NASA’s Endeavour shuttle blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Monday for its last ever flight. The shuttle lifted off from the seaside Launch Pad 39A at 12:56 GMT, NASA said in a statement. The launch was originally scheduled for April 29, but was delayed several times due to technical problems. The crew, led [...]
Archives: 16 May 2011
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 final
Add to blog You may place this material on your blog by copying the link. Publication code: Eurovision Song Contest 2011 final 19:43 16/05/2011 Ell Nikki from Azerbaijan won first place at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Germany with a total of 221 points for their song “Running Scared.” Italy’s Raphael Gualazzi took second place with [...]
May 16, 2011
Afghanistan will join SCO
The documents approved at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization‘s foreign ministers’ meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Saturday all highlight Afghanistan. The regional organization believes its development will heavily depend on that country, where a drawdown of U.S. and NATO troops is in the offing. Their leaving will change the region, but it will not necessarily become [...]
May 16, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s virtual reality
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund and potential presidential candidate (with a 90% chance of success) in France, was arrested in New York on charges of sexual assault. Even by the measure of other scandals, this one stands out. It has dealt a serious blow to the reputation of the IMF as [...]
May 16, 2011
Chechnya gives international football stars diamond watches
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov gave a team of international football stars diamond-studded watches for taking part in a show game in the republic’s capital, the Sports.fr website said on Monday. The all-star team, led by Argentina’s Diego Maradona, played local Kavkaz (Caucasus) team during the opening ceremony of the Akhmad Kadyrov Sports Complex in the [...]
May 16, 2011
The 1,000-day countdown to the Sochi Winter Olympics
The 1,000-day countdown to the Sochi Winter Olympics 21:45 16/05/2011 On Saturday, May 14, Russia began a 1,000-day countdown to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
May 16, 2011
Israel blames Syria, Lebanon for border violence
Israel blamed Syria and Lebanon on Monday for clashes on its borders in a complaint filed to the United Nations, the Israeli prime minister’s spokesman said. “Israel has sent a complaint to the UN against Syria and Lebanon, as parties responsible for breaching our borders,” Alex Selsky told RIA Novosti. At least 13 people were [...]
May 16, 2011
British brewers set sail on beer cruise to Russia
British brewers set sail from London on Monday along a historic naval route used to transport kegs of dark beer to Russian Empress Catherine the Great 200 years ago. The beer, known as Russian Imperial Stout, has an alcohol content of up to 9 percent to prevent it from freezing on its journey across the [...]
May 16, 2011
New York court denies IMF head bail
A New York court remanded International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in custody on Monday on charges of sexual assault, global media said. Strauss-Kahn, 62, was arrested at New York’s John F Kennedy Internation Airport on board a plane to Paris, just 10 minutes before takeoff. He is charged with attempting to rape a maid [...]
May 16, 2011
Main news of May 16
WORLD *A New York court remanded International Monetary Fund Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in custody on charges of sexual assault, global media said * Israel blamed Syria and Lebanon for clashes on its borders in a complaint filed to the United Nations, the Israeli prime minister’s spokesman said * NASA’s Endeavour shuttle blasted off from the [...]
May 16, 2011
When ‘Runners’ Turn Snitch: FSB Targets North Caucasus Insurgency Support Personnel
It is a truism frequently overlooked that an insurgency, like a regular army, cannot function without support personnel. However well trained, experienced, and motivated an insurgent group may be, and however tactically brilliant its military planners, it is dependent on a steady supply of cash from its financial backers to provide weaponry, food, and medical [...]
May 16, 2011
Russian Foreign Minister Says Qaddafi Envoys Due In Moscow
Russian news agencies are quoting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that representatives of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s government are due in Russia on May 17. The Itar-Tass news agency quoted Lavrov as saying Russia also hopes to host Libyan opposition envoys soon. Lavrov said a delegation of opposition representatives from Benghazi was meant to [...]
May 16, 2011
Khodorkovsky And Lebedev Poised To Appeal Prison Sentences
MOSCOW — In a Moscow courtroom on May 17, defense attorney Vadim Klyuvgant will begin his quest to overturn Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s controversial conviction for theft and money laundering. Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were convicted of fraud and tax evasion in 2005. Just as their sentences were set to expire last year, prosecutors [...]
May 16, 2011
Tatar Websites Say Azerbaijani Eurovision Winner Has Tatar Roots
Tatar websites are reporting that one of the two Azerbaijani winners of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Germany has Tatar relatives. Known as Ell/Nikki, Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal beat out 24 other finalists to secure Azerbaijan’s first-ever Eurovision win on Saturday (May 14). The popular Kazansky blog wrote that among Gasimov’s most prominent [...]