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  • Obama to propose further U.S. Russain nuclear arms cut

    Berlin, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday will propose plans for the United States and Russia to further cut strategic nuclear warheads during his high-profile speech at the landmark Brandenburg Gate, a senior U.S. official said. During his first visit to Berlin as U.S. president, Obama will propose reducing atomic weapons by a third below the 1,550 agreed ...

  • More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

    MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...

  • AP PHOTOS 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo

    In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger - carries her one month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar ...

  • List of weapons and military vehicles sold by Russia last year publicized

    Russia sold helicopters, artillery and air defense systems to Azerbaijan in 2012, says the export report for 2012 submitted by Russia to the UN Register of Conventional Arms, APA reports. The report says that in 2012, Russia handed over 8 strike helicopters and 18 large-caliber artillery systems to Azerbaijan. 1200 portable anti-aircraft missile complexes (200 missile launchers and 100 ...

  • Ukrainian parliament not back opposition’s initiative to denounce BSF agreement with Russia

    KIEV, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine’s parliament has not approved a draft law to denounce the 2010 agreement to extend the stay of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol. The draft law has been submitted by the opposition deputy, Vladimir Yvorivsky. A total of 152 deputies voted for the draft law. According to the opposition, the agreement with Russia was ...

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Son of Rambow [DVD]

Son of Rambow [DVD]

At least when compared with books, movies have often been disparaged as a waste of time for kids because they dont encourage the imagination. The argument goes something like this: Because reading requires that you produce your own images to bring the words to life, they are more intel ... ...

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  • First Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy to be fully built in France

    LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The first Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy will be fully built in France, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Paris Air Show currently underway at Le Bourget, Borisov told journalists, "The after end of the first Mistral helicopter carrier will be built in France and not in Russia as it ...

  • Capello invited to prolong contract with Russia’s national soccer squad till 2018

    MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - The chief coach of Russia’s national soccer team, Fabio Capello, has been invited to prolong the contract with the Russian Football Union till 2018, RFU First Vice-President Nikita Simonian told Itar-Tass. "Capello has been asked to prolong the contract till 2018. He is still considering it," Simonian said. Earlier, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly ...

  • Two million Russian children on kindergarten waiting list

    MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The problem of kindergartens remains acute in Russia, where two million children are on the kindergarten waiting list at the moment, the deputy head of the department for demographic policy and social protection of the population at the Labor Ministry, Yelena Strakhova, told a conference on ...

  • The battle for Moscow heats up… and winds down

    Russia -- It may have been the opposition's best chance to finally prove its mettle at the ballot box. As candidates prepared to run in the capital's first mayoral elections in nearly a decade, anticipation mounted over Kremlin critics' opportunity to unite behind a single candidate. Throw in an oligarch and incumbent Mayor Sergei Sobyanin -- seen as a possible Kremlin pick to ...

  • Seven Russians Among Wimbledon Seeds Venus Williams Out

    MOSCOW, June 19 (R-Sport) – Beaten French Open finalist Maria Sharapova heads a list of seven seeds from Russia for next week's Wimbledon championships published on Wednesday, while five-time champion Venus Williams had pulled out due to injury. Sharapova, who became the first Russian to win Wimbledon in 2004, is seeded third behind world No. 1 Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka ...

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