Moscow leads Europe in stray dogs
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Moscow leads all European capitals in the number of stray dogs, local representatives of the Red Book preservation society said, with the packs killing deer and hedgehogs in the Russian capital's parks.
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Bulgaria Mihaylov (58&#39; Petrov), B. Dia- kov, Milanov, Dimitrov (54&#39; Solokov), Vergilov, Palankov, S. Diakov (52&#39; Ko- lev),Kakalov (65&#39; Todorov), Zakov, Zla- tinov (65&#39; Genkov), Bozhkov (40&#39; Ata- nassov). Italia
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Russia is backsliding on democracy and the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday.
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Russia has become a lucrative market for dairy product exporters in recent years, in particular those based in eastern Europe.
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Fur was flying in London on the second day of a fashion week that has seen fox, mink, sable, rabbit and other critters cruise the catwalk as stoles, coats and capes, all in a bid to warm wealthy Russians in winter.
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A form of dogfighting has thrived in Russia, cementing local legitimacy and gaining new followers.
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A trio of top EU officials was in Moscow  on Monday to try to bridge the gap between Russia and the  European Union over the future of Kosovo.
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PEREDELKINO, Russia -- The unpaved, unlit roads are clogged with traffic. Getting to and from work in the center of Moscow is a 90-minute crawl each way. The schools are lousy. There are no stores within walking distance. Local healthcare facilities are primitive.
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Russia is backsliding on democracy and  the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former  Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming  External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday.
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Don't talk to "Snowy" the terrier about the hassle of airport security. The brown-and-white hound spent 11 days in a sensitive outdoor area of Madrid airport, one of Europe's busiest air hubs, scurrying about with a dog's eye view of landing planes and dodging security people until he was finally caught Sunday. Not by authorities, but, well, by dogcatchers.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 19 -- Scattered flurries teased Moscow on Tuesday afternoon with the promise of a real winter, the birthright of a city whose people take pride in trudging through snow and in ice fishing and cross-country skiing in white countryside beyond the outer beltway.
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Several countries in the former Soviet bloc have lined up behind Russia in endorsing the disputed result of Ukraine's presidential election.
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A British investigation into the radiation poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has moved to Moscow, testing Russian authorities' willingness to cooperate with the probe.
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MOSCOW -- Maintaining control over the North Caucasus region, where the plains of southern Russia give way to mountain ridges and the predominant faith changes from Orthodox Christianity to Islam, has been Moscow's headache for centuries.
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Ossetian policemen with a sniffer dog search a classroom in a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. Picture:AP. President Vladimir Putin has announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic
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He scared off wolves with firecrackers in Mongolia and rescued his dog from hungry miners in Kazakhstan. But after three years on horseback, Tim Cope has retraced the route of Genghis Khan and other Asian nomads who crossed into Europe over the centuries.
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Vienna Although Moscow didn t officially request help for the injured victims following the hostage-taking in Beslan, Austria, along with Italy, was one of the first EU countries to grant Russia medical ...