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Iran Review: Boston Bomb Attacks: Beginning of a New Era for Cooperation between US and Russia

Interview with Seyedeh Motahhareh Hosseini- Expert on Russia & Eurasia Issues.

(TEHRAN Iran Review) - Over two weeks have passed since the twin bomb attacks targeted the annual Boston Marathon in the United States.

The blast claimed three lives and left a great number of the American citizens injured...

Fractured US Intelligence Rules out Greater Cooperation with Russia

The mounting US intelligence failures since 9/11 can in large part be contributed to a lack of cooperation among US agencies themselves.

(LONDON) - The US intelligence community is in a state of disarray...

This was most recently illustrated by the Boston Marathon Bombings—and the idea of a more structured cooperation with Russian intelligence as a direct result of this incident is a paper tiger.

Want to Bash A Dead, White Male? Try Karl Marx!

Most miss the fact that Marx was an adamant racist.

(WASHINGTON DC) - One dead white male who remains in vogue among campus radicals----is Karl Marx.

What has been widely overlooked by those who are keeping the Marxist flame alive is the man's blatant racism.

RT Meteor Video Shatters Records With 28 Million Views

RT’s footage of the Siberian meteor blast became the most watched video of the phenomenon on YouTube.

(MOSCOW RT) - The blast, which hit Russia’s Chelyabinsk region on the morning of February 15, became the most watched video event of all time with 138 million views.

It was the fastest video event ever to hit 100 million views, according to VideoMeasures, an online measurement company.

Some 1,200 Injured in Meteor Explosion in Central Russia

Residents in the region uploaded videos of a fireball cutting through the sky.

(MOSCOW Xinhua) - About 1,200 people have been known injured and many buildings damaged since a meteor exploded on Friday morning, raining fireballs over Russia's central Urals region, the Interior Ministry said.

Russia Upgrading, Strengthening Military

Moves Aimed at Sending Message to U.S.

(WASHINGTON DC WND) - Moscow is strengthening its military.

Russia seeks to underscore its influence over the region it intends to encompass in its customs-free Eurasian Union.

Ten Little Girls and One Unexploded Landmine

I was told in Kabul that Afghanistan has more unexploded landmines than any other country in the world.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan killed ten little girls in mid-December. Such a number is unthinkable, yet we should all consider it for this is the price of war and no family on the face of this earth should ever have to bury ten little children at once.

The girls were gathering firewood according to reports, when one unknowingly struck the mine with an ax.

RT`s Abby Martin Accuses Israel of War Crimes for Targeting Journalists

(MOSCOW) - Abby Martin of Russia Today’s Brainwash Update pointed out that Israel’s targeting of Gaza media centers, which killed journalists and endangered employees of many news organizations, was a war crime.

She was the victim of a smear attempt by the Israel lobby, which accused her of support for terrorism...

Report: Russia Wants Assad to Remain in Power until Next Presidential Election

The report came as President Assad said he could only leave "through the ballot box".

(TEHRAN FNA) - Russia has proposed a new plan to resolve the crisis in Syria, based on which President Bashar Al-Assad will remain in power until the next presidential election in 2014, a report by an Egyptian daily said.

The Russian proposal stresses that the Syrian presidency will remain intact until the end of Bashar al-Assad's current term in 2014...

Syrian President`s Interview in Full

Assad: “I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria”

(ROME / MOSCOW RT) - In an exclusive interview with Russia Today, President Bashar Assad said that the conflict in Syria is not a civil war, but proxy terrorism by Syrians and foreign fighters.

He also accused the Turkish PM of eyeing Syria with imperial ambitions.