most deadly fire in decades. Sparks from a firework show set fire to

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06 December 2009 8:37 PM | Tagged: indian pm arrives russia arms nuclear deals
MOSCOW - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Moscow on Sunday to ink billions of dollars of weapons deals and for talks on a landmark nuclear deal that could significantly widen atomic fuel imports from Russia. India, along with China,

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06 December 2009 1:47 AM | Tagged: lax codes cited russia blaze killed
PERM, Russia - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded that Russia tighten its notoriously lax fire codes after the deadliest blaze since the Soviet era killed at least 107 people celebrating in a nightclub with a decorative twig ceiling and

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05 December 2009 12:37 AM | Tagged: eu award sakharovs memorial russia
While the governments of the EU favour realpolitik in their relations with Russia, the European Parliament plays a role as guardian of conscience. It has given the Russian human rights NGO 'Memorial' the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought.Copyrig