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Holocaust Survivors ask Russia to disclose their hero's fate
August 08, 2009By Carolyn Weaver Holocaust Survivors Campaign for Russia to Disclose Fate of World War II Hero Raoul Wallenberg Swedish humanitarian worker Raoul Wallenberg is credited with saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to Nazi concentration...
Snail Fever, Possible New Treatments
August 08, 2009By Malcolm Brown Public health officials are hoping that recent scientific progress will lead to new treatments for a debilitating and potentially deadly tropical disease, which affects more than 200 million people every year. Researchers completed the...
Pro-Georgian Blogger Target of Mass Cyber Attacks
August 08, 2009Security experts say the coordinated cyber attacks which temporarily shut down two popular social networking Web sites Thursday were aimed at silencing a Georgian blogger critical of Russian actions against his country. Facebook's chief security officer...
Why Some Russians are Ready to Acquire Ukrainian Citizenship
August 08, 2009Eight Reasons Why Some Russians are More than Ready to Acquire Ukrainian Citizenship By Paul Goble Patriarch Kirill’s suggestion that he is ready to acquire dual citizenship in Ukraine has prompted activists of the Russian National...
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shakes off Romania, Bulgaria
August 05, 2009A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Romania and northeastern Bulgaria on 5 August 2009 around 10:45, Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics said. The quake's epicenter was off the Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea coasts, and its estimated depth...
Bill Clinton, Freed Journalists Head Home From North Korea
August 04, 2009Two U.S. journalists released from detention in North Korea are on their way back to the United States, accompanied by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, who negotiated their freedom. A spokesman for Mr. Clinton says the former president, Laura Ling...
Beck: Cars.gov allows government to takeover your computer, files
August 03, 2009The clip of Glenn Beck's FOX News program aired this Friday made rounds on the Internet, featuring this language from the Terms of Service for the U.S. government-run "Cash for Clunkers" program (first video below): "This application...
Swine Flu Spreads Worldwide; Work on Vaccines Continues
July 24, 2009By Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization says one of its highest priorities is to furnish developing countries with vaccines against the H1N1-swine flu virus. WHO says it hopes the first vaccines will be available in early Autumn before the winter...
Russians Increase Purchases of Guns for Self-Defense
July 20, 2009By Paul Goble As the economic crisis deepens and fears of crime spread, not only are more Russians buying guns of various kinds – including pistols and gas guns -- but many of them are buying more than one, trends that are prompting some Duma...
Giant squid caught by fishermen off Huntington Beach, California
July 15, 2009Ten giant squid were caught Tuesday night by fishermen off Huntington Beach, a coastal city in Orange County, California, and might be part of an influx of the massive creatures that can grow to six feet in length and weigh more than 100 pounds, according...