By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer
BEIJING – One of the very few light moments during the Sichuan earthquake last May occurred as a family in Xiang’e dug through the rubble of their fallen home. The wife paced around an earth-mover, looking agitated but not grief-stricken, and I guessed she was looking for a lost pet. [...]
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09 Oct, 2008
Israelis looking for stronger U.S. leadership
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By Martin Fletcher, NBC News Correspondent TEL AVIV – This American election has fascinated the planet more than any other in living memory; because it concerns us all more than any other. America’s war is the world’s war and Wall Street’s disaster has infected the globe.
So it is with all the more consternation that observers [...]
Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin unveils a new instructional judo DVD, adding to his legendary ‘tough guy’ image.
NBC News’ Yonatan Pomrenze reports from Moscow on how in many ways, Putin, Russia’s former president and current prime minister, is still center stage in Russian politics.
VIDEO: Putin releases instructional judo video…(read more)
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