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Dollar down 10.07 kopeks, euro up 2.91 kopeks - Central Bank

MOSCOW, November 5 (RIA Novosti) - The official dollar rate set by the Russian Central Bank for November 6 is 29.133 rubles, down 10.07 kopeks from Thursday, the Central Bank said. The official euro rate for Friday is 43.1897...

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French Mistral warship to visit Russia November 23

MOSCOW, November 5 (RIA Novosti) - France's Mistral amphibious assault ship will arrive on an official visit to St. Petersburg on November 23, a senior Russian Navy official said on Thursday. Russia is seeking to buy a...

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Brazilian man attends own funeral, stops procession

MOSCOW. November 5 (RIA Novosti) - A man thought to have been killed in a car accident shocked his relatives by showing up alive at his own funeral in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, O Globo said on Thursday. On Sunday,...

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Arshavin signs up to make roads safe

has called for a Decade of Action for Road Safety ahead of the first ever global Ministerial conference on road safety in Moscow. Giving his support to the Make Roads Safe campaign, the Arsenal midfielder and captain of the...

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Russia: 2 Suspects In Lawyer, Journalist Killings

Russia Holds 2 Suspects In January Shooting Deaths Of Human Rights Lawyer, Journalist (AP) MOSCOW (AP) - Russian investigators said Thursday they have detained two suspects in the killings of a human rights lawyer and a...

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Sweden OKs Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline

Sweden OKs Russian-German Gas Pipeline In Baltic Sea, Says It Meets Environmental Concerns (AP) STOCKHOLM (AP) - Sweden on Thursday became the second nation to approve a Baltic Sea pipeline that would ship Russian natural gas...

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Medvedev: Russia to use troops abroad only in "extreme emergency"

MOSCOW, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia may decide to use military forces abroad only in exceptional circumstances to protect its citizens, said President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday. "Such decisions are absolutely extraordinary and...

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Belarus reports 7 A/H1N1 flu deaths

MOSCOW, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Seven people had died of the A/H1N1 flu pandemic in Belarus, the country's Health Ministry said on Thursday. "Over the past two weeks, 19 people died of acute pneumonia in Belarus. Among them, seven...

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Russian expert: Non-Latin character names key to Internet internationalization

MOSCOW, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The decision to allow non-Latin characters in domain names "is an important step for the internationalization of the Internet," says an expert with the Russian domain name registration center. Andrey...

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Russia's weekly CPI flat for ninth week-stats

MOSCOW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russian consumer prices remained flat for a ninth consecutive week in the period to Nov. 2, data from the Federal Statistics Service showed on Thursday. Since the start of the year, prices have risen...

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