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Slovakia's women's ice hockey pummels Bulgaria 82-0
So much for Bulgaria's hockey abilities. I have heard of some high scoring games, but that's just beyond terrible. "BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia's women's ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in...
House price crash goes global
No production, no income, no money to pay overpriced homes with no re-sell guarantee.A new economy model will look for other colateral than real estate, knowledge to medium sized production replaces homes. The... 260 views | 6 comments | 12 recommendations
Men's Javelin: All Three Finns Through to the Final!
All three Finnish javelin throwers are through to the Finals on Saturday 23rd August. They are: Tero Pitkämäki , who finished third in today's qualifying round, Tero Järvenpää, fourth and Teemu...149 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations
Norway's Thorkildsen Qualifies for Men's Javelin Final
Norway's Thorkildsen has qualified! (As expected!) Latvia First - Vasilevskis - 83.51, Russia - Korotkov - Second - 83.33m and Pitkämäki Third - 82.61. Thorkildsen managed...266 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations
Record number take UK citizenship
This is all about stats, according to BBC news story, UK has issued recorded number of citizenship last year.Just look at the figures, which say all about the story at a glance."A record 164,635 people were granted British citizenship last year, government figures have...1,000 to be rescued from stranded cruise ship
Passengers aboard the stranded cruise ship Mona Lisa have been rescued. They were rescued off Latvia. " The Mona Lisa's captain had agreed to evacuate the ship after unsuccessful efforts to free it from a sand bank off Latvia's coast,...20 EU states oppose WTO farm plan
Much of the European Union has rejected the WTO's proposed changes to import tariffs on agricultural products."Twenty European Union countries on Monday rejected compromise proposals on agriculture put forward by a senior World Trade Organisation diplomat, French Farm...296 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Turkeys saved from blazing shed
A certain irony to this story - especially so close to Christmas as they are saved only to be sold and cooked... "Firefighters have been praised for saving thousands of turkeys from death after a fire broke out in a poultry shed in Norfolk. The fire broke out in a rearing...History of the Christmas Tree
"Christmas Tree Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God’s Tree, as they had previously revered the Oak. By the 12th century...Russia, Sweden and Portugal at Euro, England out
"Russia joined Sweden, Turkey and Portugal as the last four qualifiers for next year's European championship on Wednesday after England's hopes were shattered in a 3-2 defeat by Croatia at Wembley Stadium.Russia were the 16th and final team to reach Euro 2008 in Switzerland...Vodka war may soon be at an end
"How do you like your vodka? A question barstaff the world over may ask, but for the last few years this question has divided EU producers. Traditional producers say "vodka" is distilled from cereals or potatoes...505 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
Latvia holds first successful gay pride parade
UPDATE: Check out this great photoset of the Riga pride parade. This week's gay pride parade held in the Latvian capital of Riga was the first ever pride parade held in the country not to end in violence or to... Who Lost Russia?
"By 1988, Ronald Reagan, who had famously branded the Soviet Union "an evil empire," was striding through Red Square arm-in-arm with Mikhail Gorbachev. Russians were pounding both men on the back.
They had just signed the greatest arms-reduction agreement in history –... Gay Rights Protests in Latvian Capital
According to teh Riga City Council, the government is really afraid of homosexuality: the Riga Pride 2006 parade permit application was denied due to "national security". The rally was held anyway, as Latvian...Top 10 finalists of Eurovision Song Contest revealed!
UPDATE: Watch some of the finalists in action, here. Three cheers for the Eastern Bloc! And the Eurasian countries! And Moldova! They are among the finalists in this year's massive Eurovision song contest. The...
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