India's Astra missile, if it flies, may propel the nation into the very small circle of advanced-missile weaponry. What will this mean for the precarious balance of power in that region especially?"In a major technology leap, Indian defence scientists are ready to go ahead...
America is looking more and more non influencial in the world, the one time world leader finds itself in a tight spot with Poland. For Mr Donald Tusk the Polish prime minister, Russia and China America is after its own interest not the interest of the European Public. The...
"In an age when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad openly declares the Holocaust a myth, it is increasingly important to tell people the truth of what happened, and Tosia Schneidner has made that her life’s mission.“There is no occurrence that was better documented...
Sometime in the early morning of June 30, 1908, some sort of massive explosion shook central Siberia. Witnesses at the time said they saw a fireball detonate in the sky above a desolate, forested region. What occurred during this time isn't exactly known, but the...
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" Britain's leading spy was today fighting for his life after he mysteriously fell into a coma. Alex Allan, the head of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, was found unconscious at his west London home on Monday and taken to...
Georgia break aways regions- Abkhazia and South Ossetia- continue to rebel against Tblisi control. With the backing of Russia, these separatist regions have not managed to get international recognition. According to...
A powerful explosion occured just after midnight local time (2100 GMT), as thousands of people were gathered for a concert at a war memorial in the capital. " At least 50 people have been injured in Belarus after a bomb exploded during a concert in the capital,...
Wow, less arrogant than Vladimir Putin but very plain and touchy about foreign critisism. Dmitri A Medvedev Russia's new president told US to keep it's advice to itself because the state of the...
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"NBC was once the proud home of real journalists. People such as Chet Huntley and David Brinkley brought its standards to -- and above -- the level prevalent in most news organizations. But...
The Japanese Government is heavily debating the pro and cons of the US missile defence program, and if Japan should give in to American pressure to become par of it.The Pro would be to keep the US government happy and stop the pressure, the main fear here are economic...
The problem is that Brazil’s educational system is in disarray. In the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s tests of academic performance given every three years to 15-year-olds in 57 nations,...
On Monday, Iraq offered oil companies "opportunities" to bid on work restoring to service and exploiting for profit, Iraq's oil fields. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani is ready to bring in technology and cash to boost Iraq's oil production by 60 percent. ...
" Russian prosecutors yesterday charged a skinhead gang led by two teenagers with the racist murders of 20 people during a series of brutal attacks in Moscow. Prosecutors said they had charged nine people aged...
As the women's draw in the year's Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon enters the last 16 on Monday, it can't have escaped many tennis fans' attention just how many Russian players are still left in the competition.World number two and darling of many a centre court Maria...
Well surprise, surprise Ballack is going to start. I wonder how significant injury really is. On the Spanish side it's good to see that Fabregas is starting but it appears Alonso isn't starting. I wonder about this decision since he and Torres have got to know each other well...