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Generators Said to Renege on Building

The country's biggest engineering companies said Friday that power producers were backing out of talks to build new generating capacity through 2010 -- even at the relatively modest price of $5 billion.

Japan, Russia vow 'concrete' steps to end island row (AFP)

by Shingo Ito and Nick Coleman Shingo Ito And Nick Coleman – 5 mins ago AFP/File – File photo shows a general view of Korsakov port in Sakhalin, part of the disputed Kuril chain of islands … LIMA (AFP) – The leaders of Japan...

Invasion of waxwings suggests a cold winter

They are traditionally said to herald the onset of icy weather, so the arrival of unusually high numbers of waxwings suggests a cold spell ahead for Britain. A waxwing Photo: Brian Unwin The birds, from Scandinavia, have...

Signs of Amur tiger in China give hope for struggling species

Changchun, China — The discovery of Amur tiger tracks in Changbaishan in north-eastern China has given conservationists hope for a species that is rarely seen in that area. - - A walker in the region s... [WebWire - Wednesday,...

United States Intervention in Russia 1918-1919

Military Considerations Support Woodrow Wilson's Troop Deployment Evidence and historical analysis concludes that Wilson's decisions were motivated by factors not related to the internal Russian political conflicts face by...

Breaking News: Russians protest steering wheel rule

Thousands of drivers in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok have rallied against a possible government ban on cars with right-hand steering wheels. Thousands of drivers in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok have...

Russian police seize 10 tons of contraband caviar in Far East

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East have seized more than 10 metric tons of contraband caviar worth 10 million rubles ($360,000), a local police spokesman said on...

High risk on the high seas

The theft of an oil-filled supertanker has piracy in the headlines, but its roots will not be beaten by gunboat diplomacy alone, writes Connie Levett. In the past year, Somali pirates have collected an estimated $US30 million...

Russia banks to be barred from state rescue package for loan abuse

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian banks that have received state loans during the current financial crisis but converted them into U.S. dollars will be barred from the government's rescue package, First Deputy Prime...

Rare Amur leopard dies in Oregon

PORTLAND – Oregon Zoo veterinarians euthanized Fred, a rare, 17-year-old Amur leopard, who had an aggressive form of terminal cancer. Veterinarians and zookeepers were by his side when he died Tuesday.