Russia: 6.2 magnitude earthquake.
Posted by: lethibichlan
Kazan :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 22:27:32 -0700 | odd-news
Today 20/5, a strong earthquake magnitude 6.2 occurred in the area of the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia's Far East region. The earthquake occurred early this morning local time, with epicenter at a depth of 20 km. There...
Chris Hadfield adapts to life back on Earth
Source: The Globe & Mail
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 15:51:15 -0700 | technology-news
Chris Hadfield may be back on the ground but his science mission remains in full flight. Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, where he's become the guinea pig for a full range of experiments designed to monitor how his body...
UN chief urges North Korea to end missile tests
Posted by: StephenManual
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 22:28:55 -0700 | disasters-news
United Nations chief Bank Ki-moon has called on North Korea to lower tension in the region and stop further missile tests. Ban was speaking in Russia after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The statement comes after Pyongyang conducted four...
Gerard Depardieu Compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II
Source: Hollywood Reporter Film
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 14:33:26 -0700 | entertainment-news
Gerard Depardieu, Vladimir Putin The actor is currently in Moscow prepping a film set in the capital. Newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu has compared President Vladimir Putin to a Pope. Depardieu, whom Putin presented with a Russian passport in January,...
Two new viruses could both spark global outbreaks
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Sars :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 12:50:08 -0700 | technology-news
France, where one patient who probably caught the disease in Dubai infected his hospital roommate. Officials are now trying to track down everyone who went on a tour group holiday to Dubai with the first patient as well as all...
Researchers Identify a Potential New Risk for Sleep Apnea: Asthma
Source: Newswise
Osa :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 12:46:24 -0700 | health-news
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have identified a potential new risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea: asthma. Using data from the National Institutes of Health (Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)-funded Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, which has been following approximately...
American accused of spying reportedly leaves Russia
Source: Fox
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 12:24:52 -0700 | political-news
Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport...
'No commercials' TV channel starts broadcast in Russia
Source: NewKerala
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 12:09:15 -0700 | entertainment-news
No commercials' TV channel starts broadcast in Russia Moscow, May 19 : Russia's Public Television, which will be governed by the public rather than by the state or the channel owners and which will not run any commercials, Sunday started...
Telecom players eye higher call rates for survival
Source: NewKerala
Sim :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 11:39:00 -0700 | business-news
To ensure their sustenance, telecom players in India are slowly hiking call rates and doing away with promotional offers. "The reason behind increasing call rates is that none of the players has a serious incentive to lower prices...Now the telecom...
Former Russian spy 'would give evidence' to public inquiry into killing of Alexander Litvinenko
Source: The Independent
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 11:30:34 -0700 | sports-news
A key witness in the investigation into Alexander Litvinenko's killing, who helped the murdered dissident compile a report on a senior businessman with strong ties to the Kremlin, is willing to give evidence at a public inquiry, The Independent has...
Scientists unravel secret world of mammoths from clues in ivory tusks
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Salekhard :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 10:59:58 -0700 | political-news
The first time I met palaeontologist Dan Fisher was in a hotel in the Arctic frontier town of Salekhard, in Siberia. I was there to film an expedition to recover a new mammoth specimen with a BBC crew. We were...
Nanao, Dilbag continue winning spree in Russia
Source: Zee News
Khabarovsk :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 10:38:21 -0700 | sports-news
Indian boxers Thokhom Nanao Singh (49kg) and Dilbagh Singh (69kg) continued their winning spree at the Khabarovsk International competition in Khabarovsk, Russia, as they advanced to the title round today...Nanao, the reigning national champion, defeated Li Chung Hyok of DPR...
Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out
Source: The Boston Globe
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-23 22:33:06 -0700 | political-news
Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport...
Moscow Soccer Fans Clash with Police
Source: Global Voices
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 09:55:04 -0700 | travel-news
Russian Premier League title, the team's fans clashed with riot troops in downtown Moscow. Police detained 140 people [ru], later releasing all but two. Bloggers posted photos to LiveJournal here , here , and here [ru], alleging police brutality. Police detain...
Creating roadblocks to cuts in nuclear arms
Source: Japan Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 09:34:49 -0700 | political-news
Not that we need one, but the week before last offered another example of congressional dysfunction, this time on defense. During a hearing on the fiscal 2014 Defense Department budget, Rep. Mike D...That's when the deployed U.S. strategic nuclear force...
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