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Eureka! Moments More Likely at Night Study Finds

Alexander — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:33:15 +0000

Most of us have encountered that period in our work day where all inspiration has simple vanished. A problem that, at the beginning of the day, seemed simple enough to be put off until later, has become...

Secret UN-NATO Deal Stunned Russia

Alexander — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:50:23 +0000

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that Russia was shocked the UN and NATO had secretly signed a cooperation agreement without all UN member states reading the...

Does Your Foreign Spouse Need to Learn English?

Alexander — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:51:28 +0000

Ugh, English almost caused our marriage to end! My husband refused to learn English for several years. This baffled my family, made it very hard for my husband to find work, and to be honest–it just really made me feel hurt. (If I could go back,...

EU influence falls at UN as Russia rises

Alexander — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:22:37 +0000

Editorial writers around the world have called the recent Russia-Georgia war a watershed in how Russia views the world and the world views Russia. Moscow’s response to criticism—”we don’t need the G8, the WTO, and anything the West has to offer”—has been met with handwringing over a supposedly new multi-polar world where, in fact, Russia might not actually need the West. And without any sticks or carrots, the West might just have to settle for a new imperialistic Russia that will act with hubris and without regard for the consequences.

Priest blesses strip club

Alexander — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:41:15 +0000

A Russian priest was left cursing after he was tricked into giving a sacred blessing to a strip bar. Father Nickolai blessed the Studio 74 strip club in the city of Chelyabinsk after he was told it was a ballet...

Reallife Transformers: Shapechanging robots could help save lives

Alexander — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:46:21 +0000

It sounds like something straight from a children’s comic. But British scientists will today take the first steps in an astonishing project to create the first real-life Transformers - the science fiction robots which can change shape at...