Russia
Russia's Putin pledges tax relief for "tight" oil
MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday approved a package of stimulus measures to unlock vast untapped unconventional oil resources in Western Siberia that could boost Russian oil production by up to 2 million barrels per day.
UPDATE 2-Russia's Putin pledges tax relief for 'tight' oil
* Tax breaks would encourage use of hydraulic fracturing
Renault-Nissan sets Russian AvtoVAZ expansion
PARIS/MOSCOW - Renault and Japanese partner Nissan moved to expand in the growing Russian car market on Thursday with a $750-million deal that would give the French manufacturer effective control of Lada maker OAO AvtoVAZ.
UPDATE 3-Renault-Nissan sets Russian AvtoVAZ expansion
* Transaction to be completed by 2014 (Adds background on Russian market)
A Minute With: Scarlett Johansson and the Black Widow
LOS ANGELES - Scarlett Johansson first joined the Marvel comic book superhero universe when she was introduced as the mysterious Black Widow opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the 2010 blockbuster "Iron Man 2."
Gazprom considers gas pipeline to Japan
MOSCOW - Russia's top natural gas producer Gazprom said on Thursday it was considering deliveries of gas to Japan via pipeline, and raised the prospect in a meeting with a Japanese parliamentary delegation in Moscow.
UPDATE 1-Gazprom considers gas pipeline to Japan
MOSCOW, May 3 - Russia's top natural gas producer Gazprom said on Thursday it was considering deliveries of gas to Japan via pipeline, and raised the prospect in a meeting with a Japanese parliamentary delegation in Moscow.
Battles loom as Putin returns as Russian president
MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin will need to show less of his old swagger, master the art of compromise with opponents and restore control over battling clans if he is to do more than just see out his six-year term as Russia's president.
Timeline - New Russia president brings familiar face
- Here is a look at Vladimir Putin's career since he first took office as prime minister in 1999.
NATO's Rasmussen hopeful of Russian missile pact
LONDON - NATO remains hopeful of reaching an agreement with Russia on missile defence, despite opposition from Moscow to the alliance's plans for a missile shield, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.
Obama under pressure as China dissident appeals for help
BEIJING/WASHINGTON - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a dramatic plea for help in a cellphone call to a U.S. congressional hearing from his hospital bed in Beijing, raising the pressure on President Barack Obama over his administration's handling of the case. | Video
Greek debt – remember the goats
Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
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