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Snow avalanche kills 2 in Canada

March 15 2010 05:47

Search efforts resumed on Sunday for potential victims after a massive Boulder Mountain avalanche killed at least two people Saturday afternoon some 550 km northeast of Vancouver, Canada. RCMP confirmed two were dead after the avalanche hit an annual extreme-snowmobiling event attended by more than 200 people. The avalanche hit just before 3:30 p.m. →

2 Al-Qaeda leaders killed in Yemen

March 15 2010 05:32

A Yemeni air raid against a "terrorist cell" in the southeast of the country has killed two senior Al-Qaeda members, the defense ministry said in a statement early Monday. The air strike happened in the Abyan province around 500 kilometers southeast of the nation’s capital Sanaa. →

Bus overturn kills 11 in China

March 15 2010 02:51

11 people died and 19 were injured when a passenger bus with 30 passengers inside overturned Saturday in China’s northern Jiangxi province after the driver lost control of the vehicle on an icy road. Police are investigating the cause of the accident. →

First Papal visit to Protestant church

March 15 2010 01:51

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday made his first visit to a Protestant church since his election in 2005. “Catholics and Protestants share the blame for their own division,” the Pontiff admitted during a prayer service in Rome’s Evangelical Lutheran church. →

Force 5.0 quake rattles Chile

March 15 2010 00:03

A moderate, magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattled Chile on Sunday with the US Geological Survey saying the epicenter was 35 km deep some 100 km northwest of the town of Temuco. We have no immediate reports so far about human casualties and material damage caused by the temblor. →

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Russiqa grabs 4th Paralympic gold in Vancouver

March 14 2010 23:52

Russia's cross-country skier Irek Zaripov has won a gold medal in Men's 15 km Sitting at the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver finishing the distance at the Whistler Paralympic Park in 41 minutes 01.01 seconds. Roman Petushkov, also of Russia, finished 10 seconds behind to win silver. Enzo Masiello of Italy finished in the third place. →

Fishermen trapped on ice-drift rescued in Kaliningrad

March 14 2010 21:50

About 200 fishermen trapped on an ice-drift in the Kaliningrad gulf in the West of Russia have been rescued. The fishermen ignored the warning about the thin ice and when they came to the gulf for fishing the ice broke and several fishermen's cars sank. →

Success of Russian athlets at IAAF in Qatar

March 14 2010 21:47

At IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, Russian high Ivan Ukhov won gold taking 2.36 m height. His compatriot Yaroslav Rybakov won silver taking 2.31 m, while US jumper Dusty Jonas is the third with the same result. Russian Maria Savinova won gold in the 800meteres run showing the fastest time 1m 58,26 seconds. →

Poland must stop setting NATO, EU on Russia - Polish ex-PM

March 14 2010 20:51

The former Polish Premier Leszek Miller believes his country risks falling out of the international mainstream unless it abandons attempts to make NATO and the European Union enemies of Russia. →

Georgian mock war report attracts condemnation

March 14 2010 20:49

Saturday’s mock war report on Georgian television has attracted wide international condemnation. France has advised the Georgian government to investigate the incident and punish the perpetrators. Russia has described the telecast as an ugly provocation. →

Patriach, Moscow Mayor present orphans with books

March 14 2010 20:28

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov have presented books to the children from Russian orphanages. The event took place in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. →

Russian emergency planes arrive in Chile

March 14 2010 20:27

Two Russian emergencies ministry planes have arrived in Chile carrying rescuers, supplies and equipment including a mobile hospital to help the earthquake-stricken country, RIA Novosti news agency reported Sunday. The mobile hospital is capable of providing care for more than 200 victims. On February 27, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Chile. →

Big turnouts at elections in Russian regions

March 14 2010 20:25

Reports speak about big turnouts at the elections to local parliaments in 76 regions of Russia. According to the data of the Central Election Commission, about 32 million of voters have been registered across the country which is one third of all Russian citizens who have the right to vote. →

Israel extends West Bank closure

March 14 2010 16:56

The Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has extended by three more days a closure of the Palestinian territories, first introduced on Thursday midnight to prevent further Palestinian protests at Israeli plans for 15 hundred new Jewish homes in Arab East Jerusalem. Clashes before the closure resulted in about a hundred non-fatal casualties. →

Cherkess language and culture celebrated in Maykop

March 14 2010 16:53

A folk show in Maykop in the Russian Caucasus has marked 157 years since the Cherkess people of the surrounding Adyghe Region got their first ABC book. There were just 52 copies, printed in Arabic characters for Cherkess schools in Stavropol and Yekaterinodar, presently Krasnodar. The author was Umar Bersey. →

Russian film reaps top award at Sofia festival

March 14 2010 16:51

The top prize of this year’s film festival in Sofia has gone to a Russian screen drama about five Soviet women in isolation on a small island together with their children, fathered by Nazi soldiers. The director is Vera Glagoleva. →

Hermitage to give away its cats

March 14 2010 14:27

The famous Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has advertised its fourth “I Want Home” action to give away part of the cats guarding the imperial Winter Palace. Cats have been there since the reign of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. Currently living in the Hermitage are about 50 cats, each having a passport with a photograph. →

Vera Glagoleva's "One War" takes Grand Prix in Sofia

March 14 2010 14:05

The Russian film “One War” directed by Vera Glagoleva has taken the Grand Prix of the 14 th Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria. The film tells about the plight of women forced by Hitler occupants into sex slavery and then accused of treason by Soviet troops. →

Thai opposition demands fresh elections

March 14 2010 13:58

Opposition supporters in Thailand are demanding Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve the lower chamber of the parliament and call fresh elections. Otherwise, the opposition promised to stage mass riots in Bangkok. →

Rescuers' bodies recovered on Sakhalin

March 14 2010 13:50

Rescuers on the Sakhalin Island have recovered the bodies of four people who were killed while trying to save 15 amateur fishermen from in ice floe that broke away and drifted into the Sea of Okhotsk. Two fishermen and two rescuers were hurrying for the scene to help evacuate the people when strong winds overturned their boat. →

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