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Russia takes steps to combat deadly swine flu Russia has tightened preventive measures to stop the spread of swine flu, which has already killed at least 81 people in Mexico. Anyone arriving from North America with symptoms of the deadly virus will be quarantined.

Button victorious again On the Formula One circuit, Brawn's Jenson Button has clinched his third win in four races this season, taking top honors at the Bahrain Grand Prix in the United Arab Emirates.

Sakhalin Energy gives chance to gray whales Conservation organizations have won agreement from the Sakhalin Energy consortium to end seismic work in Russian waters, near the only feeding ground of a critically endangered population of gray whales.

TV station building in Tbilisi collapsed This morning, a five store building of Georgian state-owned TV station Rustavi-2 partially collapsed, injuring nine and burying two film editors alive under debris.

Gonchar, Malkin advance in Stanley Cup In the Stranley Cup play-offs, the Pittsburgh Penguins have rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat Philadelphia 5-3, and clinch the series in six games.

New Yorkers speak out on torture Barak Obama's officials have released memos detailing the interrogation methods used by the Bush administration. Online journalist Lori 'The Resident' Harfenist asked New Yorkers whether torture was ever justified.

Torture memos released Secret memos from the Bush Administration were released this week detailing the harsh interrogation methods used on detainees in the ‘War on Terror.'

Chernobyl: 23 years later Twenty-three years ago on April 26, 1986 at 1:23 in the morning, the number four reactor at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl suffered an unstoppable chain reaction, causing the worst man-made disaster in history.

North Korea: return of the nukes North Korea says it has resumed reprocessing spent fuel rods to produce arms-grade plutonium.

19 detained for shooting in Moscow centre Nineteen people – apparent Chechen and Ingush nationals – have been detained in Moscow for an attempt to block a centre street with their cars and for shooting non-lethal weapons.

Toyota claims front row in Bahrain On the Formula One circuit, Jarno Trulli will start on pole in Bahrain with Timo Glock next to him as Toyota brilliantly locked out their first-ever front row.

Australians pull out of Davis Cup Australian Tennis Federation officials have confirmed that the country won't send its players for their Davis Cup tie to India - due to concerns over security.

Italy takes commanding lead against holders Russia There's been a lot of disappointment for Russian tennis fans as the country's Fed Cup team is off to a poor start in their semi-final tie with Italy.

Spartak fit a key to Kazan The most popular Russian football club, Spartak Moscow, torn by recent changes in the team’s management, has quite surprisingly beaten the reigning champions Rubin on the road.

Slovak international confesses to stabbing referee to death How far can rage toward an ice hockey referee go? Slovak international Ladislav Scurko has been arrested by Kosice police in connection with the murder of referee Marek Liptaj.

Ukraine to host EURO 2012 anyway It has been confirmed that Ukraine will host the European football championship in 2012, along with Poland. But while Ukrainian football is doing well, the same can't be said about the country's economy.

Merkel gets a WWII reminder Construction workers have discovered an unexploded 100 kg Soviet air bomb left over from WWII in the center of Berlin, in the Museum Island district.

Girl power Women are making a run in the boardrooms of Russia, taking up many of the top executive positions. But in politics it's a different story. And the enemy within could be other women.

World finance ministers discuss one trillion dollar bail out Finance ministers from around the globe are meeting this weekend with one main issue on their minds: how best to spend one trillion dollars to help the world's economy.

Russia set for cooperation in Korean peninsula Russia is ready to consider launching satellites for North Korea. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has proposed the move in an effort to get North Korea to return to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear programme.

Russia - U.S. S.T.A.R.T consultations Russian and American experts have begun the first round of consultations on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.

Suicide in U.S. Embassy? A German guard may have committed suicide inside the American Embassy in Berlin.

Explosions continue in Chechnya A Russian army colonel has been injured in an explosion in the country's southern republic of Chechnya when a shell, left over from Chechen military operations in the 1990s, reportedly exploded at a building site.

Parents of kidnapped girl come to amicable agreement The parents of Elise Andre, who have repeatedly kidnapped the girl from each other in their ‘tug of love,’ have reached an amicable agreement. That is according to her mother’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena.

Radical Jews want sex-segregated buses Ultra-orthodox Jews demand all busses going through orthodox areas to be sex-segregated, claiming normal vehicles force them to contact immodestly-dressed women, which offends their beliefs.

No surprises: Russia and Canada easy winners in openers The show is on! Favorites Russia and Canada have kicked of their campaigns at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland, beating Germany and Belarus respectively.

‘IMF won’t solve the crisis’ – protester Mass anti-IMF protests are underway in Washington DC where an IMF meeting is taking place. Legba Carresour, one of the organizers of the protests, shared his view on IMF’s anti-crisis moves with RT.

Ukraine prepares for a terror attack Ukraine's security service is facing legal action after being accused of using members of the public in an anti-terror exercise. People in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol were stopped for ID checks and held for hours.

Elder Klitschko fined for smuggling Meanwhile, Wladimir’s brother, Vitaly Klitschko, was fined for smuggling on Friday, the German 'Bild' newspaper reports.

Russians dominate student programming contest IT students showed off their programming skills at an international competition in Stockholm. A team from St. Petersburg defended their championship title, scoring first among the world's 100 strongest teams.

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