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Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism
The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, a Russian republic that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns for the past 200 years.
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Man and Mars through history
A look back over centuries at man's attempt to uncover information about the 'Red Planet.'Sources: NASA, American Museum of Natural History, and Scientific American
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Cuban Missile Crisis: the 3 most surprising things you didn't know
Fifty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union within a hair’s breadth of nuclear war. Here are three things that many Americans don’t know about what historians routinely call “the most dangerous moment in human history.”
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Cuban Missile Crisis: 5 ways leftist ideology lives on in Latin America
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the US and the Soviet Union were on the brink of nuclear war over the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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Presidential debate: 7 defining moments in history (+video)
From Ronald Reagan’s one-liner, “There you go again,” to Al Gore’s heavy sighs and eye rolls, zingers and mannerisms can define a presidential debate even more than the candidates’ positions on critical issues. Here is a look back at seven defining debate moments.
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Ocean 'dead zones' growing
Dead zones – areas of oxygen-depleted bottom waters – are spreading at an alarming rate in coastal waters, killing off huge amounts of marine life, a new study has found.
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U.S. limited in Georgia crisis
American effort to spread democracy wanes in post-Iraq era.
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Roots of Georgia-Russia clash run deep
The war broadened Monday as Russian troops moved beyond rebel provinces into Georgia proper.
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Opinion: Russo-Georgian conflict is not all Russia's fault
But war could ignite further disputes in the region.
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Russia, Georgia clash in breakaway statelet
After weeks of escalating skirmishes with South Ossetia, Georgia moved to regain control of the enclave. Russia responded by sending in tanks.
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In medals race, more countries in running
The Olympic Games are entering an era of unprecedented equality among nations.
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Russia's other Olympic powerhouse – in parliament
In a controversial bid to gain support, the ruling United Russia party has bolstered its ranks with eight Olympic medalists, a popular singer, and a prima ballerina from the Bolshoi Ballet.
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Solzhenitsyn: exiled then exalted in Russia
The Nobel Prize-winning writer gave voice to millions imprisoned in Stalin's Gulag. He died Sunday.
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Opinion: An Olympic lift to U.S.-China relations
May the Games help break down walls of fear.
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The Monitor's View: Solzhenitsyn and piercing pens
The literary dissident rightly observed the power of the pen to 'defeat lies.'
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Now more than ever, Olympic teams go multinational
Increasingly, athletes are switching national alliances – sometimes for money, but also for better training opportunities or a chance to compete in a sport that’s too saturated with talent back home.
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An Olympic lift to U.S.-China relations
May the Games help break down walls of fear.
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A profile in courage
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Opinion: Winning the pup-ular vote
First dogs affect White House image more than you'd think.
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Russia's plan to avert second cold war
Standoffs over Georgia and a US missile-defense shield stem from one main irritant: Moscow had no hand in designing global security after the USSR collapsed. Medvedev wants to fix that.
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Why women now lead the dissident fight in Cuba
Only a handful of political activists are willing to risk fighting for basic freedoms. But more ordinary Cubans, they say, are asking how to get involved.
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Cuba under Raúl: Creeping toward capitalism?
Since Raúl Castro took the helm in February, he's rolled out a series economic changes, including allowing Cubans to buy cellphones and giving farmers profit-incentives.
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China's Olympic muddle
This coming-out party is already tarnished by a worsening human rights record.
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The Monitor's View: China's Olympic muddle
This coming-out party is already tarnished by a worsening human rights record.
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World
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Kazakhstan beyond Borat
A British journalist offers a colorful look at an ancient land and its people.
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German bunker tour offers return to cold war
A bunker designed to shelter 400 people for two weeks – including the leader of the former East German state – opens for tours in August.
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Abkhazia's tourism fights to regain fabled legacy
Russians are flocking back to the Black Sea beaches, although a string of recent bombings exposes the breakaway republic's ongoing tensions with Georgia.
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Euro 2008: Russian soccer team revives nationalism
Russia's success in soccer and hockey is credited to petrodollars flowing into sports.
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Opinion: Georgia and Russia can avoid war – if the West helps
War could mean more pressure on already sky-high oil prices.
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