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PARIS - Human rights activists say fighting torture and racism in Russia should be on the agenda for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to France, a trip more likely to focus on gas pipelines and Iran's nuclear program.
OTTAWA - Iran's nuclear program is of "critical concern" and will top the agenda when foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations meet Monday to discuss global security, Canada's foreign minister said.
MOSCOW - Russians mourned at religious services and soccer stadiums Sunday after a deadly train wreck that authorities blamed on a terrorist bomb.
UGLOVKA, Russia - A powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Moscow-to-St.
UGLOVKA, Russia - Investigators on Saturday were considering whether the train derailment that killed at least 26 people was caused by a bomb on the tracks - which would make it Russia's deadliest terrorist strike outside the volatile North Caucasus in years.
