British scientists discover an undersea river
August 3rd, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British scientists say that they have discovered a river running under the Black Sea. The scientists say if the river was on land, then it ... Read more...
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Undersea River Discovered By British Researchers
August 3rd, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 3, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A river which flows underneath the Black Sea has been uncovered by the researchers. The gushing water flow has all the characteristics of ... Read more...
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British Scientists Discover Undersea River
August 3rd, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Aug 3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An undersea river flowing near the Black Sea was discovered by a number of British researchers on Monday. The researchers say that the underground river is ... Read more...
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Scientists find world’s sixth largest river - at the bottom of Black Sea
August 2nd, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 2 (ANI): British scientists have discovered a 115-feet deep river, more than half a mile wide - at the bottom of Black Sea.The flow - carrying highly salty water and ... Read more...
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Huge river discovered flowing on Black Sea bed
August 1st, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) A massive underwater river flowing along the bottom of the Black Sea has been found by scientists - a discovery that could help explain how life manages to ... Read more...
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Russia to increase defence spending by 60 percent
July 30th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian defence spending will increase by a staggering 60 percent by 2013 to $66.3 million from $42 million in 2010, a media report said Friday.
The government made ... Read more...
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11 die in military plane crash in Romania
July 6th, 2010 - 2:57 am ICT by IANS
Bucharest, July 6 (DPA) Eleven soldiers were killed in Romania Monday when a military plane crashed shortly after take-off, the country's defence ministry said.
Another three people were taken to hospital with serious ... Read more...
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10 killed in Romania plane crash
July 5th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bucharest, July 5 (DPA) Ten people were killed in Romania Monday when a military plane crashed shortly after take-off.
Another three people were taken to hospital with serious injuries, emergency doctor Marian Beciu ... Read more...
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25 trapped in Turkish coal mine blast
May 17th, 2010 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, May 17 (DPA) Some 25 miners have been trapped by an underground explosion Monday in northern Turkey, Turkish media reported.
The miners work in a coal mine near the city of Zonguldak, ... Read more...
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Injuries reported after explosion at coal mine in northern Turkey
May 17th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by BNO News
ANKARA, TURKEY (BNO NEWS) - At least several people were injured after an explosion at a coal mine in northern Turkey on Monday, CNN Turk reported.The blast occurred at the Karadon mine ... Read more...
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Ukrain Parliament Witnesses Egg Throwing And Smoke Bombs
April 28th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Ukraine, Apr 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Yesterday Ukraine's parliament saw some volatile actions as the angry opposition lawmakers threw bombs and smoke bombs in an attempt to stall a measure promoted ... Read more...
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Eggs Flung At The Ukrainian Speaker As The Ukrainian Legislators Clash Over Pro-Russia Decision Ukrainian Speaker
April 28th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday huddled underneath umbrellas as there was a torrential downpour of eggs on him and also as smoke ... Read more...
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EIB lends EUR 115.5 million for investments in Ukraine
February 4th, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by BNO News
KIEV, UKRAINE (BNO NEWS) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) lent EUR 15.5 million to upgrade water supply and wastewater treatment in the southern city of Mykolayiv and EUR 100 million to ... Read more...
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Israeli envoy’s car pelted with eggs in Turkey
November 4th, 2009 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Istanbul, Nov 4 (DPA) Israel's ambassador to Turkey was forced to cancel a university visit in the country's Black Sea region Wednesday after a group of students pelted his car with eggs.
Ambassador ... Read more...
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Ukraine lawmakers to discuss child sex abuse at Artek
October 20th, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Oct 20 (RIA Novosti) Ukraine's parliament will discuss Tuesday the allegations about involvement of its three unnamed members and others in child sex abuse at a well-known holiday camp, a report ... Read more...
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Russia upgrades marine patrols off Abkhazian coast
September 20th, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 20 (DPA) Russia intends to significantly upgrade marine patrols off the coast of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Sunday.
The dispute over the status ... Read more...
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Arctic Sea crew alive and free, says Russian minister
August 17th, 2009 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (DPA) The crew of the missing freighter Arctic Sea are alive and free, Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said Monday.
He was quoted by Interfax news agency as telling the ... Read more...
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Russia and Turkey sign South Stream gas deal
August 7th, 2009 - 3:42 am ICT by IANS
Ankara, Aug 7 (DPA) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday signed an agreement that will allow the planned South Stream pipeline to pass through Turkey's waters.
The ... Read more...
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Archaeologists uncover intact Thracian settlement in Bulgaria
June 24th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Sofia (Bulgaria), June 24 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has uncovered an intact Thracian settlement close to the southeast town of Nova Zagora in Bulgaria.According to a report in novinite.com, the team ... Read more...
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Archaeologists discover previously unknown Roman settlement in Bulgaria
June 16th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Sofia (Bulgaria), June 16 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown settlement from the Roman Era in the Mentesheto area near the town of Varna on Bulgaria's northern Black Sea coast.According to ... Read more...
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“Green bacteria” may be used to build artificial photosynthetic systems
May 5th, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): An international team of scientists has determined the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy, which one day could be ... Read more...
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Pirates hijack Greek cargo ship off Somali coast
March 20th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, March 20 (DPA) Pirates seized a Greek-owned cargo ship off the coast of Somalia late Thursday, Greece's merchant marine ministry said.
The Saint-Vincent-flagged cargo ship Titan, with 24 crew, was loaded with ... Read more...
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Russia to deploy 3,800 troops in Abkhazia
March 6th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 6 (RIA Novosti) Russia will have 3,800 troops deployed in Abkhazia for the next 49 years, Sergei Bagapsh, the president of the breakaway republic of Georgia, said Friday.
Russia recognised ... Read more...
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Ukraine foreign minister sacked
March 3rd, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, March 3 (RIA Novosti) Ukraine's parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to dismiss Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko over his handling of a territorial dispute with Romania and policies damaging ties with Russia.
The ... Read more...
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Return our dolphins, Russian owners tell Egypt aquarium
February 16th, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 16 (RIA Novosti) Russian owners of three dolphins have appealed to the Egyptian Justice Ministry seeking the return of the marine mammals, which they say are being kept in Egypt ... Read more...
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Noahs flood may have not been as biblical in proportion as previously thought
February 7th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the ancient flood that some scientists think gave rise to the Noah story in the Bible may not have been so ... Read more...
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EU warns Russia agaist military build-up in Georgian
February 6th, 2009 - 4:14 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Feb 6 (DPA) The European Union (EU) warned Russia Thursday not to go ahead with its plans to build up a military presence in Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and ... Read more...
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Eleven mountaineers killed in Turkey
January 25th, 2009 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, Jan 25 (DPA) Eleven people were killed Sunday in an avalanche which trapped a group of mountaineers in northeast Turkey, the NTV television station reported.A group of 17 mountaineers from the ... Read more...
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Noahs flood may have been much smaller than previously believed
January 24th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have suggested that an ancient flood, similar to the biblical Noahs flood, which was believed to have occurred 9,500 years ago and ... Read more...
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Russian, Italian firms agree to speed up gas pipeline project
January 16th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 16 (RIA Novosti) Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, the heads of Gazprom and Italy's Eni have agreed to speed up the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, ... Read more...
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Massive jellyfish swarms dominate world-class fisheries
December 13th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 13 (ANI): A new online report has indicated that massive jellyfish swarms are transforming many world-class fisheries and tourist destinations into veritable jellytoriums that are intermittently jammed with pulsating, ... Read more...
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Worlds first credit crunch may have occurred in 88 BC
December 1st, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A historian has discovered what he believes is the worlds first credit crunch, dating back to 88 BC, which might be the precedent for the current financial ... Read more...
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NATO will defend Georgia if it joins: US military chief
September 15th, 2008 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, Sep 15 (DPA) NATO will respond to defend Georgia in the wake of any aggression by Russia if and when it becomes a member of the alliance, US military commander Admiral ... Read more...
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NATO warships leaving Black Sea: official
September 11th, 2008 - 5:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 11 (RIA Novosti) NATO Wednesday said that four of its warships were leaving the Black Sea region, near the Russian coast, as part of a previously drawn up plan.The warships ... Read more...
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German chancellor to visit Georgia Sunday
August 15th, 2008 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
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Berlin, Aug 15 (DPA) German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Georgia Sunday for talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili. Merkel's one-day visit to Georgia would follow her trip Friday to Russia, when she ... Read more...
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