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...said E.U. leaders had agreed unanimously that their defense policy would be "complementary to ... never an alternative to NATO." U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, said earlier that the plans represented "the most significant threat to" the transatlantic alliance. Kremlin Rebuffed GREECE In a blow to the Russian prosecutor's office, an Athens appeals court took only a few minutes to reject Moscow's demand for the extradition of exiled Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky on fraud charges. Gusinsky fled Moscow in 2000 after being accused of embezzling state-controlled gas giant Gazprom of $250 million. He claimed the charges...
...Strand; a downtempo album that actually has lyrical content; an electronica album comprised largely of organic instruments. Vocalist Margaret Fiedler even lends wispy guitar sounds to the mix, and with skittering electronic beats complemented by drummer Lou Ciccotelli, Laika seem to move in spheres close to those of their Russian cosmodog namesake...
...with an open mind. But Fredriksen is particularly pessimistic about The Passion’s potentially detrimental effects. At the end of “Mad Mel,” she concluded that “once its subtitles shift from English to Polish, or Spanish, or French, or Russian,” violence would be inevitable...
Various peace plans have been suggested for turning things around in Chechnya. One of the most detailed, put forward by Khasbulatov, speaks of giving Chechnya autonomy "under international supervision" within the Russian Federation. But Putin is opposed to anything that weakens Moscow's writ. And many Chechens believe with equal force that their only hope is independence...
...lead the way deeper into the earth along a narrow concrete passageway to a Nazi-era bunker. During World War II, Berlin's huddled masses sheltered here as Allied bombs flattened their city. Until Nov. 2, you're more likely to bump into Hitler, as played by a Russian actor, begging for forgiveness; or a snake handler with a boa constrictor that's meant to represent the serpent in Eden. This may be an unlikely setting for an art show, particularly one that's supposed to celebrate heaven, but don't tell that to Torsten R?mer. "The tension between...