Insight: Putin's Russia: more fragile than it looks |
- Insight: Putin's Russia: more fragile than it looks
- VIDEO: Muslim fashion magazine outsells Vogue
- VIDEO: Commemorating the Day of the Dead
- Japan protests another US troop-related incident
- Fishing thwarts Antarctic marine sanctuary idea
- Second stealth jet puts China on path to top regional power: expert
- VIDEO: ISS crew 'Vogue' before spacewalk
- China compensates man wrongly jailed for 11 years
- VIDEO: Muslim fashion magazine outsells Vogue
- VIDEO: Commemorating the Day of the Dead
- WSJ: State Dept. and CIA had secret, botched deal for Benghazi security
- VIDEO: A $2.5bn election: Where the money comes from
- Big Spending Republicans
- Gang rules 6 years after start of Mexico drug war
- VIDEO: Chinese affected by Gorges Dam
- VIDEO: The nuts and bolts of Opera
- VIDEO: Chinese affected by Gorges Dam
- Blind Chinese activist's brother says lawsuit rejected
- Pigeons set China Congress security plans aflutter
- 30 Days Of Freelancing: Day 1
| Insight: Putin's Russia: more fragile than it looks Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:02 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - When Vladimir Putin celebrated his 60th birthday this month, a group of patriotic mountaineers unfurled a portrait of the Russian leader on a 4,150-metre mountain peak. Hailing him as a guarantor of happiness and stability, the climbers' leader explained: "We have stuck Putin's portrait on a rock wall we see as unbreakable and eternal as Putin".
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| VIDEO: Muslim fashion magazine outsells Vogue Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:08 AM PDT The Muslim fashion magazine Ala appeals to a conservative chic female market in Turkey and in its debut year outsold Vogue.
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| VIDEO: Commemorating the Day of the Dead Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:06 PM PDT Many parts of Latin America are commemorating the Day of the Dead, as the BBC's Alexandra Mackenzie reports.
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| Japan protests another US troop-related incident Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:09 PM PDT
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| Fishing thwarts Antarctic marine sanctuary idea Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:29 PM PDT The countries that regulate fishing in the Antarctic were unable this week to agree on creating a giant marine sanctuary there.
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| Second stealth jet puts China on path to top regional power: expert Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:55 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's second stealth fighter jet that was unveiled this week is part of a program to transform China into the top regional military power, an expert on Asian security said on Friday.
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| VIDEO: ISS crew 'Vogue' before spacewalk Posted: 01 Nov 2012 04:09 PM PDT Astronauts preparing for a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk to perform maintenance on the International Space Station warmed up for the task by dancing to Madonna's Vogue.
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| China compensates man wrongly jailed for 11 years Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:20 PM PDT A Chinese man who served 11 years of a life sentence for a wrongful conviction of check fraud was awarded a record state compensation of 825,000 yuan ($131,000) this week.
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| VIDEO: Muslim fashion magazine outsells Vogue Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:08 AM PDT The Muslim fashion magazine Ala appeals to a conservative chic female market in Turkey and in its debut year outsold Vogue.
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| VIDEO: Commemorating the Day of the Dead Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:06 PM PDT Many parts of Latin America are commemorating the Day of the Dead, as the BBC's Alexandra Mackenzie reports.
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| WSJ: State Dept. and CIA had secret, botched deal for Benghazi security Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:02 PM PDT Of all of the questions surrounding the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, one that has seemed especially puzzling is the apparently insufficient security there. A new report from the Wall Street Journal sheds light on this, revealing what the paper says was a secret and possibly confused arrangement between the State Department and Central Intelligence Agency. Read full article >>
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| VIDEO: A $2.5bn election: Where the money comes from Posted: 01 Nov 2012 03:18 PM PDT Why the US presidential election will cost $2.5bn (£1.5bn) explained in three minutes.
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| Posted: 01 Nov 2012 05:18 PM PDT Most voters seem to agree that Mitt Romney would do a better job of taming the debt. He certainly talks a lot about it. During the primary season he said that borrowing money to finance disaster relief would be "immoral" and that such activities should be left to state and local [...]
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| Gang rules 6 years after start of Mexico drug war Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:17 PM PDT Forest-camouflaged pickups roared to life as the Mexican soldiers pulled on their black masks and hoisted their Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles.
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| VIDEO: Chinese affected by Gorges Dam Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:19 PM PDT Martin Patience travels to the Three Gorges Dam to see the giant hydropower project and meet the people its construction affected.
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| VIDEO: The nuts and bolts of Opera Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:50 PM PDT Head Scenic Artist, Emma Troubridge, gives the BBC a guided tour of the Royal Opera House's theatre set construction and design.
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| VIDEO: Chinese affected by Gorges Dam Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:19 PM PDT Martin Patience travels to the Three Gorges Dam to see the giant hydropower project and meet the people its construction affected.
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| Blind Chinese activist's brother says lawsuit rejected Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:45 PM PDT
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| Pigeons set China Congress security plans aflutter Posted: 01 Nov 2012 08:26 PM PDT
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