“Songbird” McCain got sex, drugs and cigs from his North Vietnamese capto...

John "Songbird" McCain and his followers are in feigned huff about "character".  Whilst John McCain may indeed be a character, he is more than lacking in character.His "heroic" time as a prisoner of war speaks...

Russia 'starts Georgia pull-out'

They've said it before, but maybe this time they mean it. Russia has said today that its troops have begun withdrawing from the buffer zone around South Ossetia that is within Georgian territory."Russia says its...

Scandals Plague Japanese Sumo Culture

" The first scandal broke in August when police found a marijuana cigarette inside 20-year-old Russian wrestler Wakanoho's wallet. Wakanoho was born Gagloev Soslan Aleksandrovich in Russia's North Ossetia region....

Anniversary of Anna Politkosvkaya’s murder: work environment grim for journ...

On October 7th, 2006, “Novaya Gazeta” journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been shot dead in her own apartment complex in what was alleged to be a contract killing linked to her journalistic investigations of human...

The Associated Press: US Navy says crew on hijacked ship off Somalia OK

" NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry appear to be in good health, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said Monday. Lt. Stephanie Murdock, a 5th Fleet spokeswoman in Bahrain, said American officials are in regular...

AFP: Russia says 'forces in Georgia' seeking to provoke new conflict

" KARALETI, Georgia (AFP) — Russia on Monday accused "forces in Georgia" of seeking to provoke a new conflict, but vowed to complete a withdrawal on schedule following the August war between the two countries. Russian forces were dismantling checkpoints in buffer zones...

Russian Tsar descendants officially entitled to royal family property in Russia

Just recently the Russian Supreme Court has ruled in the case of the Russian royal family, which was brutally murdered in 1918 by Bolsheviks, to officially declare Tsar Nikolay II and his family victims of Soviet...

Moscow joins war on piracy: Mogadishu, Somalia Update Oct 06-08

Update: Oct 06-08Barry Artiste Op/Ed The Pirates of Somalia, stating to the Superpowers that they will fight to the last man to hold off attacks from the Ukrainian ship they boarded, may not understand that if...

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...

LAST CZAR.........

" Moscow, Oct 04: A Russian Supreme Court appeals panel on Saturday declared the last Czar and his murdered family to be victims of political repression, a decision that helps Russia move toward closing a chapter in its tortured history. The decision ends years of efforts by...

Tendulkar-Modi cricket’s most powerful men

"Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi made it to a list of 25 most powerful global sports figures. Modi at 19th and Tendulkar at 23rd spot, are ahead of Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova and soccer club Inter Milan’s...

EU Observers Launch Georgia Peace Mission

Russian troopsc are withdrowing from the georgia . very  georgian people soon going to get fredom from russian army umbrella  " Some 350 European Union observers took up work in Georgia on...

Venezuela to build nuclear technology with Russia

"President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy - a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.Chavez said he accepted an offer from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for...

RUSSIA SENDS WARSHIPS TO SOMALIA COST TO FIGHT PIRACY...

" By VOA News 26 September 2008 The Russian navy says it is sending a warship to Somalia's coast after pirates there seized a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying tanks and other military hardware, as well as crew.In a statement Friday, Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo says...

Putin, Chavez plug 'multi-polar world'

As the visit of Venezuelan President to Russia unfolds, more details over the deals reached have hit the news. Earlier, "a Kremlin official who spoke on customary condition of anonymity said that Russia would grant...

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