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Three jaguar kittens were born at a zoo in St. Petersburg. It has been a month since their birth, but the zookeepers decided to show the newborns only now.
Meerkats at a zoo in London enjoyed a special Easter treat on Wednesday
People decorate Easter eggs using onion skins and edible paint, as well as acrylics, watercolors, sand, beads, gemstones and straw. Some even pierce the eggs with a dental drill. This can be found at an ongoing Easter egg exhibition in Berlin.
A roundup of what has happened over the past week. (through April 22)
The British royal family has about 800 official suppliers around the world. Many of them are located in the area of London known as the West End. This area is also home to the Burlington Arcade, which houses dozens of shops, including some of the certified companies that provide the royal family with everything it needs.
In April 2011, experts revealed an undocumented function of a regular recording made by an iPhone smartphone and iPad 3G tablet of information on the geographical location of the device in a hidden file.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addressed the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. He said Russia must become one of the world's top five economies in the next 10 years.
Over the past three years, board games have been experiencing a sort of Renaissance in Russia. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, many original games were produced in the country, but the market shrunk under the onslaught of computer games and stayed dormant for more than ten years. Today, with thousands of people searching for ways to escape the increased isolation of the cyber era and with growing disposable incomes to be spent on entertainment, the market is coming out of hibernation. The popularity of board games and public gaming sessions is skyrocketing.
On April 22, the world celebrates International Mother Earth Daу established by the UN. Experts believe the Earth’s wildlife with its diversity of sizes, shapes, constitutions and lifestyles of myriad mysterious creatures has not yet been fully explored.