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	20/02/09 Moscow: Mitino metro station to open a year ahead of schedule Mitino, the second station on the Moscow metro outside the city’s ring road, will link the suburb of Mitino with the city center. Rail service on the link will begin later this year. (94 sec./3.69Mb)
	20/02/09 Aero India: lots of litter and coconut water The Aero India air show is held in India’s Bangalore once in two years. These five days in February are a bonanza for retailers and service employees. (55 sec./2.10Mb)
	20/02/09 Ukraine threatens to exile Russian ambassador Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry sent protest to Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin for “his highly unfriendly and undiplomatic comments” on the recent gas conflict. The official said he wasn’t intimidated. (87 sec./3.52Mb)
	20/02/09 Kyrgyzstan votes to shut U.S. base The vote by the Kyrgyz parliament was not unexpected but is a major blow to the U.S. for whom it is a key staging post for operations in Afghanistan. (102 sec./3.69Mb)
	20/02/09 WW1 wreckage found in Mediterranean A WW1 French battleship sunk by a German submarine in 1917 was discovered on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The Fugro Geosciences company discovered the battleship during a survey of a proposed gas pipeline route between Algeria and Sardinia. (41 sec./1.43Mb)
	20/02/09 China-Russia friction over sunk ship China asks Moscow to explain why a Chinese cargo ship sank in Russian waters after apparently coming under naval gunfire. Seven Chinese sailors are missing after the ship sank. Chinese media reports said Russian ships fired on the vessel, but that adequate warning had been given. (69 sec./2.59Mb)
	20/02/09 Military horse runs amok in Paris A French army ceremonial horse stuns Parisians when it throws its rider near President Sarkozy's Elysee palace and gallops through the city. The animal's progress along the banks of the River Seine resembled that of a race horse in full flight. (46 sec./1.83Mb)
	19/02/09 Unemployment on the rise in Russia The number of jobs lost to the raging economic crisis is on the rise according to statistics. Analysts expect the official number of the unemployed to exceed two million by the end of the year. (25 sec./0.90Mb)
	19/02/09 Obama's Afghan war President Barack Obama orders 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan to tackle insurgency. (100 sec./3.68Mb)
	19/02/09 Opel workers uncertain future Opel workers in Germany fear for their jobs after parent company General Motors ask for 30 billion dollars in total of government aid. Hours earlier the parent company General Motors announced it would step up cost-cutting, eliminating 47,000 jobs this year and a total of 14 U.S. plants by 2012. (120 sec./4.54Mb)
	19/02/09 Bolivia's housing collapse Homes are collapsing on the outskirts of La Paz Bolivia, leaving hundreds homeless. Residents have complained that their concerns about a faltering septic system went unheeded by the local municipalities, now an orange alert has been implemented which mobilizes immediate humanitarian aid. (58 sec./2.26Mb)
	18/02/09 RIA Novosti chief included in Kremlin candidates pool The Top 100 of the presidential team’s candidates pool is a list of officials, parliament members, business leaders and public activists. RIA Novosti’s Editor-in-Chief Svetlana Mironyuk has been included in the list. (79 sec./2.91Mb)
	18/02/09 Just Cause seeking replacement for businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin A Just Cause party has received a registration certificate from the state. Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a former co-owner of Evroset, Russia’s cellular retailer, with an arrest warrant issued in his absence for extortion and kidnapping, was to have set up its Moscow branch. The party is now looking for a replacement. (24 sec./0.97Mb)
	18/02/09 70 years of nylons Nylon stockings have enjoyed enormous popularity among women since the February of 1939, when first nylons were brought out in Paris by DuPont. (91 sec./3.50Mb)
	18/02/09 Russia’s vodka production falls In Russia, the demand for alcohol has fallen. Experts link the decrease in vodka production to the global financial crisis. (37 sec./1.37Mb)
	18/02/09 From the Scene: Eco-polar station Reuters contributor Wendell Roelf reports from East Antarctica where Belgium has opened a zero-emission research station, using wind and solar power. (62 sec./2.41Mb)
	18/02/09 Obama hedges on stimulus goals Questions are being raised about the Obama Adminstration's goal to create or "save" 3.5 million jobs over the next two years. (82 sec./3.10Mb)
	18/02/09 Russian kids get better with pets Pet therapists boost children's health and hope in Siberia. One of the few programmes offering help and hope to hundreds of children is to be found in a small Siberian village. (83 sec./3.05Mb)
	17/02/09 Miss Russia 2009 beauty pageant gets off to an icy start On February 14, fifty young women taking part in the Miss Russia 2009 beauty pageant skated in front of the press for the first time. Pageant organizers also congratulated the contestants on St. Valentine’s Day. (86 sec./3.27Mb)
	17/02/09 Somersaults, rollovers, pirouettes. World Cup freestyle skiing in Moscow The ski jump on University Square in front of Moscow State University is the tallest in the world. It was built for freestyle stars from 11 countries to show their skills in World Cup competitions. (80 sec./3.11Mb)

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