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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Petersburg News.Net http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/ en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:28:16 -0400 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:28:16 -0400 30 Supermodel Naomi Campbell's billionaire Russian boyfriend is reportedly set to buy her 'Desdemona's house', an historic palazzo in Venice said to have been lived in by a noblewoman who inspired Shakespeare's tragedy 'Othello'. http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/story/682654 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:20:02 -0400 IANS http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/story/682654 Russia has said around 24,500 valuable items have been stolen from museums across the country. http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/story/682509 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:20:03 -0400 IANS http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/story/682509 MOSCOW -- Russian aviation investigators have launched a probe into the emergency landing of a passenger jet that rolled into a forest without hurting anyone. http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38497356&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:36:50 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38497356&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Phoenix Suns ) withdrew because of illness and injury. Height will be a serious concern for Team USA for the first time in the tournament when it plays http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496840&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:26:49 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496840&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe Russian human rights leader, Lev Ponomarev, 69, has been sentenced to administrative detention for the second time in two weeks.  The ruling came down yesterday after ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38497357&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:54:38 -0400 Impunity Watch http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38497357&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Mystery shoppers in 18 countries of Europe visited grocery stores, banks, post offices and drug stores to analyze and compare queues there. The slowest queues were found in Russia. Russian customers h... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496837&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:14:50 -0400 Pravda http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496837&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in talks with his counterpart from the South African Republic Jacob Zuma on August 5 regarding the cooperation in the nuclear field. http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496748&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:14:49 -0400 Pravda http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496748&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that there is no alternative to unification of aircraft building complexes of Russia and Ukraine. In the context of globalization and prevailing of such ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496405&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:14:46 -0400 Pravda http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38496405&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 China agreed to increase imports of coal from Russia by two-thirds in return for a $6 billion loan. Russia will raise shipments to China to at least 15 million metric tons annually in the next five ye... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38497354&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:14:46 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38497354&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Kazakhstan has granted Russia's Emergencies Ministry permission to extinguish wildfires on the Kazakh-Russian border and in Kazakhstan, the ministry's information services said on Wednesday. Earlier ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38494298&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:37:33 -0400 RIA Novosti http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38494298&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 About 50 homes have been destroyed by fire and an evacuation was underway in a village in Russia's Altai Region, the regional emergencies ministry said Wednesday."Fifty houses have burned down in... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38493975&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:26 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38493975&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich would conditionally agree to merge the state energy firm Naftogaz with Russian gas giant Gazprom, Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko said Wednesday."We have a stanc... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38494032&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:24 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38494032&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Russia's Vera Zvonareva managed to book a US Open semifinals slot for the first time by ousting Estonia's Kaia Kanepi in straight sets on Wednesday. The seventh seeded Zvonareva beat Kanepi 6-3, 7-5, ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38494309&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:14 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38494309&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Thursday marks the 38-year anniversary of the most famous international basketball game in history, Russia's controversial victory against the United States in the gold-medal game at the 1972 Olympics... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38490958&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:53:51 -0400 Sports Illustrated http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38490958&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 N EW YORK — Vera Zvonareva let her opponent self destruct in the wind Wednesday, taking advantage of 60 unforced errors to win her U.S. Open quarterfinal, 6-3, 7-5 over Kaia Kanepi. No. 7 Zvona... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38491595&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:21:53 -0400 Boston Herald http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38491595&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 NEW DELHI: The Russian Government on Wednesday approved equity investment worth $600 million (about Rs.2,700 crore) in Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (SSTL), in which Sistema, the diversified public ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38487849&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:58:27 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38487849&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 MOSCOW (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat criticized Russia on Wednesday over the jailing of a prominent human rights activist and urged the Kremlin to respect the right to free assembly. Willia... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38488682&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:22:50 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38488682&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 ST. PETERSBURG — A hacker was handed a six-year suspended sentence Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to participating in a worldwide scheme to withdraw $9 million from automated teller machines. http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38488683&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:22:45 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38488683&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Police in a remote region of Russia have seized 30 million rubles ($1.06m) of red caviar from poachers - and they plan to destroy it all, RIA Novosti reported today.Russian law states that all contrab... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486312&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:12:23 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486312&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 shot several times [Reuters report] by gunmen suspected to be Islamic insurgents and died at the scene. The Russian government has faced a growing insurgency in the Northern Caucasus, including deadly... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486353&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:05:02 -0400 Jurist http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486353&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Published Date: September 08, 2010 SOCHI: Expectations intensified yesterday that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may run again for the Russian presidency after he drew a surprise comparison with four-... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38487850&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:39:32 -0400 Kuwait Times http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38487850&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Listen to Russia’s president and prime minister talk about its most pressing political issue – modernising its economy – and a significant difference of tone emerges. President Dmitry Medvedev h... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486992&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:23:52 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486992&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Budget spending, meanwhile, will rise by 220 billion rubles next year, 200 billion rubles in 2012 and another 200 billion in 2013, Kudrin said. -By http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486993&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:23:17 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38486993&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 — Ford plans to produce an updated Mondeo in St. Petersburg starting next month. The news came from Ford Russia CEO Mark Ovenden. The new Mondeo will be equipped with a 240-horsepower EcoBoost ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38484572&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:01:52 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38484572&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 The Russian government will pick up about 20 per cent stake for $600 million (Rs 2,793 crore) in Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), a joint venture telecom firm with India's Shyam Group. Russian Fede... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38482161&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:55 -0400 Business Standard http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38482161&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Forest fires flared again in Russia on Wednesday as President Dmitry Medvedev demanded better protection for the country's prized forests to avoid a repeat of this summer's disaster. Fresh fires de... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38483048&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:08:57 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38483048&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry criticized the annual report from the US State Department about the support of democracy in the world. Official spokesmen for the ministry said that some politician... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38482998&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:59:11 -0400 Pravda http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38482998&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 US, Russia Still at Odds on Missile Defense Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov says tests are set to resume this month on a submarine-launched ballistic missile that has failed repeatedly in e... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38478968&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:41:39 -0400 VOA http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38478968&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 ** FILE ** A Tupolev 154 comes in for a landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport in 1996. A similar Tupolev 154 suffered an electrical system failure Tuesday and made an emergency landing, ending up in a f... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38477694&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:39:38 -0400 Washington Times http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38477694&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Russia's Constitutional Court has agreed to consider a complaint from a regional deputy claiming that all the regional parliament committees are headed by deputies from the pro-Kremlin United Russ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38478237&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:31:27 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38478237&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Sexy topless-posing spy Anna Chapman is back in Russia -- and she's getting a lot of love. The former spy, who was busted earlier this summer and sent back to her home country as part of an exchange d... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38477657&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:25:38 -0400 New York Post http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38477657&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 SAN JOSE, CA and ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA--(Marketwire - September 8, 2010) - Ambiq Tech SPB ("Ambiq") will be exhibiting at the St. Petersburg Innovation Forum September 29 - October 1. Participants at... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38480470&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:39:12 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38480470&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Four million foreign nationals work illegally in Russia, the head of the Federal Migration Service said on Wednesday. More than 10 million foreigners entered Russia in 2010, Konstantin Romodanovsky s... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38479027&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:09:50 -0400 RIA Novosti http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38479027&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Moscow and the French city of Nice from September 23, the company's vice-president said on Wednesday. The average journey time of the service, which will reach speeds of up to 75km/h, will be around ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38479028&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:09:47 -0400 RIA Novosti http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38479028&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 This Russian passenger Tupolev (TU-154) aircraft carrying 81 people made a "miracle" crash landing at a deserted air strip deep in the Siberian taiga after a complete mid-flight power failur... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38478480&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:56:56 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38478480&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's top investigative agency has launched a probe into the emergency landing of a passenger jet that rolled into a forest without hurting anyone, officials said Wednesday. http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38479615&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:37:54 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38479615&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Russian-speakers are making a new push to upgrade the official status of the Russian language, disappointed by President Viktor Yanukovich's failure to do so even though he ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475859&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:35:51 -0400 The Star http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475859&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 At least 25 new "air border crossing points" will be created in Russia before 2017, the Federal Border Services Agency said on Wednesday. At least four of the planned facilities will be set up at mil... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475250&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:50:13 -0400 RIA Novosti http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475250&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 MOSCOW, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russian museums were missing more than 242,000 items, only 24,500 of which were reported as stolen, an expert from the Cultural Ministry said Wednesday. According to Lyubo... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475864&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:17:52 -0400 SINA http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475864&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 MOSCOW, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- For the first time in history the launch of a Russian spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed on Wednesday due to bad weather conditions. "T... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475865&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:17:51 -0400 SINA http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38475865&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Russia will announce a tender inviting both domestic and foreign investments for the building of helicopter carriers for its navy, said Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Wednesday."We will se... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38474399&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:17:20 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38474399&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) Taiwan plans to boost capitalization of its stock market and surpass the Russian market to re-enter the global top 20, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) said Wednesday. TWSE Chair... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38471972&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:56:42 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38471972&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Seoul Sep 08 (BNA) South Korean President Lee Myung bak will visit Russia tomorrow to attend the second Global Policy Forum in Yaroslavl, where he will deliver a keynote speech on South Korean democra... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38472046&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:37:51 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38472046&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 A draft language law pending in the Ukrainian parliament ensures a significant expansion in the use of Russian, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday. Under the bill, Ukrainian will remain the only sta... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38472575&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:37:48 -0400 RIA Novosti http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38472575&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Both Russian and foreign companies will participate in a tender for the construction of helicopter carriers for the Russian Navy, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday. "We will announ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38468412&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:31:13 -0400 RIA Novosti http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38468412&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Cuba will send its top ten players to the World Chess Olympiad, scheduled from September 21 to October 11 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, said here on Tuesday a note from the National Institute of Sports ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38468396&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:59:39 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38468396&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 It goes about “The Adventures of Big Jeff” and “Happy Tree Friends” cartoon series. Specialists concluded that the series propagandize the cult of violence and brutality, cause damage to healt... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38469097&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:59:33 -0400 Pravda http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38469097&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 A Chinese delegation led by Jiang Shusheng, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, attended the Sixth International Baikal Economic Forum, which opened Irkutsk ... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38469095&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:59:30 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38469095&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Miroslav Stoch reflected on "a great goal and a great victory" after his fine strike gave Slovakia a 1-0 Group B win in Russia, telling UEFA.com: "If we drew it would have been good for us." http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38466177&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:44:17 -0400 UEFA http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38466177&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 (RTTNews) - Russia and Spain agreed Tuesday to co-operate in fire-fighting and improve interaction between their respective agencies in the wake of recent wildfires that swept both the countries.This... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38466195&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:45:55 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38466195&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Norway and Russia have agreed to a final delineation of their Arctic maritime border and will sign a treaty next week, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. In April, Stoltenberg a... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38462834&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:55:43 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38462834&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 PHOTO: EPA World championship favorites the US stormed into the quarter-finals on Monday with a 121-66 rout of Angola and were joined by Russia, who were also on song in their 78-56 win over New Zeala... http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38463038&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:59:44 -0400 Taipei Times http://feeds.stpetersburgnews.net/?rid=38463038&cat=70b0e247ff7c0078