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Archive for February, 2010

A Silver medal in the Ladies’ snowboard (Parallel Giant Slalom) won by Ekaterina Ilyukhina and a Bronze in the Men’s 4×7.5 km Relay brought Russia’s medals tally in Vancouver to 15 (3 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze).

Chile’s national emergency office has declared that the death toll from the massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake (50 times more powerful than the one that struck Haiti) which struck 99 km southwest of the Chilean town of Talca at 3.34 local time Saturday February 27 has surpassed the 300 mark. There are fears that the figure will skyrocket.

The level of air pollution in Russian cities considerably exceeds the norms even under the conditions of the economic crisis, when the volume of production is lower than it was before. Bad ecology adds ten percent to population mortality rate. This percentage makes 40,000 people a year, which can be compared to the population of a whole town. Metallurgical, chemical, mining and oil refining enterprises show most harmful influence on the environment.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.8 struck 99 kilometres southwest of the Chilean town of Talca and 117 kilometres northeast from Concepcion in central Chile at around 3:34 a.m. local time. A tsunami warning has also been made for much of the Pacific as far away as Japan and Hawaii. The death toll from early reports is 78, and it is feared that number will rise as daylight reveals the damage. Buildings shook for 10 to 30 seconds.

LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Russia have qualified for the World Cup for the first time following Saturday's 21-21 draw with Romania in the European Nations Cup, RWC officials confirmed on Sunday. Organ…

Company: American Patriot Corp (APAT) [Daniil Ayzenshtadt, Nikita Zeya (St Petersburg) report: "Iskanders Westward"] Iskander missile systems will be deployed in the Leningrad Military District as soo…