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Technology › KDDI, Rostelecom to launch fiber-optic submarine cables

japantoday.com 4 hrs ago 1 related

Saturday 06th September, 07:47 AM JST TOKYO — KDDI Corp and Rostelecom, Russia’s largest long-distance telecom carrier, said Friday they will begin using undersea fiber-optic cables to transmit high-speed data between...

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Appointed Governors Less Well Known to Russians than Elected Ones

georgiandaily.com 19 hrs ago

Paul Goble Regional and republic heads appointed by Moscow are likely to be less well known among the population and, when known, less well liked that those elected by the people, yet another negative indication of the...

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Global cyclist dies in Greek road crash

guardian.co.uk yesterday 1 related

During his cycle trips around the world, he was shot at by bandits, almost eaten alive by tropical ants and survived close encounters with elephants and lions. But, with sad inevitability, Ian Hibell met his end after...

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Russian authorities to set up new airline based on AiRUnion

rian.ru yesterday

MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - The state-run Russian Technology Corporation, the Moscow government and the administration of Eastern Siberia's Krasnoyarsk Territory agreed Thursday to incorporate several airlines...

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Zoo Programme is breeding success

scotsman.com yesterday

Published Date: 05 September 2008 'NOBODY should allow a species to go extinct without at least trying to prevent it happening. And that, in a nutshell, is the reasoning behind the zoo's breeding programme which has been...

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BP agrees peace deal with Russians

guardian.co.uk yesterday 84 related

The deal will see 20% of TNK-BP sold to outside investors through a stockmarket flotation BP has agreed a peace deal with its Russian partners over the future of their joint venture, TNK-BP. The oil giant announced this...

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russiaprofile.org

The Sky Is the Limit

russiaprofile.org yesterday

This past summer, the government began investigating the situation of Russia’s jet fuel market, stating its concern with skyrocketing prices that ultimately result in growing ticket prices for domestic flights. AirUnion...

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Medvedev orders $1bln bridge in Far East for 2012 APEC summit

rian.ru 03-Sep-2008

SOCHI, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on Wednesday on the construction of a huge suspension bridge to link the Far East city of Vladivostok to Russky Island, where the 2012...

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ExxonMobil-led Sakhalin 1 project revises up 2008 oil output plan

platts.com 03-Sep-2008

Moscow (Platts) -- 3Sep2008 -- Exxonneftegaz, the operator of the ExxonMobil-led Sakhalin 1 offshore project in Russia's Far East, has revised up its crude production forecast for this year to 9.2 million mt (184,000 b/d)...

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