Topless protester cuts down Cross in Ukraine
August 17th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Activists from the Ukrainian feminist group Femen cut down a wooden crucifix in the centre of the country's capital city of Kiev Friday, supporting members ... Read more...
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Stalin’s death mask sold for 3,600 pounds
January 25th, 2012 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 25 (IANS) A death mask of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was sold Tuesday to an unnamed bidder for 3,600 pounds (over $5,600) at an auction held in ... Read more...
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Stalin’s only daughter dies in US
November 29th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 29 (IANS) The only daughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin has died of colon cancer at the age of 85 in a care home in the US, Sky ... Read more...
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Stalin’s grandson files libel suit against Russian parliament
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Joseph Stalin's grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvili has filed a defamation lawsuit against the lower house of the Russian parliament demanding the refutation of a statement on ... Read more...
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Book on Area 51’s uncensored history out
May 25th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new book by LA Times contributing editor Annie Jacobsen has given an insight into the secret “Area 51.” The book which has been titled “Area ... Read more...
Posted in Books |
Brain illness ‘made Stalin a more paranoid and ruthless ruler’
April 22nd, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 22 (ANI): Still pondering over the greatest questions of history: what turned Joseph Stalin into an evil? Here is the clue.Newly released diaries from one of Stalin's personal doctors have ... Read more...
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Stalin grandson sues Moscow radio station
March 25th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The grandson of former Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin has taken a Moscow radio station to court for allegedly saying that his grandfather "strangled small children".Yevgeny ... Read more...
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Stalin statue explosion was ‘an act of terrorism’: Ukraine
January 6th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 6(ANI): Ukrainian authorities have described a New Year's Eve explosion that destroyed a statue of Soviet-era dictator Joseph Stalin as an act of terrorism rather than an intentional destruction of ... Read more...
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Real ‘James Bond’ loved pretty women, fast cars
September 22nd, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 22 (IANS) There was a real "James Bond" who was an incorrigible raconteur with a penchant for pretty women and fast cars, says a new history of Britain's intelligence service ... Read more...
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Call for Polish state honour for former Indian maharaja
September 8th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Surender Bhutani
Warsaw, Sep 8 (IANS) Polish academics and Indophiles have requested newly elected Polish President Bronislaw Kmorowski to posthumously honour the late Maharaja of Jamnagar who cared for more than ... Read more...
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Longest serving US Senator Byrd dies at 92
June 29th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 28 (DPA) Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of US Congress ever, died early Monday at the age of 92 after an illness, his office said.
Byrd, who represented West Virginia ... Read more...
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Georgia Removes Stalin Statue in Dead of Night
June 25th, 2010 - 10:27 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Authorities in Gori, Georgia have removed a statue which served as a monument to the Soviet Dictator, Joseph Stalin from where it stood in his birthplace, to clear ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Georgia removes Stalin’s statue
June 25th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Gori, Jun 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The local authorities at Georgia have removed the bronze statue of Joseph Stalin. The statue was situated in his hometown of Gori. The statue was removed in ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Victory Day parade held on Moscow’s Red Square
May 9th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A military parade involving over 10,000 personnel and 150 tracked and wheeled military vehicles, as well as 127 aircraft overhead, was staged Sunday on Moscow's Red Square ... Read more...
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Ex-Soviet general’s interview reveals that USSR was almost defeated by the Nazis
May 5th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 5 (ANI): In a frank revelation, a former general of the Soviet Army has revealed that the Soviet Union was very close to being defeated by Adolf Hitler's Nazis during ... Read more...
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Stalin statue to be installed in Russia
April 29th, 2010 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A bust-size statue of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin will be erected in the Russian city of Tambov ahead of the World War II Victory Day celebrations.
"The republican ... Read more...
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Russia to unveil documents on WW II massacre of Poles
April 28th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's federal archive agency will provide access to digital copies of documents on the Katyn massacre, in which thousands of Poles were executed, to end speculations about ... Read more...
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Russia bans Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’
March 26th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 26 (DPA) Russia has joined the list of countries banning Adolf Hitler's autobiographical work "Mein Kampf", 65 years after the Nazi dictator's suicide.
The state prosecutor justified the decision in Moscow ... Read more...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Heckled
March 22nd, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Washington, March 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) While the president of United States Barack Obama congratulated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the ultimate Heath care bill pass the lady had to face ... Read more...
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Fury as Danish mum dresses tot as Hitler, Stalin to show ‘evil inside all of us’
March 18th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 18 (ANI): A Danish mum is said to have caused fury after she dressed up her one-year-old daughter as the world's most evil leaders.Artist Nina Maria Kleivan photographed daughter ... Read more...
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Putin praises achievements of Stalin
December 4th, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Dec.4 (ANI): Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who sent millions to their deaths during his nearly three decade long reign of terror, is closer to being rehabilitated, thanks to incumbent Prime Minister ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Nobel Peace Prize - trivia and more
October 9th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 9 (IANS) The Nobel Peace Prize, the world's most recognised award for efforts to bring about global peace, was founded by Alfred Nobel, who gave a chunk of his personal ... Read more...
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Russians divided over how they see Stalin
September 15th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Sep. 15 (ANI): Even as The Kremlin continues to glorify soviet dictator Joseph Stalin by glossing his image in schoolbooks, opinion across Russia is divided over how to view him.While ... Read more...
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Burns strongly backs India’s claim for permanent UNSC seat
August 18th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug. 18 (ANI): Former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and the State Department's former top civil servant, Nicholas Burns, who played a key role in hammering out ... Read more...
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Heir apparent Stalin is deputy chief minister in Tamil Nadu (Lead)
May 29th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 29 (IANS) M.K. Stalin, the popular younger son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, was Friday named deputy chief minister in a clear signal that he would get to ... Read more...
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Gandhi, Obama, Osama share frame in the name of art
April 13th, 2009 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 13 (ANI): Mahatma Gandhi, US President Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden have shared space on a painting by Malaysia's contemporary artist Ahmad Fuad Osman.The acrylic piece ... Read more...
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Gandhi, Osama share frame
April 13th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 13 (ANI): Mahatma Gandhi and Osama bin Laden have shared space on a painting by Malaysia's contemporary artist Ahmad Fuad Osman.The acrylic piece entitled "To Whom It May ... Read more...
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Stalin vies for top spot in greatest Russian TV contest
December 28th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 28 (ANI): Joseph Stalin, the former Soviet leader, has a strong chance of winning the mantle of Russia''s greatest historical figure, in a TV contest.More than two million votes ... Read more...
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Georgian woman claims she is Putin’’s real mother
December 6th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Dec.6 (ANI): A Georgian woman has claimed that she is Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putins real mother.
Vera Putina, 82, has claimed that Vladmir is the child she gave away ... Read more...
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Stalin’s grandson dies
November 3rd, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 3 (RIA Novosti) Joseph Alliluyev, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's grandson and son of his daughter Svetlana, has died in Moscow.Alliluyev died Sunday, media reported, without specifying the cause of the ... Read more...
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List of 10 most decadent dictators revealed
September 9th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.9 (ANI): Following is the list of the worlds ten most decadent dictators
1. Kim Jong-il of North Korea: Has super-expensive tastes, with 17 palaces, and collections of hundreds of cars ... Read more...
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In Baltics, reminders of Soviet past come easy
May 24th, 2008 - 10:49 am ICT by admin
By Aleks Tapinsh
Riga (Latvia), May 24 (DPA) As the three small Baltic nations struggle to reduce dependence on Russian energy, painful reminders of the Soviet past come easily to Estonians, Latvians and ... Read more...
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Russia celebrates World War II Victory Day
May 9th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia Friday celebrated the 63rd Victory Day to mark the surrender of the Nazis at end of the World War II, with President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting ... Read more...
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Ukrainian gas firm uses Hitler’s image to warn non-payers
March 26th, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Donetsk (Ukraine), March 26 (RIA Novosti) A utility company in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine is using the image of Adolf Hitler on billboards to remind defaulters of their gas bills. The ... Read more...
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Swedish campaign on crimes conducted by communist regimes
March 13th, 2008 - 9:58 am ICT by admin
DPA
Stockholm, March 13 (DPA) A Soviet-era schoolboy who became a propaganda hero after denouncing his own father has inspired the title of a just-opened exhibition under the auspices of the Swedish government ... Read more...
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