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USA to stop the dollar devaluation - 12/16/2004 15:51
 The dollar-euro situation will remain the same during the forthcoming months
The Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve System decided to raise the federal fund key interest rate by 0.25 interest points - for the fifth time since June of this year, to the level of 2.25 percent, as it was expected before. The US budget deficit has been growing since 2001. The deficit reached the record of $412.3 billion according to the results of the last financial year More... |
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A Farewell to "Liberalism" - 12/16/2004 12:35
 Results of the reformation period that has been lasting for fifteen years now, start creating a solid foundation for the proper discussion regarding the essence of the liberal model and the possibility of its implementation for peaceful purposes.
More so, the author of the following article used to consider himself a liberal for a long time; he still believes in "liberal values." With time however, strange as it may seem, it turned out that liberalism was inseparable with the distinct Western political orientation. In fact, it was under its total influence. And this is a totally different story.
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Russia welcomes Ukraine's EU membership - 12/16/2004 12:10
 Ukraine's incorporation into the European Union to be a positive factor
Indeed, Russia and Ukraine have close relations in economy and cooperate in the industrial sphere. So, incorporation of the Ukrainian economy into the EU economy is likely to have a positive result for Russia as well. Russia had always been negative towards NATO expansion, as it would not neutralize present-day menaces. At the same time, Russia always welcomes EU enlargement More... |
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Zhirinovsky's LDPR suffers a debacle after losing the party's banner - 12/16/2004 11:47
 The notorious Russian politician, however, hopes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the party
Someone stole the banner of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia, known for its initials as LDPR. The incident happened on Monday, when the party was holding a congress in Moscow, timed to the 15th anniversary of the political organization. The blue, fringe and tassel-adorned flag with yellow LDPR letters on it was found missing when the congress ended. Spokespeople for the party could not find the LDPR's symbol, when they were going to take a bus drive for the meeting near the Ukrainian embassy More... |
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Cuba and Venezuela slam US Free Trade Area of the Americas - 12/15/2004 19:13
 Both nations proposed a more equal alternative based in mutual cooperation rather than in pure pro-market policies.
In a new bid to challenge the US backed Free Trade Area of the Americas, Cuban President Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Tuesday announced in Havana an alternative bloc for the region based in mutual cooperation among states rather than in pure pro-market policies. More... |
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American girl feels no pain and smiles to her own blood - 12/15/2004 16:46
 Those people, who do not feel any pain at all, usually die before they turn 25
When the girl was 12 months, she could easily bite her own finger off and feel no pain at all. When she was three years old, she put her hand on a red-hot oven, and burnt her skin. Parents were shocked, when they saw blood all over the kitchen, while their daughter was sitting there smiling. The girl can also bite her tongue through when she eats. "This is not a gift from heaven, this is a curse!" the girl's mother exclaims More... |
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Missile Defence Shield - another multi-billion-dollar Bush flop - 12/15/2004 16:17
 Obsession with MDS proves Washington has lost touch with reality
That Washington was obsessed with the Missile Defence Shield in the time of Bush senior, and continues to be under Bush junior, there is no doubt. Yet this multi-billion-dollar "defence shield" is supposed to defend Americans against what? A rogue Father Christmas riding a ballistic sleigh?
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Russian doctors fool Nature - 12/15/2004 15:44
 Doctors from St.Petersburg made a lady suffering from dwarfism 12 cm taller
Zulfia was born in Azerbaijan. She is the sixth child, the youngest in the family. At the age of three, girl's relatives began noticing that Zulfia had stopped growing. "I was often taken to a doctor," recalls Zulfia. "But our doctors in Azerbaijan have never had dealt with such birth defects." Some even suggested sending the disabled girl to an orphanage.....
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WTO welcomes Iraq and Afghanistan, leaves Russia behind again - 12/15/2004 13:14
 The elite trade club is gradually losing its erstwhile power and image
The World Trade Organization is ready to welcome even a country with unstable state structure and destroyed economy. This could be an interpretation of the WTO's decision to commence negotiations regarding Iraq and Afghanistan's membership in the organization. Foreign experts say that it was the USA that lobbied the issue of Iraq and Afghanistan's membership in the WTO More... |
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Testing the Currents of Multipolarity - 12/15/2004 12:18
The tendency toward a multipolar configuration of world politics, in which a number of regional power centers compete for hegemony over their spheres of influence within a framework of international agreements and institutions, is a long term process involving incremental gains and losses for the major players.
The transition to multipolarity -- if it prevails -- has been set off by the severe problems confronted by the United States in its occupation of Iraq and by the decline of the dollar in international currency markets. More... |
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USA to help Japan take Kuril Islands away from Russia - 12/15/2004 12:03
 The USA has been backing Tokyo's claims for 50 years already
The territorial dispute between Russia and Japan still makes headlines in Russia. A scandal has recently occurred in the State Duma, when souvenir shops in the parliament started selling Earth globes, on which the Kuril Islands were marked as the Japanese territory. The problem of the Kuril Islands has surfaced again in Washington, although it might seem at first sight that the USA has nothing in common with the island dispute More... |
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"United States of Russia" to save the nation from final destruction - 12/14/2004 17:37
 A lot of experts believe that Russia may exist only as an empire
The USSR collapsed 13 years ago and gave way to the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia's relations with republics of the former Soviet Union are becoming more complicated. Russia is at cold war with Georgia, not to mention the current situation with Ukraine, as Russia tries to impose a president of its own there. The Kremlin officials consider the former Soviet republics "the zone of special interests," whereas they do not seem to be concerned about the republics. Should Russia participate in the political life of its geographic and historic neighbors? Should this influence be imperial? More... |
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Beslan marks 100 days of the hostage crisis - 12/14/2004 13:48
 Many of the former hostages still cannot recover from the shock
A hundred days have passed since the hostage crisis in Beslan, southern Russia. Residents of the grieving town have not received answers to most important questions that they had after the horrible end of the bloody drama. Beslan still continues burying victims of the tragedy. Dozens of children are still staying at Moscow hospitals, about 20 of them are in severe condition More... |
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Yushchenko attacked by ghosts - 12/14/2004 12:31
 Ukrainian elections have already gone down in history.
This however has got nothing to do with thought provoking and mind-boggling state management programs offered by the parties involved. This got nothing to do with the "revolution" either. Ukrainian elections will go down in history due to Mr. Yushchenko's mysterious "poisoning".
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Vaccines lose power to fight against infectious diseases - 12/14/2004 11:20
 It was traditionally believed that infectious diseases could be acute or chronic
Unfortunately, it is perfectly clear today that liquidation of any infection is just an illusion. Total control over some infection is a hard thing to do as well. That became evident in 1991 when a sweeping diphtheria epidemic broke out in Russia. The disease was considered as thoroughly controlled at that time. The epidemic coincided with the break-up of the USSR and the collapse that it entailed, which was not accidental at all More... |
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Pinochet arrested in Chile - 12/14/2004 11:12
 Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been placed under house arrest
Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet has been indicted and placed under house arrest for nine permanent kidnappings and one homicide, according to Judge Juan Guzman rule on Monday. The judge also ruled that the general was mentally fit to stand trial. Charges had been filed against Pinochet under the frame of the notorious "Operation Condor" More... |
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Washington tries to frustrate Russo-Venezuelan military alliance - 12/14/2004 11:03
 Caracas is expected to replace old US and European combat aircrafts by 50 new Russian MIG-29SMT Fulcrum
During a visit to Moscow in late November, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced his country was planning to modernize its Armed Forces by replacing old European / US equipment with sophisticated hi-tech Russian weaponry. "We are modernising and strengthening our armed forces against any form of aggression. We are talking about deliveries of 100,000 Russian machineguns," Chavez said More... |
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Condoleezza Rice: Is this the State you back? - 12/14/2004 10:55
 Let us examine the record of some human rights abuses by IDF forces
We present our readers with some testimonies on the maltreatment of civilians by Israeli Defense Force personnel, as registered in official complaints forms and documented before investigation. Before reading these reports it should be pointed out that the IDF does have an investigation process for examining complaints against soldiers More... |
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Abandoned zoo animals freeze to death - 12/13/2004 16:19
 Four animals of a mobile zoo died of starvation and cold in Russia's Vladimir region
A tragedy has recently occurred in the town of Murom, Russia's Vladimir region. Three people of the personnel and animals of the zoo circus Fauna have been left to the mercy of fate, when the director of the circus disappeared. The animals had to spend a week in their cages in freezing weather. Exhaustion and cold killed a camel, a wolf, a bobcat and a tiger. Murom residents saved other animals from starvation More... |
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USA compels defense concept changes from Japan - 12/13/2004 14:20
 According to the new program, China and North Korea pose a threat to the national security of Japan
Japan's defense complex is to undergo considerable changes in the near future. It will stop being as pacifist as it was before. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's government insists on the changes, even if certain amendments to the Japanese Constitution become necessary for it. Japan is lifting a military export ban: it will be now possible for Japan to export missile components built in cooperation with the USA. The decision, however, does not mean that Japanese technologies will be available for everyone, who can afford acquiring them More... |
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