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The Ronulans are among us: How Ron Paul’s delegate strategy is actually working

The Ronulans are among us: How Ron Paul’s delegate strategy is actually working ­On they come, marginalized by the media and ridiculed by the Republican...

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime ­If you think the all-girl punk band that shocked the nation with an obscene...

We all stand together

We all stand together ­After a rollercoaster month in England’s top flight, all eyes now turn to...

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How Pentagon got scared by GoodReader

How Pentagon got scared by GoodReader ­Wired Magazine calls it "a stunning execution of a simple idea — one program...

US deals Russia the 'anti-American' card

US deals Russia the 'anti-American' card ­Recently, there has been a deluge of doom-and-gloom articles in the US media...

Seated march: How Lebanon saved Palestinians from Western supporters

Seated march: How Lebanon saved Palestinians from Western supporters ­The Lebanese part of the Global March to Jerusalem turned out to be quite an...

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The View of Constantinople and the Bosporus 03.04, 13:22 2 comments

Ivan’s view making million-dollar waves

Had Russia’s leading seascape painter Ivan Aivazovsky lived today, he would probably make a career in Hollywood. The creator of The Ninth Wave and other blockbuster paintings will be featured at Sotheby’s where one of his epic works is up for sale.

Spaghetti alla puttanesca is a classic Italian dish 03.04, 15:00 3 comments

Prostitute’s pasta off the menu?

Certain dishes can add a certain edge to one’s meal, especially if one feasts on “Prostitute’s spaghetti”. You’ve got to be real quick though, as some restaurateurs have suggested removing “discriminatory dishes” from the menu.

Jenna Talackova 03.04, 16:40 14 comments

Beauty queen to feel like a natural woman

The Miss Universe Organization has revised its rules of allowing only “naturally born'' females to enter the pageant and has finally allowed male-born Canadian Jenna Talackova to show off her womanly charms.

Anne Vyalitsina 03.04, 19:30 4 comments

Maroon Angel gets blues

They were inseparable for two years, even posing naked together for glossy magazines. Now it turns out their love boat has crashed, as Victoria’s Secret Angel Anne V and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine have announced they have split up.

Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (AFP Photo/Olivier Morin) Today: 01:43 1 comment

Barca, Bayern make Champions League semis

Holders Barcelona have reached the Champions League semifinals for the fifth consecutive year beating AC Milan in the Camp Nou battle, while German giants Bayern Munich followed the same path knocking out French Olympique de Marseille.

Dynamo players celebrate their victory over SKA (RIA Novosti/Ramil Sitdikov) 03.04, 22:25

Dynamo drive final nail in SKA coffin

The most crucial game of the Gagarin Cup Western Conference final series turned into a total nightmare for SKA. They were thrashed by Dynamo Moscow, 6-1, and were emphatically knocked out of the cup.

Denis Lebedev (RIA Novosti / Alexander Vilf) 03.04, 19:26

Lebedev prepares for hard fight against Cox

The weights are in before Wednesday’s top-class boxing in the Russian capital with the WBA interim-cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev and heavy-hitter Shawn Cox headlining the show.

Ilya Bryzgalov #30 of the Philadelphia Flyers (AFP Photo / Bruce Bennett) 03.04, 12:14 1 comment

Russian March in NHL

Two Russians, Ilya Bryzgalov and Evgeny Malkin, have been named the top two stars of March in the NHL.

President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting with representatives of unregistered parties (RIA Novosti / Dmitry Astakhov) 03.04, 16:16 5 comments

Medvedev cuts party registration red tape

President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill that significantly simplifies the procedure of registration for new political parties.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky (RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin) 03.04, 12:46 15 comments

No presidential pardon for Khodorkovsky

The head of the Presidential Council for Human Rights has said that Dmitry Medvedev turned down the experts’ suggestion to pardon former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is serving a sentence for money laundering and theft.

Israeli soldiers stand guard aboard a missile ship in the Persian Gulf (AFP Photo Uriel Sinai) 03.04, 17:32 10 comments

‘Hotheads’ in Middle East provoking Iran, Russia says

As the international community holds its breath over the Israel-Iran showdown, Russia rejects military action as a means to ending the crisis, calling for a full court diplomatic press to end the crisis.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia  (RIA Novosti / Sergey Mamontov) 03.04, 16:05 25 comments

Patriarch urges strength in face of smear campaign

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church claims that the church is under an information attack, after several scandals broke out in less than a month.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom (AFP Photo / Pool) 03.04, 15:19 14 comments

Megaupload’s Kim web-surfing again

A judge in New Zealand has allowed the founder of the Megaupload files sharing service to get back online - because of Kim Dotcom’s “exemplary” behavior since arrest in January.

(AFP Photo / NASA) 03.04, 17:21 32 comments

Plutonium to Pluto: Russian nuclear space travel breakthrough

A ground-breaking Russian nuclear space-travel propulsion system will be ready by 2017 and will power a ship capable of long-haul interplanetary missions by 2025, giving Russia a head start in the outer-space race.

Bamboo shields and batons are already common in the Indian security forces 03.04, 20:15 21 comments

In arms way: India's 'hollow' army to buy in bulk

As a recently-leaked letter scandal reveals the Indian army, one of the biggest in the world, is virtually “naked”, foreign weapons producers cast longing looks at the country’s never-shrinking military budget: over $100 billion to be spent by 2020.

Still from Youtube video courtesy of Artyom Pirniyazov. 03.04, 16:32 11 comments

Nerves of steel: Daredevil climber conquers Stalin Skyscrapers (AMAZING VIDEO)

Warning: if you have a problem with heights look away now! A stomach-churning video showing a Russian daredevil as he scrambles to one of Moscow’s highest points will make you dizzy just watching it.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) researchers use advanced modeling and simulation equipment as they work on the DHS Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) in this handout photo taken April 28, 2010 at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho (Reuters/Chris Morgan/Idaho National Laboratory) Today: 01:48 11 comments

DHS won't explain its order of 450 million hollow point bullets

After 9/11, the United States government created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future acts of terrorism and deal with other domestic issues. Now in order to keep doing such, the agency is asking for 450 million hollow point bullets.

Police officers clear the scene after at least six people were killed and a number injured in multiple shootings at a private religious college April 2, 2012 in Oakland, California (AFP Photo / Kimihiro Hoshino) 03.04, 20:05 15 comments

Oakland shooter was teased, kicked out of college and in debt

As police try to find a motive behind the shooting at an Oakland, California college on Monday that left seven dead, new details about the suspected killer reveal that he had been expelled from the institute after being oppressed by fellow students.

Anna Chapman (RIA Novosti / Vitaliy Belousov) 03.04, 20:47 15 comments

Did Russia's sexy spy, Anna Chapman, seduce an Obama official?

The 2010 apprehension of Russian spy Anna Chapman by American authorities came as a surprise to many. Now new details emerging suggest that the undercover agent was on the move to bed a high-ranking Obama official.

U.S. Representative Ron Paul (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) 03.04, 22:58 16 comments

Ron Paul: The most transparent candidate

In the midst of the Mitt Romney tax filing fiasco, Ron Paul said he’d be embarrassed to publish personal finances on account of his comparably indigent income. Paul has come clean now, however, with just how he conducts costs on the campaign trail.

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(AFP Photo / Getty Images) 03.04, 18:51 2 comments

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Amid the current economic turmoil Europeans seem to have less money in their pockets. However, personal financial health is bothering Europeans in various degrees.

(AFP Photo / Adek Berry) 03.04, 18:39 1 comment

Russian government expects oil prices to fall by the end of 2012

The Russian Government has revised the Urals oil price forecast from $100 to $115 per barrel in 2012, pointing out oil prices would decline in the second half of the year.

Alexey V. Ulyukaev, First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia (RIA Novosti / Alexey Kudenko) 03.04, 16:15 2 comments

Capital inflow: make or break for Russia?

Capital outflow has been a major headache for the Russian economy, but the country is likely to turn this trend around as the new government takes the reins, the Central Bank says.

(RIA Novosti / Sergey Subbotin) 03.04, 13:44 3 comments

Russian bonds riding a wave of success

Russian companies have become attractive borrowers as they placed a record 317 billion roubles ($10.8 billion) in Eurobonds in the first quarter of 2011, exceeding pre-crisis level.

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Episode 270 Episode 270 Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines. In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss allegations of Rupert Murdoch sabotaging competitors, America buying...

Right to childhood Right to childhood ­Maud de Boer-Buquicchio – Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe In the modern concept of human rights, children have a very special place. But it's still unclear and debatable how their rights should be...