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1. A brief encounter with a Space Shuttle November 01, 2009 The late sixties and the early seventies saw a flurry of activity at the NASA headquarters as various manned missions to the moon were executed one after the other. Christopher Freville reasons that the race to the moon was basically triggered by the Cold War between the US and the former Soviet Union. Their battle for supremacy in missile technology gave birth to powerful rockets which had immense lifting power. According to John F. Kennedy, the former president of the USA, launching a spacecraft to take man to the moon and return him safely back to earth would prove beyond the shadow of a do... (read more) Author: Sanjay Sanjay

2. Karastan Rug October 27, 2009 Karastan sounds like a country, preferably one that was created during the breakup of the Soviet Union. So obviously Karastan rugs would be rugs from that country, handmade with a secret art passed down from generation to generation. So imagine my surprise when I first learned that not only are these rugs from the United States, but they are machine-made! Karastan rugs, as the famous story goes, were created by the legendary retailer Marshall Fields in 1928. They were really the first machine rugs which were said to reach the quality level that had previously been reserved for hand-made r... (read more) Author: Mudassir Malik

3. Baltic Countries are the Newest Entrants to Europe's Dental Tourism Competition October 27, 2009 When Baltic States like Latvia were part of the Soviet Union, dental treatment of all kinds was clearly inferior to that offered in the West. For example, the lack of powerful anesthetics made a trip to the dentist a nightmare of pain and stress. Horror stories were common and no one in their right mind wanted to have a cavity filled or worse still, endure an extraction. Nowadays all that's changed as 2 decades of development have brought these countries up to and sometimes above the level of their Western counterparts. Indeed, every year thousands of patients from old industrialized ... (read more) Author: John Atkinson

4. World War II Souvenirs October 26, 2009 To the various veterans and survivors of the war, casting back to the past is tough, but it also brings about happiness and pride, to be in a position to be a part of a very historic event that modified the globe. WW2, a war between the years 1939-1945, in which the allied nations like united states, the Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union defeated Japan, Germany and Italy. An event that modified the lives of many millions of people, considered the largest war in the history which paved way to the autonomy to some nations in Southeast Asia. Items that are part of a historical event a... (read more) Author: luis chavez

5. Cnine Commuters Adapt October 22, 2009 Scientists in Moscow say that ever since the 1990s, when the Soviet Union collapsed and Moscow fell into the hands of new class of Russian capitalists, stray dogs are getting smarter. Strays from suburbia have learned to commute by Moscow metro every morning to get to the regions of Moscow center where the fat cats live. Once they’re downtown, they put their newly acquired and previously unseen dog skills to work. A dog’s got to eat, so first, the “hunt for shawarma”, the eastern fast food popular among Muscovites. On a busy Moscow street, a man buys a hot shawarma from a kiosk, and ... (read more) Author: Gabriela Schmid

6. Call of Duty 7 in Vietnam? October 11, 2009 Modern Warfare is still months away from release, rumors are already swirling about the next Call of Duty game after that, which would be the seventh in the series. According to a "a source we consider reliable," Activision has been seeking to license Vietnam War-era music, as well as Cuban, African, and Soviet Union music. Indicating the game could likely be set between the 60's-80's, taking place in any of the aforementioned settings. Everyone that knows a thing or two about Call of Duty, and how people just like modern style combat better. Modern Warfare 2 is projected to destroy... (read more) Author: Adam Dempsey

7. Russia Links World Cup Bid to Infrastructure Improvements  October 09, 2009 Russia is combining a bid to host World Cup football (soccer) matches in 2018 or 2022 with a plan for major infrastructure improvements in a number of its neglected cities.  Russian officials hope a successful bid will also provide the nation's youth with sports facilities that collapsed along with the Soviet Union nearly a generation ago.Russia now has only one facility that meets standards set by FIFA, football's international governing body - the 80,000 seat Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.  In a bid unveiled at the posh GUM department store on Red Square, Russia is proposing to build ... (read more)

8. Alexander Green - Scarlet Sails [Children Audiobook] October 05, 2009 Alexander Green is lone of the generally standard of all Russian writers in his native ground. Inside 1965, his collected facility appeared in the Soviet Union in a six-volume, hard-cover edition of which 463,000 sets were sold. Inside contemporary years continual printings of from 100,000 to 300,000 copies of his generally standard stories be inflicted with sold made known almost as soon as they were in print. There are by no means sufficient copies unfilled to come across the splendid demand pro his facility. Green is highly thought of by Russian readers. Inside Leningrad (now St.Peterburg ... (read more) Author: Jose Miguel freirre Suquillo

9. Turkmenistan Casinos September 29, 2009 Turkmenistan is one of the states that came from the falling apart of the Soviet Union. While it has a long history from being an offshoot of the Hunnish Empire in the 6th century, it's never been much more than a backwater of history. This has changed in recent years as the country's huge gas reserves have been discovered and exploited. It is still, however, distressingly poor and according to Amnesty International has the third worst press freedoms in the world. In common with much of the CIS, Turkmenistan's casinos have been legalized. There was always underground gaming, but in t... (read more) Author: William Doyle

10. Learning the Russian Language September 29, 2009 The Russian language is the most commonly spoken language in Europe. It is a Slavic language whose roots can be traced to Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin. Though not as internationally prominent as its days as the official language of the former Soviet Union, it is still the official language of such countries as Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Russian is a language of dignity, but can seem intimidating to learn. If you have considered learning a second language, the Russian language will prove to be a challenging yet rewarding achievement. As a student of the Russian language, you have several... (read more) Author: William Doyle

11. Armenia Casinos September 25, 2009 In common with most of the states that came out of the ex-Soviet Union and that are now in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Armenia and Armenians took readily to casinos and gambling in general. Again, in common with their fellow states in the CIS, there had been a thriving underground, or illegal, gambling scene before the breakup. This was all a part of the almost insanely large black market or illegal economy that existed. As this economy exclusively (and necessarily) worked in cash, you can imagine that there were a lot of people around with large sums burning a hole in t... (read more) Author: William Doyle

12. Russia Counters Criticism over World War II Role September 17, 2009 As the world marks the 70th anniversary this month of the start of World War II, there is a debate underway in Russia over the role the Soviet Union played in the events leading up to the outbreak of the war. The Kremlin has created a presidential commission to examine and counteract what it considers examples of "historical revisionism" that harm Russia's image. This has alarmed critics who view the move as a blatant throwback to Soviet methods of intellectual control. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (f) and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (b)Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin m... (read more)

13. Where to Stay In Russia September 15, 2009 Visit Russia today and explore the undiscovered wonders! Russia is a transcontinental state located between the Europe and Asia continents with Moscow being its capital city. It is the largest country in the world with a population of over a hundred and forty million people. With the disbanding of the Soviet Union, guests can now explore a wide range of ancient and exciting cultures, from the enduring village life of Irkutsk and Siberia to the scintillating regal Russia of St. Petersburg. One of the most prominent features of contemporary Russia is a revived commemoration of its historic afflu... (read more) Author: Kupun bonta

14. Couch Enforcement in Keene New Hampshire Politically Motivated? September 09, 2009 The word soviet means council, as in city council or a committee. It is a democratically elected body of people set up with the purpose of controlling the lives of others. These people would get together and plan the lives of those in their local communities, answering to higher up, larger soviets until they reached the Supreme Soviet where the central planning happened. That is basically how the Soviet Union was run, with the consent of the governed. The community soviets would lay their plans, make their laws, and institute their plans and if you didn´t like it, tough. The people in charge o... (read more) Author: Ajay Verma

15. Early NATO Membership Unlikely for Georgia, Ukraine September 04, 2009 Membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has expanded over the years as NATO welcomed former Warsaw Pact nations and former Soviet Republics into the Western alliance. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, 12 countries from eastern and central Europe have become NATO members, almost doubling the alliance's number of countries from 15 to 28. [The 12 are Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.]Two other former Soviet Republics - Georgia and Ukraine - have expressed interest in becoming ... (read more)

16. Are China's Cheap Traders Outstaying their Welcome in Russia? September 06, 2009 The massive Cherkizovsky market in Moscow, home to some 60,000 mainland Chinese traders and with an estimated turnover of nearly a billion dollars a year has been forcibly closed by Russian authorities on the grounds of “improper hygiene and environmental standards.” The market has thrived since 1991, when the collapse of the Soviet Union coincided with China’s manufacturing surplus of cheap goods and while Russians were relatively cash-strapped and lacking light industrial and consumer goods. To put the significance of the Cherkizovsky market into perspective, it accounted for 50 percent... (read more) Author: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

17. Secret Pact Between Hitler and Stalin Stirs New Controversy September 03, 2009 A secret agreement made between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, which divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and led to its invasion continues to divide historians, journalists, and political leaders as well.  The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, named after the foreign ministers of the two countries, is seen as the preamble to World War II. Polish President Lech Kaczynski attends ceremonies in Gdanskmarking the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WW II, 1 Sept 2009The controversy has to do with how the pact was interpreted and to what degree the Soviet Union was implicated in... (read more)

18. Top Branded Clothes September 03, 2009 "The best of both worlds: quality top brand name clothing...cheap" - By Howard Graves, www.StarTrend123.com Immediately after the 1917 Communist revolution the decision was made to eliminate all brand names on goods produced in the Soviet Union. The reason: it appeared to be "economically wasteful" to pay extra for what some considered to be an identical product that merely advertised or promoted its brand name. Does this argument make sense? "When the producers of products are not identified with brand names, a crucial element of the market mechanism cannot operate because consumer... (read more) Author: Howard Alexander

19. Putin Condemns 1939 Soviet Treaty with Nazi Germany August 31, 2009 Russian PM Vladimir Putin (file photo) Russia's prime minister has condemned a 1939 non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany that secretly divided Europe into spheres of influence and set the stage for World War II.Vladimir Putin, writing in a leading Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, Monday, called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact immoral. But he also blamed other European countries for refusing to back the Soviet Union, leaving Moscow to face the threat of Nazi Germany alone.Mr. Putin also described as a crime the 1940 massacre of thousands of Polish military officers and... (read more)

20. Moldova Elects Pro-Western House Speaker Amid Turmoil August 29, 2009 Moldova's parliament elected Mihai Ghimpu, who has been pushing for closer ties with the European Union, as house speakerThe pro-Western coalition of the former Soviet republic of Moldova has won election of their candidate to the key-post of speaker of parliament and also named an ex-Communist as its choice for president of Europe's poorest nation. But Moldova faces political turmoil after the powerful Communist Party boycotted the vote amid concerns over the country's economic future. Not everyone celebrated when Mihai Ghimpu became the first politician of Moldova's four-party ruling coalit... (read more)

21. Bollywood and its Increasing Popularity Worldwide August 26, 2009 Bollywood comprises a small part of the Indian Cinema. It refers to the Mumbai-based hindi-language film industry which is the most popular in India. The name 'Bollywood' comes from the two words 'Bombay' (the former name for Mumbai) and 'Hollywood' (the center for the American Film industry). Though the majority of Bollywood movies are in the language Hindi, use of Urdu and English words is very common. Bollywood has served the Soviet Union those times when there was no other source of entertainment. Hollywood movies were banned there. Hindi films were dubbed and shown in popular mo... (read more) Author: Andrew Strauss

22. Kettlebell Exercises for Total Body Strength! August 18, 2009 If you are bored of your current workout routine, and if you are looking to change your strength training routine, then you may consider trying Kettlebell exercises. They are excellent exercises if you are looking for something more intensive. Kettlebell exercises used to be practiced originally in the Soviet Union and because of its extreme nature, was used extensively by its special forces. It needs lot of strength to be able to manoeuvre it and hence it suited people in the defense forces very well. A kettle bell, also known as girya is a cast iron weight that looks like a cannon ... (read more) Author: Suresh Bist

23. U.S. Cyber Challenge Training Hackers to Fight Criminals and Spies August 14, 2009 Computer security engineer Alan Paller recalls how the Soviet Union's 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, spurred the U.S. government to accelerate its lagging space technology program. Now Paller, research director at an educational company called the SANS Institute, is leading the campaign to bring that kind of energy to defending cyberspace from assault by pranksters, thieves, spies and terrorists. "The Cyber Challenge is a national program, not unlike the response to the Sputnik challenge in the late fifties, where the U.S. found itself no longer ahead," Pa... (read more)

24. Houston Socialite Champions Afghan Development August 10, 2009 A few years ago, people learned about a little-known chapter in the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan through a book and, later, a movie called "Charlie Wilson's War." Wilson was a maverick Texas congressman who found ways of funding Afghan insurgents with prodding from his Houston socialite girlfriend, Joanne Herring. Joanne HerringWilson was played by Tom Hanks in the movie and Herring was played by Julia Roberts. Herring is now 80 years old but she remains actively involved in projects to help Afghanistan, where U.S. forces and their Afghan partners are now fighting the Talib... (read more)

25. Russia Opens New Trial on Murder of Journalist Anna Politkovskaya August 05, 2009 Anna Politkovskaya, the 211th Russian journalist killed since the fall of the Soviet UnionA Moscow court opened a new trial Wednesday for three suspects in the murder of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, but then quickly adjourned proceedings until Friday. Lawyers for the slain journalist's family called for an entirely new investigation into the murder, and termed the previous probe incomplete.  In June, Russia's Supreme Court overturned a February jury verdict acquitting the three - Chechen brothers Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov and former security police... (read more)

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