| Wed 10 Mar 2010 |
Adults only: The business of air traffic control isn't child's play
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593, flying from Moscow to Hong Kong, inexplicably plummeted from the skies over Siberia. Investigators were puzzled at first, but then the shocking truth came out. | A pilot had been giving a tour of the cockpit ... |
Russian traffic cop arrested after 'eating bribe'
The Daily Telegraph Australia | A SIBERIAN traffic policeman was arrested for taking a 2000-ruble ($73) bribe and then trying to conceal his crime by eating the money, investigators said overnight. | The police captain in the Chelyabinsk region, Alexei Nikolayev, extorted the bri... |
DNA from fossilised eggshells could help reconstruct lives of extinct birds
The Guardian | Ancient DNA has been extracted from the fossilised eggshells of birds for the first time, and will eventually yield clues about their physiology, diet and how they went extinct | A recently hatched emu chick. Scientists have extracted DNA from the ... |
Kazakhstan explores study options
The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Six Kazakhstan education agents are in the country to explore the possibility of letting their students study here. | The delegation from the Kazakhstan Association of Education Agents, who is here on a one-week visit from Saturday, ... |
Fun-filled activities await avid bird watchers and families in Tanjong Tuan
The Star | metro@thestar.com.my | AVID bird watchers will have the opportunity to take part in Raptor Watch — two days of fun-filled activities for the whole family — this weekend at the PNB Ilham Resort in Tanjung Tuan, Malacca. | The event, organised by the... |
UConn and the Common Good
The New York Times | To start, it should be noted that the Connecticut women’s basketball team has been linked to no nefarious doctors in Canada. It did not intentionally cause a Nascar crash, nor has it been suspended by the N.H.L. for crushing someone’s h... |
| Tue 9 Mar 2010 |
Traffic officer 'eats bribe'
Independent online | Moscow - A Siberian traffic policeman was arrested for taking a 2 000-ruble bribe and then trying to conceal his crime by eating the money, investigators said on Tuesday. | The police captain in the Chelyabinsk region, Alexei Nikolayev, extorted th... |
Chanel's Fake Fur Ice Maidens
Yahoo Daily News | Paris – One season after staging a Chanel runway show in a reconstructed Normandy farm, the house's designer Karl Lagerfeld presented its latest collection Tuesday, March 9, in Paris, in the midst of a custom-built iceberg, literally impo... |
Russian traffic cop arrested after 'eating bribe'
Breitbart | A Russian traffic policeman stops a car in the Siberian village of Oktyabrs... | A Siberian traffic policeman was arrested for taking a 2,000-ruble (67-dollar) bribe and then trying to conceal his crime by eating the money, investigators said Tuesd... |
New tiger graces Calgary Zoo
CBC | Baikal, who weighs 195 kilograms, is the newest tiger at the Calgary Zoo. (Courtesy Calgary Zoo)The Calgary Zoo has a new Siberian tiger, a large male named Baikal, after the oldest freshwater lake in Russia. | The Associations of Zoos and Aquarium... |
Prostitution, Whales, Dogs and Sperm are NGC Program Highlights March 7 - 13, 2010
m&c | National Geographic Channel sent Monsters and Critics their weekly round up of all the compelling programming highlights the network has to offer for March 7-13, 2010. | Sperm re-enactors courtesy of Nat Geo | Also, please note that scheduled to la... |
China's Railway Calls for High-Speed Diplomacy
ABC News By BETH LOYD | Mar. 9, 2010 | From London to Beijing in two days flat: That's China's ambitious plan to connect Asia with Europe Google site lets people ride the Trans-Siberian Express using their computers. | China is negotiating to extend its own t... |
NKoreans seek asylum at South consulate: activist
The Boston Globe | SEOUL, South Korea-Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asylum Tuesday at the South Korean consulate in an eastern Russian city, according to a human rights activist and news reports.... |
The politics of cosmic catastrophe
Inquirer | WASHINGTON, DC—ONE WEIGHTY DECISION that the world will need to make in 2010 is whether to support an idea raised by Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, to launch an unmanned mission to redirect a large asteroid that m... |
Ride the Trans-Siberian Express, From Your Couch
ABC News By ALEXANDER MARQUARDT | MOSCOW, March 9, 2010 | It's not the longest but arguably the most famous. For generations, the on the Sea of Japan has evoked feelings of adventure, setting out to discover the biggest country in the world across its seven t... |
Russian Shareholder Activist Exposes Corporate Greed
Yahoo Daily News | When the state-friendly Russian oil company Surgutneftegas held its annual shareholders meeting in the Siberian city of Surgut two years ago, the proceedings in the shabby auditorium started off as tightly scripted as a Politburo meeting. That is, ... |
NKoreans seek asylum at South consulate: activist
Newsvine | — Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asylum Tuesday at the South Korean consulate in an eastern Russian city, according to a human rights activist and news reports. | The form... |
NKoreans Seek Asylum At South Consulate: Activist
CBS News 2 NKoreans Enter SKorean Consulate In Russia, Seek Asylum In The US, Activist Says | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asy... |
NKoreans Seek Asylum at South Consulate: Activist
The New York Times | Filed at 6:28 a.m. ET | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asylum Tuesday at the South Korean consulate in an eastern Russian city, according to a human r... |
Menthol for Pain Relief
The Examiner | Menthol, one of nature's most effective natural pain relievers, can already be found in products throughout your medicine cabinet, purse, and even your pocket. | Fully 3,000 tons of menthol are manufactured every year for products like mouthwash, t... |
NKoreans seek asylum at South consulate: activist
Yahoo Daily News | SEOUL, South Korea – Two North Koreans who fled poor conditions at a Russian logging camp and later worked odd jobs sought asylum Tuesday at the South Korean consulate in an eastern Russian city, according to a human rights activist and news ... |
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