The face of hospitality is changing in Moscow, as the city has decided to give up its super-expensive hotels for cheaper hostels. City Hall has announced plans to open 180 hotels in the next five years. Around 40 are already under construction or renovation, and should be reopened soon. In addition, this year alone the [...]
Archives: 12 October 2011
October 12, 2011
October 12, 2011
Topeka, Kansas decriminalizes spousal abuse
Wife-beaters and child abusers have found a safe haven in America’s Midwest. As of today, domestic abuse charges in Topeka, Kansas have been ripped from the local law books as the city tries to pinch pennies to avoid an economic crisis. On Tuesday night, the city council of Topeka repealed the local law that lists [...]
October 12, 2011
‘EU’s actions could lead to revolutions in Greece and Portugal’
The expanded bailout fund will not help if Italy or Spain is dragged into the economic crisis, and the austerity packages are driving Greece and Portugal to revolutions, warned British European Parliament member Nigel Farage. “They are having austerity packages pushed upon them, which is forcing them into downward deflation, which in my opinion could [...]
October 12, 2011
Alleged hit on diplomat just another pretext for isolating Iran
The alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US may provide yet another pretext for the complete isolation of Iran. As it is, says Iranian professor Sadegh Zibakalam, Washington already has plenty of excuses for pressuring Tehran. “It is not only the nuclear issue, there are at least half a dozen other issues [...]
October 12, 2011
Perfect gazpacho: chef’s recipe
Perfect gazpacho: chef’s recipe Published: 12 October, 2011, 23:22 Gazpacho (33.7Mb) embed video TAGS: Prime Recipe, Prime Time Russia, Anya Fedorova, Martyn Andrews, Neil Harvey RT reveals the easy-but-mouthwatering gazpacho recipes of a top Moscow chef from the Soho Room. 12.10, 22:48 Moscow to become haven for low-cost tourism The face of hospitality is changing [...]
October 12, 2011
China strikes back at US over tariffs
A game of cat-and-mouse between Washington and Beijing intensified yesterday after Congress gave the go-ahead on a bill that increases tariffs on Chinese goods. Those overseas have already fired back, however, and the consequences could be chaotic. Though the US bill that was aimed at hitting so-called “currency manipulators” like China will most likely fail [...]
October 12, 2011
Mainstream media vs. Occupy Wall Street – the battle
While the mainstream media criticizes the demonstrators for being anarchist hippies, corporate media outlets don’t actually go into the crowd that much to listen to what the frustrated people have to say. Reporters go live from across the street. TV satellite trucks are on stand-by for violence and arrests. The independent and foreign channels are [...]
October 12, 2011
Velikaya crowned best fencer in the world
Russian sabre fencer Sofiya Velikaya fought her way to gold at the World Championships in Catania, Italy. The Russian was trailing by five points to Olympic champ Mariel Zagunis of the US in the women’s individual final, but managed to cut the deficit and win by a 15-14 scoreline. It is Velikaya’s third career world [...]
October 12, 2011
Pennsylvania state capital goes bankrupt
The capital city of the Keystone State has run out of money. Lawmakers in Harrisburg, PA today voted to file for municipal bankruptcy protection as the state capital of Pennsylvania has accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. The Harrisburg council narrowly voted 4-3 today to file for bankruptcy, a decision that both attorneys [...]
October 12, 2011
Pro-Assad rally draws thousands to Syrian capital
Thousands of people gathered in the heart of Syria to show their support and loyalty to President Bashar Al-Assad, whose fierce six-month battle to suppress an uprising has taken the lives of nearly 3,000 people. ”America, out, out, Syria will stay free,” chanted the crowd in the capital Damascus on Wednesday, many of them carrying [...]
October 12, 2011
Yeti hunters must be more scientific | Brian Regal
A common complaint among cryptozoologists – those who pursue unknown or folkloric monsters – is that mainstream science does not take their work seriously and inappropriately labels it as pseudoscience. The shenanigans currently going on in Russia are a good example of why that happens. Gathered there, as the worldwide headlines have proclaimed, is a [...]
October 12, 2011
Grigory Yavlinsky: ‘Change Is Only Possible If There Is An Alternative’
The Power Vertical Grigory Yavlinsky gestures as he delivers a speech during the 15th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague on October 10. I caught up with Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky, who was in Prague this week to participate in the Forum 2000 conference. In a brief on-the-record chat, we discussed Vladimir Putin’s decision to return [...]
October 12, 2011
Family Rescued After 20 Hours in Water
Family Rescued After 20 Hours in Water The matriarch of the family is missing and presumed drowned after she slipped through her son’s grasp. The Associated Press Published: October 12, 2011 (Issue # 1678) MARATHON, Florida — Eight relatives had set out to fish in less-than-ideal conditions off the Florida Keys. It was raining, seas [...]
October 12, 2011
Police Foil Latest in Series of Arson Attacks On Berlin’s Railway Tracks
Police Foil Latest in Series of Arson Attacks On Berlin’s Railway Tracks The Associated Press Published: October 12, 2011 (Issue # 1678) BERLIN — An attempted arson attack on a railway link in Germany’s capital with three separate explosives devices was thwarted Tuesday, police said. It was the third in two days targeting railway operations [...]