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Photo Update: Strange Saucer Like Clouds

Photo Update: December 18, 2009 A few months ago, I posted an article and photos I had taken of lenticular clouds (also known as Lenny clouds) because I thought the particular cloud formation was quite...

More than 100 dead in Russia nightclub fire, even Putin showed up

Last week I wrote that it would be wise if the Russian Prime Minister visited the site of derailment of the Nevsky Express passenger train on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg. That crash, which investigators...

Nightclub explosion in Perm, Russia kills more than 100 people

At least 109 people were killed and 140 injured in an explosion at the Lame Horse nightclub in the Ural City of Perm, Russia.  Approximately 230 were in the club when the blast occurred late last night....

Bob Thirsk returns to Earth after 6 months in Space

  Canadian Astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to earth at 2 am ET, after 6 months on the International Space Station.  He returned on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft that landed in Kazakhstan, Central Asia....

St. Andrew's day in Scotland, but who's celebrating?

It's St. Andrew's day in Scotland, Russia, Greece and Romania. We Scots have made it our national day.One day a year we get to celebrate who we are, where we come from and what it means to be Scottish.Great...

Two Russian train bombs may be linked to terrorist group

This information is in follow up to other articles posted about the Russian train derailment last week.  In the last week, two separate train derailment incidents occurred in...

Are the EU and Russia becoming America's biggest threat?

With America seeming to lose its prominence in the world, is it shocking to find the European Union and Russia starting to make securtiy packs? Friday, the Russian President , Medvedev, sent a security proposal to...

Russian Naval Power in Decline - mothballed Warships

Retired Adm. Vyacheslav Popov and Member of  Russia's Parliament's Upper House, has stated that the Russian Navy will be in dramatic decline after 2015.  Most Soviet-built ships will have to be...

Passenger Train in Russia Derails: 25 Dead 100 Injured 40 Missing

A passenger train in Russia derailed today leaving 25 dead and 100 injured with 40 people still missing from the 660 passengers.  "A major rescue effort continues as the government said 25 people had died, with 100 injured, and another 40 unaccounted for among 660...

Russian man survives two five-floor falls

A young man from Russia has survived two falls from a 5th-floor window, he was trying to kill himself after drinking three bottles of vodka. After surviving these, his says he will give up drinking. " Astonishingly...

Russia's Oil Czar does not want to join OPEC

Headquartered in Moscow, Lukoil is Russia's largest oil company and world’s second largest public company (next to ExxonMobil) in terms of proven oil and gas reserves. Recently on a visit to Moscow with my...

Unique NIDC Community centre in works, youth and seniors together

Over 400 people attended a NIDC ( New Immigrant Development Center ) fundraising and awareness banquet Dinner and Dance along with numerous Government , Banking,Business and corporate sector dignitaries as well...

OUT OF THE BLUE: The Music Therapy of Vitas

June 20, 2009 - by Sara Star, NS Canada Passing the bar exam should have been one of the happiest days of her life, but that would not be the case for Diane. Instead she found herself at her son’s snowy grave...

Medvedev calls for economy reform

Russia has woken up, it needs a new modern manufacturing base as all those countries of whom where importing more than they were exporting.  " Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for profound reform...

A Nuclear Iran: In Russia's self-interest?

"A nuclear Iran is in Russia's direct self-interest."  Canadian blogger Is Iran receiving technical and diplomatic help in its "nuclear program"?  Many think this has been clear for some time,  and...

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