Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office With First Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service Sergei Smirnov. March 29, 2011 Full captionFull caption|||Minimise Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With First Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service Sergei Smirnov.|Moscow|March 29, 2011|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3647406a43044cda1.jpeg|http://news.windowstorussia.com/wp-content/plugins/rss-poster/cache/e26f5_41d3647406ad673cc31f.jpeg Sergei Smirnov briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the results of a special [...]
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March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011
Meeting with Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev
Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office With Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev. March 29, 2011 Full captionFull caption|||Minimise Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev.|Gorki, Moscow Region|March 29, 2011|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d364785af93f812fcd.jpeg|http://news.windowstorussia.com/wp-content/plugins/rss-poster/cache/2a8c0_41d364785b022c5e7a4e.jpeg Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Dmitriev discussed measures to support small and medium-sized businesses and the establishment of the Direct Investment Fund. [...]
March 29, 2011
Women Talk: Like Mother, Like Daughter
“You act like my mother.” Oh, p-please. Give me a break! Every time I hear something like that from a close friend or a significant other, even on the threshold of Mother’s Day that’s coming up in Europe this Sunday, I get visibly annoyed. Mothers vitally mattered when we were five and younger and parent-dependent. [...]
March 29, 2011
Biologist from central Russia shelters cat with five ears
A biologist from Voronezh found a cat with five ears in the street and brought it home to study and perhaps breed. “The cat has two normal ears, two extra ears are turned 180 degrees and there is a tiny fifth ear,” said Vladimir Obryvkov of the Voronezh State University of Agriculture. The scientist, who [...]
March 29, 2011
Russian rights activists split over date, cause for ‘new’ rallies
Russian rights activists headed by Moscow Helsinki Group leader Lyudmila Alexeyeva have not yet decided on the date or venue for rallies they want to hold instead of the traditional campaigns in support of Article 31 of Russian Constitution which guarantees freedom of assembly. A rally in support of Article 31 will be held on [...]
March 29, 2011
World powers gather for Libya brainstorming
Russia was not invited to a meeting in London on Tuesday to draw up a common approach towards Libya, where Western forces have become embroiled in a military campaign against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Along with all members of an international coalition involved in the operation, representatives of the United Nations, the Arab League and the [...]
March 29, 2011
Russian terrorist leader Umarov not among Ingushetia militants
People who personally knew Chechen militant leader Doku Umarov’s fighters examined the bodies of militants killed in a special operation but did not identify Umarov among them, a high-ranking law enforcement source said Tuesday. The source said a DNA test will prove whether it was Umarov who was killed. Seventeen militants were killed on Monday [...]
March 29, 2011
Vagrant cobra from New York zoo ‘found’ on Twitter
A 20-inch-long venomous Egyptian cobra, which disappeared from the Bronx Zoo earlier, suddenly showed up on Twitter attracting thousands of fans. The reptile, whose venom affects the nervous system and may cause death due to respiratory failure, has been missing since Friday. The zookeepers believe the snake may be hiding somewhere in the confines of [...]
March 29, 2011
Clinton urges western powers to increase pressure on Gaddafi
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the opening of international talks in London urged western powers to increase pressure on Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. The UN Security Council’s Resolution 1973, adopted on March 17, imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and measures to protect civilians from Gaddafi’s forces, but stopped short of authorizing ground [...]
March 29, 2011
Mentally ill Russian pilot suspended from duty
A mentally ill man who has worked as a civilian pilot for about a year has been suspended from duty in Russia’s southern republic of Adygea, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday. The man, who has been under medical observance since 2007, received a civilian pilot certificate from the Russian air transport agency Rosaviatsiya [...]
March 29, 2011
Coalition leaders meet in London to discuss Libya
Aided by coalition air strikes, rebel forces in Libya began rapidly recapturing cities along the coast over the weekend before their westward advance was halted at Sirte. Coalition leaders are meeting in London today to discuss their roles in the Libya operation now that NATO has assumed command. The coalition has no political mandate for [...]
March 29, 2011
World powers create contact group on Libya
National leaders and diplomats, meeting at a London conference seeking to boost pressure on Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi and discuss Libya’s future, agreed on Tuesday to set up a group to coordinate all international efforts in the troubled north African country. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Arab League, NATO [...]
March 29, 2011
US nuclear plant violates safety rules
According to the New York Attorney General, the nuclear power plant at Indian Point has sought over 100 exemptions from the fire safety code which may make it extremely difficult to secure the nearly 40-year old facility in an emergency. The aging plant provides about 30 percent of New York City’s electrical power is now [...]