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The queen officially names “The queen Elizabeth” cruiser

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:59:39 GMT

The queen named a luxury British cruise ship the Queen Elizabeth in a lavish ceremony Monday, blessing the vessel to launch it on its maiden voyage.

Escape capsule to reach trapped miners works

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:50:00 GMT

Rescuers on Monday finished reinforcing the hole drilled to bring 33 trapped miners to safety in Chile and sent a rescue capsule nearly all the way to where the men are trapped, proving the escape route works.

Britain’s Most Influential Women

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:28:00 GMT

The list of 100 women was compiled to mark the centenary of the National Magazine Company which currently publishes 20 magazines.

CSTO armed forces to be equipped with non-lethal weapons

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:48:49 GMT

The armed forces of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will be equipped with non-lethal weapons. Watch this RIA Novosti video to find out how these weapons can incapacitate a target without causing serious injury.

Germany’s city of the future at Expo 2010

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:03:57 GMT

At Expo-2010 in Shanghai, Germany unveiled a futuristic display that is powered by loud noises, while France presented art nouveau paintings and sculptures and a robot that mimics human movements.

Medvedev gives Schwarzenegger a ride in a Chaika

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:26:01 GMT

Dmitry Medvedev gave California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger a ride to Skolkovo in a Chaika, a Russian classic. There, on Monday, they met with representatives of companies from Silicon Valley.

Russia-Germany: bilateral relations

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:02:00 GMT

Business and trade relations, main economic indicators of the two countries.

Russian polar explorers descend on drifting ice floe

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:33:00 GMT

On Monday, Day 10 of the Arctic expedition, Russian polar explorers started unloading their equipment and supplies on a drifting ice floe they will call home for the next year or so.

Medvedev takes Schwarzenegger to high-tech hub near Moscow

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on a visit to Russia's high-tech research hub outside Moscow on October 11.

Icebreaker Rossiya in the Chukchi Sea

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:50:00 GMT

The first day of aerial reconnaissance in the Arctic showed there were no suitable ice floes for a Russian drifting station to land on.

Medvedev wishes he could make Schwarzenegger Moscow mayor

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:33:00 GMT

If Arnold Schwarzenegger were a Russian citizen he would stand a good chance of becoming the Moscow mayor. President Dmitry Medvedev made this statement at his meeting with the Californian governor.

North Korea’s rumored successor makes public appearance with father

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:01:17 GMT

North Korean State Television provided a rare glimpse of Communist leader Kim Jong Il standing alongside his son and rumoured successor Kim Jong Un on Saturday.

Breathtaking motorcycle show amazes people in Turkey

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:51:19 GMT

An Acrobatic motorcycle show amazed people in theWestern Turkish city of Bolu. Acrobat teams made a wonderful show while at the 4th ‘White Meat Festival’ Czech motorcyclist Ales Lieman and German, showed some very dangerous stunts by jumping through the air with their motorcycles.

Shortly before working…

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:41:00 GMT

77 % of Russians manage to solve all their tasks during their work day, while 16 % of employees fail to cope with the whole volume of work.

Monument to Peter the Great in Moscow

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:39:00 GMT

The monument 300 Years of the Russian Fleet (official name) by Zurab Tsereteli was erected in 1997 on commission from the Moscow government.

Russia, USA are doomed to remain potential enemies

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:59:34 GMT

The growing tensions between Russia and the United States in late 2008 that could have led to unpredictable consequences made both countries reconsider their relations by declaring a “reset” policy. Alexei Fenenko, leading research fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of International Security, assesses its preliminary results and also speaks on the future of U.S.-Russian relations.

Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:50:00 GMT

Kyrgyzstan held parliamentary elections on Sunday which are set to change the state structure of the country turning it into a parliamentary republic.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: "Medvedev is one of those great visionaries"

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:26:00 GMT

California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday praised Russia as a "gold mine" for foreign investors on a trade mission intended to help expansion of Silicon Valley companies.

Successful first flight for Virgin Galactic's tourist spaceship

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:15:18 GMT

Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo achieved its first solo glide flight on Sunday, marking another step in the company's eventual plans to fly paying passengers.

Ten snaps from John Lennon’s life

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:01:00 GMT

October 9 was the 70 years anniversary of the birth of John Lennon. The cult singer and member of legendary group The Beatles remains one of the most popular musicians in the world.

The layout of a modern nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:50:00 GMT

The Soviet Union and Russia built ten nuclear-powered icebreakers in total, six of which are still in service. The Yamal is one of Russia’s most sophisticated nuclear-powered icebreakers.

One hundred and twenty basejumpers leap from the KL tower

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:57:00 GMT

120 sky-diving enthusiasts jumped safely on Thursday from Malaysia's tallest tower, at the KL Tower International Jump, a BASE-jumping event that began in 2000.

Turkey cooked world’s biggest omelette

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:25:00 GMT

World's biggest omelette was cooked in Turkey setting a new world record.

What is graphene?

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:46:00 GMT

Graphene is extremely strong and flexible. This unique substance acts as both conductor and semiconductor.

Humanoid robot stars in dramatical performance

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:02:00 GMT

Geminoid F is the brainchild of ART Intelligent Robotics and Communications Laboratories under the direction of Professor Ishiguro Hiroshi. Sayonara is the 3rd in a series of plays starring robots, but Geminoid F is Osaka University's first acting humanoid.