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FIFA: The World Cups in Russia and Qatar will still go ahead
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FIFA's director of communications and public affairs Walter De Gregorio said in a press conference in Zurich on Wednesday that the World Cup in Russia in 2018 and the World Cup in Qatar will still go ahead, despite two separate corruption probes into ...
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Kazakhstan Strikes Down 'Gay Propaganda' Law After Olympics Outcry by EurasiaNet
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:48 PM

Kazakhstan has struck down a controversial law that would have outlawed "propaganda" of homosexuality to minors, amid signs the legislation was damaging the country's bid to host the Winter Olympics.

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in hospital after falling ill by Alec Luhn in Moscow and Luke Harding
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:46 PM

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Father says Kara-Murza diagnosed with kidney failure after being admitted to hospital in Moscow on Tuesday evening

A Russian opposition activist has been taken to hospital in Moscow after a

sudden illness.Vladimir Kara-Murza, who works

for the Open Russia movement founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the oligarch and Putin critic who now lives in Zurich, was admitted after a sharp drop in blood pressure and loss of consciousness.

Arrests Put Spotlight On FIFA Corruption Allegationsby noreply@rferl.org (Tony Wesolowsky)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:45 PM

Long dogged by allegations of corruption, FIFA is facing fresh -- and more importantly, concrete -- charges of graft leading all the way to the upper echelons of power in world soccer's governing body.

Dramatic Battle Violates Ukraine Cease-Fire
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:45 PM

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Former Bolshoi Ballerina Leaps From Moscow Courtroom Window by The Moscow Times
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:45 PM

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A former Bolshoi ballerina was lucky to escape without serious injuries after throwing herself out of a courtroom window in central Moscow.

Dramatic Battle Violates Ukraine Ceasefire by rferlonline
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:44 PM

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RFE/RL has recorded dramatic evidence of the cease-fire in Ukraine being violated, with pro-government forces coming under sustained shelling in the village of Shyrokyne. The attack, filmed on May 24, resulted in one Ukrainian soldier dying of shrapnel wounds and another being wounded. Ukrainian military officials said Russian-backed separatists were using weapons of 120-150 mm caliber, which should have been withdrawn 50 kilometers from the front line under the terms of the February cease-fire agreement, although this could not be independently confirmed. There have been frequent reports of shelling at Shyrokyne, near the strategic port of Mariupol, since the cease-fire was agreed. OSCE observers have also recorded heavy shelling there.

NATO Secretary General Says Russia's Nuclear Threats Destabilizing - Wall Street Journal
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:44 PM

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NATO Secretary General Says Russia's Nuclear Threats Destabilizing
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WASHINGTON—Russia's nuclear threats are destabilizing and unjustified, the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Wednesday. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary general, said he was deeply troubled by Russia's escalating rhetoric about its ...
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World Cups to stay in Russia and Qatar for now, says Fifa on day of biggest crisis - Telegraph.co.uk
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:44 PM

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World Cups to stay in Russia and Qatar for now, says Fifa on day of biggest crisis
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Sepp Blatter and Fifa were facing their biggest ever crisis on Wednesday after a raft of the most senior officials in world football were arrested in dramatic dawn raids in Zurich and criminal proceedings were opened over the award of the next two ...
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IS Militants Massacre About 20 Men At Palmyra Roman Theater
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:43 PM

Syrian activists say the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has shot dead some 20 men in the ruins of the central city of Palmyra.

NATO: Russia May Use Nuclear Weapons Amid Growing War Fears - ValueWalk
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:43 PM

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NATO: Russia May Use Nuclear Weapons Amid Growing War Fears
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NATO believes that Russia considers using tactical nuclear weapons as a way of waging a war. General Hans-Lothar Domröse, NATO Commander of the Brunssum Allied Joint Force Command, said he sees a threat in Russia's actions and descried Russian...

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Russian Inflation Slides Below 16% for First Time in Monthsby The Moscow Times
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:43 PM

Year-on-year price inflation in Russia slipped below 16 percent for the first time since February, a news report said Wednesday, as the strengthening of the ruble soothes blistering price rises.

Pressure grows on Merkel over spy scandal
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:42 PM

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Chancellor’s officials accused of knowingly misleading public about no-spy deal with US

Russia and Qatar: losers in the FIFA scandal - Politico
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:41 PM

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Russia and Qatar: losers in the FIFA scandal
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Russia and Qatar controversially won those bids, Russia in 2018, Qatar in 2022, but each has been dogged by a variety of allegations ever since. For Qatar, whose royal family heavily backed the project, it was accusations that it leveraged its huge gas ...
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US, Swiss Authorities Unveil Major FIFA Corruption Casesby webdesk@voanews.com (Jeff Custer)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:41 PM

Football's world governing body, FIFA, was rocked Wednesday by a massive U.S. federal corruption indictment against current and former top officials and the announcement of a separate investigation by Swiss authorities into allegations connected to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. As she outlined details of the investigation, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says lies, corruption and bribery have plagued FIFA for over two decades. VOA's Jeff Custer reports.

Fifa corruption arrests: Two separate investigations sparks biggest crisis in history of the sport
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:41 PM

Generations of top-ranking Fifa officials have engaged in “rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted” corruption which has poisoned world football for decades, it was claimed, as two separate criminal investigations sparked the biggest crisis in the history of the sport.

Байден: США будут сдерживать «дальнейшую агрессию России» - BFM.Ru
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:40 PM

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FIFA Scandal Casts Shadow on Russia's World Cupby By Howard Amos
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:40 PM

Doubts were cast Wednesday over Russia's legitimacy as the host nation for next World Cup as Swiss authorities launched an investigation into criminal mismanagement linked to the 2010 decision by FIFA.

Fifa corruption arrests: An interruption to the party, but not the end of President Sepp Blatter
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:40 PM

The Swiss police officers were wearing jeans and trainers when they wandered up to the reception of the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich at dawn and politely dropped the biggest bomb ever to land on Fifa.

Fifa elite try to put on brave face
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:40 PM

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Russia Says FIFA Corruption Investigation Is No Threat to 2018 World Cup - New York Times
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:40 PM

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Russia Says FIFA Corruption Investigation Is No Threat to 2018 World Cup
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MOSCOW — Russian officials said Wednesday that the arrests of top FIFA officials in Zurich and the promise of new investigations into corrupt practices at soccer's international governing body would not derail Russia from hosting the World Cup in 2018.
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Study: Russian, Ukrainian Economic Competitiveness Dropped
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:39 PM

According to a global ranking, Russia and Ukraine have seen their economic competitiveness plummet over the past year.

Fifa corruption arrests: How Chuck Blazer rinsed money from the beautiful game
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:39 PM

He was known as football’s Mr 10 per cent. Chuck Blazer’s reputation for serving his own needs alongside of those of his football paymasters was legendary.

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Fifa corruption arrests: Who are the 17 officials and executives accused of misconduct?
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:39 PM

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Changing Under Pressure, IS ‘Potent’ as Everby webdesk@voanews.com (Jeff Seldin)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:38 PM

Nearly 10 months since the first U.S. airstrikes rained down on Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq, the terror group has been subject to a persistent, if not relentless, assault on multiple fronts. Yet the campaign to degrade and ultimately destroy the self-declared caliphate appears to have done little to deter the militants from spreading terror throughout the Middle East and beyond. “ISIL remains a potent force,” a U.S. intelligence official told VOA, using an acronym for the group. “These folks know how to take advantage of security postures and strike fear in the hearts of their enemy.” Perhaps nowhere has that ability been more prominently on display than in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Iraq’s Anbar province. IS fighters took the city last week, despite being badly outnumbered, using a series of vehicle-borne explosive devices to ultimately scare Iraqi Security Forces into retreat. U.S. intelligence officials admit the fall of Ramadi is concerning, but they also say it should not be seen as any sort of verdict on the larger effort to degrade IS capabilities. “Battlefield setbacks and pressure from the coalition and other adversaries have forced the group to adjust its tactics,” the intelligence official said, adding it was “forcing ISIL to focus on targets of opportunity, compared to their land grab last year.” Senior military officials also point out the terrorist organization appears to be largely focused on military victories that can quickly be turned into propaganda and say the group may not be capable of holding conquests like Ramadi, if that is even part of the plan. “Clearly this is a group that is on a bit of a downward trajectory,” said Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “They’re still extraordinarily dangerous, but they’re having increasing trouble taking and holding territory.” Pentagon officials say since airstrikes began last August, IS has lost control of at least 13,000 square kilometers, unable to move freely in up to a third of the areas it once held. But there are growing concerns that the terror group remains more than just a “potent” force. “The U.S. is continually underestimating the Islamic State,” said Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon official now with the American Enterprise Institute. “They’re certainly not degraded and they’re certainly not destroyed.” Since August 8 of last year, the U.S.-led coalition has carried out more than 4,100 airstrikes against IS in Iraq and Syria, damaging or destroying more than 6,200 targets. And in a January interview with Al Arabiya, the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Stuart Jones, said more than 6,000 IS militants, including top commanders, had been killed. Based on U.S. intelligence estimates at the time, which put the size of the IS fighting force at between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters, such casualties should have gutted the group’s ability to fight. But it has not. “Operationally, I see no evidence that these figures are accurate,” said Thomas Joscelyn, senior editor of The Long War Journal. “The Islamic State hadn't lost 20 to 30 percent of its operational capacity by January 2015. And it still hasn't.” “While thousands of fighters and leaders have been killed since the beginning of the air campaign last year, the Islamic State's numbers have not dwindled significantly,” he said. One reason is that U.S. intelligence estimates of IS's force strength may be too low. Intelligence officials admit their estimates have been conservative, but some analysts have criticized them for being much too low. Joscelyn said even now, the number of IS fighters in Iraq and Syria is “easily in the tens of thousands,” including a mix of local jihadists, ex-Baathists, conscripts and foreign fighters. Others have put the number at 50,000. Some former officials have even suggested the group may have as many as 100,000 fighters at its disposal. The Islamic State’s numbers have also been bolstered by a steady flow of foreign fighters. Despite reports by some human rights groups that the number of new foreign fighters has dwindled, a senior U.S. military official told VOA the group continues to replenish its ranks with, on average, 100 or so new foreign fighters per month. Even that figure, though, may be low. “ISIL is still apparently recruiting 1,000 officers a month from the world at large, around roughly 100 countries to come in and fight in Iraq and Syria,” according to Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon. “We don’t really know how many fighters are inside of ISIL.” No matter what the precise numbers may be, military officials say IS remains large enough to be effective. The Long War Journal’s Joscelyn warns, ultimately, the numbers may not matter even to IS commanders. “The Islamic State is having success not by overwhelming its enemies in large numbers, but by using sophisticated military tactics and improved weaponry,” he said. VOA's Sharon Behn contributed to this report.

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FARC Negotiator Killed in Colombian Bombing Raidby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:38 PM

The Colombian armed forces' aerial bombing campaign against leftist guerrillas killed a member of the rebel negotiating team who had participated in peace talks being held in Cuba, a guerrilla commander said Wednesday. Jairo Martinez, a veteran of two separate peace processes, was one of 27 rebels killed last Thursday in Cauca province, in a raid that led rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to end a five-month unilateral cease-fire. Martinez was also involved in peace talks during the government of President Andres Pastrana, who held office from 1998 to 2002. Although he was active in the Havana talks, he was in Colombia on an education mission when he was caught in the attack, FARC leader Pastor Alape told reporters in Havana. "Jairo Martinez, a member of the FARC peace delegation in Havana, was among the guerrillas who was assassinated," Alape said. He then added a message to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos: "Peace talks won't advance with bloodbaths, President Santos." On Monday, the FARC reported the death of senior rebel commander Roman Ruiz, who was killed in a separate government bombing attack in Choco province. Those two raids and another on Saturday have killed about 40 guerrillas and prompted the FARC to end the unilateral cease-fire it had announced days before Christmas. The Santos government and the FARC have conducted talks in Havana for two-and-a-half years to try to end Latin America's longest war, which has killed 220,000 and displaced millions since 1964. Fighting has continued during the talks. The FARC had demanded that the government reciprocate after it called its indefinite unilateral cease-fire, but Santos has refused, citing previous peace talks when the rebels exploited the truce to re-arm. In March, Santos agreed to a pause in the bombing raids in recognition of the FARC cease-fire. But he ordered air assaults in response to a rebel ground attack that killed 10 soldiers in Cauca in April. Peace talks reconvened in Havana last Thursday despite the recent escalation of violence.

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Questions Surround June 30 Deadline for Iran Nuclear Dealby webdesk@voanews.com (Pamela Dockins)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:37 PM

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet on Saturday to discuss the ongoing Iran nuclear negotiations. The meeting in Geneva comes as some parties in the talks are raising questions about whether negotiators will meet the end of June deadline for an agreement. The State Department says the U.S. is focused on June 30 as the deadline for a nuclear accord, in spite of comments from Iran and France that an extension may have to be considered. Spokesman Jeff Rathke said Wednesday the U.S. believes that reaching an agreement by the end of next month is achievable. “We are not contemplating an extension beyond June 30. Again, we are united among the P5+1 [five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany] that our efforts are to reach a final deal by the end of June,” said Rathke. More time needed? Earlier Wednesday, a senior Iranian envoy said nuclear negotiators might be forced to extend talks beyond June 30. According to Iranian state media, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran nuclear negotiators "are not bound by time.” “We are committed to this issue that a good agreement with details that are favorable to us is hammered out, even if it may take a long time,” he said. Araqchi commented from Vienna, where nuclear negotiations have been underway between Iran and the P5+1. On Tuesday, French ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud voiced similar concerns. At a Washington forum, he said it is “very likely” there will not be a complete deal by the June deadline because of unresolved technical issues. The French ambassador suggested there could be a “fuzzy [unclear] end” to negotiations. At the same forum, German Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Wittig said that talks had been proceeding at a “rather slow pace” at the expert level, since early April. “The most difficult path may lie ahead,” he said. Not a crisis point However, a former State Department official who was part of the U.S. negotiating team said he is “not terribly worried” about the prospect of negotiators missing the deadline. “There is no crisis that is on the other side of the deadline,” said Richard Nephew, a former deputy sanctions chief at the State Department. Nephew, who is now with Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, said the Joint Plan of Action had already “restrained” Iran’s nuclear program and provided a “stable” platform for providing limited sanctions relief. Under the Joint Plan of Action, Iran agreed to provisions that include limiting uranium enrichment levels and providing site access to nuclear inspectors in exchange for some sanctions relief. Nephew added that if the deadline passed with no agreement, he did expect “noise” [opposition] from sources including the U.S. Congress. “There are going to be people on Capitol Hill and elsewhere saying it just proves the Iranians don’t want to get a good deal,” he said. Nephew said he believes the remaining sticking points between Iran and world powers include the pace and timing of sanctions relief. He also said negotiators may be stuck on the “extent and reach” of transparency and monitoring. In particular, Iranian officials have voiced objections to giving nuclear inspectors access to military sites. Nephew said negotiators also may be having difficulty resolving how much research and development Iran would be allowed to conduct under a final agreement. Iran is seeking a deal that provides sanctions relief. World powers are seeking an agreement that provides assurances that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons. The two sides agreed to extend talks until late June after they failed to reach a comprehensive agreement in time for a November deadline. In addition to Geneva, Kerry travels to Nigeria for the inauguration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. He also will visit Madrid and Paris.

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US Voters Seek Answers From Presidential Candidates on IS Gains by webdesk@voanews.com (Kane Farabaugh)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:37 PM

The growth of the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria comes as the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign kicks off in the Midwest state of Iowa. Voters want to know how the candidates would handle recent militant gains in the Middle East. It is one of the biggest issues on the minds of voters in Iowa – the growing threat of Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Iowa voter Michael Downey is especially torn by the fall of Ramadi, where U.S. soldiers battled insurgents during the Iraq war. “The people who fought over there paid a price for that city. They’ve got to be heartbroken today. There are people who are injured or who lost family members," he said. "Today they have to ask the question, was it worth it?” It is a question Downey knows well. His son Luke is a former U.S. Marine who served several combat deployments to Afghanistan. “It is a sacrifice, whether it’s your sons or daughters who are in harm's way, the mothers brothers fathers and sisters, they all pay a price too," he said. Downey and his son Luke attended a forum with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Voters here want to know where the candidates stand on sending more ground forces back to Iraq. "You’re in an area in the United States where a very high percentage of families serve, so sacrifice and sometimes the ultimate sacrifice of losing your life for your country is taken very seriously," said Jeff Danielson, a Democratic Iowa state senator from Cedar Falls. Danielson, who is also a veteran of the first Gulf War and serves on several Iowa committees for veterans, is running for local re-election next year alongside presidential candidates. He says possible U.S. involvement with places like Iraq and Afghanistan tops the list of concerns voters have discussed with him. “Foreign policy is one of the reasons people vote for a president, so it's always going to be highly salient," Danielson said. "It’s probably equal to the economy and domestic issues when it comes to thinking about who you are voting for, for president." Michael Downey is still thinking about who he wants to vote for. But there is one thing he’s looking for in whomever he chooses – someone who can generate bipartisan cooperation. “A divided nation cannot win a war," he said.

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Fifa corruption arrests: Uefa calls for presidential vote delay after probe
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:37 PM

European football’s governing body Uefa has called for Friday’s Fifa presidential election to be postponed in the wake of dawn arrests at Fifa’s official hotel in Zurich over corruption charges.

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Fighting Continues in Iraq’s Anbar Provinceby webdesk@voanews.com (Meredith Buel)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:37 PM

Pro-government forces in Iraq are trying to retake parts of Anbar province that have fallen to the Islamic State militant group. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details.

Russian gas industry looks east to strengthen position - BBC News
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:36 PM

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Russian gas industry looks east to strengthen position
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Russia was the undisputed king of gas - the world's biggest producer with the biggest reserves and the biggest exports. But the party has since fallen rather flat. Weaker demand in Europe and plunging natural gas prices have hit revenues, while US and ...
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More Arrests Expected in FIFA Corruption Caseby webdesk@voanews.com (Bernard Shusman)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:36 PM

Football fans around the world are still in shock over the corruption indictments of top FIFA officials, corporate officials and marketing companies by the United States government. And there is promise of more to come. VOA’s Bernard Shusman reports from New York.

IRS believes cyberattack originated in Russia, sources say - Fox News
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:36 PM

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IRS believes cyberattack originated in Russia, sources say
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A well-placed cyberintelligence source familiar with the investigation into the breach told Fox News that the attack, which breached the IRS system, originated out of Russia. Additionally, the IRS alerted the Department of Homeland Security following ...
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IRS hack came from Russia - New York Post
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:36 PM

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IRS hack came from Russia
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WASHINGTON — IRS investigators believe the identity thieves who stole the personal tax information of more than 100,000 taxpayers from an IRS website are part of a sophisticated criminal operation based in Russia, two officials told the Associated Press.
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Carter: US Will Remain Top Security Power in Asia-Pacificby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Thursday May 28th, 2015 at 12:35 PM