| Wed 16 May 2012 |
The Gas Age, Circa 1986
The New York Times | The near-worldwide abundance of extractable natural gas has seemed like a surprise to many, but there’s a long line of analysis pointing in this direction, much of it originating with the work of the Italian physicist and systems analyst Cesa... |
Mink eyelashes sweeping the continent
The Examiner | Salon owners in Britian report that fur brushed from live minks made into false eyelashes are sweeping the country thanks to Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian and Heidi Klum. | Mink eyelashes can cost upwards of £5,000 but as the trend spreads, t... |
Kazakhstan Launches Contest for National Superhero
Novosti | MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti) – Kazakhstan has announced a contest to create an image of a national superhero who will be named after the Central Asian country’s capital, Astana, the capital’s web site reported on Wednesday. | A total of 123 p... |
Kalmykia Police Suspected in Detainee Beating Death
Novosti | MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti) - Investigators in Russia’s southwest republic of Kalmykia are working to establish the identities of two policemen suspected of beating to death a detainee earlier this month, the local investigation committee said o... |
Preakness 2012 Horses: Creative Cause
The Examiner | Fifth in the 138th Kentucky Derby, Creative Cause (Giant’s Causeway x Dream Of Summer by Siberian Summer) is confirmed for the 137th Preakness Stakes. | Creative Cause was bred in Kentucky by Wisconsin-born James C. Weigel (69). The three-year-ol... |
Lost In Siberia finds itself in Germany; White Tiger loses its grip in Russia
Screen Daily | Screen casts a glance over the international box office. | Outside of The Avengers continued dominance of the international arena, Warner Bros’ Dark Shadows was this week’s highest new entry, scaring up $37.3m from its 42 territories in second.... |
Research and Markets: Mongolia - Asia-Pacific's Rising Star in Coal Mining
Business Wire | DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c4zrfb/mongolia_asiapa) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Mongolia - Asia-Pacific's Rising Star in Coal Mining" to their offering. | R... |
Greenest UK Festival " Shambala Line-Up News
B&S Online | A best kept secret perhaps to most. The annual Shambala festival nestled in the picturesque Northamptonshre/Leicestershire countryside, is officially the greenest event in the UK " after scooping the "Greenest Festival Award" at the UK Festival A... |
$300 reward offered after emaciated puppy found in Lansing
Detroit news By Associated Press Comments | Lansing- A $300 reward is being offered for information after an emaciated Siberian Husky puppy was found at Mount Home Cemetery in Lansing. | The Lansing State Journal reports caretakers at the cemetery found the dog M... |
The SIVAC Initiative Supports Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to Set Up National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs)
PR Newswire | The SIVAC (Supporting Independent Immunization and Vaccine Advisory Committees)..."/> | Download image | Download image | , May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- | The SIVAC (Supporting Independent Immunization and Vaccine Advisory Committees) Initia... |
Abused puppy found in Lansing, reward offered
Detroit Free Press | MASON A $300 reward is being offered for information about who may be responsible for severely neglecting a Siberian Husky puppy found Monday at Mt. Hope Cemetery. | Cemetery caretakers discovered the 12-week-old dog sometime before noon and imme... |
Officer Delivers Baby in Siberian Train
Novosti | Transport police officers helped deliver a baby on a Russian train on Wednesday night, officials from the Siberian Federal District Interior Ministry said. | The conductor on the train, traveling from Abakan in Eastern Siberia to Moscow, announced ... |
The SIVAC Initiative Supports Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to Set Up National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs)
Canada Newswire | PARIS, May 16, 2012 /CNW/ - The SIVAC (Supporting Independent Immunization and Vaccine Advisory Committees) Initiative recently supported the establishment of National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. | ... |
U.S., Pakistan near deal on critical supply route
Sacramento Bee | ISLAMABAD – The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under an agreement that would reopen a key NATO supply route through Pakistan that's been closed for nearly six months. | The accord, whic... |
Tethys Petroleum Limited: Kazakhstan Oil Resource Upgrade
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Deal revives supply route
STL Today | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan • The U.S. and Pakistan have struck a deal to reopen a key NATO supply route to Afghanistan at a cost of $365 million annually. The route has been closed for nearly six months. | The accord, which the Pakistani government anno... |
Pakistan seeks $1M per day to supply Afghan war
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ISLAMABAD -- The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under an agreement that would reopen a key NATO supply route through Pakistan that has been closed for nearly six months. | The accord, which ... |
Call for Indian version of World Migratory Bird Day
The Hindu Rejecting the celebration of World Migratory Bird Day at a time when no migrant birds could be spotted in India, a section of ornithologists is pitching for an exclusive Indian version of the occasion. | The theme of the 2012 celebrations, organised ... |
Irkutsk gateway to Siberia
The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetIrkutsk Gateway to Siberia Irkutsk was a name I've only seen before on RISK. Yes, the board game. And I had to trawl the internet to find out how it's pronounced (for the record, it's err-KOOT-sk). | So how did I end up in t... |
| Tue 15 May 2012 |
Kava: The anti-anxiety herb is making a comeback
Fox News | Native Pacific Islanders ground kava. | Kava, an herb from the Pacific islands whose roots yield relaxing compounds, has been sold in the U.S. for a long time. In 1900 kava extract appeared in the Sears Roebuck catalog as a “temperance wine,” a... |
B.C. 'Frankenfish' report being investigated
CBC | A biologist will inspect a lagoon in a Burnaby, B.C., park Wednesday to see if the invasive snakehead — a so-called "Frankenfish" from Asia — has somehow found its way there. | A video posted on YouTube, purported to have been taken at the Cent... |
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