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26.05.2012 15:18 15 comments Not guilty: Socrates narrowly acquitted 2,400 years after death Crisis-enduring Greece received a bit of hope for belated justice. A re-trial of Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates in Athens, the very city that sentenced him to death in 399 BC, ended with his acquittal.		25.05.2012 19:06 25 comments German poll: No special debt owed to ‘aggressive’ Israel Over 70 year after the Holocaust, the majority of Germans believe their county has no special obligations to the Jewish state, a recent survey has shown. Israel was denounced as an “aggressive” state by almost 60 per cent of respondents.
25.05.2012 16:30 117 comments Iran says new Gospel to cause Christianity collapse Tehran says a religious text containing verses attributed to Jesus Christ, proves Islam is the righteous religion and will cause the downfall of Christianity. The Christian world denies the existence of such a gospel and calls it a fake.		24.05.2012 17:37 33 comments Lithuania compensation claims meaningless – Russian ombudsman A top human rights official has said that Moscow is not planning to react to Lithuania’s compensation claims.
23.05.2012 23:29 11 comments Access Hollywood: Pentagon, CIA leaked Bin Laden raid info to filmmakers Classified data about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden may have been leaked to Hollywood. The CIA and Pentagon are accused of dangerously tight involvement with the writers of a movie, denounced as pre-election Obama propaganda. US Election 2012 Osama Bin Laden killed		23.05.2012 20:15 Chechens vow ‘dino-egg’ hunt after finding is stoned (PHOTOS) Massive fossilized “dinosaur eggs” discovered by Chechen scientists turned out to be mere rocks, Moscow paleontologists have proved. The Caucasus “dino hunters” behind the claim promise to keep searching.
22.05.2012 19:46 Wehrmacht doctor’s son returns stolen treasures to Russia Treasures stolen from a Russian museum during WWII have found their way back home. Two crates with hundreds of rare exhibits stolen in 1941 were voluntarily returned to Russia by a Wehrmacht doctor’s son.		22.05.2012 16:57 2 comments Battle for $1 million dinosaur An 80-million-year-old skeleton of a dinosaur that sold for more than $1 million in New York this weekend has provoked a court battle between the auction house and the state of Mongolia.
20.05.2012 21:02 69 comments Soviet flashback: 5,000 children join Communist youth movement (VIDEO) Over 5,000 boys and girls clad in red ties and side caps flooded onto Red Square in Moscow to be accepted into the ranks of the Pioneer Communist Youth League.		20.05.2012 19:30 Dance till you drop: Vienna Ball in Moscow The famed Vienna Ball has swept into Moscow once again, with hundreds of graceful ladies and dapper gentlemen twirling to the sounds of music.
19.05.2012 16:27 Uchitel and Schrader team to film great ballerina’s life story Paul Schrader, who has worked with Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese and Brian de Palma, will team with Russian Oscar nominee Aleksey Uchitel to film the story of great ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya.		18.05.2012 19:26 19 comments Russian diplomat slams attempts to revise WW II history Some European countries are attempting to revise the results of World War II in an effort to divert public attention away from internal problems, an official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.
18.05.2012 16:59 18 comments Lenin’s return to Poland met with protests The Soviet communist leader Vladimir Lenin got a cold reception in Poland, when his name was temporarily reinstated on a sign in Gdansk shipyard for the shooting of a historical film about Lech Walesa's anti-communist movement.		17.05.2012 14:54 4 comments Hanging by a thread: Babylon World Wonder at risk from oil The site of the legendary hanging gardens of Babylon is in danger of being wrecked by an oil pipe. The historic area in modern-day Iraq has seen many invasions over the years, from Roman to American, but now faces a domestic threat.
16.05.2012 16:11 26 comments I'm proud of father's role in Bosnian war – Mladic son The Hague tribunal judge has shown bias even before the Ratko Mladic trial began on Wednesday, the former Serbian general’s son Darko told RT. He says his father was simply trying to protect his nation during the Bosnian war.		15.05.2012 12:48 14 comments ‘Israelis are real fascists’ – Arab deputy speaker in Knesset There will be no positive developments on the Israel-Palestine track under the current Israeli cabinet. The coalition is the most right-wing and anti-Arab in the country’s history believes Ahmed Tibi, an Arab deputy speaker in the Knesset. Palestinian statehood
14.05.2012 11:36 23 comments Afghanistan expects Western help, Taliban rehabilitation - Karzai Western neglect of Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal brought about a growth of terror in the country, Afghan President Hamid Karzai believes. This in turn led to both 9/11, and terror attacks in Russia, he insists.		14.05.2012 07:59 38 comments Israel is 64, thanks to Western life support Israel turns 64 on May 14th. But it only seems to have made it to today thanks to unconditional life support from the US, UK, EU and powerful global Zionist lobbies.
13.05.2012 18:21 1 comment Art on the move: 'Watercolor' train displays new works Who said you can only enjoy art at a museum? Moscow’s Metro is rushing to enrich Muscovites’ cultural awareness with a special train featuring art reproductions doing the rounds of the city’s underground.		13.05.2012 14:23 5 comments Sweet royalty: Tasty pastry honors British Queen A famed French pastry brand is about to get a regal new flavor. The luxury Laduree macaroons are to pay tribute to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to mark her 60th anniversary on the throne.

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