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Market Matters: Struggling Stocks Spur New Record Oil Prices
Oil hit another record of just under $143 as global stocks tumbled last week, with the Dow briefly dipping into bear market territory as investors sought safety in gold, government debt and the Swiss franc.

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Meet the First Lady in Waiting
By Svetlana Osadchuk and Kevin O'Flynn / Staff Writers As world attention falls on Dmitry Medvedev, the spotlight has flickered and fallen on everything around him -- including his wife, Svetlana, who seems certain to succeed Lyudmila Putina.

Medvedev Offers Putin a New Job
By Nabi Abdullaev / Staff Writer Dmitry Medvedev, endorsed by President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, asked Putin on Tuesday to become prime minister in his future government in order to ensure continuity.

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Colleagues Blame Police for Other Russia Activist's Death
The Moscow Times Yury Chervochkin, an activist with the Other Russia opposition coalition, died in a hospital on Monday of injuries his colleagues say he sustained when attacked by police.

Bird Flu Kills 35,000 Rostov Chickens
The Moscow Times A bird flu outbreak has killed 35,000 chickens at a Rostov region poultry farm, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday.

Medvedev In St. Pete Group
The Moscow Times Dmitry Medvedev belongs to a group nicknamed the St. Pete jurists, whose members have been elevated to various federal positions since Vladimir Putin became president in 2000.

Tymoshenko Loses by One Vote
Combined Reports Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday failed to approve Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister in a vote that her supporters immediately charged was technically flawed.

Total Bill for Duma Campaign: $83M
The Moscow Times Political parties spent a total of 3.4 billion rubles, or $83 million, in the State Duma elections campaign, the Central Elections Commission said Tuesday.

Attack Puts N. Korean Laborers in Hospital
By Carl Schreck / Staff Writer A group of young men wielding pipes and sticks attacked a group of North Korean laborers in the Moscow region, leaving four of the migrant workers hospitalized, authorities said Tuesday.

Western Take on Medvedev Measured
By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer While the Western reaction Tuesday to the naming of Dmitry Medvedev as President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor was mostly reserved on the surface, there were signs that the choice was cause for hope in some European circles.

Cuba Says It Will Sign Rights Agreement, Arrests Protesters
The Associated Press Cuba said Monday that it would sign an international agreement on civil and political rights while a few blocks away government supporters shoved and shouted down activists calling for improved human rights on the communist island.

47 Dead in Bombing Of Algerian Capital
By Lamine Chikhi / Reuters At least 47 people were killed when two car bombs exploded in upscale districts of Algiers on Tuesday, a security source said, in the bloodiest attack since the 1990s on the capital of the OPEC member state.

Railroad Forges Links Between Koreas
The Associated Press North and South Korea began regular cargo train service across their heavily armed border Tuesday for the first time in more than a half-century, in another symbolic step toward reconciliation.

Gaza Strike Sets Scene For Talks
The Associated Press Israeli tanks and bulldozers backed by attack aircraft moved into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing four militants in the widest operation in the territory since Hamas forces wrested control in June.

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