Topic: Perm (Russia)
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Russian psychiatric hospital fire kills 38; only 3 survivors (+video)
The Russian psychiatric hospital fire swept through the one-story building early Friday, killing two doctors and 36 patients with severe mental disorders, most of whom were sedated and asleep.
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Latin America Monitor Could Brazil's nightclub fire spur more regional accountability? (+video)
The deadly nightclub fire is not unique in a region plagued by multiple tragedies that are often the result of lax safety standards, poor oversight, and overcrowded conditions.
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230 die in nightclub: Fire in Brazil is part of a tragic pattern
230 die in nightclub: The fire in Brazil is the fourth such nightclub fire in the past decade. Survivors of the 2003 Rhode Island fire, who saw 100 die, lament the failure to learn the lessons of that tragedy.
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Jailed Pussy Riot band member moved to 'safe' cell
Band members were sentenced in August to two years in prison for performing a 'punk prayer' at Moscow's main cathedral and pleading with Virgin Mary for the deliverance from President Putin.
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Pussy Riot to prison colony: Two women transferred from Moscow jail
Pussy Riot to prison colony: Two members of the band Pussy Riot were each transferred from a Moscow jail Maria Alekhina was sent to a prison colony in the Urals and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was sent to a prison colony in Mordovia.
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Ride the Trans-Siberian Express? Google says no problem
Google makes a ride on the Trans-Siberian express possible from the comfort of your own desk.
02/23/2010 02:51 pm -
Global News Blog Russian nightclub fire: Corruption behind Lame Horse tragedy?
After a Russian nightclub fire killed 113 people in Perm, a national day of mourning and allegations that corruption fed the tragedy.
12/07/2009 12:00 am -
Difference Maker A chess champion crusades to make the game ‘cool’
Russian Alexandra Kosteniuk, the women’s world title holder with a fashion-model image, wants to broaden the game’s appeal to young people.
02/23/2009 12:00 am
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