Volga Federal District

Grace Dent on Ross Kemp as an investigative reporter

guardian.co.uk     2 hrs ago          

After years spent chortling at Ross Kemp skulking around Albert Square as Grant Mitchell, it's been a shock to see him become one of my favourite investigative reporters. I thought Ross Kemp On Gangs (Mon, 9pm, Sky1),...                    

San Diego: An oasis of indulgence

independent.co.uk     2 hrs ago          

You can understand why – were their city a little less perfectly located, were the climate anything other than unerringly benign, were the alluring parallel universe of the biggest nation in the Spanish-speaking world more...                    

Letter: Economics of havoc

guardian.co.uk     2 hrs ago          

Mark Harrison (Letters, August 28) is disingenuous about the relationship of Milton Friedman to Pinochet's Chile. Neither does he mention the havoc, bloodshed and mass starvation wrought on the people and economies of,...                    

EXCLUSIVE: NASA to study extending shuttle era to 2015

orlandosentinel.com     7 hrs ago   9 related          

posted by Mark Matthews on Aug 29, 2008 12:12:22 PM CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has ordered his suborbinates to study how the agency could fly the space shuttle beyond its planned retirement in...                    

Georgians uprooted in South Ossetia

msn.com     3 hrs ago   8 related          

Arson gangs target homes as conflict pits neighbor against neighbor Ethnic Ossetian Yekaterina Doguzova, 70, cries at the temporary grave of her son Lenya Doguzov in a fruit garden near her house, in Ksuisi village, near...                    

Oil pressured by strong dollar after storm support

reuters.com     7 hrs ago   1,534 related          

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices were nearly unchanged by midday Friday as a stronger dollar balanced concerns that Tropical Storm Gustav will impact U.S. offshore oil and gas production. Earlier, crude prices had flirted...                    

Cohen: Obama's from Main Street, ain't he?

iht.com     11 hrs ago   1 related          

There was a moment during his victorious primary campaign in South Carolina last January when Barack Obama was saying something isn't right and a guy in the crowd shouted: "Ain't right, Barack, ain't right." At least 80...                    

Russia says will ensure oil to flow to Europe

thestar.com.my     11 hrs ago   10 related          

DUSHANBE/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's energy minister and a top oil company denied on Friday they were preparing to cut oil flows to Europe in response to threatened sanctions, a step Moscow never took even at the height...                    

David Church: Alejandro Jodorowsky

bluegrassfilmsociety.blogspot.com     4 hrs ago   1 related          

(A very reasonably priced box set of Jodorowski's films and soundtracks is now available--see last image.)Alejandro Jodorowskyby David ChurchSenses of CinemaVenerated by cult cinema enthusiasts while dismissed by most...                    

Georgia: Displaced Persons Start Trying to Rebuild

eurasianet.org     4 hrs ago   7 related          

A EURASIANET PHOTO ESSAY BY GIORGI LOMSADZE Three weeks after the outbreak of fighting between Russia and Georgia, thousands of displaced Georgians are starting to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. Some have...                    

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