Paes- Dlouhy lose Japan open final

"Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy's bid for a second successive ATP title ended in disappointment after the top seeds were stunned by the Russian-German pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the finals of AIG...

Paes-Dlouhy enter finals of AIG Open

"Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy edged towards back-to-back titles as they advanced to the finals of the AIG Open in Tokyo on Saturday. They had earlier won the Thailand Open a few days ago. The Indo-Czech pair beat USA’s Robert Kendrick and Finn Jarkko Nieminen...

Putin Walks Into The Trap

OPINION: More information about what actually caused the Russians to enter South Ossetia to defend its citizens is beginning to leak out around the edges of the western propaganda machine.  This backgrounder and...

Russia calls halt to 5-day invasion of Georgia

"Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia — five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. Both sides accepted the general outlines of a...

American Witness Says U.S. and Georgia to Answer for Violence

While the Pompous Potus throws accusations at Russia from his throne at the Olympics, an American witness to the unprovoked attack on civilians in South Ossetia by Georgian troops led by American mercenaries says the...

Russia seizes Georgia base, opens second front

"Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia on Monday, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, officials said.The new...

AP Georgia proposes cease fire in S Ossetia

" Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili proposed Saturday to declare a cease fire in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Saakashvili, speaking at a news conference Saturday, also proposed that the warring parties be separated. Georgia's Security...

Bury Lenin, Says Gorbachev

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Grobachev has stated that the body of Vladimir Lenin should be finally committed to the earth. Currently Lenin's embalmed corpse is encased in glass and on display in a mausoleum in...

Putin's opponents are made to vanish from TV

Talking about Putin's poor decision making skills or even making jokes about it could get you banned from television in Russia and literally wiped from the screen. Expanding on an unofficial stance to censor any...

"SNOB Magazine" Only for Russia's Super Rich

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor"That's Telling em".SNOB Magazine, Wow, someone has a Death Wish!If this is a trend for things to come, whereby the Super Rich of Moscow will be featured in their oplulent...

No chance of late Davis Cup call for Safin-Tarpishchev

""This is our strongest team," Tarpishchev told reporters at Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday."I think that these guys play better than Marat and he is not going to be here."Holders Russia will be represented by world number four Nikolay Davydenko, Mikhail Youzhny (19), Igor...

Tennis Player Tommy Haas Possibly Poisoned

What a bizarre story - no Viktor Yushenko - but still this takes the proverbial cake. Wait, maybe it was the cake (sorry). If this turns out to be true it's another example of the sad state of sports. "ITF...

DEVELOPING STORY: Putin Dissolves Government

BREAKING STORY "DEVELOPING STORY: Russian news agencies cite the Kremlin as saying that President Vladimir Putin dissolved the government Wednesday. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov asked the Kremlin to...

Russia denies firing missile at Georgia

What's with Russia?  First they claim the North Pole and now they're firing missile's all over Europe.   "GEORGIA accused Russia yesterday of violating its airspace and firing a missile at a village...

60th Anniversary of Kalashnikov rifle

A strange anniversary to acknowledge but no less significant significant in terms of world events. The history of the Kalashnikov rifle is perhaps the history of modern warfare and its current popularity amongst the...

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