Rugby: Georgia beat Russia 36:8 - GlobalPost
Georgia absolutely hammered Russia in the European Nations Cup Qualifier, running out easy 36:8 winners. Both teams had already qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, but the result means that Georgia will play against Scotland ...
China, Russia vow further interregional cooperation ... - Investors Business Daily
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Mar 20, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China and Russia pledged here Saturday to further interregional cooperation with each other and signed a series of cooperation deals. Governor of Russia's Primorsky Territory Sergey ...
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin - msnbc.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Thousands rallied across Russia Saturday to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment and a growing potential for protests. Many ...
New Market Report: Snapshots Russia Bicycles 2009 - PR Inside
Snapdata's Snapshots Russia Bicycles 2009 provides 2008 year-end market size data, with 2009 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the Russian bicycle market and covers ...
Russia: Navy Needs At Least 50 Nuke Subs - OfficialWire
The Russian navy needs at least 50 nuclear powered submarines to counter overseas threats, a top Russian navy officer says. Though the navy has about 60 strategic, multifunctional and diesel-powered submarines that are combat ready, "The number of ...
Anti-government groups stage mass demonstrations in ... - Los Angeles Times
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Russia on Saturday demanding the resignation of local and national leaders, including President Vladimir Putin, over lingering economic woes. A coalition of opposition groups, hoping to channel ...
Just Released: "Snapshots Russia Passenger Airlines ... - PR Inside
Snapdata's Snapshots Russia Passenger Airlines 2009 provides 2008 year-end market size data, with 2009 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the Russian passenger airline ...
Russia's "day of wrath" - GlobalPost
Opposition supporters shout slogans during a protest rally in St. Petersburg, March 20, 2010. Thousands of Russians rallied against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's government in a string of protests fueled by sharp falls in living standards since the ...
Sochi boss says Russia can learn from Vancouver’s ... - canada.com
WHISTLER, B.C. — Dmitry Chernyshenko, president and CEO of the Sochi Organizing Committee, says his lasting memory of the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics will be of the people and the passion. “Canadians are very special,” Chernyshenko said ...
Thousands Take Part In Antigovernment Protests Across ... - Radio Free Europe
The thousands of protesters who rallied today in cities across Russia's 11 time zones -- from Vladivostok in the east to Kaliningrad in the west -- came from diverse political backgrounds and voiced various local grievances. But they agreed on one ...
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Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
In a harrowing memoir she has yet to read herself, Nujood Ali tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Pope blasts Irish bishops for ‘grave errors’
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday celebration in Las Vegas would be a losing bet.
Nepal leader who helped end king's rule dies at 86
Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal's former prime minister who led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule and helped deliver a peace deal to end 10 years of communist revolt, died Saturday. He was 86.
Snowmobiler killed in Canada avalanche
Rescue crews end their search in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry after accounting for everyone in an area where an avalanche cascaded down a mountain, killing one snowmobiler.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
Pakistan tribal council: Army must destroy Taliban
Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration calling for the army to crush the Taliban.
Thai protesters' caravan wends through capital
A crimson tide of protesters snaked its way through the Thai capital Saturday, with thousands of cars, trucks and motorbikes tangling up traffic as demonstrators sought to drum up support for ousting a government they call illegitimate.
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