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		<title><![CDATA[Putin Announces More Anti-crisis Aid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gleb Bryanski and Denis PinchukST PETERSBURG, Russia (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Vladimir Putin pledged on Saturday to widen Russia's anti-crisis aid package with a car scrappage scheme and mortgage support to jolt the economy out of the worst recession in 15 years.Putin, who now serves as Russia's prime minister after...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:30:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AP's Top News Stories for August 5th, in Four Words Or Less]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a public service, we here at BNET Media have been running top news headlines from the Associated Press this week. Well, actually, we're doing it to make a point: that its policy of charging those who wouldÂ  use more than four words of its content is completely wrong-headed. ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin Says He'll Ban Chicken from Some U.S. Plants]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just what the chicken industry needed right now: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday told CNN that he's planning to ban imports from 19 U.S. chicken processing plants because of â€" get this â€" "health concerns."     So far, the Russian government hasn't contacted any U.S....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Research and Markets: 'Gazprom: What Future Is In Store For The Company Under The New Putin And Medvedev?']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91445) has announced the addition of "Gazprom: What Future is in Store for the Company under the new Putin and Medvedev?" to their offering.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin celebrates women&#39;s day... with another woman]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVO OGARYEVO, Russia AFP &#8212; Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday he'd given presents to his wife for International Women's Day, but joked he would breakfast with her.  The Russian president began talks with Merkel at his residence just outside Moscow by congratulating her on Women's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Criticism, arrests overshadow Medvedev landslide]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW AFP &#8212; Western criticism and dozens of opposition arrests in Moscow on Monday overshadowed Dmitry Medvedev's triumph in a presidential election to replace Russian leader Vladimir Putin.  Medvedev won 70.2 percent of Sunday's vote, crushing his nearest rival, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, who got 17.8 percent, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin&#39;s heir backs Serbia in Kosovo dispute]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELGRADE AFP &#8212; Russia's likely next president, Dmitry Medvedev, vowed Monday to stick by Belgrade in its fight against Kosovo's Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia one week ago.  The actions behind Kosovo's split "destroy the international security system, the international legal system, which mankind formed more than 100...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New York Times to Publish 'Kremlin Rules,' a Multi-Part Series on Democracy in Today's Russia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Series to be Translated Into Russian on a Community Blog on LiveJournal.com  NEW YORK -- The New York Times announced today that beginning on Sunday, Feb. 24, it will publish "Kremlin Rules," a multi-part series that examines democracy in Russia under President Vladimir V. Putin. The first article in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former Soviet foreign minister warns against new Cold War]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; Soviet era foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze on Wednesday warned world leaders not to let the row over US plans to place a missile shield in Europe escalate into another Cold War.  "We must not repeat the mistakes of the past, we must not allow another Cold...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Innovation Through Competition]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation Through Competitioninnovation through CompetitionI most certainly do agree with the subject under discussion but my feeling about innovation is that it needs to be something that comes out of the person without influencing factors. I need to explain this ..statistics prove that 90% of the great ideas and problems...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Black belt Putin wrongfoots critics]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEILIGENDAMM, Germany AFP &#8212; It was meant to be the summit where President Vladimir Putin took a drubbing, but in the end the Kremlin leader&#8217;s critics were the ones counting their bruises.  The Russian leader left the Group of Eight summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, leaving Western counterparts wondering how...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Berlin's Russia challenge]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RUSSIA HAS found an innovative way to ring in the New Year with its European partners: threatening to cut off energy supplies. At the beginning of 2006, it was gas exports through Ukraine; in January 2007, it was oil supplies through Belarus. Although President Lukashenko backed down and oil again...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin takes Mideast peace offensive to Jordan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMMAN AFP &#8212; Jordan's King Abdullah II and visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to pool their efforts to help revive long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.  "President Putin and I agreed that negotiations towards the establishment of a viable, independent Palestinian state should be accelerated,"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU/RUSSIA : EP DEBATE ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT DOMINATED BY POLISH BAN.(European Union)(European Parliament)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate on the recent EU-Russia summit at the European  Parliament on 29 November was an opportunity for MEPs to voice their  opinions and concerns on the current state of the EU's relations  with Moscow. MEPs were very disappointed with the outcome of the summit  but...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin says economic crime frightening foreign investors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW AFP &#8212; Russian President Vladimir Putin called for tough action against economic crime, saying graft was frightening off foreign investors, and issued a veiled warning to foreign governments not to "blackmail" Russia over its legal crackdowns. "Legal guarantees of fair competition, defense of property rights, and free enterprise are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[De Beers Signs New Deal With Alrosa.(De Beers Group S.A., Alrosa Company Ltd.)(Brief article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3195/is_200611/ai_n18946759]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rob Bates     De Beers and Russian producer Alrosa recently signed a deal to  jointly explore and prospect properties inside and outside of Russia.     In February, the European Commission told Alrosa it could no longer  sell its stones to De...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin seeks to breathe life into stalled Balkan oil pipeline project]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200609/ai_n16925874]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS AFP &#8212; Seeking to breathe life into an ambitious oil pipeline project stalled for 14 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in to Athens on Monday for quick tripartite talks on the issue with Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov. The three leaders want to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putin invites Hamas, maintains need for dialogue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200602/ai_n16068945]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MADRID AFP &#8212; Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the leaders of Palestinian poll winners Hamas to Moscow for talks and insisted his government was right to back a dialogue with the radical Islamic group.  "We are ready to work with all parties. Contacts with Hamas must continue," Putin told...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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