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• Russia to begin pullback from buffer zone
Sept. 2: After the poisoning death of an ex-KGB agent and the Russia-Georgia war, the New York Times' Alan Cowell, author of "The Terminal Spy," says signs points to a troubling era in Russia-West relations. JAVA, Georgia - Russia will pull back on ...
• Quake kills 12 in Russia's North Caucasus
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 ...
• Oil price run-up looks like just another bubble
The swoon in oil prices paused only briefly during a conflict in the oil-rich Caucasus region involving Russia, and after two massive hurricanes shut down oil production in the Gulf of Mexico for weeks. That, Schork said, should have been a clear ...
• Grrr! Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for birthday
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin poses with his female tiger cub at the Novo Ogaryovo residence of outside Moscow on Thursday. Sept. 2: After the poisoning death of an ex-KGB agent and the Russia-Georgia war, the New York Times' Alan Cowell ...
• N. Korea lifts ban on U.N. nuclear inspectors
That suggested that the North's threat to stop dismantling its nuclear program and restart it was a negotiating ploy meant to wrest more concessions from the United States, Russia, China, South Korea and Japan, the five countries engaging the ...