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  • Ah Mr Fogle weve been expecting you The case of the hapless wig-wearing American diplomat expelled from Moscow is not as simple as it first seemed

    The Independent - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    In the long and sinuous history of international espionage, the one thing you can absolutely rely on is that very little is as it first appears. And so it is with Ryan Christopher Fogle, third secretary in the political department of the US Embassy in Moscow, comedy wig owner, and, apparently, a man who thinks it wise to hang around near park entrances at midnight with EUR100,000 (85,000) in ...

  • Sir Alex Ferguson moves upstairs

    Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Sir Alex Ferguson, 71, has announced his retirement from competitive football after 26 years as manager of Manchester United FC but will remain involved in the game as director and ambassador of the club. The successor? Mourinho? Try David Moyes, who in eleven years at Everton has won ...

  • Plane with over 130 aboard catches fire on landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport

    RT - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Russia A Boeing 737-400 passenger plane's landing gear caught fire just after the landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, prompting five firefighting vehicles to rush at the scene while the staff evacuated the passengers. The UTair airline plane had arrived in Moscow from the southern Russian city of ...

  • Aussies and pope-like Putin praised

    News.com.au - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    WHILE you were sleeping Prince Harry had some budding praise for a bunch of Australians and Gerard Depardieu believes Vladimir Putin is ...

  • Video Plane catches fire on Moscow runway

    CBS News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    A plane carrying 140 people caught on fire when landing at an airport in Moscow, Russia. No one was injured. Video shows passengers fleeing the aircraft via emergency exits, then jumping from the wing, while firefighters attempt to extinguish the ...

  • Tales of fish legs and dinosaur feathers

    Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    The recent news is scientists have discovered that some snippets of DNA from a fish, they once thought was extinct, can cause mice to grow limbs. This is wrongly being interpreted and hailed by the mass media as evidence that fish evolved legs. Isn't it very interesting that the fish they got the DNA from doesn't have any legs? These snippets of DNA from the fish seem to be ...

  • Opposition Plans Rally on Russia Day in Moscow

    RIA Novosti - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s opposition and human rights activists plan to stage a rally in Moscow on June 12, Russia Day, Ilya Yashin, a member of the opposition's Coordination Council said on Saturday. "The goal of the action is to express support to the Bolotnaya case "prisoners" and voice protest against illegal persecution of political ...

  • Soccer-CSKA Moscow seal Russian title with 0-0 draw against Kuban

    General Sources - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Manchester United's outgoing manager Alex Ferguson has criticised neighbours Manchester City for sacking Roberto Mancini. The Italian boss was sacked on Monday having failed to retain the Premier League title he won last season and after losing the FA Cup final to Wigan Athletic. Mancini took out a full-page advertisement in the Manchester Evening News on ...

  • Guns for people in Russia To be or not to be

    Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Incidents of attacks against common people with the use of guns may push Russian authorities towards revising the rules of possession of weapons and approving stricter standards for civilian firearms trafficking in the Russian Federation. At the same time, it would be advisable to raise the responsibility of gun owners via civic associations, such as shooting clubs. ...

  • The USA The birth of a superpower

    Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Two months after the defeat of Nazi Germany, a special event took place in the world that radically changed the entire system of international relations. On August 6 and 9, 1945, U.S. heavy bombers dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The use of nuclear weapons was brutal retaliation for Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and a stern warning to potential U.S. ...

  • Ohio Congressional Delegation to Obama Resolve Russian Adoption Ban With Putin

    Christian Post - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Every member of Ohio's delegation to the U.S. Congress, including Republicans and Democrats, both senators and Speaker of the House John Boehner ...

  • Moscow Introduces Paid Parking Downtown to Combat Congestion

    General Sources - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Europe 's largest city, is introducing paid parking downtown to combat one of the world's worst congestion levels. From June 1, drivers will have to pay 50 rubles ($1.60) an hour to park their cars inside the limits of the Boulevard Ring in Moscow, according to a statement posted on the website of the mayor's office. A pilot plan introduced last November succeeded in ...

  • Промежуточные Результаты Сессии На Фб Ммвб По 10 Наиболее Торгуемым умагам

    RBC - Saturday 18th May, 2013

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  • Americas Uncle Sam Death by a thousand cuts

    Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Americans live in the infinite now. They are happy not to be burdened with the knowledge of their past or the long-term future. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, says that Americans are totally ignorant of the world around them. America's leaders are not much better. He is right. The United States of America's priorities are distorted. ...

  • President of Iran to visit Moscow from Jul 1-2

    Itar Tass - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Moscow from July 1-2, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...

  • CSKA Moscow Win Russian Premier League Title

    RIA Novosti - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    MOSCOW, May 18 (R-Sport) - CSKA Moscow secured the Russian Premier League title with a game to go Saturday after a goalless draw at home to FC Kuban. The point leaves CSKA six clear of second-placed Zenit St. Petersburg, who have two games to play. Should the two finish level on points, CSKA prevail on the number of wins. The title is the fourth for the Moscow team, who had not won the Russian ...

  • South Africa Zuma Putin Push for Increased Trade

    All Africa - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    South African President Jacob Zuma and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the strengthening of economic ties and expansion of trade between the two BRICS partners during their meeting in Sochi, Russia on Thursday. According to The Voice of Russia, Putin told journalists after the meeting that trade between Russia and South Africa had increased by more than 66% in 2012. According to ...

  • Understanding Obama and other people who kill

    Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    When Barack Obama orders the US military to attack people in another country, whether in a war or by using an illegal drone strike, he knows that people, including innocent men, women and children (called 'collateral damage'), will be killed. How can he do this? When Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli military attacks on unarmed Palestinians, he knows that innocent men, women and ...

  • Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale

    CBN News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...

  • Syrian conflict claims more than 80000 lives

    Pravda - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    More than 80,000 people have been killed during the armed conflict in Syria, which continues since March 2011, human rights activists said Sunday. A statement from the Supervisory Council for Human Rights says that about half of those killed in the confrontation between government troops and rebels were civilians. It has also been reported recently that Russia and the U.S. were going to hold ...

  • Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II

    The Telegraph - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    French actor and new Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu has compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II, a staunch ...

  • CIA Agent RussiaFSB announced that the identity of the CIA Moscow station chief US News

    National Turk - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    It follows Russian Secret Service decision to expel US diplomat Ryan Fogle, who was accused of trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as a CIA ...

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