Quake hits Italy
Rome – A 4.9-magnitude quake hit central Italy Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks. However, no damage to property was reported. According to the Rome-based National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the quake was monitored at 6.08 p.m. local time (1708GMT) with the... read more »
Berlusconi’s `Bunga Bunga` bombshell suns in Miami despite 5-yr-sentence
New York – Silvio Berlusconi’s bunga bunga bombshell, Nicole Minetti, was seen sunning herself, in pink thong bikini, over Christmas on a Miami beach, despite her 5-year sentence behind bars. The 28-year-old had been convicted in July for supplying prostitutes for the Berlusconi’s... read more »
Freed Pussy Riot members still gunning for Putin’s head
London – Russian punk band Pussy Riot’s members, who spent nearly two years in prison for their irreverent protest in Moscow’s main cathedral, have said they still want to topple President Vladimir Putin, and replace him with a more tolerant and open type of leadership. Nadezhda... read more »
Russian forensic probe concludes Arafat died of natural causes
Johannesburg – Russian forensic investigation has concluded that former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of natural causes, and not radiation poisoning suspected by Swiss. The findings of the Russian Federal Medico-Biological Agency were in line with that of French scientists, who... read more »
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Freed Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky will work to release other political prisoners
Washington – Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said he will spend the rest of his life working towards the release of other political prisoners in the... read more »
Pussy Riot member released from prison
A jailed member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, who was found guilty of hooliganism after a performance critical of President Vladimir Putin, has been released from prison, her lawyer... read more »
Mikhail Khodorkovsky meets family as free man in Germany
Berlin – Russia’s former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Saturday was reunited with his oldest son and awaited his parents’ arrival in Berlin, after his stunning... read more »
Britain to help with Syrian chemical weapons’ destruction
London – Britain will help with the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said Friday. In a statement, the FCO said that Britain had... read more »
Former Russian oligarch set for release from jail
Moscow – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former chief executive officer of the now defunct Russian oil company Yukos, was set to be released from prison Friday after receiving a presidential... read more »
