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  • Kiev court says no to gay rights march Kiev court says no to gay rights march

    A court in Kiev has banned Ukraine's first gay pride event. The court ruled the march, would have attracted anti-gay activists into the centre of the city, where annual Kiev Day celebrations would also have been taking place. A group of opponents led by the Orthodox Church led the objections to the march. The Church, through its Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko, issued the grounds for ...

  • Missiles not meteorites on US-Russia agenda

    The US plans to collaborate with Russia on missile issues and Afghanistan, but not planetary defence from space threats, a US diplomat said. Building a joint asteroid defence system was not a "real proposal" until the project has funding, which is not on the cards with either country, said US Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Rose Gottemoeller. The meteorite ...

  • Russian military orders six Be-200 amphibious planes

    The Russian defence ministry has signed a contract with the Beriev Aircraft Company for the purchase of six Beriev Be-200 amphibious planes. "The contract is worth 8.4 billion rubles ($268 million)," Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said in a statement. "The first two planes will be basic Be-200ChS models, while the following four will be the Be-200PS version without firefighting ...

  • Russian police apologises for beating activists

    In a rare display of public humility, the head of police in Russia's St. Petersburg city publicly apologised to motorist rights activists after they were allegedly beaten up by policemen. But Sergei Umnov's apology, published on the city police's website, never specified what caused the conflict between traffic police and activists of the Blue Buckets group. The victims said they chided two ...

  • Black Widow Suicide Bomber Wounds 12 in Russia

    A female suicide bomber blew herself up in southern Russia's restive Dagestan Saturday, wounding at least 12 people. Police say the bomber detonated her explosives in the central square in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital. At least two of the wounded are in critical condition. Police reportedly have identified the bomber as 25-year-old Madina Alieva, a widow of two slain ...

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What Planet Are You From?

In "What Planet Are You From?," comedian Garry Shandling plays an alien posing as a human on Earth so he can mate with a woman, thus paving the way for his alien race to dominate Earth from within. ...

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  • Russia Cracks Down on Gay Activism

    Russian police arrested at least 30 gay rights activists and their opponents in the capital, Moscow, Saturday, enforcing the city's ban on gay rights demonstrations. The arrests coincided with the first-ever gay rights rally in neighboring Ukraine, which was allowed by authorities and protected by police. The demonstrators in Russia gathered in front of the nation's lower house of ...

  • Leadership Questions Could Hamper Syria Peace Talks

    ISTANBUL Next month's Washington - Moscow talks to end the Syrian conflict appear in doubt. The Syrian opposition, at a meeting in Istanbul, remains divided on electing new leadership and it is still unclear if the opposition will attend the talks. Western backers of the opposition are pushing for a broader and more diverse leadership. But attempts to weaken the power of the Islamist ...

  • Dozens held at Moscow gay pride rally

    Several dozens of LGBT activists and their "opponents" were detained in the Russian capital Saturday during a string of gay pride events, Moscow police said. The majority were held during an attempted gay pride rally in front of the City Hall, which refused earlier to sanction the event. Several gay rights activists were also held near the State Duma building when attempting to stage ...

  • Female suicide bomber attacks police in Russias Dagestan

    A female suicide bomber in Russia's turbulent region of Dagestan blew herself up, killing one and injuring at least 14 others, including police officers, officials said. The attacker, later identified as Madina Aliyeva, a 25-year-old widow of two Islamic militants killed by security forces, attempted to target the regional police headquarters in Makhachkala, capital of the North Caucasus ...

  • Russia and China Will Attend Syria Conclave in Tehran

    Tehran, May 26 (PL) Russia and China will attend the international conference on the Syrian crisis on Wednesday here, meeting convened by the Persian authorities preceding the so called Geneva II, agreed by Russia and the United States, confirmed an official source here. Countries with different positions (on the conflict in Syria) have been invited to the meeting, including Turkey, Qatar and ...

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