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Stalin's only daughter dies at 85

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's daughter, whose defection to the West during the Cold War embarrassed the communists, has died at 85.

 

Analysis: Russia still lags on democracy 20 years after coup

Analysis: Russia still lags on democracy 20 years after coup

Twenty years after a coup in which hardline communists made a last, desperate attempt to save the Soviet Union, Russia is still traveling the long and bumpy road to democracy.

 

President Pushes Innovation, Education in State of the Union

President Pushes Innovation, Education in State of the Union

President Obama invoked the space race with the Soviet Union to challenge Congress to rise above partisanship and work with him to usher in a new age of American innovation in his State of the Union address Tuesday.

 

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