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	27/01/09 Iceland government collapses Iceland's Prime Minister prepares to step down after announcing the collapse of the county's coalition government. Geir Haarde said last Friday he would resign and on Monday announced the demise of the coalition government under pressure over its handling of the financial meltdown. (65 sec./2.52Mb)
	26/01/09 Chinese New Year Russian-Style In Asian countries, the New Year is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. Chinese nationals living in Russia follow this tradition as well. The main course of the holiday dinner is meat dumplings, which differ from Russian dumplings with more spice. (77 sec./2.88Mb)
	26/01/09 The Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church announces shortlist of candidates for patriarch In a few days Russia will have a new patriarch. The Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church announced a shortlist of three candidates for the Patriarchal See. (86 sec./3.25Mb)
	26/01/09 Russian Defense Ministry to get “flying saucer” The aircraft modeling club at Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) has tested a huge saucer-shaped airship called LocomScanner that can carry 1.5-ton payloads. (76 sec./2.94Mb)
	26/01/09 From monthly allowance to monthly allowance – how Russian students live To study and work is the principle of life for students nowadays. This is what a student’s grant can really buy. Olga Tsykova, Rustam Buzanov (96 sec./3.63Mb)
	26/01/09 Kiev authorities to charge congestion fee Up to a quarter million cars pass through Kiev every day. Local officials have decided to charge a congestion fee to enter Kiev to make up for the damage they do to the city. It will increase the municipal budget by an additional $130 million per year. (36 sec./1.45Mb)
	26/01/09 Russia: Fired bankers come back Russian banks admit they have overdone cost optimization. Former bosses ask their fired employees to come back. (20 sec./0.75Mb)
	26/01/09 France/Spain assess storm damage Authorities in south-western France and northern Spain have begun clearing up after hurricane force winds battered the region, killing 15 people. (77 sec./2.88Mb)
	26/01/09 Thai Scorpion Queen breaks record A 39-year-old Thai woman has set a new world record after spending 33 days and nights living with 5000 poisonous scorpions. Kanchana Ketkaew, was attempting to break her 2002 world record, when she lived with 3,400 scorpions for 32 days inside a tiny glass room. (92 sec./3.53Mb)
	26/01/09 Israeli PM's promise to his troops Calls to investigate Israel over alleged war crimes in Gaza prompts Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to promise state protection to his troops. The United Nations has said that Israel's use of white phosphorus munitions in built-up areas of the Gaza Strip constituted a war crime. (117 sec./4.29Mb)
	26/01/09 Ten dead in Turkey avalanche Ten Turkish climbers have been killed after being caught in an avalanche in northeast Turkey. The hikers were part of a seventeen-strong hiking party that was trekking in the Zigana mountain. Witnesses told Turkish television they heard a couple of gunshots before it happened. (79 sec./2.98Mb)
	26/01/09 Chinese New Year celebrations According to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, the year of the ox begins on January 26, 2009. (48 sec./1.81Mb)
	23/01/09 Euroset ex co-owner put on federal wanted list Authorities are seeking to arrest the founder and former co-owner of Russia’s top mobile phone retailer Euroset, Yevgeny Chichvarkin, in connection with the 2003 kidnapping of a Euroset employee. (39 sec./1.44Mb)
	23/01/09 Realistic-looking model cars for wealthy people These model cars, exact replicas of production vehicles, run on special fuel, require repairs and hurtle at up to 100 kph. Olga Tsykova and Sergei Beznosov (86 sec./3.20Mb)
	23/01/09 9,000 km to victory: Dakar 2009 winners are back in Russia The KAMAZ-Master team has scored its eighth victory in the Dakar cross-country rally. The drivers talked about the competition right after their return from Latin America, where Dakar 2009 took place. By Sergei Razbakov, Rustam Buzanov (55 sec./2.08Mb)
	23/01/09 Ukrainian village unaffected by gas dispute Residents of the Ukrainian village of Gremyach, which is located at the Ukraine-Russia border and was connected to the Russian gas pipeline system in the 1990s, did not suffer from the recent natural gas supply cuts by Russia amid the Russian-Ukrainian dispute over gas prices. (99 sec./3.72Mb)
	23/01/09 Rental prices sliding in Moscow During the first weeks of January, apartment rental prices in Moscow dropped by 5-10% depending of the class of property. The drop was caused by a steep increase in offers. (44 sec./1.65Mb)
	23/01/09 Markelov supporters attacked in Novosibirsk Men in black coats attacked anti-Nazis and anarchists at a gathering in Novosibirsk to commemorate lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were murdered in Moscow. (23 sec./0.95Mb)
	23/01/09 Gazans begin tunnel repairs Several smuggling tunnels under the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt have begun to operate again, despite the 22-day Israeli military offensive. The tunnel network was badly damaged by the Israeli bombardment but they are considered a commercial lifeline to the Hamas-ruled territory. (106 sec./3.86Mb)
	23/01/09 Obama orders Guantanamo shut President Obama vowed to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year. The prison became a stain on the human rights record of the United States and a symbol of detainee abuse and detention without charge under the Bush Administration. (83 sec./3.03Mb)

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