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2010-09-03 21:33

8 killed in latest wave of Russian forest fires (AP)

A Russian man attempts to put out a blaze 155 km south of Moscow in Shatura on August 13. Russia said it was beating back the country's worst ever wildfires, including one close to a secret nuclear site, as parts of the parched country were hit by thunderstorms and torrential rain.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)AP - The latest wave of forest fires in Russia has killed eight people and injured 17, authorities said Friday.


2010-09-03 18:06

Eight dead as fires flare up again in southern Russia (AFP)

A firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a forest near the village Ryazanovka outside Moscow in July 2010. Eight people have died as forest and brush fires flared up again in Russia's southern farmlands, burning down 532 homes and buildings, officials said.(AFP/Artyom Korotayev)AFP - Eight people have died as forest and brush fires flared up again in Russia's southern farmlands, burning down 532 homes and buildings, officials said on Friday.


2010-09-03 18:06

Zebra-painted horses walk Moscow intersections (AP)

A policeman watches a horse painted as zebra at a crossing at a  highway in downtown  Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 Moscow traffic policemen on Friday were teaching children cross the road safely with the use of horses and ponies painted as zebras. The poster reads : Attention! Children go to school.(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - A peculiar sight greeted drivers in Moscow on Friday: zebras walking back and forth across some of the city's busiest intersections.


2010-09-03 18:06

Eight die as wildfires consume Russian villages (Reuters)

Firefighters are seen near a forest destroyed by wildfires outside the city of Togliatti on the Volga River in Samara region, September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei SerdyukovReuters - Wildfires swept through dozens of villages in southern Russia, killing at least eight people and reducing more than 400 homes to smoldering ruins, officials said Friday.


2010-09-03 14:41

5 killed in latest wave of Russian forest fires (AP)

A Russian man attempts to put out a blaze 155 km south of Moscow in Shatura on August 13. Russia said it was beating back the country's worst ever wildfires, including one close to a secret nuclear site, as parts of the parched country were hit by thunderstorms and torrential rain.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)AP - Five people have been killed and 400 houses set ablaze in the latest wave of the forest fires plaguing Russia, the Emergencies Ministry said Friday.


2010-09-03 14:41

Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan (AP)

AP - Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics.

2010-09-03 11:14

4 killed in Russian forest fires (AP)

A Russian man attempts to put out a blaze 155 km south of Moscow in Shatura on August 13. Russia said it was beating back the country's worst ever wildfires, including one close to a secret nuclear site, as parts of the parched country were hit by thunderstorms and torrential rain.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)AP - Russia's emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country's south have killed four people.


2010-09-03 00:56

Russian fires start up again: ministry (AFP)

A Russian firefighter tries to stop fire near village Dolginino in August 2010. Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing two people and burning down nearly 500 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday.(AFP/File/Artyom Korotayev)AFP - Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing two people and burning down nearly 500 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday.


2010-09-03 00:56

New Russia wildfires kill 2 and consume homes (Reuters)

Reuters - A new wave of wildfires swept through villages in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least two people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said.

2010-09-02 21:29

Russian police raid opposition magazine (Reuters)

Reuters - Armed and masked Russian police raided an opposition magazine on Thursday, pressing journalists to hand over interview recordings used in reports on alleged abuse of authority by the much-feared OMON riot police.

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