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Charity warning on child rights

bbc.co.uk

A charity report says the number of children separated from their families or without parents has increased to 24 million worldwide. The BBC's Richard Galpin meets an affected family in St Petersburg.

nypost.com

Facebook's value rises to 9.5bn

telegraph.co.uk

3 hrs ago 11 related

Social networking website Facebook's purported value has increased to $9.5bn (£5.8bn). By James Quinn, US Business Editor This is a near-50pc rise on its valuation in July when Russia's Digital Sky took a $100m stake. At that...

mirror.co.uk

WHO reports 525,000 swine flu cases worldwide

rian.ru

6 hrs ago 775 related

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The total number of officially confirmed swine flu cases has exceeded 525,000 worldwide, with about 6,750 fatalities, the World Health Organization reported on Friday. Swine flu cases have...

Child mortality rates drop in Russia - UNICEF report

rian.ru

11 hrs ago 24 related

UNITED NATIONS, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The number of children dying before they reach the age of five in Russia fell by just over 50% between 1990 and 2008, a UNICEF report said. The State of the World's Children report...

Norilsk Nickel acknowledges pollution, says measures taken

rian.ru

11 hrs ago 1 related

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's metals giant Norilsk Nickel acknowledged on Friday Norway's accusations over pollution caused by the company, but said it has been tackling the problem. NorNickel said it has been...

Foreign investment in Russia down 28% in 9M09

rian.ru

11 hrs ago

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Foreign investment in the Russian economy in the first nine months of the year fell 27.8% year-on-year to $54.738 billion, the state statistics service said on Friday. According to Rosstat,...

The 100th anniversary of Soviet helicopter designer Mikhail Mil’s birth

rian.ru

10 hrs ago

On November 22, 2009, Russia will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Soviet scientist and helicopter designer Mikhail Mil’s birth. In 1950, the first Soviet Mi-1 Hare three-seat production helicopter entered service, and was...

Send veto, guns and money: the EU “presidency”

ft.com

11 hrs ago

By Alan Beattie, the FT’s world trade editor Look, not my specialist subject, but here’s my eurocent’s-worth on the appointment of the Baroness High Representative and the Lord High Everything Else. (Incidentally, I’d have...

HIV vaccine failure

bbc.co.uk

11 hrs ago

In 2007 a major trial of a vaccine for HIV was halted when it turned out it was putting people at higher, not lower, risk. Now Professor Steven Patterson thinks he knows why it failed. Science In Action explains.

Putin to travel to France next week

rian.ru

9 hrs ago

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit France on November 26-27, when a decision could finally be made on the purchase of a French Mistral-class helicopter carrier, a government...