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Russia Successfully Launches Space Freighter To ISS Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 11, 2009 
Russia has launched a Progress M-02M cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for Russia's space agency Roscosmos has said. Progress M-02M took off Thursday at 22:37 Moscow time (18:37GMT) on board a Soyuz-U carrier rocket and separated from the rocket nine minutes later. "According to ou ... read more
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Russia warns foes in Soviet-style show of might
Moscow (AFP) May 9, 2009Russia on Saturday sternly warned its foes not to dare attempt any aggression against the country, as it put on a Soviet-style show of military might in Red Square including nuclear capable missiles. The display to mark the 64th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II came amid renewed tensions with Georgia after NATO's decision to hold war games in the Caucasus ... more Don't rewrite WWII history: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) May 8, 2009President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday lashed out at "malicious attempts" to falsify the history of World War II, saying Russia's heroism in the conflict should never be put into doubt. The remarks by Medvedev, which coincide with the celebration of Victory Day in the country on Saturday, reflect increasing frustration in Russia with the position of its ex-Communist Bloc western neighbours towa ... more Obama 'hopeful' of improving US-Russian ties 
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2009President Barack Obama said Thursday he was "hopeful" of improving ties between Washington and Moscow as the chief US and Russian diplomats vowed to put nuclear arms control above their row in Georgia. Obama took the unusual step of holding a full meeting with visiting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as he works to repair US-Russian relations battered by a string of disputes late in the admin ... more China, Russia score poorly on election conduct: study 
Brussels (AFP) May 8, 2009China and Russia have some of the least democratic elections in the world, according to a study released Friday, which shows that some African nations hold freer polls than in parts of Europe. On a scale from 0 to 12 points, China was awarded only one point, while Russia was marked with a five. Most western European countries and the United States scored the maximum. The study was conduc ... more Russia to sign nuclear pact with Japan: reports 
Tokyo (AFP) May 10, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told Japanese media his country expects to sign a nuclear power pact with Japan during his visit here this week, reports said Sunday. In an interview with Japanese media in Moscow, Putin said he would also present a list of economic cooperation projects during his three-day visit beginning on Monday. Various government-level agreements will be ... more |
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Sofia (AFP) May 7, 2009Bulgaria is counting on loans from Russia, Germany and France to build a new four-billion-euro nuclear power plant on the Danube, Deputy Economy and Energy Minister Yavor Kuyumdjiev said Thursday. Funding for the plant, which was due to come from the Bulgarian state and German power giant RWE, was proving difficult, Kuyumdjiev said in an interview with the daily Klassa published Thursday. ... more Russia tensions spike as NATO starts Georgia war games 
Tbilisi (AFP) May 6, 2009NATO kicked off controversial military exercises in ex-Soviet Georgia on Wednesday as tensions spiked in relations with neighbouring Russia over Moscow's expulsion of two alliance diplomats. Launched a day after Georgia accused Russia of backing a brief military mutiny that allegedly included a plot to assassinate President Mikheil Saakashvili, the exercises have strained ties between the Co ... more Russia expels NATO envoys, blasts 'unpredictable' alliance 
Moscow (AFP) May 6, 2009Russia on Wednesday expelled two Canadian diplomats working as representatives of the NATO alliance, officials said, in a further deterioration of relations between the alliance and Moscow. Canada's ambassador was summoned to Russia's foreign ministry and handed a note informing him of the expulsion of the head and deputy head of the NATO representative office in Moscow "in response to an un ... more Russian Space Freighter Progress M-66 Undocks From ISS 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2009Russia's Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft undocked on Wednesday from the International Space Station to become a temporary space lab before being "buried" in the Pacific Ocean, Mission Control said. The freighter docked with the orbital station on February 13, bringing 2.4 tons of supplies, including oxygen, food, clothes and medical equipment for the ISS crew. "The command for undocki ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) May 1, 2009Japan will give another four billion yen (40 million dollars) towards an international project to dismantle decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines in the Far East, a report said Friday. The decision will be announced when Prime Minister Taro Aso meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on May 12 in Tokyo, Kyodo News said, citing unnamed government sources. Japan has already provid ... more Climate Change Threatens Lake Baikal's Unique Biota 
Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2009Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically diverse lake, faces the prospect of severe ecological disruption as a result of climate change, according to an analysis by a joint US-Russian team in the May issue of BioScience. The lake is considered a treasure trove for biologists and was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because a high proportion of its rich fau ... more EU, Japan team up to fight climate change 
Prague (AFP) May 4, 2009The European Union and Japan decided to join forces in the battle against climate change and invited large countries to follow suit at a summit meeting in Prague on Monday. "Japan and the EU are aiming at building a low-carbon society. We believe that it is necessary for the United States, China, Russia to participate in a responsible manner," Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told reporters. ... more Analysis: Russia's sea nuke power plants 
Washington (UPI) May 4, 2009 With the majority of the world's scientists and countries now acknowledging global warming as a reality, its impact on the world's climate is coming under increased scrutiny, particularly in the world's polar regions. Global warming has opened up previously inaccessible areas along the Norwegian, Canadian, U.S. and Russian coasts and triggered a rush to define regional waters and exclu ... more
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