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05 October 2004 Police for now are not sure whether to classify the 62 year-old Khabarovsk resident's actions as self-defense or murder The thief died on the spot. The squash also suffered. Sixty-two year old Viktor Shakalov had gone to walk the dog and left he door to his apartment unlocked. When he returned, he saw that someone was rummaging through his apartment. Catching this thief in the act, the retiree was downright angry. The thief, however, decided that the best defense was an attack, and jumped the apartment owner. In reply, the retiree applied a beating with a...

Moscow (CNSNews.com) - Russia has for the first time agreed to open its remote far eastern region to U.S. officials searching for American servicemen missing in action from past wars. The U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs is to undertake an expedition that will take in the region bordering the Korean peninsula, including the major urban centers of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. Details are scarce, but the mission will take place from Sept. 21-30. In the past the commission's work has mostly taken place in Moscow. Established by the U.S. and Russian presidents in March 1992, the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission (USRJC)is designed...