Russia

Worker dies in waste incinerator

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A worker has died at a Moscow waste disposal plant after falling into an incinerator.

US efforts in Marjah were a PR campaign – journalist

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The US offensive against the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in southern Afghanistan was branded a great success by NATO, but investigative journalist Gareth Porter says the operation was, in fact, a PR campaign.

No end to deadlock at one of world’s richest copper mines

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In Mexico, miners are continuing to blockade the country’s biggest copper mine in a strike that has already cost US$1.5 billion dollars. Workers are demanding better safety conditions.

Silent struggle: Russian women face sexual harassment

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Sexual harassment in the workplace is a sad reality for many women in modern Russia. But without established laws to protect female employees from unwanted attention, many victims suffer in silence.

Americans continue to fight for 9/11 truth

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Nearly a decade after the national tragedy of 9/11, voices still speak loudly saying people of the US are denied the truth.

Americans continue to protest for healthcare

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While the major lobbying group for the US healthcare industry held its annual meeting at the Washington, DC Ritz-Carlton, angry protester outside demanded the reform they have been promised.

Controversial Dacha Demolished at Dawn

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Bulldozers destroyed the Muromtseva dacha in Tsaritsyno during a dawn raid by police and a demolition crew, just over two months after a mysterious fire gutted the building.


Polish Magazine Faces Extremism Charges

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Moscow prosecutors may slap extremism charges against a Polish literary magazine in a case that threatens to strain Polish-Russian relations just a month before Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with his Polish counterpart for a historic meeting.


The Real Four I's

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Institutions are corrupt to the core, infrastructure is collapsing, innovation is meager, and investment is evaporating.


Car Rebate Scheme Splutters into Action

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The government's cash-for-clunkers program, which was slated to begin on March 8, International Women's Day, is suffering from a lack of clarity and poor timing, market participants said Tuesday.


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