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15.11.2006
Russia’s Putin Meets U.S. Counterpart Bush to Discuss Iran, Trade at Moscow Airport
President Bush and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met for brief talks at a Moscow airport on Wednesday which were to touch on trade and international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

15.11.2006
Evacuation at Russian Far East Islands After Tsunami Warning
Residents of Russia’s Kurile Islands were evacuated from shoreline districts due to the threat of a tsunami that may follow Wednesday’s earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale.

15.11.2006
Insomniac Bears Scare Russians
Insomniac bears are roaming the forests of southwestern Siberia scaring local people.

15.11.2006
FSB Rejects Rights Champion’s Call to Probe Extremist Website
Russia’s domestic security service, the FSB, has refused to launch a probe into the authors of a statement recently published on the Web, calling for extermination of antifascists and liberal figures.

15.11.2006
Malaysian Takes Russian Rocket Ride to Play Children’s Games in Spac
Malaysia’s first astronaut will do what no one in space has done before: play traditional Malay children’s games without gravity.

15.11.2006
Russia May Recognize Last Tsar as Victim of Political Repression
A Russian court on Tuesday opened the way for the possible rehabilitation of Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family more than 80 years after they were shot in a cellar by the Bolsheviks.

15.11.2006
Sharapova Catches Thief in Madrid Starbucks
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has personally caught a 10-year old boy who tried to steal her mobile phone in a Starbucks cafe in Madrid.

15.11.2006
Chechen Official Detained Over Corruption in Compensations Scheme
Chechnya’s law enforcement services have arrested Compensation Payments Commission Secretary Sultan Isakov who is charged with extorting bribes for allowing people to receive compensations for their property lost in the war.

15.11.2006
Russia’s Putin Heads to APEC Summit in Vietnam, Seeks to Boost Ties
President Vladimir Putin will try to make up for lost time as he meets with other Pacific Rim leaders this weekend at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vietnam.

15.11.2006
Georgia Rejects Accusations That Tbilisi Plans Forceful Seizure of Separatist Provinces
President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia on Tuesday rejected Russia’s accusations that his country was planning a forceful seizure of breakaway provinces Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and accused Moscow of fueling disputes in the region based on its old territorial claims.

15.11.2006
Russia’s Myskina to Play in ASB Classic
World No 16 Anastasia Myskina was confirmed as the second player from the WTA’s top 20 for January’s ASB Classic.

15.11.2006
Putin to Meet Bush During Refueling at Moscow Airport
George Bush was expected to hold a highly unusual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday when the U.S. president’s plane makes a refueling stop at a Moscow airport en route to Asia.

15.11.2006
Russia Must Beat Macedonia in Euro 2008 Qualifier — Hiddink
Russia coach Guus Hiddink doesn’t expect his team to qualify for the 2008 European Championship if it doesn’t beat Macedonia in Wednesday’s qualifier.

15.11.2006
Russia Has No Plans to Initiate Global Gas Cartel — Kremlin Aide
A senior Kremlin adviser said Tuesday that Russia doesn’t intend to initiate the creation of a global natural gas cartel, but said such a project couldn’t be totally ruled out.