<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Lynn Berry's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-163209.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Lynn Berry's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:33:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:53:40 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Ukrainian rivals campaign in Davos</title><description><![CDATA[Ukraine's two rival presidential candidates made their cases Friday at Davos, but they were upstaged by the two candidates who finished behind them in the first-round vote and whose support may be key to 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Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/13/3149346-arctic-sea-crew-hijackers-interrogated-in-moscow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/13/3149346-arctic-sea-crew-hijackers-interrogated-in-moscow</guid><category>business</category><category>missing</category><category>ship</category><category>atlantic-ocean</category><category>west-african</category><category>world-news</category><category>west-africa</category><category>cape-verde</category><category>french-defense-ministry</category><category>arctic-sea</category><category>russian-defense-ministry</category><category>missing-ship</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:40:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" 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When Vladimir Putin rode a horse bare-chested through a rustic region of Siberia, it produced astonishing images casting him as a rugged Russian outdoorsman.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Berry, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/05/3123064-k-g-beefcake-putin-bares-his-chest-in-siberia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/05/3123064-k-g-beefcake-putin-bares-his-chest-in-siberia</guid><category>eu</category><category>russia</category><category>putin</category><category>world-news</category><category>when-vladimir-putin</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:18:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/dbea5751-6483-408d-b031-c2393339a732.jpg" width="75" height="47" 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Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/28/2489517-chechen-leader-imposes-strict-brand-of-islam</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/28/2489517-chechen-leader-imposes-strict-brand-of-islam</guid><category>eu</category><category>russia</category><category>ruling</category><category>world-news</category><category>chechnya</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:02:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/d7697e8a-67ce-4f47-8d8e-bc2bd2b93f0c.jpg" width="75" height="51" /></item><item><title>Economic crisis pressures Russia's ruling tandem</title><description><![CDATA[Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has twice rebuked the government led by his predecessor Vladimir Putin in the past couple of weeks, raising questions of whether a rift is developing between the powerful former Kremlin leader and the man he chose to replace him.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Berry, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/15/2316070-economic-crisis-pressures-russias-ruling-tandem</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/15/2316070-economic-crisis-pressures-russias-ruling-tandem</guid><category>eu</category><category>russia</category><category>world-news</category><category>vladimir-putin</category><category>dmitry-medvedev</category><category>ruling-tandem</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:36:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" url="http://www.polls.newsvine.comhttp://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/tn/44aa44ab-0968-436e-89f4-3d3793874098.jpg" 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Russia</title><description><![CDATA[When the fighting broke out in Georgia, it was Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and not Russia's new young president who stepped up to lead the country's tough response.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Berry, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/15/1750039-war-shows-that-putin-is-running-things-in-russia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/15/1750039-war-shows-that-putin-is-running-things-in-russia</guid><category>russia</category><category>charge</category><category>putin</category><category>world-news</category><category>vladimir-putin</category><category>in-charge</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:13:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:thumbnail medium="image" 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+0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Russia officials told to learn to use computers</title><description><![CDATA[Russia's new 42-year-old president showed frustration with government officials who do not know how to use a computer and warned Thursday that they could soon be out of a job.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Berry, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/17/1674538-russia-officials-told-to-learn-to-use-computers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/17/1674538-russia-officials-told-to-learn-to-use-computers</guid><category>russia</category><category>internet</category><category>world-news</category><category>medvedev</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:09:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Czar leads vote for greatest Russian</title><description><![CDATA[Ninety years after he was executed, Czar Nicholas II is leading a tight race to be named the greatest Russian in history.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Berry, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/15/1667605-czar-leads-vote-for-greatest-russian</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/15/1667605-czar-leads-vote-for-greatest-russian</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>russian</category><category>czar-nicholas-ii</category><category>greatest-russian</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:41:26 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