Spain have won the Davis Cup after their number one Rafael Nadal recovered from a terrible start to hold on to beat Juan Martin del Potro in four sets to give the hosts an insurmountable 3-1 lead. Del Potro hit the ground running and Nadal soon found himself one set behind. The Argentinian gave him [...]
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December 4, 2011
December 2, 2011
ESA halts attempts to contact Russian Mars moon probe
The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday it had ended attempts to establish contact with Phobos-Grunt, Russia’s failed probe to one of Mars’ moons. “In consultation and agreement with Phobos-Grunt mission controllers, ESA engineers will end ESTRACK ground station support today,” the agency said. “ESA ground teams remain available to assist the Phobos-Grunt mission [...]
December 2, 2011
Why Russia is backing Syria | David Hearst
While an international noose is tightening around the neck of Bashar-al Assad’s regime in Syria, with Turkey this week doing most of the pulling, one country, other than Iran, is intent on bucking the trend – Russia. A day after the UN human rights council said that Syrian forces were committing crimes against humanity, and [...]
December 1, 2011
Police brutality and harsh tactics at OWS
After several months of protests at Occupy Wall Street camps all over the US and hundreds of arrests, RT takes a look at some of the increasingly militarized tactics the police have been using against American citizens. Popular uprisings abroad get applauded in the United States, but similar uprisings within the US turn into a [...]
November 24, 2011
Small airlines kicked out with safety standards up
New technical requirements for civil aviation could put smaller Russian airlines out of business. Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin says, “about 30 airlines would probably fail to renew their certificates of airworthiness this year”. New regulations, which include providing, ground proximity warning apparatus on all planes comes into effect next year. The measures are seen [...]
November 24, 2011
Libya The Quagmire Nightmare of a Country: Thank You Western World…
From the beginning a few of us believed, and said, that this would happen. I, among others predicted and still consider it probable, that foreign troops will be needed to protect oil installations… For reasons probably connected only with getting control of Libyan oil and gas, western politicians ignored all contrary advice and meddled with [...]
November 23, 2011
Ground Controllers Make Contact With Lost Russian Mars Probe
Russia’s stranded “Phobos-Grunt” Mars probe has emitted its first “sign of life.” The European Space Agency (ESA) said that controllers at a tracking station in western Australia made contact with the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft late on November 22. The probe was launched successfully on November 8 but mission control lost radio contact with the craft hours [...]
November 11, 2011
Clowns and matador fight Wall Street bull (VIDEO)
If you ask anyone involved in the Occupy movement, they’ll be sure to tell you that Wall Street is full of clowns. In a new video circulating the Web, some demonstrators decided to give them some company. Hannah Morgan and Louis Jargow were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for donning clown attire, hopping a [...]
November 2, 2011
Baltimore shelters keep homeless women on the streets
In Baltimore, Maryland, residents lovingly refer to their stomping ground as Charm City. If you ask the women of the historic Chesapeake Bay community, however, they might say it’s nothing but the contrary. After Baltimore took 100 beds out of the city’s homeless shelters, they’ve responded by opening up a new $8 million facility for [...]
October 30, 2011
‘Gaddafi wasn’t scared’
Muammar Gaddafi spent his last moments standing his ground and prepared for the inevitable as the rebels finally came for him. That is according to the Colonel’s loyal employee – one the few who witnessed his last days and secret funeral. Huneish Nasr, who was Gaddafi’s personal driver for more than 30 years, has told [...]
October 22, 2011
Pentagon to monitor soldiers’ dreams
The Pentagon will be taking a page from the liner notes of classic rockers Cheap Trick as the DoD hopes to become the military’s official dream police with some spooky new sci-tech spectacles that they hope will curb PTSD-nightmares. The US army is trying to perfect technology that will help soldiers suffering from post-traumatic [...]
October 14, 2011
Falling short: fighter jet crashes at air show (video)
A fighter jet has crashed during an air show in northern China, leaving one pilot injured and the other missing presumed dead. The incident took place at an air show in Pucheng County in the northwest Shaanxi Province. The organizers did not say what type of fighter plane was involved in the crash. But Xinhua [...]
September 29, 2011
Putin calls for new state procurement system
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called for a major overhaul of Russia’s state procurement system on Thursday, saying it was fertile ground for corruption and boosted purchase prices. “All this creates a favorable medium for corruption, and creates unjustified increase in the delivery time for contracts, major increases in the price of things in state contracts [...]
September 28, 2011
City Hall Contemplates Underground Car Parks
City Hall Contemplates Underground Car Parks By Irina Titova The St. Petersburg Times Published: September 28, 2011 (Issue # 1676) City Hall is considering the construction of automated underground parking lots. According to a plan developed by the city’s Transport Infrastructure Committee, officials hope to solve the lack of parking space in the city center [...]