Forecast » Sep 23, 2009
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 09/23/09 05:31:19 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 90% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Leg-Lengthening Surgeries in Siberia Aug 20, 2009
This 23-year-old woman in a clinic in Kurgan, western Siberia hopes to grow five centimeters taller, or about 2 inches, before she leaves ... SOUNDBITE: (English), Dr. John Hollingdale, Orthopedic Surgeon "Nothing surprises me these days that things are being done by surgeons around the world, I am afraid to say. I'm not sure why they're doing it in Kurgan, maybe they're running low on funds.". (National Geographic)
Australian woman goes to great lengths for success Jun 1, 2009
" It was a chance conversation with friends as a 23-year-old that first alerted Ban to the concept of limb lengthening -- a cosmetic procedure popular in China, Italy and the United States but little-known in Australia. "My ears just pricked up and I thought 'wow, this is incredible'," Ban said. After months of standing in front of the mirror on top of phone books, the Israel-born Ban said she saved enough for the 30,000-US-dollar operation and travelled to the Ilizarov clinic at Kurgan in the... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Russia opens WMD disposal plant May 30, 2009
The governor of the local Kurgan region said it was an event of global importance. The plant is some 1,600km (995 miles) to the east of Moscow, deep in the Ural Mountains. (BBC News -- Europe)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
