Russia44 killed in Russian plane crash, 8 survivorsA Russian passenger jet crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames on a highway in northwestern Russia, killing 44 people, officials said. Eight people survived.  Number of German E. coli patients decreasesThe European Union protested Wednesday against Russia maintaining a broad ban on European-grown vegetables despite the identification of sprouts as the cause of a deadly E.coli outbreak. Un afraid of smallpox being used as a biological weaponThe United States had proposed a five-year extension to destroying the U.S. and Russian stockpiles, arguing that more research is needed and the stockpiles could help prevent one of the world’s deadliest diseases from being used as a biological weapon. Wikileaks cables show race to carve up ArcticThey suggest that Arctic states, including the US and Russia, are all pushing to stake a claim. Russia launches satellite for global navigation systemRussia on Saturday successfully launched a satellite vital to the deployment of its own navigation system after the failure of an earlier attempt prompted the Kremlin to sack two top space officials. Russia plans $650bn defence spend up to 2020Russia will equip its dilapidated military with 600 new warplanes, 100 ships and 1,000 helicopters by 2020, Defense Ministry officials were quoted as saying Thursday. Moscow bombing: Carnage at Russia’s Domodedovo airportRussia’s chief investigator said terrorists were behind the attack. President Dmitry Medvedev vowed those behind the attack would be tracked down. Pamela Anderson, Fur, and Israel“I urge you to support this historic bill and speak up for the millions of animals who are bludgeoned, electrocuted, and skinned alive for their pelts each year” beseeched Anderson in her letter. Schwarzenegger leads U.S. tech investors to RussiaRussia’s ambition to become a hi-tech economy will be under scrutiny this week when California state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a host of prospective investors from Silicon Valley look for opportunities at the country’s flagship technology hub. Driverless vehicles go manual in MoscowA pair of fender-benders, two technology-loving hitchhikers and 22 hours blocked at the Russian border.
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