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25 Years After Chernobyl, Russia Calls for Stricter Nuke Safety Rules

KIEV, Ukraine -- Russia's president argued Tuesday that tough international guidelines could help prevent accidents like the massive Chernobyl meltdown , defending nuclear energy during solemn ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history. Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President...

Russia Vows to Stop Polar Bear Hunting

MOSCOW -- An program tied to Vladimir Putin says no polar bears will be hunted in Russia this year. A Russian-U.S. commission last year agreed to restrict polar bear hunting to 29 animals per year for each country. But Russia's polar bear program, established under Putin's patronage, said this week that no...

3-2-1 ... and Liftoff: Manned Space Flights Mark 50th Anniversary

"Three ... 2 ... 1 ...ignition ... and liftoff." With those famous words first heard in Russian and then English, rocket engines burst into life, sending manned vehicles through the extreme "g" forces of vertical acceleration into Earth orbit and into the history books. On this date 20 years apart, two milestones were...

50 Years Later, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's Secret Last Words Revealed

Fifty years ago today, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to experience outer space. Beforehand, he wrote a poignant letter to his wife, telling her to remarry if he didn't survive. But his last conversation before liftoff, according to secret recordings only now released by Russia, was decidedly less...

Japan Nuke Plant Spews More Radiation Into Pacific

TOKYO -- Radiation in seawater at the shoreline off Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant has measured several million times the legal limit over the past few days, though officials contended Tuesday that the contamination still does not pose an immediate danger. Radiation has been pouring in to the Pacific Ocean...

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05/31/12 Clinton: Russia contributing to Syrian civil war Source: CBS News Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday said Russia's continued support for Assad "is going to help contribute to a civil war."
05/31/12 Pegasystems Inc. : LANIT Awarded Gold Partner Status Source: InvestEgate MOSCOW and READING, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - May 31, 2012) - LANIT today announced that its subsidiary "LANIT - BPM" has been signed as a Gold Partner for Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA ), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) and software for customer centricity.
05/31/12 SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down Source: USA Today The SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after successfully resupplying the International Space Station.
05/31/12 UPDATE 2-Russia TMK Q1 net profit flat, beats estimates Source: Reuters TMK, Russia's largest maker of steel pipes for the energy sector, said on Thursday its 2012 first quarter net profit was flat, and second quarter core earnings would remain unchanged as its U.S. sales could be pressured by imports.
05/31/12 'Russia is significant in Karabakh conflict settlement... Source: Today.Az Russia is significant in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement as a mediator, the Russian President's Special Envoy on Relations with the CIS and head of the Federal Agency "Rossotrudnichestvo" Konstantin Kosachev said today.

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