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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин?·i Russian pronunciation: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈputʲɪn]; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia) was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when president Boris Yeltsin resigned in a surprising move, and then Putin won the 2000 presidential election. In 2004, he was re-elected for a second term lasting until 7 May 2008.

Putin, Obama to meet in June, September

Source: Politics Balla   |   May 24 2013, 10:10am CDT

Putin, Obama to meet in June, September
Moscow, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) President Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama will meet at the G8 summit in June and during the US president's visit to Russia in September, a Kremlin aide said Friday.
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Israel, in reassessment, thinks Syria’s Bashar Assad will last awhile

Source: McClatchy  |   May 24 2013, 1:23pm CDT

JERUSALEM — Israel has reversed its assessment about the staying power of Syrian President Bashar Assad and now thinks he’ll remain in control of at least part of his country for some time to come – a conclusion that makes it likely, a growing number of ...

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Pakistani plane forced to land near London, two held
Pakistani plane forced to land near London, two held
London, May 24 (IANS) Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane down to land after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested from aboard the aircraft on suspicion of endangering the flight.
 
Two held over Pakistani plane's mid-air alert
Two held over Pakistani plane's mid-air alert
London, May 24 (IANS) Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested on suspicion of endangering the aircraft's flight.
 
'Srinivasan's rise testifies Indian community's contributions to US'
'Srinivasan's rise testifies Indian community's contributions to US'
Washington, May 24 (IANS) Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has hailed Indian-American Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan's Senate confirmation as a top US judge as yet another proof of the Indian community's "sterling contributions to the US society and India-US relations".
 
 

Iranian troops are fighting in Syria, says US

Source: The Jewish Chronicle  |   May 24 2013, 12:49pm CDT

The US State Department finally acknowledged this week what has been common knowledge in the Middle East for months — that the Syrian civil war has become a conflict between regional and global players in which foreign ...

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Natural Bridge For Sale: Virginia Landmark Owned By Thomas Jefferson Goes On The Market

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 24 2013, 12:40pm CDT

President Bill Clinton In 1996 President Bill Clinton rides a horse named Wink August 14, 1996 at the Bar-B-Bar ranch in Jackson Hole where the Clinton's spent a week of vacation. President Ronald Reagan In The 1 ...

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Russian president Vladimir Putin wants Alexander Lebedev 'punished' claims witness at media magnate's trial

Source: Daily Mail - UK  |   May 24 2013, 12:36pm CDT

Alexander Lebedev on trial for politically-motivated hooliganism Media mogul hit property tycoon Sergei Polonsky during a 2011 debate Media mogul Alexander Lebedev faces up to five years in jail if found guilty ...

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Russia Pledges 1.7 Bln Euros for Serbian South Stream

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 24 2013, 11:51am CDT

BOCHAROV RUCHEI (Sochi), May 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will provide 1.7 billion euros to finance the construction of Serbia’s stretch of the South Stream gas pipeline that will carry Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulga ...

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NGO loses appeal in Russia

Source: iStockAnalyst  |   May 24 2013, 11:35am CDT

MOSCOW, May 24 (UPI) -- A Moscow court said Friday the March inspection of civil organization Memorial Human Rights Center was conducted legally. Memorial's offices in Moscow were subjected to an unscheduled inspection March 26. The group pr ...

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Podcast: Kremlin 'Cold War' Heats Up

Source: Radio Free Europe  |   May 24 2013, 11:07am CDT

They’re as different as night and day. One’s a cerebral economist with a talent for balancing budgets even amid mind-bending corruption. The other is a suave, flamboyant political operator whose hand was behind much of ...

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