Interesting situation arises when a reporter gets murdered, beat up or etc, in Russia… Everyday this sort of stuff happens all over the world to everyday people. No one cares very much or really gives a crap when Grandma Sadie Mitchell gets shot, hit on the head or mugged in New York City… You get [...]
Archives: 08 November 2010
November 8, 2010
November 8, 2010
Tube bomb ‘blew me out of train’
A survivor of the 7 July blast at Edgware Road Tube station tells an inquest how he was standing next to the bomb when it detonated.
November 8, 2010
Anglican bishops join Catholics
Three serving and two retired bishops are to join the Roman Catholic Church under a Vatican scheme to welcome disaffected Anglicans.
November 8, 2010
Roma Gypsy benefit scammer jailed
A woman who admitted helping more than 170 Romanians illegally claim nearly £3m in benefits is jailed for more than two years.
November 8, 2010
Collider produces ‘mini-Big Bang’
The Large Hadron Collider has successfully created a mini-Big Bang by smashing together lead ions instead of protons.
November 8, 2010
Painkillers ‘risky in pregnancy’
Commonly used painkillers like aspirin and paracetamol may pose a risk to unborn baby boys, experts say.
November 8, 2010
November 8, 2010
‘Judge to blame’ for nurse murder
The parents of a nurse killed by her ex-boyfriend while he was on bail for alleged rape call for the judge who freed him to be investigated.
November 8, 2010
Hurricane claims at least 20 lives in Haiti
At least 20 people are dead and seven missing following a thrashing from Hurricane Tomas, which tore through Haiti last week. The country’s officials say that more than 900 homes were destroyed and more than 5,000 buildings damaged. Over 40,000 people were evacuated from dangerous areas.
November 8, 2010
Georgia releases snatched Abkhazian
According to authorities in Abkhazia, Georgia has released an Abkhaz national 30 days after snatching him from a border village. Mr Garry Dzhopua reached Abkhaz territory Monday through a border post guarded by Russian troops. Dizziness and unawareness of surroundings suggest he was heavily drugged by his Georgian captors.
November 8, 2010
Police Law to be effective from spring 2011 – Medvedev
President Dmitry Medvedev expects that the Law on Police will come into force in Russia in the spring of next year. It will be reviewed by Parliament shortly, he said at a meeting with journalists from the Rossiiskaya Gazeta newspaper.
November 8, 2010
GE servicing centre opened in Kaluga
General Electric has opened a facility to service its gas turbines in an industrial park outside Kaluga southwest of Moscow. Its initial outlay on the project is 50 mn dollars. There will be an office building within 12 months and a production shop employing a hundred local engineers and workers.
November 8, 2010
The future of the United Nations in Russia
Estelle Winters : Welcome to Highlight! This is Estelle Winters and joining me this time is Senior UN Resident Coordinator in the Russian Federation Frode Mauring. How does the future of the United Nations in Russia look? I believe there are going to be great changes. Frode Mauring : There is going to be a [...]
November 8, 2010
Skolkovo team taking shape
Skolkovo Foundation head Viktor Vekselberg has made key appointments for his R&D hub outside Moscow. Biomedicine goes to Dr Igor Goryanin of the Okinawa Science and Technology Institute, external outreach – to Dr Alexei Sitnikov of Stanford, and IT – to Dr Alexander Turkot, formerly of IBM.