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NATO jets track 'unusual' Russian bomber sorties

BRUSSELS - NATO aircraft tracked Russian strategic bombers over the Atlantic and Black Sea on Wednesday and sorties of fighters over the Baltic in what the Western alliance called an unusual burst of activity at a tense time in East-West relations.

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Gas deal still eludes Ukraine and Russia at EU talks

BRUSSELS - Ukraine and Russia bargained late into the night on Wednesday but European Union officials trying to broker a deal to resume gas supplies to Kiev as winter sets in said there was still no accord to announce.

NASA explosion fuels concerns about Russian engines, oversight

WASHINGTON - The explosion of an Orbital Science Corp supply rocket over Virginia could accelerate U.S. efforts to replace aging Russian space technology with a pricey homegrown rocket engine.

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Gas deal still eludes Ukraine and Russia at EU talks

BRUSSELS - Ukraine and Russia bargained late into the night on Wednesday but European Union officials trying to broker a deal to resume gas supplies to Kiev as winter sets in said there was still no accord to announce.

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Gas deal still eludes Ukraine and Russia at EU talks

BRUSSELS - Ukraine and Russia bargained late into the night on Wednesday but European Union officials trying to broker a deal to resume gas supplies to Kiev as winter sets in said there was still no accord to announce.

UPDATE 1-Gas deal still eludes Ukraine and Russia at EU talks

* New commissioner takes over on Nov. 1 (Updates with late-night talks continuing, no deal yet)

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Exclusive: Russia calls U.N. agency's conflict zone risk proposals 'superficial'

MONTREAL/TORONTO - Russia, which the United States has accused of backing Ukrainian rebels who shot down a Malaysian airliner in July, called new proposals from the United Nations aviation body on mitigating risks over conflict zones rushed and "superficial", according to a document obtained by Reuters.

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Exclusive - Russia calls U.N. agency's conflict zone risk proposals 'superficial'

MONTREAL/TORONTO - Russia, which the United States has accused of backing Ukrainian rebels who shot down a Malaysian airliner in July, called new proposals from the United Nations aviation body on mitigating risks over conflict zones rushed and "superficial", according to a document obtained by Reuters.

UPDATE 1-NATO jets track "unusual" Russian bomber sorties

BRUSSELS, Oct 29 - NATO aircraft tracked Russian strategic bombers over the Atlantic and Black Sea on Wednesday and sorties of fighters over the Baltic in what the Western alliance called an unusual burst of activity at a tense time in East-West relations.

EXCLUSIVE-Russia calls U.N. agency's conflict zone risk proposals 'superficial'

MONTREAL/TORONTO, Oct 29 - Russia, which the United States has accused of backing Ukrainian rebels who shot down a Malaysian airliner in July, called new proposals from the United Nations aviation body on mitigating risks over conflict zones rushed and "superficial", according to a document obtained by Reuters.

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Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State

SURUC Turkey/BEIRUT - A convoy of peshmerga fighters from northern Iraq headed across southeastern Turkey on Wednesday towards the Syrian town of Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes. | Video

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