PUTIN VISITS UK FOR SYRIA AND JUDO Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the UK today, for the first time since the 2005 G8 summit. The judo black belt will watch his sport at the Olympic games and meet David Cameron at Downing Street to discuss the situation in Syria. His spokesman said he would not be offering any concessions on Russia's position.
CYCLIST DIES AS WIGGINS IS TRIUMPHANT Bradley Wiggins, now Britain's greatest ever Olympian after taking gold in the cycling time trials, has called for bike helmets to be made compulsory after a 28-year-old cyclist was knocked off his bike and killed by an Olympic bus near the Games venue yesterday.
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Vladimir Putin recently took over the office of the Presidency in Russian for a second time (third term) and one of his first orders of business has been to cancel his upcoming trip to Camp David for the G8 summit. The meeting would... Read Post
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a champion judoka, could soon be flooring France's Nicolas Sarkozy with some of his famous throws after agreeing to pass on some of his black belt skills to the French president. "He (Sarkozy) ... Read Post
David Cameron has claimed that Vladimir Putin explicitly called for Syria's President Bashar al Assad to go - but his comments have been denied by Moscow. Speaking after a meeting with Mr Putin at the G20 summit, the Prime Minister ... Read Post