Новости за 21.02.2017

The Russian defense minister has warned against telling “a bear what to do,” as he was commenting on his British counterpart, describing Russia as “a bear” and saying the West does not need it “sticking its paws in” Libya.
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A bull rampaged through New York streets, leading police on an hours-long chase before being recaptured.
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NASA is sending superbug bacteria into space to study why it proliferates in microgravity. Longer term, the space agency wants to keep astronauts healthy during long voyages to asteroids or Mars.
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Police in Houston, Texas responded to reports of an active shooter at Ben Taub Hospital. The hospital was placed on lockdown, and some patients were evacuated. No suspect or evidence of the shooting have been found, HPD Chief Art Acevedo told reporters.
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The removal of a painting that depicted cops as pigs from a US Capitol violated the free speech rights of a high school student, according to the Missouri congressman who has filed a federal lawsuit over the matter.
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Teenage thrill seekers have filmed themselves climbing to the top of Canary Wharf’s One Canada Square, a 770 foot skyscraper, raising questions about security at the famous landmark.
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A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys, nearly one-third of the species in the facility, for carrying "invasive alien" genes, zoo officials said, adding that the animals were all crossbreeds and culling them is legally allowed.
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Two commuter trains collided head-on in Philadelphia on Tuesday, injuring four people. The crash happened near the 69th Street Terminal during the city’s busy morning commute.
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Major Russian car producer AvtoVAZ has started selling the new Lada Vesta model in Germany, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Sending mercenary forces into Syria to fight Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) would invite failure, according to an expert on modern private militias.
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Iran has banned 18-year-old chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani from competing for the national chess team for not wearing a hijab – obligatory dress for women under Iranian law.
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Austria's coalition government has approved new labor regulations providing local job applicants an advantage over immigrants. The measure is aimed at halting mounting unemployment.
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Newly declassified records reportedly show that Marika Rokk, the incarnation of glamour and coquetry who was one of the brightest stars in the Third Reich and post-war West Germany, played another important role off screen – that of a Soviet agent.
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The Russian Ministries of Finance and Economic Development are working on the way to reduce cash payments, business daily Vedomosti reports. The goal is to move away from the shadow economy and corruption that comes from money laundering and tax evasion.
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Britain will be paying billions into EU projects until 2023 – four years after it is due to sign a Brexit deal – if the European Commission gets its way.
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Despite growing tensions, Washington is unlikely to simply abandon the Iran nuclear deal, but will rather use sanctions and accusations to provoke the Islamic Republic into withdrawing from it, a former member of Iran’s National Security Council told RT.
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All the remaining ducks in Landes, a key foie gras-producing region, will be killed to stop the spread of the H5N8 virus, said France’s Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Fol.
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The Libyan people are still suffering because Western powers continue to fuel the ongoing conflict there, the cousin of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi has said on the sixth anniversary of the Arab Spring, adding that the West should apologize and leave Libya alone.
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Police in Sweden were forced to fire warning shots after a group of unidentified persons ran riots in the Rinkeby district of Stockholm late on Monday, setting cars on fire, throwing stones at police and looting local stores.
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Politicians and sex scandals go together like peanut butter and jelly, but one Arizona gubernatorial candidate is trying to break the mold. Noah Dyer, running on a platform of honesty, has revealed all the details of his private life online.
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Hundreds of Buddhist monks and devotees clashed with police outside Bangkok’s Buddhist Dhammakaya Temple as authorities tried to find 72-year-old former abbot, Prha Dhammajayo, who is wanted for money laundering.
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