Russian Probe Shuts Media Foundation
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MOSCOW -- A Russian nonprofit organization funded by the U.S. government to train journalists and improve management at local television stations has been shuttered by a criminal investigation that critics charge is politically motivated.
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An international media watchdog group on Tuesday criticized a court decision against a Russian journalist, claiming a probe of his travel documents was retribution for reporting on the Chechen war.
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Britain accused Russia of "reprehensible" conduct Thursday and announced it was closing offices of the British Council because of a Russian secret police crackdown against the cultural body.
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The lead investigator probing the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been replaced, Russian media say.
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The British government's cultural arm, caught in a political row between London and Moscow, said on Thursday its Russian regional offices had halted work because local staff were being interviewed by Russia's security service.
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One of Russia's main zoos  has closed down after the deaths of two geese sparked a bird  flu scare, but a local health expert ruled this out as the  cause of their deaths.
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Bangladesh&#39;s emergency government Thursday shut down the country&#39;s only 24-hour private news channel, officials said, just weeks after it was warned against airing &quot;provocative&quot; news during last month&#39;s nationwide student unrest.
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Police investigating the poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko have sealed off the London office of exiled Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky after finding traces of radiation.
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NOVOSIBIRSK. May 30 (Interfax) - The criminal case against Novosibirsk scientist Oleg Korobeinichev, who faced charges of disclosing a state secret, has been closed due to the absence of any crime, Korobeinichev's lawyer Andrei Zhukov told Interfax.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 12 -- Russia on Wednesday ordered the closure of two offices of the British Council, the international cultural arm of the British government. The council responded that it has "no plans" to shutter the offices.
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US authorities have shut down 20 independent news websites run by the Independent Media Center (Indymedia) and seized two UK-based web servers.
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Media Lab Europe, a high-tech research center founded by the Irish government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced Friday it is closing because it's run out of money.
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A legal row over leaked details of Apple products ends with the rumours site being shut down.
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Media Lab Europe, a high-tech research center founded by the Irish government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced Friday that it is closing because it's run out of money.
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Organisation will temporarily close operations in St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg after 'pressure'
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The British government's cultural arm,  caught in a political row between London and Moscow, said on  Thursday its Russian regional offices had halted work because  local staff were being interviewed by Russia's security  service.
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A California court has shut down the U.S. version of Wikileaks.org, where whistle-blowers anonymously post documents.