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• U.S. space tourist blasts off in Soyuz rocket
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station. The Soyuz TMA-13 capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott soared ...
• 12 killed in Russian North Caucasus earthquake
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia - A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of hospitals, schools and other buildings, emergency officials said. The quake hit around 1 p ...
• Georgian official: Russian pullout incomplete
TBILISI, Georgia - Russia pulled back its troops on Wednesday from buffer zones it set up on Georgian territory during a summer war, but Georgia demanded it take further steps before a deadline of Friday. Russian forces have pulled out from all but ...
• Obama camp relying heavily on ground effort
Jane Goodman, a city council member in South Euclid, Ohio, who is leading the Obama effort in her ward, said she has never seen such a grass-roots push in her Cleveland suburb of Jewish voters, Russian immigrants and African Americans. But she has ...
• Iceland takes Russian loan, nationalizes bank
Oct. 7: CNBC’s Jim Cramer explains his advice for investors to pull out of the stock market if they need their money within five years; CNBC contributor Michael Farr also weighs in. REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland nationalized its second-largest bank ...