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Cold-blooded murder: a Canadian nurse dies in an attack on the Red Cross

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Several masked gunmen entered a Red Cross hospital in Novye Atagi, Chechnya, and murdered six Red Cross workers, including Canadian nurse Nancy Malloy. It was the worst attack on a Red Cross facility in the agency's history. Malloy was a dedicated nurse who had worked in other troubled areas.

Author: Gray, Malcolm
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
Crimes against, Nurses, Biography, Chechnya, Russia, Crime, International Committee of the Red Cross, Canadians in foreign countries, Canadians abroad, Malloy, Nancy

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A Crimean crisis

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The future of the Commonwealth of Independent States is threatened by the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. Crimea's parliament drafted a declaration of of independence, but Ukrainian politicians suspended the declaration.

Author: Gray, Malcolm
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
Russia, Ukraine, Russian foreign relations, Commonwealth of Independent States, Ukrainian foreign relations

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Opening a secret city

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The city of Gorky, Russia was off limits to foreigners throughout the Cold War era, but now it has been opened up. The city has changed its name back to the traditional Nizhny Novgorod. It is Russia's third largest city.

Author: Gray, Malcolm
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

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