Sights of Moscow
Russia"s cross country skier Irek Zaripov took his fourth gold at the 2010 Paralympics in Canada"s Vancouver after winning the Men"s 10 km, Sitting.
The National Portrait Gallery will be housed in the former Lenin Museum, Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev said during a meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The tiny Pacific island of Nauru has recognized the independence of the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia.
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