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Will Russian cities get their casinos back?
Russians are no longer confronted by a dazzling abundance of casinos and gambling dens on their city streets or slot machines at supermarkets. In the past 12-plus months since the enactment of a nationwide gambling ban, some gambling establishments have gone deep undercover, while others have changed their name and become lottery clubs.
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U.S. operation in Iraq is over: controversial results
U.S. President Barack Obama has kept his election promise so far: the U.S. is currently on track to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. In what state will the United States leave Iraq? Dr. Alexander Shumilin (Ph.D. in History) heads the Center for Middle East Conflict Analysis at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies. In an interview with Samir Shakhbaz, he speaks about the consequences of the near decade-long presence of American troops in Iraq.
WWII and the burden of memory
The Second World War formally ended on September 2, 1945 with Japan's surrender. There is a popular saying that a war is over when the last soldiers killed are buried. With WWII, however, things aren't so simple.
Oil find reported in the Arctic sooner than expected
Oil fever could strike the Arctic sooner than expected and is likely to be accompanied by a host of problems. A U.K. rival to BP, Cairn Energy, announced last week: "First well in Greenland provides early indication of working hydrocarbon system" in the Beaufort Sea.
The history of Russian-Georgian relations
The first cultural, economic and political ties between Georgia and Kievan Rus date back to the 12th century. Both Orthodox Christian states, they established regular relations in the 16th-18th centuries.
History of Russian-Ukrainian Relations
In the 9th-12th centuries, most of the Kievan Rus lands were part of the early feudal Russian State. The Kiev, Chernigov, Halych, Vladimir-Volhynia and other independent principalities emerged in Southwest Rus in the 12th century, and the Halych-Volhynian principality toward the end of the 12th century.

Was the U.S. military operation in Iraq a success? 12:30, 24.90Mb
U.S. President Barack Obama is making good on his promise: Washington is currently on track to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. In what state will the United States leave Iraq? Dr. Alexander Shumilin (Ph.D. in History) heads the Center for Middle East Conflict Analysis at the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies. In an interview with Samir Shakhbaz, he speaks about the consequences of the more than seven-year presence of American troops in Iraq.





































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