WADA head says more than 30 athletes excluded from Vancouver Olympics for doping violations
WADA confirms more than 30 excluded from Olympics Russia and US agree to step up joint fight against drugs
Russia, US to step up drug fight MOSCOW — The U.S. has promised Moscow that it will step up efforts to combat Afghan drug trafficking to stem the flow of cheap heroin into Russia. 50 people in hospital after drinking holy waterIRKUTSK - Some 50 people were poisoned in the east Siberian city of Irkutsk after they drank “holy water” from wells during religious ceremonies of Epiphany, a local consumer watchdog said Monday. German prosecutors drop probe of Russian businessman linked to poisoned spy case
Germany drops probe linked to Litvinenko case Russia reports first swine flu deathsCHITA - Two women diagnosed with swine flu have died in eastern Siberia’s Chita area, the regional governor’s press service said Tuesday. AP interview: Russian drug control chief urges more aggressive US action on Afghan drugsRussia: US fight against Afghan drugs insufficient MOSCOW — Russia’s drug czar says U.S. and NATO anti-narcotics actions in Afghanistan are woefully insufficient and is calling for joint U.S.-Russian action against the Afghan heroin flooding into the former Soviet Union. UN report says Russia could face labor shortages, slowing economic growth as population fallsUN: Russia must adapt to shrinking population MOSCOW — Russia’s population has fallen by 6.6 million since 1993, despite the influx of millions of immigrants, a United Nations report said Monday, and by 2025 the country could lose a further 11 million people. Russia starts testing anti-swine flu vaccineSt.PETERSBURG - Russian researchers Thursday said they have begun clinical testing of a swine flu vaccine in the northwestern city of St. Petersburg. |
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