Russia investigates sub disaster

An inquiry is under way into Saturday's gas poisoning on a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific that left 20 people dead, including 17 civilians.Another 21 people were left ill in what officials believe was an...

US cancels joint naval exercise with Russia

In the wake of crisis in Georgia the United States has canceled its long proposed joint naval exercise with Russia. USA feels that situation is not conducive enough to hold an exercise. The naval exercise was to have started Friday off the Russian Pacific port of...

Drunk driver takes traffic cop for a ride

" Russian drunk driver knocked over a traffic policeman then drove for about 1 km (0.6 miles) with the officer clinging to the roof of his car, local police said on Friday. The motorist only came to a halt after the policeman on the roof fired eight rounds from his...

A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Sibera

"In the permafrost bottom of the 200-meter-deep sea, enormous stores of gas hydrates lie dormant in mighty frozen layers of sediment. The carbon content of the ice-and-methane mixture here is estimated at 540 billion tons. "This submarine hydrate was considered stable until...

Russia says North Korea seizes ship

This could highten existing tensions in the region and perhaps put some distance beetween Pyongyang and and Moscow. "North Korean coast guard vessels inspected a Russian cargo ship in the Sea of Japan on Saturday and were escorting it to a North Korean port, Russia's maritime...

Rare Amur Leopard Captured in Russia

A critically endangered Amur leopard has been captured in Russia according to a public release from the Wildlife Conservation Society . There are estimated to be only between 24 and 32 Amur leopards living in...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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