comment: RussiaпїЅs Unfinished War
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 13:55:40 -0700 | travel-news
Three years ago, my wifes cousin, a heroic U.S. fighter pilot and former prisoner of war, was invited to a ceremony in Great Britain marking the 65th anniversary of victory. But most people no longer remember the date of Nazi...
Remains of 11 people in Moscow buried in 1930s
Source: United Press International
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 06:51:22 -0700 | travel-news
Police in Moscow said Tuesday the remains of 11 people discovered last week were initially buried approximately 80 years ago. The bodies were discovered Friday on the bank of the Pakhra River just south of Moscow, the Russian Investigative Committee...
Suspected Russian militant leader goes on trial
Source: Fox News
Rostov :: Russia | updated 2013-05-13 13:08:57 -0700 | travel-news
A former Russian policeman accused of joining the Islamic insurgency in Russia's Caucasus has gone on trial on charges of masterminding a string of terrorist attacks. Investigators say Ali Taziyev is second-in-command of the Caucasus Emirate, which Russia and the...
Five kids killed in Russia house fire
Source: NewKerala
Krasnoyarsk :: Russia | updated 2013-05-12 04:19:01 -0700 | travel-news
The fire broke out in a one-storey wooden house Saturday evening and spread to an area of more than 200 square metres, the regional emergencies service said. "The fire left six people dead, including a girl aged 1.5 years and...
Report: Rebels release UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-24 07:06:32 -0700 | travel-news
Breaking News Arab media reported that the al-Yarmouk Brigade, an Syrian opposition group in the Golan Heights region, are currently handing over the four Philippine UN peacekeepers kidnapped last week. The Russia al-Youm channel claims they have already been released...
Boston suspect 'talked jihad'
Source: BBC
Kizlyar :: Russia | updated 2013-05-10 03:23:08 -0700 | travel-news
Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev already held extreme views when he visited Russia, Islamists in Dagestan have told US media. Tsarnaev's cousin Magomed Kartashov, a local Islamist leader, reportedly spent hours trying to dissuade him from becoming a militant.
Russian train derailment sets off massive fire
Source: United Press International
Belaya Kalitva :: Russia | updated 2013-05-08 23:26:36 -0700 | travel-news
A freight train with 50 tankers carrying fuel derailed Thursday in southern Russia, setting off a huge fire that left one person missing and 27 injured. The derailment occurred at around 2 a.m. at the Belaya Kalitva station in the...
Rogue SPLA soldiers stage roadblock protest outside Bor, civilians complain of beatings
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-05-08 22:44:53 -0700 | travel-news
Jonglei's Pibor county where the military is fighting an armed rebellion, staged a roadblock on the outskirts of the state capital, Bor, on Wednesday. Hundreds soldiers, who are refusing to go back to Pibor until they are paid, created a...
Commish ready to defend BPD in D.C. bombing hearings
Source: Boston Herald
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-24 00:56:45 -0700 | travel-news
Davis, headed to tomorrow's congressional hearings on the Boston Marathon bombings, said today he's prepared to defend his own department's actions and its relationship with the FBI if he is questioned about those matters. We would have liked to prevent...
Russian prosecutors want retrial in submarine deaths
Source: United Press International
Vladivostok :: Russia | updated 2013-05-08 06:04:26 -0700 | travel-news
Navy prosecutors in Russia appealed the acquittal of two men blamed for the deaths of 20 people aboard the nuclear submarine Nerpa in a deadly 2008 accident. The accident, in which a fire safety system was activated without permission, released...
Mueller to Moscow; bombing probe discussed
Source: The Boston Globe
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-24 05:02:48 -0700 | travel-news
FBI director Robert Mueller discussed the Boston Marathon bombings investigation with his Russian counterparts during a trip to Moscow and engaged in talks on security cooperation between the two countries. FBI spokesman Michael Kortan said Tuesday's visit was productive and...
Strong-Armed Tactics
Source: St Petersburg Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-07 14:30:37 -0700 | travel-news
Themedia reports that theU.S. has initiated aprogram tomodernize theB61 tactical nuclear bomb with advanced guidance mechanisms andto mount it onF-16 andF-35 jet fighters. But atstake here is not simply themodernization ofthe United States estimated 200 tactical bombs located inEurope.
South Sudan resumes oil exports through Sudan
Source: The Daily Star
Suna :: Russia | updated 2013-05-07 11:55:38 -0700 | travel-news
Tuesday, in the latest sign of a thaw between the longtime foes. The African neighbours agreed in March to resume cross-border oil flows, ending a row over pipeline fees that prompted landlocked South Sudan to shut down its entire production...
Mystery of the ghost plane: Wreckage and bones found just a few miles from where it took off a year ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Serov :: Russia | updated 2013-05-07 09:52:20 -0700 | travel-news
7 May 2013 Questions are being asked after the fire-damaged wreck of an Antonov-2 biplane lost for almost a year was found just five miles from where it took off. The plane and its 13 passengers disappeared after going on...
SPLA soldiers desert positions in Pibor
Source: Sudan Tribune
Bor :: Russia | updated 2013-05-24 01:28:51 -0700 | travel-news
South Sudan's army has warned soldiers who deserted their posts in the Gumuruk area of Jonglei state's Pibor county on Sunday that they will punished once they are caught. Goran Tomasevic) Pibor county is the center of a rebellion against...
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