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Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080902/od_nm/putin_tiger_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080902/2008_09_02t123625_450x345_us_putin_tiger.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=_BVTQNl1yx.Xq6Cg9tqmDA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) holds a five-year-old tiger's head as scientists put on a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal in the academy of sciences Ussuri reserve in Russia's Far East, August 31, 2008. (RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was feted by Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.</p><br clear="all"/>