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  • Rodents return to Earth after space flight

    The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, the Mission Control said. The capsule landed in Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the Bion-M spacecraft at 6.32 ...

  • Russian military to make inspection flights over US

    A group of Russian military observers will carry out two inspection missions over the US under the Open Skies Treaty between May 19 and June 3, the Russian defence ministry said. The Russian inspectors, accompanied by US officials, will fly on board a Tupolev Tu-154 LK-1 plane from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and the Travis Air Force Base in California. These will be the 14th ...

  • Russia reviews adoption law over French gay marriage

    Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has said Moscow may change its adoption agreement with France in response to the country's new gay marriage law. Earlier Saturday French President Francois Hollande signed into law a controversial bill allowing same-sex marriage. The bill has sparked mass protests throughout the nation. Russian President Vladimir Putin said late last month ...

  • United Russia has good chances to win regional elections in 2013

    MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - The ruling United Russia party has good chances to win the upcoming regional elections in September 2013, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ...

  • Public TV Channel Starts Broadcasting in Russia

    MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Public Television started broadcasting on Sunday, offering TV viewers newscasts, films, entertainment and cognitive programs. The new TV channel, which will not run any commercials, is to become accessible free of charge on Sunday in the networks of all operators of cable, satellite and IP-television. The TV channel can also be watched by accessing ...

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Woman on Top

Fina Torres' Woman on Top is an example of a quirky, potentially charming romantic fantasy that simply tries too hard. Torres, working from an offbeat script by first-time scribe Vera Blasi, piles on the quirk from start to finish, but it never amounts to much. ...

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  • Cannes World War Z With Brad Pitt to Open Moscow Film Festival

    Brad Pitt Introduces Marc Foster's Zombie Thriller 'World War Z' They also unveiled the first 10 competition titles, with the rest set to be announced later this month. The first members of the competition jury are writer and ...

  • Russian cult film director Balabanov dies

    ALEXEI Balabanov, a director who captured the essence of Russia's early post-Soviet years with cult films about crime and the Chechen war, has died at the age of 54 following a long illness. "The films of Alexei Balabanov are a collective portrait of our country at its most dramatic time in history," Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Facebook. "I liked his work. The passing ...

  • Conference on Syria Settlement to Take Place ‘Very Soon’ – UN Chief

    MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - After consultations with UN Security Council permanent members, a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place "very soon," possibly, at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. "As I have been asked by the parties to convene this conference on the auspices of the United Nations, I'm now actively engaging ...

  • UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Calls on North Korea to Return to Six-Party Talks

    MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to six-party talks on its controversial nuclear program. "I hope North Korea will refrain from further such acts," Ban Ki-moon said during his visit to the Moscow office of RIA Novosti international ...

  • Space Capsule Returns Cosmic Rodents to Earth after Month-Long Flight

    MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite has landed in the Russian Orenburg Region near the border with Kazakhstan, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various microorganisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, Mission Control said on Sunday. "The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the ...

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