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Moscow police free about 50 slave workers from captivity

13:02 10/06/2008

Police have freed 49 migrant Uzbek workers held in captivity by Azerbaijani nationals in a village near Moscow, an organized crime department said in a press release on Tuesday.

Russia look to defy history at Euro 2008
12:33 10/06/2008
Russia face Spain in their opening Euro 2008 match on Tuesday as the side attempts to shake off 17 years of disappointment and make it out of their group at a major tournament for the first time since the collapse of the U.S.S.R.
Seven injured in explosion in Chechen capital - 2
12:17 10/06/2008
Four police officers and three locals were injured when two bombs exploded in a cafe in Chechnya's capital Grozny overnight, local prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Gazprom CEO says company could buy major assets in France
11:55 10/06/2008
Energy giant Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] is set to become a key player on the French energy market and could buy major assets in France, Gazprom's CEO said on Tuesday.
Gas blast injures 13 in Chechen capital
11:07 10/06/2008
Six killed in road accident in Russia's Urals
10:42 10/06/2008
Georgian president demands Russian troop pullout from Abkhazia
09:30 10/06/2008
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said Georgia will never allow the annexation of its territories and will insist on the withdrawal of Russia's railroad troops from the breakaway region of Abkhazia.

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PM Medvedev Elected as United Russia Leader

Members of Russia's ruling United Russia party on Saturday elected Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its leader at a party congress.

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Sweden Wins 2012 Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden’s Loreen has won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with 372 points with her hit Euphoria, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Sunday.

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Egyptian Independent Presidential Candidate Appeals Polls’ Results

An independent candidate at the Egyptian presidential elections, Hamdeen Sabbahi of the nationalist Dignity party, who came the third in the polls’ first round on Wednesday and Thursday, said he would appeal the results because of violations.

Victims of Jet Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Victims of Plane Crash in Czech Republic Return to Russia

Twelve Russians, the crew members of a An-30 turboprop that crash landed on May 23 at an airport in the east of Prague, and Russian Defense Ministry inspectors returned to Russia on Saturday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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