Russia’s GDP would return to pre-crisis levels by the first half of 2012, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during his live television question session with the citizens on Thursday.
Archives: 16 December 2010
December 16, 2010
December 16, 2010
Philippines to finalize 2nd report on Manila hostage incident
The Philippine Tourism Secretary Alberto A. Lim said in Hong Kong Thursday the second investigation report on the Manila hostage incident which left eight Hong Kong tourists dead will be finalized early next year.
December 16, 2010
Thai PM meets red-shirt leaders
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva held an unscheduled meeting with two red-shirt leaders at a hotel in Bangkok on Thursday, discussing the government’s bail assistance for protesters under remand.
December 16, 2010
27 missing after Vietnam-registered vessel sinks in South China sea
Twenty-seven fishermen are missing after a Vietnam-registered vessel sank in the South China Sea, said maritime rescue authorities Thursday.
December 16, 2010
China, U.S. agree to enhance IPR cooperation
China and the United States agreed Wednesday to enhance cooperation to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and strengthen bilateral economic and trade ties at their annual trade talks.
December 16, 2010
Russian News Time… (12/16/2010)
South Korea to hold artillery drills near border with North: South Korea plans this weekend to hold artillery drills on the island in the Yellow Sea that was attacked by North Korea last month, the Yonhap news agency said on Thursday. Russia and India fix T.50 fighter design contract cost at $295 mln:Russia and India [...]
December 16, 2010
Putin Answers Questions!
MOSCOW, December 16 (Itar-Tass) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold his ninth annual Q & A session with the people of Russia on Thursday, December 16 2010. A special program titled “A Conversation with Vladimir Putin, Continued” will go on air on the Russia 1 and Russia 24 television channels at midday on [...]
December 16, 2010
Moscow police force says it is holding 1207 people on suspicion of planning to take part in ethnic clashes…
The Moscow police force says it is holding 1207 people on suspicion of planning to take part in ethnic clashes. The arrests were made in the streets and at stations of the city’s underground metro system. Officers confiscated some 300 knives and seven traumatic handguns… Fun time in the big city today… We stayed home… [...]
December 16, 2010
Coffee and Teaching in Russia…
I was drinking that morning cup of coffee after walking the dog. Boza was glad that him and I could tromp through the snow and check out our special places that we always go to. Sveta had been walking Boza since I was feeling rough… So now Boza and I are walking again… So what [...]
December 16, 2010
South Korea is Provoking North Korea?
{Guest Post} A day after the November 23rd Yŏnpyŏngdo attack, Justin Raimondo rightly noted that “the South Koreans were conducting military ‘exercises’ near the disputed island, which North Korea claims as its territory, and South Korean ships had opened fire,” going on to suggest that “the military exercises, code-named ‘Hoguk,’ involving all four branches of [...]
December 16, 2010
Make drugs legally available – MP
Former drugs policy minister Bob Ainsworth calls for all drugs to be legally available, saying the current approach is not working.
December 16, 2010
Assange lawyer confident of bail
Julian Assange’s lawyer says he is confident of obtaining bail for the founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.
December 16, 2010
Europe to rule on Irish abortion
The European Court of Human Rights is due to rule on whether the Irish Republic’s anti-abortion laws violate women’s human rights.
December 16, 2010
Australia probes asylum shipwreck
Australia is to launch a criminal investigation into the Christmas Island shipwreck that killed at least 28 people, under people trafficking laws.