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The blast occurred on a line in the vicinity of an urban beach in Makhachkala. There were no other causalities. The rail track was not damaged during the blast. The incident comes two months after the luxury high-speed Nevsky Express between Moscow and St. Petersburg was derailed by an explosion, killing 27 passengers and injuring more than 90. Outlook Express recovery

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"I am glad that in the past year plus we have managed to change the atmosphere of Russian-American relations [for the better]". "We have managed to change the atmosphere, there are results from it. I am pleased that I played a part in it". "We have a complicated history of relations. We either started suffocating each other in embraces or created a great rift between us. We shouldn"t look for differences, we should create long-term pragmatic relations based on the common democratic and economic values of freedom, and common goals in the fight against global threats contactos

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"We can say with full conviction: we have done all that depends on us for all Russian athletes to leave for Vancouver checked and "clean,"" Alexander Derevoyedov said. "And I want to express hope and conviction that there will be no scandals with our Olympic athletes at the Games," he said at a press conference held at RIA Novosti on Wednesday. Derevoyedov said Vancouver will have very strict doping control procedures. "I would like to believe all our athletes realize this," he said.

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Vitaly Ratner said that the lynx who reportedly belonged to a private zoo was caught using a lasso by the center"s employees when local residents called the police. "The animal was frightened and climbed a tree and the first tranquilizing shot hit the lynx"s paw and failed to put her to sleep," he said. The police are currently seeking the lynx"s owner.

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