Newlyweds Prince William and Duchess Catherine will visit California in July after their tour of Canada, the St. James’s Palace said in a statement on Thursday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will “visit the State of California from July 8 to July 10, 2011. A detailed itinerary will be published at a later date,” [...]
Archives: 05 May 2011
May 5, 2011
May 5, 2011
War – it’s not for everyone!
Thousands of soldiers die every year all over the world defending the ideals of their bosses. Some for freedom, some for freedom of oppression, some kill in the name of god, some just because it’s all they’re good at. But no matter how noble or how low are the causes of the bloodshed, the ideologists [...]
May 5, 2011
Pakistan warns against further raids on its territory
Pakistan on Thursday warned any country against conducting raids on its territory, a day after India’s top soldier said it could carry out operations like the U.S. strike that killed Osama bin Laden. “We feel that that sort of misadventure or miscalculation would result in a terrible catastrophe,” Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir was quoted by [...]
May 5, 2011
Fuel shortage in Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday instructed the Agriculture and Energy ministries to solve the problem with gasoline shortages in the country to ensure the start of spring cultivation.
May 5, 2011
Putin instructs Russian ministries to solve problem with gasoline shortage
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday instructed the Agriculture and Energy ministries to solve the problem with gasoline shortages in the country to ensure the start of spring cultivation. The government boosted gasoline export tariffs to nearly 44 percent from May 1 to fight local shortages which started in mid-March in some regions. Russian [...]
May 5, 2011
Belarusian court jails 5 election protesters for up to 4 years
Five Belarusian opposition activists were sentenced on Thursday for up to four years for their part in mass protests against the December reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko. Alexander Kirkevich and Pavel Vinogradov were ordered by a Minsk court to spend at least four years in prison, while Dmitry Drozd, Andrei Protasenya and Vladimir Khomichenko were [...]
May 5, 2011
Pakistani president to visit Russia in mid-May
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will pay an official visit to Russia on May 11-14, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The visit will take place on an invitation from President Dmitry Medvedev, the presidential press service said, adding that talks between Medvedev and Zardari will take place on May 12. The visit was announced just [...]
May 5, 2011
Fidel Castro calls bin Laden’s assassination ‘abhorrent act’
Fidel Castro has slammed the United States for the way its forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, saying there is no excuse for “assassinating” an unarmed man surrounded by his family. Bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, was killed on Sunday [...]
May 5, 2011
U.S. court extends deadline for appeal on Bout extradition
A U.S. court partially satisfied on Thursday an appeal from lawyers defending accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and extended a deadline for submission of appeals on his extradition from Thailand. On April 19, Bout’s lawyers lodged an appeal on the illegality of their client’s prosecution in the United States. The defense asked the court [...]
May 5, 2011
China building $32 mln hospital for pandas
China has started the construction of a unique center that will provide some 40 giant pandas with comfortable accommodation and exclusive treatment, Chinese media reported on Thursday. The facility, which is expected to be completed by 2012, will cover an area of about 51 hectares in China’s southwest Sichuan province and will cost 210 million [...]
May 5, 2011
Council Of Europe Envoy To Check Conduct Of Russia’s Security Forces
BRUSSELS — The Council of Europe’s top rights official will travel to Moscow and several of Russia’s North Caucasus republics next week to investigate the conduct of Russia’s security forces. Thomas Hammarberg, the council’s commissioner for human rights, will arrive in Russia on May 13 for an eight-day visit aimed at producing a report on [...]
May 5, 2011
Trial Of Russia’s ‘Pearl Ensign’ Resumes In St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The trial of a former Russian policeman charged with abuse of power during the violent dispersal of an opposition demonstration last summer resumed in St. Petersburg today, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. The trial of Vadim Boiko has been postponed several times due to his repeated hospitalization. Witnesses to the event on [...]
May 5, 2011
Belarus Deports Two Russian Rights Activists
MINSK — Belarusian authorities have given two visiting Russian human rights activists 24 hours to leave the country, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service reports. Viktoria Gromova told RFE/RL that she and Aleksandr Mnatsakanyan were officially informed by Minsk’s Pershamay district court on May 5 that they are on a list of people who are personae non gratae [...]
May 5, 2011
Alleged Russian Crime Boss Detained In Spain
MADRID — An alleged leader of Russian’s Orekhovo criminal group was detained on May 5 by Spanish police in a Madrid hotel, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. National Court of Spain officials told RFE/RL that in 2001, Moscow’s Odintsovo district prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Dmitry Belkin, 30, who is suspected of involvement in more [...]