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Finland Plans Fence On Russia Border, First Since Fall Of Iron Curtain
More than 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Finland plans to erect a barbed-wire fence on its border with Russia dividing East and West, following the war in Ukraine.
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"Can't Be Behind Iron Curtain": Russia Expects Support Of Its Citizens
The Kremlin said Thursday it believes Russians will "support" Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, saying the duration of the mission will depend on "results" and will last as long as necessary.
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BJP Lawmaker Rajyavardhan Rathore Asks Officials To Join Social Media To Share Information
The age of "iron curtain" is over and the government needs to open up to provide swift and accurate information to the people, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore today said while asking officials to take to social media aggressively.
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Ex-Intel CEO Andy Grove Dies At Age 79
Andy Grove, the former Intel Corp. chief executive whose youth under Nazi occupation and escape from the Iron Curtain inspired an "only the paranoid survive" management philosophy that saved the chip maker from financial ruin in the 1980s, has died. He was 79.
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Kurt Masur, Conductor From Iron Curtain To 9/11, Dies At 88
Kurt Masur, the conductor who seized on music's power to ease Germany's reunification and comfort New York after September 11, died Saturday. He was 88.
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Angela Merkel Named TIME's 'Person of the Year 2015', Baghdadi Second
Time magazine today named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart.
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John Kerry says has 'big heels to fill' as secretary of state
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on Monday of biking around East Berlin as a 12-year-old, getting a glimpse of life behind the Iron Curtain as well as a grounding from his father, an American diplomat.
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Delhi gang-rape: name cops who were on duty that night, says High Court
The Delhi High Court has ordered the police to share the names of the police men who failed to stop a bus on Sunday night as it moved through a series of check points in Delhi. On board that bus, which had tinted windows and curtains, a young woman was gang-raped and hit with an iron rod for nearly an hour on Sunday night.
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Euro 2012 gets underway with opening ceremony
Euro 2012 being co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine got underway on Friday here as European football's showpiece international competition came behind the former Iron Curtain for the first time.
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Finland Plans Fence On Russia Border, First Since Fall Of Iron Curtain
More than 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Finland plans to erect a barbed-wire fence on its border with Russia dividing East and West, following the war in Ukraine.
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"Can't Be Behind Iron Curtain": Russia Expects Support Of Its Citizens
The Kremlin said Thursday it believes Russians will "support" Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, saying the duration of the mission will depend on "results" and will last as long as necessary.
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BJP Lawmaker Rajyavardhan Rathore Asks Officials To Join Social Media To Share Information
The age of "iron curtain" is over and the government needs to open up to provide swift and accurate information to the people, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore today said while asking officials to take to social media aggressively.
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Ex-Intel CEO Andy Grove Dies At Age 79
Andy Grove, the former Intel Corp. chief executive whose youth under Nazi occupation and escape from the Iron Curtain inspired an "only the paranoid survive" management philosophy that saved the chip maker from financial ruin in the 1980s, has died. He was 79.
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Kurt Masur, Conductor From Iron Curtain To 9/11, Dies At 88
Kurt Masur, the conductor who seized on music's power to ease Germany's reunification and comfort New York after September 11, died Saturday. He was 88.
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Angela Merkel Named TIME's 'Person of the Year 2015', Baghdadi Second
Time magazine today named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart.
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John Kerry says has 'big heels to fill' as secretary of state
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on Monday of biking around East Berlin as a 12-year-old, getting a glimpse of life behind the Iron Curtain as well as a grounding from his father, an American diplomat.
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Delhi gang-rape: name cops who were on duty that night, says High Court
The Delhi High Court has ordered the police to share the names of the police men who failed to stop a bus on Sunday night as it moved through a series of check points in Delhi. On board that bus, which had tinted windows and curtains, a young woman was gang-raped and hit with an iron rod for nearly an hour on Sunday night.
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Euro 2012 gets underway with opening ceremony
Euro 2012 being co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine got underway on Friday here as European football's showpiece international competition came behind the former Iron Curtain for the first time.
