Archive for August, 2009

Looming powerful typhoon bed blocked flights to Tokyo

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More than 30 flights already canceled Monday in the Japanese capital, which was approaching from the south powerful typhoon bed. Itar-Tass, completely stopped the movement of all passenger ships in the area of Tokyo Bay.

squally winds in the area today has hit the southern part of Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. In its northern part is the largest in Japan's Narita International Airport, whose work can also be affected.

In the central part of the Pacific coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu today announced a storm warning. The population is recommended not to approach the edge of the ocean, which has observed a wave height of up to 9 meters.

bed as the Khmer language is one of the tropical trees, is the rate of about 15 km per hour in the evening, local time came so close to the zone of Tokyo. read more »

South Ossetia is ready to enter into Russia, but fears the storm

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South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity said that the republic wants to enter into a union state with Russia. He added, however, that the issue of creating a united Ossetia on the agenda is not worth it. Yes, we have to do this in principle prepared. But just imagine what a storm is rising in the world! Russia accused of annexation. And Russia does not want someone else's territory, and we understand that, – said President of South Ossetia.

According to the newspaper Sight , Eduard Kokoity, said: We want to build with Russia are allied relations to the Ossetians, who live in the south and in the north, had no boundaries between them. read more »

America simply by Edward Kennedy. Obama called it a great legislator

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Thousands of Americans gathered on Saturday evening at the Arlington National Cemetery in a suburb of the capital of the United States to carry out his final journey Senator Edward Kennedy. Despite the fact that the ceremony was closed to the public and the press and was attended by 2 thousand invited guests, people are literally besieged the perimeter waiting for the arrival of the coffin distinguished legislator. According to preliminary data television CNN, no less than 30 thousand people lined the streets, watching the motorcades.

Senator was buried 30 meters from the eternal flame, lighted on the burial place of his older brother – 35th President John F. Kennedy, was shot in November 1963, ITAR-TASS.

exactly at the same distance away is the grave and the average of the brothers – the former Attorney General Robert Kennedy. The latter was killed by assassins in the summer of 1968, when fighting for the nomination of his candidacy for the U.S. presidency.

According to presidential decree, on Saturday all the flags-governmental buildings and military facilities were lowered to half mast. This is just a small part of how can we express our appreciation to the achievements of Edward Kennedy, for which we should be grateful, – said in this connection, spokesman Robert Gibbs, the White House.

the same day, speaking at a memorial service in the basilica Roman Catholic Church in Boston, Barack Obama, Edward Kennedy called the greatest legislator of our time. read more »

The authorities have asked China to help Chinese people with Nabiullin Cherkizovsky market

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Minister of Commerce Chen Deming met in Beijing with the Minister of Economic Development of Russia Elvira Nabiullina called for Russia's power to legal and informational support to the Chinese who were left without work after the closure of Cherkizovsky market in Moscow. It is reported by Xinhua .

Chen Deming expressed his hope that Russia's authorities will ensure the rights of Chinese businessmen from the market. He said that China, in turn, is ready to help defuse the situation surrounding their citizens in Moscow.

Cherkizovsky market was closed in late June, after authorities found him in violation of health, fire and immigration rules. As a result of lost, according to unofficial figures, at least 45 thousand people, many of which were labor migrants from China and Vietnam. read more »

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry accused the Black Sea Fleet in violation of the laws and twisting facts in an incident with police officers

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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that the command of the Black Sea Fleet is continuing illegal activities, in flagrant violation of Ukrainian law and basic international treaty, as well as twisting facts. So representatives of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry commented on the information about the obstruction of Marine Corps RF BSF activities bailiffs , trying to fulfill the court's decision on the transfer of leading marks (hydrographic features) in the area Hersoneskogo lighthouse in property of Ukraine, reported NEWSru.ua with reference to UNIAN news agency.

representative of the Foreign Ministry said that the Black Sea Fleet of Russia is trying to present this conflict as the seizure of his next subject. This command of the fleet made no mention that it is an object of hydrography, which is located in the sublease. According to the diplomat, in the Black Sea Fleet Russia are trying to present a situation so that the alleged Ukrainian representatives attempting to enter the military part of the Black Sea Fleet.

The Foreign Ministry reminded that there is a solution of the Economic Court, referring to that object, and the representatives of the Black Sea Fleet Russia must comply with the decision of Ukrainian authorities.

If the Black Sea Fleet of Russia did not recognize the decision of the court, as it was considered that they themselves have repeatedly challenged the actions of the Ukrainian side in the same court? – Said the ministry. He believes that the Black Sea Fleet of Russia is best to use double standards with regard to Ukraine.

in Ukraine's Foreign Ministry also noted that the excuse that, in the Black Sea Fleet of Russia not aware of judicial decisions is a common excuse to take command of the Black Sea Fleet did not carry out these decisions. Bailiffs necessarily represent the decision of the court, designed according to the rules – spokesman said.

According to Chief Justice Office of Sevastopol, two officers in uniform, as well as several civilians as witnesses in working hours came to the territory of a military unit to convey the decision of the court. Because of the entrance was not, they came to the first soldier in the part and asked to call the commander. He listened to the visitors, but refused to accept the documents, asking him to wait a couple of minutes, after which appeared a group of soldiers, who seized the bailiff and the witnesses, wrote Nezavisimaya Gazeta .

As reported earlier, the bailiffs of the State Executive Service of the Main Department of Justice in the city of Sevastopol on August 26 in the afternoon were stopped by soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet Russia when attempting to execute a decision of the Economic Court of Sevastopol on the transfer of leading marks (hydrographic object) in the Chersonese Lighthouse in property of Ukraine . read more »

Tymoshenko expressed her condolences to the family of Sergei Mikhalkov

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Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a telegram of condolences to the family of the prominent writer and poet Sergei Mikhalkov, in connection with his death.

I think, to anything in these bitter moments to list all the merits of Sergey Vladimirovich: his talent, his very humanity, innate intelligence, attention to people and the well-known and appreciated. The main thing – that even now, 70 years after the appearance of the famous Uncle Stepa – Every kid knows the lines of the immortal poem, and every mom always reads her story about the kiddies a good giant, — stated in a telegram of condolences, which quotes the Office of Media Relations Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. read more »

The Dalai Lama was allowed to come to Taiwan

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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou allow the Dalai Lama XIV to come to the island to support the victims of Typhoon Morakot, said in Thursday, August 27, Associated Press .

The Dalai Lama could visit Taiwan and help attain peace of the souls of the dead and pray for the recovery of survivors – said Ma.

On Wednesday, heads of several local municipalities asked the Dalai Lama requesting a visit. In a joint statement, the spiritual leader of Tibet invited to visit the island in the period from 31 August to 4 September, to support the Taiwanese people affected by the typhoon. The representative of the Dalai Lama said that he would in principle accepted the invitation.

Over the past 12 years the Dalai Lama visited Taiwan three times, said the agency, but in December 2008, Ma Ying-jeou has imposed a ban on the spiritual leader's visit . This move was estimated as a step forward in relations with the mainland. read more »

Sponsor Obama and Clinton were accused of serious fraud

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sponsor the campaign of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Hassan Nemazi arrested on charges of fraud. This was reported on the website of the newspaper Kommersant with reference to the American media.

Prosecutors accuse Nemaziin providing false information to obtain credit in the amount of 74 million dollars in Citibank. He was arrested on Sunday at New York airport during a flight check-in Rome.

Nemazi – Iranian American descent – led by investment holding Nemazee Capital. He became widely known thanks to funding from the U.S. Democratic Party. In 2008, he was one of the financial administrators of the presidential campaign, first Hillary Clinton and then Barack Obama, for which gathered more than 500 thousand dollars. After Barack Obama for president Nemazi personally donated 50 thousand dollars on his inauguration ceremony.

The indictment states that when you make a large loan financier, introduced bank records, according to which the assets of millions of dollars. read more »

Americans called for a boycott of Scotch

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U.S. residents urged to stop to go to Scotland and to abandon Scottish goods, including the Scotch – these calls are contained on the website Boycottscotland.com , reported on August 24 channel CNN.

The site, consisting of one page, offers a boycott of Scotland for the release of Libyan terrorist Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, serving a life sentence for the Lockerbie bombing. If the Scottish government does not annul the decision to release al-Megrahi and if the British Parliament will continue its policy of noninterference, we urge all Americans to express their protest and boycott the United Kingdom and Scotland, – said on its website.

Al – Megrahi was released on August 20 decision of the Minister of Justice of Scotland Makeskila Kenny (Kenny MacAskill). Terrorist is terminally ill, and the Minister explained his decision with compassion. read more »

Start Discovery to the ISS delayed due to malfunction of the valve in the engine compartment

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Home U.S. shuttle Discovery, scheduled for today at 01:10 on the East Coast U.S. time (09:10 Moscow time), has been postponed.

cause of a faulty valve regulating the flow of fuel from the external fuel tank in the engine bay of the ship, ITAR-TASS.

fault was detected during the procedure of filling the external tank of the ship at the launch site at Cape Canaveral (Florida). Its volume reached 1.9 million liters. To fill it with liquid oxygen and hydrogen in a refrigerated state, requires three o'clock.

According to NASA spokesman Allard Byuttel, technicians are trying to find out what happened to the valve. It is possible that there was a temporary removable trouble. Otherwise, you need a lengthy procedure valve replacement.

At this time, the process of preparing for the start was terminated before the rise of seven astronauts on board Discovery.

On Tuesday, August 25, broke first start of the American shuttle. Then send a mission to the ISS prevented by adverse weather – the storm raged over the cosmodrome.

new attempt to launch the U.S. space shuttle in orbit will be held no earlier than Friday, August 28. Earlier NASA reminded of the need to launch the shuttle to the ISS until Monday, August 31. If you do not succeed, then obviously, the flight will have to wait until October. Schedule sending Discovery piling on the planned missile launches to the ISS from Japan and Russia, as well as interfere with other missions from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral.

At this time, waiting for shipment to the ISS: Commander Frederick Sturckow, pilot Kevin Ford specialists Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez, John Olivas, the only woman in the team, Nicole Stott and Swede Christer Fuglesang. He represents the European Space Agency (ESA). Stott will replace his colleague Tim Koper in an expanded permanent ISS crew. read more »