RUSSIA
Update on the fireball that exploded over Russia
The sun rose twice over the Ural Mountains in Russia Friday February 15. No one expected the second sun, a meteoroid that slammed into the atmosphere so fast it set the air aglow with a fire even br...
Posted on 2/26/13 at 3:38 PM
Building Roses and Hammered Dulcimers
I wanted to add a bit more to my story about Jeff Malm of Kulm, a man who creates the iron crosses that are traditional to German and Swedish cultures, and which can still be found in cemeteries in ...
Posted on 6/1/12 at 8:16 PM
Knoephla–Yum!
Yesterday was one of those days when good food was sort of necessary. The reason for this was primarily due to the fact that I have realized that I am a back person, and that made me a bit blue. On Sa...
Posted on 3/7/12 at 6:30 AM
Cheese Buttons From The Rock Roof Inn
Some of the best cookbooks I own are the ones that churches compile. The problem is that you only have a couple of weeks to buy the cookbook and if you miss your chance, too bad, so sad. Well when I...
Posted on 2/2/11 at 8:03 PM
What is wrong with FIFA?
Russia will host the 2018 World Cup with Qatar getting the bid in 2022. Both were considered major underdogs but still won the bids. Qatar beat the U.S., which was led by Bill Clinton and Morgan Fre...
Posted on 12/2/10 at 11:15 AM
North Korea reported ready to halt WMD tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says his country is ready to impose a nuclear test and production moratorium if international talks on its atomic program resume, in Pyongyang's latest effort to restart long-stalled aid-for-disarmament talks.August 25, 2011
Kim reported arrives in Russia city for summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's armored train reportedly arrived Tuesday in an eastern Siberian city for a summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as Russian military officers flew to Pyongyang for military talks.August 23, 2011
Russian officer guilty of betraying spy ring in US
MOSCOW — The cover of the highly placed U.S. mole in the Russian intelligence service was blown.By By Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press , June 27, 2011
Report: Medvedev fires police chief after bombing
Russian news agencies say President Dmitry Medvedev has fired a top official of the country's transport police in the wake of the bombing at Russia's busiest airport that killed 35 people.January 26, 2011
Medvedev urges international push to fight terror
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday the attackers behind the deadly Moscow airport blast wanted to bring Russia “to its knees” and thwart his bid to court foreign investment.January 26, 2011
Bomb kills 31 in Russia
Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up Monday in Moscow’s busiest airport and turning its international arrivals terminal into a smoky, blood-spattered hall of dismembered bodies, screaming survivors and abandoned suitcases. At least 35 people were killed, including two British travelers.January 25, 2011
Moscow airport terror attack kills 31, wounds 168
A suicide bomber set off an explosion that ripped through Moscow's busiest airport on Monday, coating its international arrivals terminal in blood. The attack killed at least 31 people and wounded nearly 170, Russian officials said.January 24, 2011
Kremlin hails Senate's approval of nuclear treaty
President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday welcomed the U.S. Senate's decision to ratify a landmark U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control treaty, but Russian legislators said they need to study a resolution until January accompanying the document before following suit.December 24, 2010
Obama pushes for arms pac; t top Dem is upbeat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama lobbied senators by phone Monday to back an arms treaty with Russia that he's called a national security imperative, as a top Senate Democrat conceded “house by house combat” would be needed to win enough GOP votes to prevail.December 20, 2010
Hundreds protest Russian government
MOSCOW — Hundreds of people protested against the Russian government Sunday at two separate rallies in Moscow, with opposition activists calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and nationalists demanding greater rights for ethnic Russians. Several opposition activists were detained.By By Dmitry Kozlov, The Associated Press , December 13, 2010
Russia, Qatar get World Cups in 2018 and 2022
FIFA sent the World Cup into uncharted territory Thursday, handing the 2018 edition to Russia and going to Qatar in 2022.December 02, 2010
NY-to-Moscow jet returns safely after engine fails
A Moscow-bound flight carrying more than 200 people returned safely to John F. Kennedy International Airport after one of its two engines failed Sunday night, authorities said. No one was injured.November 22, 2010
Obama tells GOP not to hold up Russia arms treaty
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took aim Saturday at Republican senators standing in the way of a nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia, saying they were abandoning Ronald Reagan's lesson of nuclear diplomacy: “Trust but verify.”By By Bradley Klapper, The Associated Press , November 21, 2010
Israeli wanted by Colombia released in Russia
A former Israeli military officer wanted in Colombia for training illegal right-wing militias employed by drug lords that were responsible for hundreds of killings was released from Russian custody Friday, news reports said.November 19, 2010
Russia nuclear pact causes showdown
WASHINGTON — Insisting the nation’s security could be in peril, President Barack Obama rallied former diplomatic and military chiefs from both parties Thursday to pressure reluctant Republican senators to ratify a nuclear weapons deal with Russia. He predicted he would gain the votes this year, though foes gave him little chance of success.By By Ben Feller, The Associated Press , November 19, 2010
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