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Local officials in Russia say an explosion at an optical plant in the city of Sergiyev Posad, about 70 kilometers outside Moscow, killed one person and injured at least 43 people on August 9. Five of the injured are in intensive care with serious burns or head injuries, according to the city administration's Telegram account. Some of the 43 people admitted to a regional hospital have shrapnel injuries, it said. Officials at the city’s central hospital said that a woman had succumbed to wounds sustained in the blast. Independent Telegram channel Baza shared images of a tall cloud of smoke...

The Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to break through the first line of Russian defense on the left bank of the Dnipro, and take control of the settlement of Kozachi Laheri, dialog.ua reports. The Russian military is sounding the alarm, reporting a serious advance of the Ukrainian army units, which were able to force the Dnipro and take control of the settlement of Kozachi Laheri on the left bank, breaking through the first line of Russian defense in this area. Russian military Yegor Guzenko (call sign “Thirteenth”) reports this on his Telegram channel, noting the rapid deterioration of the...

TOLEDO, Ohio—Mitt Romney projected confidence Wednesday that he's going to win Ohio, in spite of a recent spate of polls showing him trailing President Barack Obama in this crucial swing state. "I'm going to win Ohio," Romney told NBC's Ron Allen in an interview. "I'm going to become the next president."In a separate interview with ABC's David Muir, Romney downplayed several recent polls that suggest he's losing ground to Obama in Ohio and other battleground states. "Polls go up, polls go down," Romney told ABC. But, he added, he was "absolutely convinced" that people would support his campaign after watching...

“going to be Mitt Romney Country,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie believes his state will support Mitt Romney’s bid for president as much as he does. Standing alongside the Republican presidential candidate, Christie told donors at a $50,000-a-plate fundraising dinner on Tuesday night in Woodbridge, N.J., that the state is “going to be Mitt Romney Country,” according to the Boston Herald. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77884.html#ixzz1zB4G2sBk“They say that the best thing to be in politics is to be early and right, and New Jersey was early and right in picking Mitt Romney,” Christie said. “And we weren’t just right for our party;...

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