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CNN
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The Russian explorers who planted a flag beneath the North Pole have made a triumphant homecoming and say they do not care about foreign critics who have complained their mission was a crude land grab. "The Arctic always was Russian, and it will remain Ru..
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Daily Mail
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin has made an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic, giving himself claim to its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
His audacious argument that an underwater Russian ridge is linked to the North Pole is..
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BBC News
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Canada's prime minister has stressed his country's claims to the Arctic region on a trip there, days after Russia laid claim to the North Pole.
Correspondents say Stephen Harper's tour has taken on new urgency since Russian sailors dropped a flag on th..
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BBC News
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Russian explorers have planted their country's flag on the seabed 4,200m (14,000ft) below the North Pole to further Moscow's claims to the Arctic.
They were travelling aboard two mini-submarines on what is believed to be the first expedition of its kin..
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CNN
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American Colin Edwards, riding a Yamaha, upstaged world championship leader Casey Stoner with a late burst to snatch pole position at the French MotoGP on Saturday.
Edwards clocked a record time of one minute 33.616 seconds around the 4.180km Le Mans c..
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