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  1. Woodworkers Praise the Many Faces of Plywood

    Tue, 8 Jan 2013

    even, and the exterior is smooth, sanded and blemish-free. "Beluga caviar notwithstanding, Baltic birch plywood may be Russia 's finest export," Schmidt writes in his book. "PlyDesign" includes 73 projects for novices and experienced builders

  2. 'Downton,' 'Girls,' 'Idol' and More This January

    Tue, 8 Jan 2013

    the heads of a normal American household in the 1980s, as they work tirelessly to bring down the U.S. on behalf of Mother Russia . On Jan. 31, NBC unveils a new medical drama "Do No Harm." Steve Pasquale ("Rescue Me") stars as a neurosurgeon with a

  3. Mobile Phone Ads With Lenin Spark Anger in Poland

    Tue, 8 Jan 2013

    Vladimir Lenin is not considered funny in Poland. A Polish mobile phone operator that used a cartoon image of the Russian communist revolutionary found itself barraged by angry feedback and responded this week by stopping its advertising campaign

  4. China Censorship Prompts Rally and Online Protest

    Tue, 8 Jan 2013

    the newspaper's stance. "One word of truth outweighs the whole world," celebrity Chinese actress Yao Chen quoted the Russian Nobel Prize Literature winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn in a post that was accompanied by the newspaper's logo. The newspaper's

  5. Google Exec Gets Look at NKoreans Using Internet

    Tue, 8 Jan 2013

    access and technology. Google now has offices in more than 40 countries, including all three of North Korea's neighbors: Russia , South Korea and China, another country criticized for systematic Internet censorship. He and Cohen have collaborated on

  6. Radwanska Wins 6th in Row to Advance in Sydney

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    third-seeded Sara Errani of Italy and fourth-seeded Li Na of China easily advanced to the quarterfinals. Errani beat Russia 's Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-1, while Li, who was pushed to two sets in beating American Christina McHale in the first

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  1. Depardieu: 'I'm French' Despite Russian Passport

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Gerard Depardieu has denied accepting Russian citizenship to escape the taxman in France sports channel, he said: "I have a Russian passport, but I remain French and I will long time ago." Depardieu received his Russian passport from President Vladimir Putin

  2. Mock Mars Trek Finds Down-to-Earth Sleep Woes

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    The experiment was run and funded by Russian and European space agencies. A report on Valery Polyakov, who was on the Russian space station Mir in 1994 and 1995. American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are scheduled

  3. NY Caviar Distributor Gets Leniency in Fraud Scam

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Mario" Garbarino was sentenced Monday in Manhattan to time served for unlawfully importing more than 100,000 pounds of Russian and Iranian caviar in the 1980s. The 69-year-old Garbarino has been jailed since September. He was arrested by U.S

  4. Greece: Heavily-Armed Robbers to Face Life in Jail

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    offences to life in prison. Under draft legislation made public Monday, the new penalties will apply for those using the Russian -designed AK-47, or Kalashnikov, rifle and other similar weapons. Current laws give convicts 10-25 years in prison in

  5. Trio of Bid Cities Give 2020 Olympic Files to IOC

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    new destination for the Olympics, a key factor in recent host city votes. The IOC is taking the 2014 Winter Games to the Russian city of Sochi, the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro and the 2018 Winter Games to Pyeongchang, South Korea. Istanbul, which

  6. Hsieh, Schiavone out in 1st Round in Hobart

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Second-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania beat Nina Bratchikova of Russia 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and No. 4 Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan had a 6-4, 6-1 win over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain

  7. Google Executive Chairman Arrives in North Korea

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    access and technology. Google now has offices in more than 40 countries, including all three of North Korea's neighbors: Russia , South Korea and China, another country criticized for systematic Internet censorship. Accompanying Schmidt is Jared Cohen

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  1. Russia Bans Adoptions to American Families

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    adopt. The president of Russia has just signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children. And this now American families from leaving Russia . To move here to start citizens from adopting Russian children is igniting a

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    morning it affects so many Americans hoping to adopt. The president of Russia has just signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children. And this now blocks kids in the process of being adopted by American families from leaving Russia . To move here to start a new life ABC's llama Hasan has the latest now from London good morning to you.
  2. Russian Jet Crash Caught on Tape

    Sat, 29 Dec 2012

    Witnesses rushed to pull survivors from the wreckage. The russian -made plane was flying back from the czech republic with no went a few yards further it would have slammed into traffic. Russia 's air fatality rate is three times higher than the world

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    Russia's air fatality rate is
  3. Putin to End Russian Adoptions for American Families

    Thu, 27 Dec 2012

    All suddenly shot. Russian president vladimir putin moscow. Reporter: When russia bans adoptions to the adopted over 60,000 russian children since the fall of the soviet union. But russian officials have pointed americans. And in 2010, russia erupted in fury after

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    Reporter: When russia bans
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    russia alone by his american
  4. Oklahoma Couple Fear Russia's Adoption Ban

    Thu, 27 Dec 2012

    process of adopting a child from Russia recent news from Russia 's parliament is not they'd question the upper chamber of Russia 's parliament has voted unanimously be US citizens from adopting Russian children. It's heartbreaking

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    two months into a long process of adopting a child from Russia -- recent news from Russia's parliament is not -- they'd like to hear. -- notebooks no question the upper chamber of Russia's parliament has voted unanimously in favor of being new bill. That would be -- US citizens from adopting Russian children.
  5. Adoption Controversy

    Mon, 31 Dec 2012

    polina, a 5-year-old russian orphan, paralyzed by spina sanctions -- citing cases of 19 russian children abused by american can't protect our kids from the russian government," wrote another story, from the people of russia and it's just overwhelming

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    people of russia and it's just
  6. "Switched At Birth" Season 2

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    shocking there obviously. Right. A lot of things going to be shift around and and the girls not reading on that so much. Be Russia India and what about a bit of a heartbreaker out there have been SI I wanna go to because lot of last season seemed to deal

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    Be -- Russia India and what about a bit of a heartbreaker out there have been SI -- I wanna go to because lot of
  7. Moment of Impact: Crash Landing in Moscow

    Sun, 30 Dec 2012

    sending debris flying, the plane's tire smashing into the car ahead. Miraculously, no one on the highway was killed. The russian -made tupolev 204 was trying to land at moscow's vnukovo airport on saturday when it skidded off the runway and crashed

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    The russian -made tupolev 204 was
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