Russia’s ruling party needs new faces and new ideas, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. “We are on the threshold of State Duma elections, which is a major political event,” he said. “In these conditions, our leading political force, United Russia, needs an inflow of new ideas, new proposals, and new faces.” Elections for [...]
Archives: 07 May 2011
May 7, 2011
May 7, 2011
U.S. WWII tank deployed in Czech zoo
A Sherman tank that the U.S. army used in liberating the Czech city of Plzen in 1945 was placed in the city zoo as part of the annual Liberation Festival, the CTK news agency reported on Saturday. The tank gun is symbolically pointed at an underground shelter where the German anti-aircraft command was based during [...]
May 7, 2011
Gaddafi planes raid Misurata, destroy fuel tanks
Libyan government planes have dropped bombs on four large oil-storage tanks in the besieged western city of Misurata, destroying them and sparking a fire that spread to four more, al Jazeera quoted a rebel spokesman as saying on Saturday. NATO was alerted but failed to respond to the raid by small, pesticide-spraying planes in an [...]
May 7, 2011
Radiation levels drop in Japan’s troubled reactor
Radiation levels have dropped inside the No. 1 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), said the drop was due to a ventilator installed in the building on Thursday to filter out radioactive substances. Workers would soon be [...]
May 7, 2011
China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan complete anti-terror drills
China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have conducted a joint anti-terror exercise in northwest China, Xinhua reported on Saturday. Code-named Tianshan-II (2011), the exercise saw law enforcement and security personnel from the three member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) coordinate their efforts in locating and neutralizing “terrorists” in a border region. This is the second [...]
May 7, 2011
Libyan tribal chiefs call for amnesty
Libyan tribal chiefs have urged a general amnesty for all fighters engaged in the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, the Aljazeera news network reported on Saturday. The move comes as the Gaddafi regime says Libya is one sovereign state while the bid to fund rebels with frozen assets is piracy. In a meeting that ended in [...]
May 7, 2011
Syrian tanks enter protest hub
Troops and tanks swept into the Syrian city of Baniyas, a focus of anti-government protests, in the early hours of Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. The tanks were advancing on the southern neighborhoods of the coastal city. A protestor told Al Jazeera the Sunni Muslim and mixed areas were “totally besieged” now. Areas of the minority [...]
May 7, 2011
Iran foils pirate attack on UAE tanker
The Iranian Navy on Saturday thwarted an attempt by pirates to hijack an oil tanker from the United Arab Emirates, Press TV reported. The UAE-flagged oil tanker was sailing from Bahrain to the Red Sea when it was attacked by two pirate boats. An Iranian warship came to the Emirati’s aid in response to a [...]
May 7, 2011
Full dress rehearsal for May 9 Victory Day Parade
Full dress rehearsal for May 9 Victory Day Parade 16:53 07/05/2011 The military carry red flags in Red Square on May 7 at a full dress rehearsal of the Victory Day Parade in Moscow to mark 66 years since the end of World War II. The parade will involve more than 20,000 military personnel and 100 vehicles.
May 7, 2011
China denies plans to downsize military
China has no plans to reduce its military personnel, the Chinese Defense Ministry said on Saturday. A senior officer at the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) dismissed media reports that up to 800,000 PLA personnel could be discharged. China will keep its armed forces within the limits necessary to maintain state security, [...]
May 7, 2011
Medvedev fires another 4 police generals
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed another four Interior Ministry generals, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday. These include Maj. Gen. Alexander Stepin, deputy head of the St. Petersburg Internal Affairs Administration; Maj. Gen. Timofei Pan, deputy head of the Altai Territory Internal Affairs Administration; Maj. Gen. Viktor Chernyaev, police chief for the Voronezh [...]
May 7, 2011
Interior Ministry reform
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed another four Interior Ministry generals, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.
May 7, 2011
May 7, 2011
Former Russian Officials Arrested For Alleged Links To Gambling
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