By 2030, nearly a third of Cubans will be over 60
September 11th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Sep 11 (IANS/EFE) People over 60 will make up 31 percent of Cuba's population by 2030, the official weekly Trabajadores said days before the start of the island's 2012 ... Read more...
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Chinese woman held for smuggling deer genitals
August 13th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Chinese woman has been held in Russia while trying to smuggle dried deer genitals in her purse.Employees at the Blagoveshchensk-Heihe international passenger checkpoint in ... Read more...
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Russian lawmaker criticised over nude photo
July 6th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A regional legislator in Russia's far eastern Primorye region faces a reprimand for indecent behaviour for posting his photo in the nude in a blog ... Read more...
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Vandal caught spraypainting Russian cathedral
April 18th, 2012 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A vandal has been caught spraypainting the walls of a cathedral in Russia's far eastern city of Khabarovsk, police said.The man was caught by taxi ... Read more...
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Russian teens to get award for saving teacher
April 9th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two teenaged boys in Russia will receive a state award for rescuing a woman teacher drowning in a river, officials said Monday.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Two convicted in Russia for making pen guns
February 8th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region convicted two workers of a military plant who covertly manufactured pen guns, a spokesperson for the region's ... Read more...
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Hurricane Katia strengthens into a major category four hurricane
September 6th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Hurricane Katia rapidly strengthened into a major category four storm on Monday as it moved north of the Caribbean, forecasters said. There is no immediate threat to land.Katia ... Read more...
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Russian volcano erupts
June 17th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A volcano in northern Russia has erupted, and is churning out ash to a height of 10,000 metres, scientists said Friday.The 3,283-metre Shiveluch volcano increased ... Read more...
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Tropical Storm Lisa forms in the far eastern Atlantic, no threat to land
September 21st, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical Storm Lisa formed in the far eastern Atlantic on early Tuesday morning, forecasters said, but no land is currently being threatened.As of 5 a.m. EDT, Lisa was ... Read more...
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Tropical Storm Lisa forms in the far eastern Atlantic
September 21st, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical Storm Lisa formed in the far eastern Atlantic on early Tuesday morning, sources told BNO News, but no land is currently being threatened.As of 4 a.m. EDT, ... Read more...
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Hurricane Igor to hit northwestern US by Wednesday
September 12th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Leeward Islands, Sep 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring four potential hurricanes as the hurricane season continues. But none of these potential destructors is expected to pose any ... Read more...
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Tropical Storm Igor forms in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, expected to become hurricane
September 9th, 2010 - 2:36 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical Storm Igor formed in the far eastern tropical Atlantic on late Wednesday morning, forecasters said, and the storm could strengthen into a hurricane within days.As of 2 ... Read more...
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Tropical Storm Igor forms in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean - NHC
September 8th, 2010 - 10:14 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Tropical Storm Igor formed in the far eastern tropical Atlantic on late Wednesday morning, forecasters said, and the storm could strengthen into a hurricane within days.As of 11 ... Read more...
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Forecasters: Tropical depression may form in the eastern Atlantic off Africa
August 27th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Forecasters on Friday said a tropical depression may soon form off the African coast in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean.Forecasters at the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center have ... Read more...
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10th century heating system confirms ancient kingdom was Korean
August 28th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul, August 28 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed the largest "ondol" heating system, dating back to the 10th century from the Balhae Kingdom, in a nearly intact state in Russia's Maritime Province, confirming ... Read more...
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Several dead, scores injured after bus carrying Dutch tourists overturns in Spain
July 31st, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by admin
SANT POL DE MAR, Spain (BNO NEWS) -- Eight people died after a bus carrying Dutch tourists overturned in far eastern Spain on Thursday evening, officials told BNO News on Friday morning.The ... Read more...
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Air France AF447 Mystery deepens
June 6th, 2009 - 8:34 pm ICT by GD
The latest news on Air France Mystery was that the Brazilian authorities had found debris from the downed plane. However, the French authorities are challenging this statement made by their Brazilian ... Read more...
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