Fri, 27 Jan 2012
(Photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)Smartphones drive record Samsung profit
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(Photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)Bank of India sees subdued growth in corporate loans
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(Photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)The dark truth behind the man who claimed he had Bin Laden in his sights
In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, American Jonathan Keith Idema, 48, smokes a cigarette in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Idema, a former Green Beret from North Carolina convicted of running a private jail in Afghanistan where he tortured terrorism suspects, has died at the age of 55....Full Story

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Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade
| SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help. | The relief mission through perilous, ice-choked seas was the first mid...Full Story
Hedging on roads: councils bet on icy weather
| The soaring cost of gritting roads is forcing local authorities to gamble on weather derivatives Weather derivatives are being trialled by councils across the country after huge overspending on their winter budgets. Photograph: David Sillitoe | As Britain prepares thi...Full Story
Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade
| SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help. | The relief mission through perilous, ice-choked seas was the first mid...Full Story
In pictures: Olympic venues shaping up for 2012 action
The Athletes' Village is an intergral part of the whole Olympic Park. It comprises 2,818 flats and will cater for 16,000 athletes and officials from 200 countries. After the Games are over it will be turned into a part-affordable housing and part private-owned comm...Full Story
Russia Evaluates Space Capsule Cracks Ahead of March Launch
| Recent tests of a Russian spaceship set to launch a new crew to the International Space Station in March have revealed worrisome cracks in the spacecraft's landing capsule, according to Russian news reports. | The Soyuz TMA-04M is slated to launch to the orbiting comp...Full Story
Prokhorov Set to Become ‘Main Anti-Putin’ Candidate
| Billionaire presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov has set himself the task of becoming the major figure and choice for those Russians who do not want to vote for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during the elections on March 4. | Prokhorov previously criticized Putin&...Full Story
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Fri 27 Jan 2012
Kazakhstan Aims to Conclude WTO Talks by 2013
Novosti | Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev confirmed on Friday that the energy-rich Central Asian state was likely to conclude talks to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year. |   | “Talks on Kazakhstan’s WTO accession are ex...
Russia elections: Officials bar liberal Yavlinsky
BBC News Russia's electoral commission has barred the liberal opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky from running in the March presidential election. | Officials reported irregularities in more than a quarter of the signatures collected in support of Mr Yavlinsk...
Putin 'Unconcerned' By Calls For Him To Quit
Orange News | Vladimir Putin has told Sky News that he is "not concerned" about recent mass protests calling for him to resign. | The Russian Prime Minister spoke exclusively on the campaign trail in Tomsk, Siberia as he tries to secure his victory in the upcomi...
Winter's coming with a vengeance... Siberian storm to bring -5C temperatures to Britain and the ...
The Daily Mail | Bitter Siberian-style winter weather is finally about to arrive, forecasters warned last night. | Up to four inches of snow are expected to fall across higher ground today with temperatures set to plummet to minus five across the whole country by t...
Putin Dismisses Calls To Resign
Skynews | To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. | Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. | Amanda Walker, Moscow correspondent Vladimir Putin has told Sky News that he is "not concerned" about recent mass...
Citywire Top Stocks Daily News Digest
Citywire | All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks AstraZeneca PLC | AZN.L share fact sheetEmail alertsPortfolio Asia Correspondent: Karolinska Institutet and AstraZeneca have announced a three-year collaborative...
Top Ten Siberian Huskies
The Examiner | To me all Siberian Huskies are heroes and famous for something. But ten Siberian Husky have achieved such a fame that their names are instantly recognized by Siberian Husky fanciers world wide. | 1.) Kolyma: A Siberian Husky that was imported to Al...
Winter's coming with a vengeance... and the big freeze could last a month
The Daily Mail | Bitter winter weather is finally about to arrive, forecasters warned last night. | Up to four inches of snow are expected to fall across higher ground today with temperatures set to plummet across the whole country by the weekend. | The Met Office ...
The News Matrix: Friday 27 January 2012
The Independent | Test could reveal autism in babies | Austism can be detected when babies are just six months old, according to a study funded by the Medical Research Council. The disorder is not officially diagnosed until a child reaches the age of two, but it is ...
What might be looming for Petrov’s F1 future?
Formula1 Blog 2 SJ Skid January 27, 2012 People & Events What might be looming for Petrov’s F1 future? 0.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 0 votes, 0.00 avg. rating (0% score) | Vitaly Petrov, a man with no Formula 1 drive but plenty of money, said ...
Weather History: January 27: Record Temps, Storms, Ice, Snow, Wind & Tornadoes
The Examiner | Meteorological events that happened on January 27th: | What's the coldest city in the lower 48 states? That dubious distinction belongs to our friends in International Falls, MN which has a yearly average temperature of 36.4°. Some cities on th...
Weather History: January 27: Record Temps, Storms, Snow, Ice, Wind & Tornadoes
The Examiner | Meteorological events that happened on January 27th: | What's the coldest city in the lower 48 states? That dubious distinction belongs to our friends in International Falls, MN which has a yearly average temperature of 36.4°. Some cities on th...
The billionaire, the banker – and a bit of birch-thrashing
The Independent | This week, Nathaniel Rothschild, the investment banker and heir to the Rothschild dynasty, went to the High Court to sue the Daily Mail for its investigation into the January 2005 trip in which a group of business figures stayed at the Siberian cha...
Putin ratchets up anti-western rhetoric before presidential poll
Irish Times | DANIEL McLAUGHLIN | RUSSIAN PREMIER Vladimir Putin is hardening his anti-western rhetoric to undermine opponents and rally support, six weeks before a vote that is set to return him to the Kremlin. | Mr Putin, in recent days, has denounced US plans...
The lord, the birching and the Davos failure
Sydney Morning Herald | The ego-stroking gabfest of the alleged financial elite in Davos is the World Economic Forum only in name – albeit a cosy and lucrative name, given its $160 million income last year. Perhaps unwittingly, Davos this week symbolises Old World h...
This is how they protest in Russia - and cops still want to get out the cuffs
The Daily Telegraph Australia | AUSSIE activists should count themselves lucky they don't live in Siberia because god only knows what the Russian police would have done if they had mobbed a prime minister there. | Because protests in the Siberian city of Barnaul are guarante...
Russian prosecutors to move higher court on Gita
The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet MOSCOW: Undeterred by a Siberian court's rejection of their plea seeking a ban on a translated version of the Bhagvad Gita, Russian prosecutors are planning to file an appeal against the verdict on the holy book dubbed by t...
Thu 26 Jan 2012
Analyst: BP's 'Small Victory' in Siberia Carries 'Great Weight'
Rig Zone | BP's "small victory" in a Siberian arbitration court is actually a significant step forward for the firm in Russia, according to a UK-based oil analyst who follows the company closely. | The court, in the West Siberian city of Tyumen, rejected an a...
Came so far for beauty
Sydney Morning Herald | So much art. So much backache. Lissa Christopher tours the behemoth State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. | If there were to be a collective noun for the contents of the world's largest galleries and museums, it ought to be a backache. Just as y...
Coach driver crashed after swerving at children who mocked his weight
The Daily Telegraph Colin Scott, a John Lewis coach driver, deliberately swerved towards children who mocked his weight, causing a six-car pile-up and £260,000 worth of damage. | Coach driver Colin Scott Photo: Cascade | 11:04AM GMT 26 Jan 2012 | Scott, 52, "...
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