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Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 09/23/09 05:31:19 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 90% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Profile: Vladimir Putin Sep 12, 2009
2000: Putin elected president in first round; Kursk submarine disaster; restoration of Soviet national anthem with different words 2003: General election gives Putin allies control over parliament 2004: Putin re-elected by landslide in February; a year of Chechen attacks on civilian targets culminates in Beslan 2005: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man, jailed for tax evasion 2006: Russia briefly cuts gas supplies to Ukraine in January; St Petersburg hosts G8 events 2007: Putin likens US... (BBC News -- Europe)
That sinking feeling Sep 4, 2009
Tense Eugene Gilfedder and Sasha Janowicz in The Kursk ... The Kursk explores a different side to Russia's naval disaster, writes Jason Blake ... You're thousands of kilometres from home, researching one of the most contentious military disasters of the past decade, the sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The battle of 70 summers: World War II began Sept. 1, 1939; its tensions plague us still Sep 1, 2009
And though we customarily think of D-Day as the turning point in the war, it is arguable that the turning points might have been the battles of Moscow (1941), Stalingrad (1942-43) or even Kursk (1943), all fought on Soviet territory, all appreciably before Normandy. "We take D-Day to be the pivotal day, but in the larger sweep of things -- the numbers, the territory, the damage done to Germany -- the Russian contribution was indispensable," says James V. Wertsch, an anthropologist at Washington... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Russia Confirms Sub Patrols Near U.S. Aug 6, 2009
First of all, the Kursk was sunk by one of its own torpedoes, exploding in its tube from a deadly leak of the corrosive fuel reacting with the metal. Second, I love the neocons and their willingness to "wipe everyone out" at the drop of a hat. (CBS News -- World)
Russia tests nuclear submarine after accident - RIA Jul 27, 2009
The submarine accident, the worst to hit the Russian navy since 118 sailors died in 2000 when the Kursk nuclear submarine sunk in the Barents Sea, exposed the gap between the Kremlin's ambitions and its military capabilities. The Nerpa is codenamed Akula, or shark, by NATO. The submarines have been in service since the mid-1980s and are armed with torpedoes, cruise missiles and can carry underwater missiles. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
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)
