Child ombudsman offers US swimmer to obtain Russian passport
MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) — Paralympics swimming champion Jessica Long would be able to adopt a Russian orphan if she obtains Russian citizenship, presidential Children Rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said on Friday. "According to the law, a U.S. …
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On the cultural front lines in New York
In 1938, Kandinsky elected not to renew his German passport and moved to France, where he settled in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-Sur-Seine. Here his palette changed yet again, and biomorphic forms with non-geometric outlines appeared in his …
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Mason spine surgeon Dr. Atiq Durrani flees the U.S., warrant issued for his arrest
A Pakistani citizen, Durrani was required to turn over his passport when he was indicted, and the U.S. Attorney didn't say how Durrani managed to slip out of the country. A judge had ordered him not to travel beyond Ohio and Kentucky. Durrani had asked …
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