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Ten plead guilty to being Russian agents in U.S. (Reuters) PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 July 2010 17:12

An armoured prison service minivan waits outside Moscow's high-security Lefortovo prison July 8, 2010. Russia and the United States appeared to be considering a spy swap on Wednesday to send home a ring of suspected Russian agents whose arrest cast an unwelcome Cold War chill over warming diplomatic ties. Officials for both governments declined to confirm a deal was in the works as U.S. federal prosecutors unsealed formal charges against the group. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinReuters - Ten people pleaded guilty on Thursday to being unregistered foreign agents for Russia while living undercover in the United States and agreed to be deported to Russia as part of a swap of imprisoned spies between the U.S. and Russian governments.


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J&J sales plunge as new drug recall announced (AP) PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 July 2010 17:12

FILE - In this June 30, 2009 file photo, Tylenol Extra Strenth is shown in a medicine cabinet at a home in Palo Alto, Calif. Johnson & Johnson is expanding a recall of over-the-counter drugs Thursday, July 8, 2010, including Tylenol and Motrin IB because of a musty or moldy smell. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Sales of Johnson & Johnson pain relievers are collapsing as a string of recalls appears to have made consumers wary of once-sterling brands such as Tylenol and Motrin.


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In Colo. speech, GOP chair shrugs off Afghan gaffe (AP) PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 July 2010 17:11

Republican Party chairman Michael Steele, center, talks with Republican state leaders and volunteers during a visit to the Colorado GOP headquarters in the Greenwood Village south of Denver on Thursday, July 8, 2010. The outspoken chairman's appearance in Colorado will be his first since he came under fire for calling the 9-year-old conflict in Afghanistan a mistaken 'war of Obama's choosing.' Steele later issued a statement stressing his support for U.S. troops. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - In his first public remarks since his widely condemned comments on Afghanistan, Republican Party chairman Michael Steele said Thursday he "ain't goin' anywhere" despite calls for his resignation.


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Spy swap unfolds with guilty pleas by 10 in NYC (AP) PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 July 2010 17:11

A barbed wire is seen over a fence of the Lefortovo prison in Moscow, Thursday, July 8, 2010.  Riot police on Thursday secured the perimeter of the prison, and convoy of armored vehicles arrived in the morning at the prison, thought to be the central gathering point for people convicted of spying for the West, including nuclear researcher Igor Sutyagin, serving a 14-year sentence for spying for the United States. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)(AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)AP - The largest spy swap between the U.S. and Russia since the Cold War unfolded Thursday as 10 people accused of spying in suburban America pleaded guilty to conspiracy and were ordered deported to Russia in exchange for the release of four Russian spies.


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Russia trades four Western spies for Kremlin agents (AFP) PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 July 2010 17:10

A court sketch of four of the alleged Russian spy suspects in a New York courtroom on July 1. The United States is to trade 10 Russian agents for four Western spies after sealing Thursday a Cold War-style swap deal with Moscow to end an espionage saga neither side wanted.(AFP/File/Shirley Shepard)AFP - The United States is to trade 10 Russian agents for four Western spies after sealing Thursday a Cold War-style swap deal with Moscow to end an espionage saga neither side wanted.


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