russia
russia
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by James Dunn - 2007-06-20
Even if it seems like Russian is already a dying language because the interest in this once great country has waned, there are still people who would like to learn the language. This tiny spark of in...
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by Rajkumar Kanagasingam - 2007-06-23
Mirko joined me at the restaurant. He was from Dresden, an eastern city of Germany. He said his city was the most ravaged in the Second World War. He repeated over and over again that Dresden was heav...
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by Rajkumar Kanagasingam - 2007-06-23
He believed in personal diplomacy the same way as he had in mind with his British cousins, with his cousin-in-law Tsar Nicholas II of Russia also to build up a greater relationship between the two nat...
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by Rajkumar Kanagasingam - 2007-06-23
Following World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Russia experienced mass starvation from 1920 to 1924 caused largely by a government policy of forced grain requisition. When the Volga Germa...
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by Rajkumar Kanagasingam - 2007-06-23
A century after the first Germans had settled in the Volga region, Russia passed legislation that revoked many of the privileges promised to them by Catherine the Great. The sentiment in Russia became...
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by david singer - 2007-06-28
Tony Blair had started his new job as special envoy for the Quartet - America, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations - even before he had been appointed.He affirmed the Quartet's mantra t...
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by Matthew Paolini - 2007-07-03
Contrary to conventional wisdom, U.S. pro basketball squads and Euroleague teams have been actively competing for the past 20 years in head-to-head competition other than at the Olympics. Way back in ...
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by James E. Finch - 2007-07-05
Nuclear Market Review (NMR) editor Treva Klingbiel reported in this week's issue, "Two sellers that were evaluating bids in response to their auctions have concluded their evaluations and have decided...
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by Matt P - 2007-07-05
Contrary to what many might believe, U.S. pro basketball squads and European teams have been actively competing for two decades in head-to-head competition other than at the Olympics. The compet...
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by david singer - 2007-07-09
Israel's unilateral decision to release 250 Fatah terrorists from Israeli jails continues the insane policy of appeasement adopted by successive Israeli Governments since the Oslo Accords were signed ...