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Sofa killer sentenced in Russia's St. Petersburg

20 hrs ago

MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - A woman whose drunken husband was accidentally killed by a pull-down sofa in their St. Petersburg apartment has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence, local prosecutors said on...

Sublime cruising

Every year millions of people around the world choose to spend their holidays on the wide-open seas or the waterways of Europe. Boutique travel specialist Travel Associates reports that travellers have a world of choice at...

Government Takes Over Xenophobic Hate Campaign From Extremist Groups

Nov 15, 2008

GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER XENOPHOBIC HATE CAMPAIGN FROM EXTREMIST GROUPS By Yuri Zarakhovich Eurasia Daily Monitor Nov 14 2008 DC A 2007 attack by Russian neo-Nazis is recorded on video (Der Spiegel) The November 5 election of...

Russia beats the US to an HTC 4G WiMAX phone

In an exclusive deal with Russian carrier Scartel's Yota network, HTC has premiered its first GSM/WiMAX handset, indicating how rapidly the evolution of the world's communications infrastructure may be leaving the US behind.

Closeted Russia

When Irina Sergeeva first ventured outside her native Russia, she was struck by the contrast between gay culture at home and in Western cities like New York. There aren't a lot of places for gays in Russia beyond bars and clubs...

Cinema Bizarre Russia Tour Highlights

Cinema Bizarre’s latest CB TV episode features the German glam rock act in Russia, making concert stops in Moscow, Krasnodar and St. Petersburg, as well attending the DJ Set Party in Moscow. Watch… Share and Enjoy: These icons...

The Roads to the Future

During the Great Depression, the United States softened the blow by focusing on building infrastructure, primarily roads. Caught in a financial crisis, Russia decided to take the same path by defining a new transport strategy,...

Russian Spire Design Continues Despite Project-Finance Woes

The architect and structural engineer for Russia’s 396-meter-tall Gazprom headquarters in St. Petersburg are pressing on with design despite local reports that the project may be postponed. The tower is conceived as the...

A tsar is born

It’s just what St. Petersburg needs, right? Another throwback eatery celebrating Tsarist-era splendor, a redundant exercise in Imperial kitsch? But the great surprise at Tsar, an excellent new restaurant nestling in the heart...

Gabriela from Buenos Aires

This year marks several significant dates in Latin American music. Not only is 2008 the 50th anniversary of Bossa Nova, the jazz samba trend orignated in Brazil by, among others, Antonio Carlos Jobim, it is also the 40th...

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