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Heavy machinery removes March 11 tsunami debris covering rice fields at the Otomo area in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture on April 15, 2011. (AFP Photo / Toshifumi Kitamura) 25.05.2012 18:39 17 comments

Japanese tsunami victim remains to wash up on US coasts

North American beach-goers could soon be finding human bones washed up in the wake of the March 2011 Japanese tsunami, experts say. For some in Japan, these could be the only traces they ever find of their missing relatives.

Earthquake in Japan
 
A journalist checks radiation levels with her dosimeter near the crippled TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear plant 28, 2012 (Reuters/Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool) 24.05.2012 21:38 19 comments

Cesium-137 contamination: Fukushima amounts to four Chernobyls

TEPCO’s new estimates suggest that its Fukushima reactor has released more than quadruple the amount of radioactive cesium-137 leaked during the Chernobyl disaster. But the method used to measure the damage may undervalue the hazard even further.

Fukushima nuclear disaster
Vitaly Sedyuk 24.05.2012 20:44 4 comments

Good Will Hunting: Smith kisser confesses

Stealing is a sin, even pinching “innocent” kisses. Stealing kisses from buff Hollywood film stars while they’re smiling on camera is either plain evil or crazy.

 
Reuters / John Kolesidis 24.05.2012 20:00 53 comments

Crisis-led suicide epidemic: Greek mother & son jump to death

A 60-year-old Greek musician and his 91-year-old mother jumped to their deaths from their 5th floor apartment, driven to despair by financial woes. This double death is the latest in a rising epidemic of crisis-induced suicides in Greece.

Eurozone crisis
Maersk Texas vessel 
image from http://www.maersklinelimited.com 24.05.2012 15:12 24 comments

Iran ‘gives guidance’ to US ship in pirate distress

Iran’s navy was the first to respond to a distress call from an American vessel attacked by pirates – despite the two countries tottering on the brink of war. The US flag vessel Maersk Texas was assailed northeast of the Arab Emirates.

 
The men from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Tula were travelling through the Middle East.   (Photo from ruriders.com) 24.05.2012 13:43 21 comments

Russians bikers in Iraq jail: We were beaten, threatened with death penalty

Four Russian bikers arrested in Iraq for alleged visa violations four days ago say they were beaten in jail and threatened with the death penalty. Iraq’s president told the Russian ambassador the men would be released soon, but no dates were given.

US Navy handout of the USS Miami submarine docked in Portsmouth (Reuters / Handout) 24.05.2012 10:52 23 comments

US nuclear sub ablaze in Portsmouth shipyard (PHOTOS)

Six fire crew members were injured while trying to quell a massive blaze that engulfed the nuclear-powered submarine USS Miami. The sub was being serviced at a shipyard in New Hampshire, just next to the city of Portsmouth.

 
ceskenoviny.cz 23.05.2012 18:11

Russian military jet catches fire while landing

At least six people have been injured as a Russian army plane skidded off the runway and caught fire while landing at a military airport at Caslav, east of the Czech capital.

Pietro, brother of Emanuela Orlandi holds a banner with her picture in front of St. Peter square as Pope Benedict XVI leads the angelus prayer December 18, 2011 (Reuters/Stringer) 23.05.2012 17:15 20 comments

Missing girl was abducted for Vatican sex parties - priest

A teenage girl was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties by a gang involving Vatican police and foreign diplomats 30 years ago, says the Catholic Church's leading exorcist priest, who damned Harry Potter as the “work of the Devil”.

 
Image from kinopoisk.ru 20.05.2012 18:21 9 comments

Russian director beat up at Cannes

Russian actor and director Artyom Semakin has fallen victim to an unknown assailant, who beat up the filmmaker on his way to the hotel from the Palais des Festivals.

Video from GV Medias YouTube channel 19.05.2012 14:07 57 comments

Will Smith slaps smoochy journo: 'He's lucky I didn't sucker punch him' (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Will Smith slapped an overzealous male reporter at the Men in Black 3 premiere in Moscow. Hollywood’s friendliest star had to defend himself after a well-known prankster pounced on him, trying to kiss him on the lips.

 
Queen of disco Donna Summer performs at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada in this June 24, 2006 file photograph (Reuters/Brian Jones/Las Vegas News Bureau/Handout) 18.05.2012 23:32 9 comments

Donna Summer died from 9/11 cancer?

The music world was shocked on Thursday by the loss of disco legend Donna Summer to lung cancer. The singer largely avoided publicizing her battle with the illness, but said in 2008 that she thought the disease developed because of the 9/11 attacks.

9/11 tragedy
Bahraini police fire tear-gas at peaceful crowd (Photo by ‏@SAIDYOUSIF, YouTube video by malzhra) 17.05.2012 22:39 17 comments

Bahraini police fire tear-gas at peaceful crowd (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Bahraini security forces have once again used tear-gas on peaceful protesters in the country’s capital, Manama. While the mainstream media remains silent, Bahrain’s government has been suppressing anti-regime demonstrations for over a year now.

 
Image from www.meroguff.com 17.05.2012 19:29 13 comments

NASA report: 4,700 asteroids pose impact hazard to Earth

About 4,700 asteroids of 100 meters diameter and larger represent significant threat to Earth in case of orbit intersection, a recent NASA report suggests. And only 30 per cent of them have been located so far, while the rest remain under the radar.

Evgeny Epov (photo from mvd.ru) 16.05.2012 21:48

Soldier killed saving others receives posthumous award

A young army sergeant who was killed shielding his fellow soldiers from an exploding grenade during a shoot-out in Dagestan has posthumously been made a Hero of Russia.

 
Photo from www.zoo.lodz.pl 16.05.2012 19:07 7 comments

Polish vandals scare two giraffes to death

Two female giraffes have died of heart attack and stress caused by a night rampage by a group of vandals in a Polish zoo. The zoo is now struggling to find a mate for the only survivor, six-year-old Tofik from the endangered Rothschild subspecies.

Evgeny Smirnov with his many trophies (Image from Evgeny Smirnov’s page at Odnoklassniki.ru) 16.05.2012 01:03

Medical blunder costs breakdance champ his leg

Russian breakdance champion, Evgeny Smirnov, won’t be able to impress the audience with his moves again as the young man has lost his leg due to the negligence of medics in Krasnodar Region.

 
Emergencies Ministry call center (RIA Novosti / Anton Belitskiy) 15.05.2012 22:11

Russia rolls out 112 as single emergency number

Russia is merging all its emergency numbers into a single hotline.

Italian soldiers stand in Milan (Reuters/Paolo Bona) 15.05.2012 14:17 10 comments

Italy calls in army amid fears of elections violence

Italy is stepping up security and calling in army battalions ahead of local elections on Sunday amid fears of an increase in what the country’s interior minister describes as “political violence”.

 
Bisinessman Konstantin Mrykhin, a co-owner of the Lame Horse nightclub (RIA Novosti / Igor Kataev) 14.05.2012 21:45

Nightclub owner jailed over deadly Lame Horse blaze

A co-owner of the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm will spend six and a half years in jail.