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Column: Stop shrieking about women’s tennis noise (AP)

AP – On serve and when whipping his forehand, Novak Djokovic’s grunt is that of a bullfrog, “WooooAH-UH.” Rafael Nadal goes for a throatier, “AAArrgggHH.” Occasionally, Andy Murray offers up a more hushed, constricted, “Eeeeeehhh.” From Roger Federer, of course, we tend to get the sound of silence.

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Russia’s Putin dreams of sweeping Eurasian Union (AP)

AP – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a vision for a Soviet Union-lite he hopes will become a new Moscow-led global powerhouse. But, his planned Eurasian Union won’t be grounded in ideology: This time it’s about trade.

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Cosmic Log – Will Russia's Mars probe fall in Afghanistan? Too early …

When and where will Russia's doomed probe to a Martian moon fall back to Earth? The RIA-Novosti news service caused a stir when it reported that the 13-ton Phobos-Grunt spacecraft would crash in southwestern …

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Phobos-Grunt Predicted to Fall in Afghanistan on January 14

According to a news report in RiaNovosti, Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will fall January 14th, “somewhere between 30.7 degrees north and 62.3 degrees east,” placing debris near the city of Mirabad, in southwestern …

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US modalities for troops pull out from Afghanistan unclear: PM

US modalities for troops pull out from A…Describing the situation in Afghanistan “a ve…”The US has announced that their forces will …”As far as Russia and India are concerned, ev…Manmohan Singh said India had been …

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Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal (AP)

AP – Russia’s customs agency said Friday that it seized radioactive metal from the luggage of an Iranian passenger bound for Tehran.

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Big Moscow protest rally against vote fraud begins (AP)

AP – Tens of thousands of Muscovites thronged to a square across the river from the Kremlin on Saturday to protest alleged electoral fraud and urge an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s rule, demands repeated at other rallies across this vast country in the largest public show of discontent in post-Soviet Russia.

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U.S.–Russia: A Stress Test over Afghanistan

Russia is trying to exploit U.S. vulnerability in Afghanistan by squeezing concessions on European missile defense. This is a disturbing development,

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U.S.–Russia: A Stress Test over Afghanistan

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Video: Russia’s Third Stealth Jet Flies

For more Thanksgiving week entertainment, check  out this video of Russia’s third stealth fighter making one of its very first flights. The video below shows the third Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA flying recently, nearly two years after the very first T-50 made its first flight. Remember,  Russia is hoping to get the jet, designed to

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