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Adolf Hitler on Georgian TV

30 декабря 2009 11:06

Georgia’s Sakartvelo television channel recently aired a remarkably creative video that, in theory at least, should entice young people to join the army, San Bernardino County Speakeasy www.bbvm.co.cc. reports. The video does not particularly have any distinguishing special effects; in it, some cheerful young men are heading from a recruiting station to the army headquarters.

New Year in space

28 декабря 2009 13:35

Just like almost anyone engaged in dangerous work, cosmonauts are no strangers to superstition. Incredible as it may seem, in the world of manned spaceflight there is a body of folklore, superstition, and tradition that is followed by each and every crewmember as if performing a sacred rite. Examples of this abound.

Bankers’ bonuses blamed for crisis

24 декабря 2009 09:58

Bankers’ bonuses played a notable role in triggering the ongoing global crisis, according to a report just released by Bank of England experts.

A case of state-sponsored vandalism

22 декабря 2009 15:13

December 21 is a special day for Georgian politicians with President Mikhail Saakashvili celebrating his 42nd birthday and true-blue Stalinists marking the 130th birth anniversary of the world’s best-known Georgian.

How to chase away seasonal blues?

21 декабря 2009 15:24

This week has the longest night and the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere. After December 22 the days will grow longer but there will still be a lot of cold and darkness around to dampen our spirits.

LUKoil wins lucrative Iraq contract

16 декабря 2009 13:48

“A consortium of Russia’s LUKoil major and Norway’s Statoil Company has won a lucrative contract to develop and operate the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq with recoverable reserves of 12.9 billion barrels of oil", Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said, Reuters reported.

Italy says yes to visa-free travel with Russia

14 декабря 2009 15:45

Italy has expressed support for visa-free travel to the EU for Russians in 2010, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said earlier this week.   In televised remarks Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said he was strongly hopeful that in 2010 his country could propose introducing a visa-free regime with Russia.

Russia-NATO: cooperation resumes but problems persist

10 декабря 2009 13:29

Russia-NATO Council's foreign ministers were meeting in Brussels last week for the first time since ties broke off after the August 2008 armed conflict between Russian and Georgia over South Ossetia, agreeing a joint analysis of security threats, a cooperation plan for next year and on reforming the Council’s work.

Historic climate change conference opens in Copenhagen

8 декабря 2009 14:52

A UN climate conference has opened for two weeks of negotiations among 192 nations to forge a pact to secure the world from calamitous global warming.   The heads of state and government of more than 100 countries will attend the final days of the two-week conference that has brought together about 15,000 participants from around the globe.

Russia, US close to further arms cuts

4 декабря 2009 11:45

In a sign of things finally moving on clinching a new nuclear arms reduction deal with Moscow, the United States has dropped its longstanding demand for an on-site count of all Russian ballistic missiles.

Animals infected by humans put global ecosystem at risk

30 ноября 2009 14:15

Animals and birds have traditionally been seen by man as carriers of dangerous diseases, but a new study suggests that animals are now picking up human diseases, possibly as a result of globalization.

Salt is all right, researchers say

26 ноября 2009 11:34

Doctors have long been telling us that salt is poison, but American scientists are challenging this decades-old conventional wisdom that we should watch our salt.

Detroit named America’s “most dangerous” city

20 ноября 2009 13:12

This year, Detroit tops the Forbes’ list of America's most dangerous cities. To compile the list, Forbes used violent crime statistics from the FBI' s latest uniform crime report issued in 2008. The unemployment-hit Detroit has a staggering rate of 1,220 violent crimes committed per 100,000 people.

Politics and literature

13 ноября 2009 00:00

Can politics determine public demand for literature? Can literature brush off on a politician’s career? And how can a book become a weapon against a political regime?

British Navy halves its carrier program

10 ноября 2009 00:00

The Royal Navy has agreed to sacrifice one of its two new aircraft carriers to save about $13.4 billion from the defense budget, The Sunday Times reports.

Allen Stanford no longer a Knight

9 ноября 2009 00:00

The famous Texas financier R. Allen Stanford has been stripped of his knighthood in the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda according to the head of the government panel that approves the awards.

DEMOCRATS BRUISED BUT HOLDING STEADY

6 ноября 2009 00:00

In the United States Republicans scored a series of significant wins in Tuesday’s local elections whose outcome is seen by experts as a telltale indicator for the Democratic Party led by President Barack Obama.

GERMANY — THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE DISCOTHEQUE

4 ноября 2009 00:00

October 19 was exactly 50 years since Klaus Quirini became the first Disc Jockey in the world and also created the first disco ever. The Scotch Club in Aachen, West Germany, of all places, was the first place to switch from live bands to music from records.

MORMON POLYGAMIST GOES ON TRIAL IN TEXAS

2 ноября 2009 00:00

A polygamist whose nine wives allegedly include three daughters and two sisters of the self-styled prophet of a Mormon sect has became the first person to go on trial after a police raid on the group’s Texas compound, Times Online reports.

POLANSKI RAPE SCANDAL LINGERS ON

30 октября 2009 00:00

Samantha Geimer, the woman who Roman Polanski raped when she was only 13 years old, wants all charges against him to be dropped. The move adds a new twist to the protracted case of the world-famous filmmaker, which has already seen appeals for clemency from leading politicians and fellow directors.

 
 

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