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Published 1/27/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Russia's president has ordered his administration to rework a controversial treason bill submitted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's cabinet, a top Kremlin official was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Tuesday.
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