Villagers flummoxed after bridge vanishes
Published: 29 December, 2007, 10:49
Residents of the city of Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East woke up on Saturday to find a 12-metre steel bridge missing. No one reported seeing the bridge, located in a remote area, being dismantled or taken away.
It was only when cars tried to cross the bridge, linking a power plant to a local village, that anyone notice anything wrong.
29.12.2007, 09:06
The Media Mirror – this weekend’s pressPolitics finds a place among the numerous New Year-related articles on the final weekend of the year. 'Prime' means 'First', so there’s no need to amend the Constitution for Prime Minister Putin. Also making political news this weekend: Profile magazine’s |
29.12.2007, 14:53
State arms company sues top newspaper for libelThe federal company Rosoboronexport has filed a defamation suit against one of Russia's leading daily newspapers and a businessman it interviewed in November. The lawsuit was filed on Friday but the date for a court hearing has yet to be set. |
