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LONDON - Johnny Depp is making a film about a former Russian spy whose poisoning death in London has touched off an international mystery, the trade magazine Variety reported...
...nuclear-weapons face-off of the past: the battle for energy supplies among countries heavily dependent on imported oil and gas, which include the U.S. and the E.U., plus the rocketing economies of China and India. That necessity is a powerful weapon in this new battle. Shortly before Christmas, Russian President Vladimir Putin forced Royal Dutch Shell to cede control of Sakhalin II, the world's biggest oil and gas project, to the state-owned giant Gazprom, opening the North Pacific island's vast resources to Asian markets. The $7.45 billion price was small to Gazprom, whose value has soared...
That's given Russia immense power to dictate terms for much of Europe. In one power play, the Russians briefly blocked gas last winter to Ukraine, leaving millions freezing. In December, Putin threatened to do the same to Belarus unless it began paying Western-level gas prices. Belarus agreed. Infuriated that Azerbaijan's new BP-operated pipeline to the West bypasses Russia, Putin has said he intends to double gas prices for Azerbaijan, which in turn threatened to stop exporting its oil through the Russian-controlled section of the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline to the Black Sea. "We want...
...Investigators said they were gathering debris from the Russian-made, 45-cm-long missile that hit the heavily guarded building on top of the soaring U.S. seal on the embassy facade...
...tournament, he probably needs someone else to get rid of Federer for him. As time passes, 2005 is looking like a fateful missed opportunity for the top-ranked Australian. Riding into the Melbourne final on a wave of momentum and national fervor, Hewitt succumbed to Safin even though the Russian was floundering for the first set and a half and ready to be put to sleep. He may never get as good a chance again...