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Mario Vargas Llosa, Miami Book Fair International, 1985.

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WorldNews.com
Solzhenitsyns and Llosas Must Not Be Silenced
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The recent upheaval over novelist Mario Vargas Llosa's biweekly column being pulled from El Comercio, an ultra-conservative and corporate-owned... (photo: AP / MDCarchives)

A farm worker empties cucumbers into a container after failing to sell them due an ongoing food crisis in Europe, in Carquefou, western France, Monday, June 6, 2011.

Europe Health Photos Russia Wikipedia: 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak

BBC News
EU-Russia summit overshadowed by E. coli vegetable ban
EU and Russian leaders are due to open a two-day summit, marred by Moscow's recent ban on EU vegetable imports following a deadly E. coli outbreak. Brussels has condemned last week's measure as... (photo: AP / Jacques brinon)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gestures as he meets with with members of the so-called Valdai Club of Western political observers in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.

DNA India
Vladimir Putin showcases Russia hunting in US magazine
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sought to lure international hunters and fishermen to Russian wilderness in an interview with US-based magazine Outdoor Life published on Wednesday. Putin, an... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)
Government Photos Politics Russia Wikipedia:Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin (js1)

Breitbart
Joke's on Putin as Lada fails to start
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) drives a new model of Russian Lad... Question: How many many attempts does a Russian strongman need to start a Lada car? Answer: Five, if Prime Minister... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / )
Government Photos Politics Russia Wikipedia:Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Daily Telegraph Australia
Religious sect sees Putin as St Paul
A NEW Russian religious sect worships Vladimir Putin as the reincarnation of Paul the Apostle whose career follows in the footsteps of the early Christian missionary. The... (photo: Dod Photo / CHERIE A. THURLBY)
Government Photos Politics Russia Wikipedia:Vladimir Putin

m&c;
Gagarin anniversary fuels longing for new space victories
Moscow - The headlines in the Soviet press screamed 'The first human in space!' as cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin took his historic flight on April 12, 1961. Fifty years later,... (photo: Creative Commons)
Anniversary Moscow Photos Space Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarin

Russia´s President Vladimir Putin addresses the media at the Senningen Castle in Luxembourg, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin completed his short European tour with a visit to Luxembourg on Thursday, where more energy and in

Wall Street Journal
Putin Seeks to Cajole Ukraine
By JAMES MARSON KIEV—Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives in Kiev Tuesday to try to persuade Ukraine's leaders to ditch plans to sign a free-trade... (photo: AP/Yves Logghe)
Government Photos Politics Russia Wikipedia:Vladimir Putin

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

Asia Times
Russia does about turn on pipeline projects
Mar 23, 2011... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
Energy Photos Russia Turkey Wikipedia: South Stream

First row from left, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Hungary Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Austria Prime Minister Werner Faymann, Georgia's President Mikheil Saakasvili, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, prime ministers Sergei Stanishev of Bulgaria and Emil Boc of Romania are seen during group photo after the Nabucco Gas Pipeline signing ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 13, 2009. Turkey and four European Union countries formally agreed to route a new gas pipeline across their territories in an attempt to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian gas. Dick Lugar, U.S. Senator for Indiana of Republican Party, second row far left, and Richard Morningstar, U.S. special envoy for Eurasian energy issues, third in second row, joined the group.

The New York Times
European Pipeline Project Faces Formidable Obstacles
BERLIN — The development of the Nabucco natural gas pipeline, intended to reduce the European Union’s dependence on Russian energy supplies, faces major... (photo: AP / Adem Altan, Pool)
Energy Europe Photos Russia Wikipedia: Nabucco pipeline

Gasoline - Petrol

Grist
The collapse of the old oil order
No matter what comes of the protests in Iran, it's unlikely that the country's oil output will rise signficantly.Photo: Hamed SaberThis essay was originally published on... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Economy Oil Petrol Photos Wikipedia : Oil

Asia Times
Russia muscles EU resolve
Mar 3, 2011... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
EU Energy Photos Russia Wikipedia: Russia – European Union relations

Caspian

	How the demise of a trusted adviser could bring down Ahmadinejad The Independent
	Tigers fascinating creatures GroundReport
	Baku and beyond: a road-trip around Azerbaijan The Guardian
	India to prospect for oil, gas in Uzbekistan The Hindu

Moscow

	Injuries and Triumphs Color a Ballet Season The New York Times
	Georgian president's photographer arrested on suspicion of spying Irish Times
	Moscow applies to extend Arctic border The Independent

Vladivostok

	Inflation hits 4.8% in 5M RBC News
	Whistleblower says Russian troops fed dog food DNA India
	Russia to suspend gasoline exports The Siasat Daily

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A Day of Goodbyes and New Arrivals

World briefs: 7/11/11

Over 100 missing after boat sinks in Russia's Volga

Nearly 100 missing after boat sinks in Russia

Many missing as Russian boat Bulgaria sinks on Volga

100 missing after cruiser sinks on river Volga

Russia Headlines

1C adds Russian intrigue to action videogames

SDIC to invest more abroad | Companies | chinadaily.com.cn

Foreigners still remain strangers in China|Domestic Affairs|

Risk-Free and Above the Law: U.S. Globalizes Drone Warfar

Over 100 missing after boat sinks in Russia

Europe Headlines

Crashes mar Tour de France

The Buzz: Spain beats U.S. in Davis Cup

European Biomass Demand To Grow 44% Between 2010 and 2020

Asia stocks decline after weak US jobs report

Techniques of one-pan apple cheese lasagna with tart cherry

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In this photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, an American flag waves in the breeze behind razor-wire and fences within the compound of Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba on Tuesday, June 27, 2006. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President George W. Bush overstepped his authority in creating military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policie

Multi-Billion-Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class

U.S. President Barack Obama's special Mideast envoy George Mitchell pauses prior a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, not seen, in Tel Aviv, Sunday, July 26, 2009.

US push for Middle East peace talks foundering

KILLICK, Haiti - The executive officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, Cmdr. John Driscoll, meets with members of the United Nations Peacekeepers from the Sri Lankan army in Killick, Jan. 15, 2010. Coast Guard personnel have deployed to Haiti to assist with the earthquake relief efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Rebekah Runner. (751423) ( Haiti Relief )

UN approves 7,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan

Your Link to Germany DW English
Shuttle docks at space station for last time The Los Angeles Times
Letters: The Murdoch Empire The Independent
102 missing after Russia sinking London Evening Standard
100 feared dead as Russia plays down chances of finding boat The Daily Telegraph
Our priority is to restart economic growth in Europe: Poland The Hindu
Turkmen authorities admit to 15 blast deaths Breitbart
Georgian president accuses Vladimir Putin of personally orch The Daily Telegraph
Little-known German prize for Putin raises doubts m&c;
Pat Byington: On climate-change debate, just follow the scie The Providence Journal
Boat sinks on Russia's Volga, 61 missing Herald Tribune
Putin wins award in Germany Deccan Herald
Putin sent to Russia by God to deal with hard times: Kremlin The Times of India
Frank Lindh: America's barbaric treatment of my son John Wal The Observer
End of NASA and Space Shuttle Program The Examiner
'In my day, MI6 – which I called the Circus in the boo The Daily Mail
Alexander Nevsky (U.S.S.R., 1938) The Examiner
Photojournalists charged with espionage Canoe
Georgian journalists charged with spying for Russia The Independent
A History of Government Management of UFO Perceptions throug Pakalert Press

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What we are facing on planet Earth

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde speaks to the media outside the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2011, where she was interviewing to succeed former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Christine Lagarde named IMF head

KLdy1 - Oct07 - Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia - russian economy, population, politics. (dy1)

Putin says Russia's economy two-thirds recovered

Video: Damning Evidence On 9/11 Pentagon Attack Pakalert Press
US government openly admits arming Mexican drug gangs with 3 Pakalert Press
NASA's last space shuttle blasts into history The News & Observer
Asia tries to keep traction Asia Times
Top US Space Expert Issues Catastrophic Warning On Comet Ele Pakalert Press
As More Investors Seek Shelter in Gold, Russia Is Only Too H The New York Times
Energy Issues Help Propel Belarus Economy To Verge Of Collap The Street
Russia's Putin backs higher payroll tax for wealthy The Guardian
Chavez's health a concern to Cuban economy, too Kansas City Star
Egypt vs IMF: Time to default? Middle East Online
Rich Russians Move Cash to Europe Wall Street Journal
newU.S. plays 'Russian roulette' with debt ceiling CBC
Chavez health raises concerns about Cuban economy The Himalayan
India, Russia can explore business opportunities in nanotech The Times of India
Video of British Debate on Hacking Scandal The New York Times
Immigration Reconsidered: Damien Cave Answers Readers' Quest The New York Times
14 Propaganda Techniques Fox “News” Uses to Brainwash Americ Pakalert Press
Weather Modification – A Covert Weapon Of Mass Destruc Pakalert Press
Video: Radiation Coverups Confirmed Pakalert Press
Warning: Silver and Gold Trading Getting Banned Pakalert Press

Two workers pass in front of aircraft carrier "Varyag" at a dockyard in Mykolayiv, Ukraine May 27, 1997. The Ukrainian National Agency for Reconstruction and Development has announced results of an international tender to sell the "Varyag" in Kiev, Ukraine , Tuesday, March 17, 1998. The Chinese firm "Agencia Turistica e Diversoes Chong Lot Limitada Makau" won the tender. The carrier, which is only 70 percent complete, was sold for $20 million.

China has joined the club with its first aircraft carrier

Arctic Oil Rig

Russia Embraces Risky Offshore Arctic Drilling

Potatoes - Vegetable - Organic

Punjab farmers to ship 5K tonne potato to Russia

Over 100 feared dead after cruise ship sinks in storm on Rus The Daily Mail
Divers are searching for 100 people missing after a Soviet-e The Australian
97 missing after cruise ship sinks The Daily Telegraph Australia
One dead as cruise ship sinks on Russia's Volga river Breitbart
88 missing as ship sinks in Russia Deccan Herald
Cruise ship sinks in Russia with 182 aboard CNN
Up 100 feared dead after cruise ships sinks on Russia's Volg The Daily Mail
Quick trip lingers a long time Independent online (SA)
Thawing Arctic opens up new shipping routes The Hindu
Itera launches exploration of offshore Turkmen block RBC News
Russian frigate project for Navy likely to be delayed Indian Express
Thawing Arctic opens up new shipping routes on the 'roof of The Guardian
Harbour trials of Admiral Gorshkov by August in Russia DNA India
Russia behind time on Indian frigates delivery The Siasat Daily
Navy not to ground MiG-29K fighters Mumbai Mirror
Russian President Medvedev shows nautical skills on training m&c;
Waterford hoping for Euro35m wave of spending during Tall Sh Irish Times
Russian crew ship members die after drinking Indonesian home The Guardian
Ship-borne MiG-29KUB jet for Indian Navy crashes in Russia Deccan Herald
Ship-borne MiG jet for Indian Navy crashes in Russia DNA India

Ice floes in the northern Bering Sea

Russia Plans Brigades to Defend Interest in Arctic

File - View of the area around Ny-Ålesund, located on Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, September 1, 2009.

WikiLeaks: A battle to 'carve up' the Arctic

Headquarters of Russian oil gaint Yukos seen in Moscow, Thursday, May 10, 2007. A subsidiary of Russia´s state-controlled oil company OAO Rosneft on Thursday bought the remaining production and refining assets of bankrupt OAO Yukos at an auction fo

BP's Rosneft collapse puts Shell, Exxon back in play

Russia to pump more oil, cut export duty-Putin The Guardian
PM tackles gasoline shortage RBC News
Russia, Serbia venture wins Bosnia oil concessions The Guardian
Putin to discuss tax bill for Russian oil industry The Guardian
Lukoil's Odessa refinery unlikely to resume operations RBC News
UPDATE 1 -Gunvor, Volga Resources buy Russian coal mines The Guardian
Military stalemate in Libya heightens US-NATO crisis Axis of Logic
West's Kazakh star fades Asia Times
Exhausted global oil supplies make Arctic the new hydrocarbo The Guardian
Belarus blocks social media sites on holiday The News & Observer
Cuba would hurt if Chávez is replaced The Miami Herald
America: An Empire in Decline GlobalResearch
Schlumberger Expands in Russia The Street
Russia criticises France over Libya arms drop China Daily
Arming Libya rebels is "crude violation" The Siasat Daily
Moscow slams 'crude violation' by Paris Independent online (SA)
Pakistan in Pieces: Punishing Pakistan and Challenging China Pakalert Press
Punishing Pakistan and Challenging China GlobalResearch
A Russian Insult to Belarus, via Airwave The New York Times
Business Highlights Kansas City Star

In this photo taken on a government organized tour, a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is seen in a damaged official building following an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, early Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

ICC prosecutor targets Gaddafi, NATO steps up raids

In this photo made on a government organized tour, Libyan government soldiers walk through debris caused by a NATO airstrike, in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, April 25, 2011.

Deadlock in Libya exposes international rifts

Fire and smoke rises from storage warehouse at a construction site that is run by a foreign company, with no clear causes of the incident, in Benghazi, Libya Friday, April 15, 2011. Troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi unleashed heavy shelling Friday on Misrata, pushing troops and tanks into the rebel-held western city, a witness said, while NATO officials struggled to overcome differences over its mission to dislodge the defiant Libyan leader.

Qaddafi Forces Fire Cluster Bombs Into Civilian Areas

Russian riverboat sinks; 100 missing, feared dead The Los Angeles Times
For Israel, a Balkan bloom despite Palestine chill Hartford Courant
GASC buys Russian wheat, first time in nearly 1 year The Guardian
Deceased Seamen Returned to Russia Jakarta Globe
Forwarders Seek Eased Russia Customs Barriers Journal of Commerce
U.S. And NATO Allies Expanding Global Military Footprint Scoop
Sex trafficking trade forces women from Odessa to massage pa The Observer
Russia to Deploy Troops to Defend Interests in Arctic Wall Street Journal
Rail linking Europe to open up China's less-developed West China Daily
Slideshow: Legion of superclones flying to destroy London an The Examiner
Literary lure of the sea: Philip Marsden explores the global The Independent
Campbell Soup Retools Supply Chain, Cuts Jobs Journal of Commerce
Global Ports bookrunners exercise over-allotment option RBC News
UPDATE 1-TNK-BP resists export cuts to Poland, Belarus The Guardian
Inland port to open air route to Russia China Daily
Russia's Global Ports IPO Raises $534 Million Journal of Commerce
The Luxury Frontier Wall Street Journal
4 Russian Seamen Dead After Drinking Homemade Indonesian Alc Jakarta Globe
4 Russian sailors die after drinking Borneo brew The State
Russia's Global Ports prices $534 mln London IPO The Guardian

Indian activists hold banners as they participate in a protest against proposed nuclear plant in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 21, 2011. The protest was organized by environmentalists and Leftist trade unions against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant in MaharashtraÕs Konkan region.

Villagers oppose India's big nuclear reactor plan

Airport - Filipinos - Travelers

The Best 'Pasalubong'

Hundreds of Turkish citizens working in Libya wait to board the Orhan Gazi, one of two ships sent by Turkey to evacuate Turkish nationals trapped in this country, in Benghazi, Libya, early Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Two Turkish ships whisked 3,000 citizens away from the unrest engulfing Libya as Turkey cranked up its largest-ever evacuation on Wednesday, seeking to protect its estimated 25,000 workers in Libya.

Libya turmoil triggers evacuation scramble

Rain Phoenix's unusual childhood The Observer
British nuclear submarine commander accused of killing Frenc The Daily Mail
The edge of civilisation in Tromsø London Evening Standard
Turku delight for art lovers Irish Times
Vietnam plans live-fire drill after China dispute The News & Observer
NATO combat helicopters enter Libya fray Breitbart
Obama chided on Libya‚ China meets rebels The Himalayan
Obama chided on Libya, China meets rebels Breitbart
Cruising excursions: 50 of the best The Daily Telegraph
Russian revelation: Landmark locations in the world's larges The Independent
The best science fiction books The Guardian
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective Scoop
US, Russia, others to cooperate on Arctic rescues Inquirer
US seeks cooperation in fast-changing Arctic Herald Tribune
US, others to clinch Arctic search-and-rescue pact - and tip Star Tribune
Spotty Showers (remembering the "Fridley Outbreak" of 1965) Star Tribune
A new variety of banh xeo to sample in Ben Tre The Saigon Times
Alexander Sidorkin: From Russia with blog The Providence Journal
Is this what you call 'back to normal?': Day after scientist The Daily Mail
Blue: the UK's best Eurovision hope for years The Guardian

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