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Nonviolent revolutions do not always remain nonviolent, as the examples of uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria in the Arab Spring have shown.

U.S. pop star Whitney Houston died on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles at the age of 48, Western media agencies reported.

A member of the singer’s entourage found Houston unresponsive in her room in Beverly Hilton hotel and called security, the TMZ.com celebrity news web site reported citing sources.

Russia signalled on Saturday that it could soon slap a moratorium on US adoptions of local children despite the signing of an agreement on the issue in 2011, the latest obstacle in tense relations.

Much of Europe is experiencing frigid temperatures that are already blamed for the deaths of more than 500 people.

Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council described as key arms suppliers to the embattled regime in Syria, are now accused of supplying weapons and fuelling an ongoing conflict in another military hotspot: Sudan.

Russia has been steadfast in its diplomatic support for the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even as Assad becomes ever more isolated within the Arab League and the international community.

MANILA, Philippines - The Russian Federation has sent 30 tons of relief items for the victims of the earthquake in Negros Oriental, the first of two similar deliveries.

Jason and Justin Senft's photo of a circus elephant deftly grasping a baby bottle in her trunk to feed a performer's baby was awarded "Best of Show" by H.S.H. Princess Stephanie of Monaco and exhibited at the 36th Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo. MONTE-CARLO, Monaco - A charming and perfectly executed photograph of a circus elephant ... (more)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 11 / Trend E. Kosolapova /

Russian State Duma (parliament) ratified an agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on cooperation on border issues signed on Sep. 2, 2011 in Dushanbe, Duma reported.

Argentina's foreign minister has accused the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, after making an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands dispute.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon earlier called on both sides to avoid an "escalation" in tensions over the Falkland Islands.

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has tamed the gangster capitalism which accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union to make Russian corruption "normal and civilized," his presidential election campaign chief said in an interview published Friday.Russia is ranked as the most corrupt major power and in leaked documents U.S. diplomats cast "alpha-dog" Putin ... (more)

An authorized rally supporting Russia's position that the South Kuril Islands belong to the country will be held on Saturday in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the capital of the Sakhalin Region in Russia's Far East, a spokesman for a labor union association said.

An image from DigitalGlobe's WorldView 1 satellite shows Russia's Vostok Station in Antarctica, the site of a drilling operation that has just reached a subglacial freshwater lake.

A military court on Friday convicted a Russian officer of providing the CIA with secret information on Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missiles and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.

Local leaders in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, bordering on Syria, have pledged humanitarian support for the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Damascus.

A rash of teenage suicides in Russia has set off alarm bells and experts are urging the government to take immediate action.