The death cries of Vladimir Komarov in Soyuz I on Amazon: $.99 - the album art: priceless...
#Space #Russia #Soyuz #Komarov #sound #commercialization
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This Is How #Geneva_II Will Fail
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/how-geneva-ii-will-fail
Syria’s Foreign Minister and head of the Syrian government delegation Walid Muallem, speaks during peace talks of the so-called Geneva II conference in Montreux on January 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP). #syria's Foreign Minister and head of the Syrian government delegation Walid Muallem, speaks during peace talks of the so-called Geneva II conference in Montreux on January 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP).
Everything was arranged so that Geneva II would fail. Failure is necessary because the conditions for reaching a political settlement are not yet ripe; the regime finds itself stronger on the ground and more united than the opposition. Failure is necessary because the opposition was unable to put together a team including all its (...)
#World #Articles #Russia #Syrian_National_Coalition #united_states #Walid_Moallem
Lines of the Game : #Geneva_II to End the #Syrian_opposition ?
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lines-game-geneva-ii-end-syrian-opposition
General viewof the assembly taking part in the so-called Geneva II peace talks next to UN-Arab League envoy for #syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) on January 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Fabrice Coffrini). General viewof the assembly taking part in the so-called Geneva II peace talks next to UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) on January 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Fabrice Coffrini).
Geneva II is a surreal conference, not much different than the surrealism of the top artists who once lived in the magnificent city of Montreux, Switzerland. The official Syrian delegation heads to the conference to assert the regime’s legitimacy in the fight against terror, only to discover that Saudi and international traps have been laid for (...)
#Opinion #Articles #Bashar_al-Assad #Iran #Russia #united_nations #united_states
#Geneva_II : Stifling Syrian Voices
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/geneva-ii-stifling-syrian-voices
Syrian opposition fighters fire at government forces planes flying overhead in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 19, 2014. (Photo: AFP - MAHMUD AL-HALABI). Syrian opposition fighters fire at government forces planes flying overhead in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 19, 2014. (Photo: AFP - MAHMUD AL-HALABI).
The Geneva II conference, set to take place on January 22, is billed as a historic moment for Syrians to come together and put an end to a devastating conflict. But as the date draws closer, it seems key Syrian voices are being brushed aside.
Yazan al-Saadi
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#World #Articles #Haytham_Manna #Russia #syria #Syrian_National_Coalition #Syrian_National_Coordinating_Body #united_states
Syrian FM says ready for a #ceasefire in Aleppo
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-fm-says-ready-ceasefire-aleppo
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem holds a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on January 17, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Vasily Maximov) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem holds a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on January 17, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Vasily Maximov)
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Friday he had handed #Russia plans for a ceasefire in #syria's biggest city, Aleppo, and was ready to exchange lists with rebel forces on a possible prisoner swap. Washington and Moscow have been trying to negotiate some confidence-building measures and allow humanitarian aid to flow in the nearly three-year-old civil war. read (...)
Syrian FM says ready for a #ceasefire
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/syrian-fm-says-ready-ceasefire
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem holds a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on January 17, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Vasily Maximov) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem holds a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow on January 17, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Vasily Maximov)
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Friday he had handed #Russia plans for a ceasefire in #syria's biggest city, Aleppo, and was ready to exchange lists with rebel forces on a possible prisoner swap. Washington and Moscow have been trying to negotiate some confidence-building measures and allow humanitarian aid to flow in the nearly three-year-old civil war. read (...)
Fukushima-Welle : US-Regierung bestellt 14 Millionen Jod-Tabletten | DEUTSCHE WIRTSCHAFTS NACHRICHTEN
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Fukushima-Welle: US-Regierung bestellt 14 Millionen Jod-Tabletten
Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten | Veröffentlicht: 04.01.14, 02:22 | 154 Kommentare
Das US-Gesundheitsministerium hat 14 Millionen Tabletten mit Potassium Iodide bestellt. Berechnungen zeigen, dass die Welle mit erhöhter Radioaktivität von der Atomkatastrophe in Fukushima in diesem Jahr die Westküste der USA erreichen wird. Die Jod-Tabletten müssen bis zum 1. Februar geliefert werden.
Die US-Gesundheitsbehörde Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) hat in einer öffentlichen Ausschreibung 14 Millionen Tabletten mit 65 mg Potassium Iodid bestellt. Die Medikamente sollen in 700.000 Päckchen mit jeweils 20 Tabletten geliefert werden. Die offizielle Website für Seuchenkontrolle CDC erläutert, dass Potassium Iodide verwendet wird, um die Schilddrüsen vor Radioaktivität zu schützen.
Die Website The West Wire News weist auf die Bestell-Frist hin: Es sei ungewöhnlich, dass die Tabletten bereits bis zum 1. Februar 2014 geliefert werden müssen. Die Ausschreibung stammt von Anfang Dezember.
In den USA sorgt man sich offenbar um die Auswirkungen der radioaktiven Welle, die, wie das Magazin Salon berichtet, im Jahr 2014 im Pazifik von Fukushima auf die US-West-Küste treffen soll. Salon schreibt, dass die Welle ungefährlich sei. Die Universität von New South Wales hat die Welle in einer Simulation dargestellt.
Doch die Westküsten-Bewohner sind aufgeschreckt, weil seit einiger Zeit seltsame Naturphänomene beobachtet werden, für die die Wissenschaft keine Erklärung hat. So wurden erst kürzlich Millionen toter Seesterne angeschwemmt (hier). Zahlreiche Fische weisen unerklärliche Krankheiten auf. In einem Naturpark wurden ungewöhnlich viele Erkrankungen bei dem amerikanischen Nationalsymbol, dem Adler beobachtet.
Die amerikanische Öffentlichkeit ist über die verheerenden Auswirkungen der Atomkatastrohe von Fukushima durch die schweren Krebserkrankungen von 51 Marine-Soldaten des Flugzeugträgers USS Ronald Reagan hellhörig (hier). Der Sender The Young Turks kritisiert, dass die Soldaten weder von der japanischen Regierung noch von der Betreiberfirma Tepco über die Gefahren gewarnt worden seien: Der Flugzeugträger war unmittelbar nach der Kern-Schmelze nach Fukushima gefahren, um zu helfen. Auf dem Schiff war offenbar hoch radioaktives Meerwasser zum Duschen verwendet worden (Video am Ende des Artikels).
▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zaxCMsdYwcg
#Fukushima
#Atom-Energie,
#Atom-Katastrophe
#Radioaktivität
#Tepco
#USA
<>130 ‘radioactive’ Japanese cars banned from entering Russia ▻http://rt.com/news/japan-russia-fukushima-cars-201
#Fukushima-nuclear-disaster
#Food
#Japan
#Nuclear
#Russia
#Russia sends 75 trucks to pick up #syria's #chemical_weapons
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-sends-75-trucks-pick-syrias-chemical-weapons
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 10, 2013, shows two Russian aircraft carrying 44 tons of various humanitarian aid arriving at the al-Basel Airport in the coastal city of Latakia. (Photo: AFP / HO / SANA)
Russia has sent 25 armored trucks and 50 other vehicles to Syria to help transport toxins that are to be destroyed under an international agreement to rid the nation of its chemical arsenal, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday. In a report to President Vladimir Putin, Shoigu said Russian aircraft delivered 50 Kamaz trucks and 25 Ural armored trucks to the Syrian port city of Latakia late last week along with other equipment, state-run news agency RIA reported. (...)
Will #Geneva_II Consolidate Western Alliance With Assad?
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/will-geneva-ii-consolidate-western-alliance-assad
Syrians look at the aftermath of an airstrike on a rebel area of the war-torn northern city of Aleppo on December 15, 2013.(Photo: AFP - Mohammed Al-Khatieb). Syrians look at the aftermath of an airstrike on a rebel area of the war-torn northern city of Aleppo on December 15, 2013.(Photo: AFP - Mohammed Al-Khatieb).
International relations are not governed by emotions or ethics but rather by state interests. This was clear in the case of the Western-Iranian deal. Neither Israeli nor Gulf pressure succeeded in dissuading Washington from reaching a deal with Iran. The same principle will soon inform the West’s relationship with #syria, as recent leaks seem to indicate.
Sami Kleib (...)
#Putin Defies the West
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/putin-defies-west
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 12, 2013.(Photo: AFP / Ria-Novosti - Mikhail Metzel). Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 12, 2013.(Photo: AFP / Ria-Novosti - Mikhail Metzel).
Since he became president on the eve of the current millenium, former KGB officer Vladimir Putin has been stubbornly shaking up the one-sided international order dominated by Washington and its Western allies – and in most cases, succeeding at it.
Sami Kleib
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#Opinion #Articles #BRICs #cult_of_strongmen #eulogy #Russia
And “the West” never defies anyone. (#BMDE)
Road to #Geneva_II: Will Divided #Syrian_opposition Attend?
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/road-geneva-ii-will-divided-syrian-opposition-attend
A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army holds a position with a Belgium made FAL rifle at a front line in the Salah al-Din neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on December 1, 2013. (Photo: AFP Mohammed Al-Khatib). A rebel fighter from the Free Syrian Army holds a position with a Belgium made FAL rifle at a front line in the Salah al-Din neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on December 1, 2013. (Photo: AFP Mohammed Al-Khatib).
The road to the upcoming Geneva II conference appears full of barriers and surprises. If the leaked reports that reached Al-Akhbar – holding that the #united_states and #Russia have reached a deal to allow the Syrian National Coalition to form the opposition’s (...)
#Lebanon #Articles #Lakhdar_Brahimi #National_Coalition_of_Syrian_Revolution_and_Opposition_Forces #syria
The Global Lebanese Presidential Battle Has Begun
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/global-lebanese-presidential-battle-has-begun
The current regional and international landscape does not allow for any party to successfully broker a new Lebanese accord. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) The current regional and international landscape does not allow for any party to successfully broker a new Lebanese accord. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)
It seems that the sound of the presidential battle is now louder than any other sound in Beirut. All attitudes and actions, whether overt or covert, are now proceeding according to the rhythm of the most important electoral event in #Lebanon come spring.
Jean Aziz
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#Opinion #Articles #Christianity #Lebanon_President #Michel_Suleiman #Russia #united_states
In Olympic Sochi, a Photographic Pregame
By MATT MCCANN
When the Olympic torch reaches Sochi, Russia, to begin the Winter Games two months from now, it will have traveled farther than any other torch in Winter Olympics history. Since its odyssey began in Moscow, the torch has been carried by foot, on trains, planes and troikas, taken to the North Pole via icebreaker and into lower Earth orbit on a Soyuz rocket.
The #Olympics are built on boasts, and Sochi 2014 is no exception. Though plagued by corruption and other controversies — insufficiently cold weather, uncertainty about the presence of antidoping agencies, power failures, #Russia ’s ban on “gay propaganda” — they are the most lavish and costliest Olympics, approached as though the International Olympic Committee was expecting titans to clash in its stadiums.
▻http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/in-olympic-sochi-a-photographic-pregame/?smid=tw-share&_r=0
#sochi #photography #documentary #reportage
And a #film : “The Sochi project”
Presentato al festival internazionale del documentario di Amsterdam “The Sochi project”, inchiesta sulle prossime Olimpiadi invernali e sulle violazioni dei diritti umani che ne hanno accompagnato la preparazione
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Russia/Fort-Sochi-145412
Et un article scientifique publié par la Revue de géographie alpine : Sochi/Сочи 2014 : Olympic Winter Games between High Mountains and Seaside
The IOC’s decision to accept Sochi’s bid to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games presented the Russian Government with an opportunity for international repositioning. The Caucasian War in August 2008, too, can be linked to this development. Going back to the very beginnings of the Soviet Republic, the Sochi region has achieved the tradition of a resort for health and recreation. However, these functions have so far just concentrated along the Eastern Black Sea’s narrow shoreline. With regard to tourism, the 2014 Games will extend the business segment by establishing the new winter season, whereby the planned actions and measures taken will reach extreme and superlative dimensions. From this perspective, an analytical observation systematically accompanying this mega sports event even prior to its commencement will be of exceptional importance. The academic literature pertaining to the Southern part of the Western Caucasian region shows a noticeable lack of contributions in regards to emerging changes. The study focuses on aspects of regional planning and settlement, as well as on socio-economic developments. Further questions posed at the same time relating to society as a whole refer to social processes of participation and decision-making. Overall, the current transformation processes that have reached this area in 1991 will therefore accelerate significantly. The effectiveness as well as the political willingness to promote societal bottom-up processes will in the end prove to be a measuring stick of their own sustainability.
Motorcycle gunmen kill Russian military adviser in #Yemen
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/motorcycle-gunmen-kill-russian-military-adviser-yemen
Two gunmen on a motorbike on Tuesday shot dead a Russian military adviser and wounded another as they left a hotel in the Yemeni capital, a security official said. The gunmen fled after opening fire on the experts, who worked as advisers to the Yemeni army, the official said. The Russians were gunned down as they walked out of a hotel in Baynouna street in southern Sanaa. Security forces immediately cordoned off the scene of the attack. Witnesses said that the two were felled by shots to their chests. read more
#Russia is “hopeful” Iranian nuclear talks will reach a deal soon
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-hopeful-iranian-nuclear-talks-will-reach-deal-soon
A handout picture released by the official website of #Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him delivering a speech during a gathering of Basij in Tehran on November 20, 2013. (Photo: AFP / Khamenei.ir)
World powers aim to reach a preliminary deal to curb Iran’s #nuclear_program in politically charged talks resuming in Geneva on Wednesday. Seeking to end a long standoff and head off the risk of a wider Middle East war, the United States, Russia, (...)
Lines of the Game: The Iranian Spring Blooms in Damascus
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lines-game-iranian-spring-blooms-damascus
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) speaks with #syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (L) as they meet in Moscow, on November 19, 2013. (Photo: AFP - KIRILL) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) speaks with Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (L) as they meet in Moscow, on November 19, 2013. (Photo: AFP - KIRILL)
In a recent phone conversation with #Bashar_al-Assad, small bits of which were (...)
#Opinion #Articles #Iran #Russia #turkey #united_states #Vladimir_Putin
Why the Russians don’t smile - yet another lesson in #intercultural #communications:
▻http://blog.properrussian.com/2011/05/why-russians-are-not-smiling.html #Russia
#Russia offers #Egypt $2 billion #arms deal
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-offers-egypt-2-billion-arms-deal
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi (R) and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. (Photo: AFP - Khaled Desouki)
Russia is offering to sell Egypt modern helicopters and air defense systems in a landmark deal reportedly worth $2 billion that would mark a revival of large-scale military cooperation, a Russian official said Friday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister (...)
#Russia says ready to host informal #syria talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-says-ready-host-informal-syria-talks
Russia is ready to host informal talks between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and the opposition, ITAR-TASS quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Wednesday. The news agency quoted Bogdanov, who represented Russia at talks in Geneva on Tuesday with US officials and UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, as saying that the consultations “do not necessarily have to end in some sort of agreement.” It was most important to "create an atmosphere for (future) (...)
#Russia to meet with #syria's opposition Wednesday
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-meet-syrias-opposition-wednesday
The president of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba is seen at a press conference after attending the “London 11” meeting in central London on October 22, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Suzanne Plunkett)
Russian representatives and members of the Syrian opposition are set to meet in Geneva Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Russian media. “We will hold a whole series of contacts with the Syrian opposition,” he was quoted as saying late Tuesday by (...)
#Russia : #Iran must join #syria peace talks
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-iran-must-join-syria-peace-talks
A rebel fighter monitors the surrounding area during clashes with government forces in the Syrian northeastern city of Deir Ezzor, on October 28, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Aboud)
Russia insisted on Tuesday that Iran must be invited to peace negotiations on Syria that world powers hope to hold in Geneva later this month. “All those who affect the situation must be invited to the conference,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters. "This includes all (...)
Region Slowly Turns to Diplomacy in #syria Crisis
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/region-slowly-turns-diplomacy-syria-crisis
In short, the winds of change, particularly regarding the Syrian crisis, are making themselves felt throughout the region, rattling the likes of #Saudi_Arabia who seek to resist the shift taking place at all costs. (Photo: AP - Hassan Ammar) In short, the winds of change, particularly regarding the Syrian crisis, are making themselves felt throughout the region, rattling the likes of Saudi Arabia who seek to resist the shift taking place at all costs. (...)
Lavrov: Rebel threats against #syria peace talks «outrageous»
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lavrov-rebel-threats-against-syria-peace-talks-outrageous
#Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov takes part in a summit of top officials from the ex-Soviet members of the Community of Independent States (CIS) in the Belarus capital Minsk, on October 24, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Viktor Drachev)
Russia on Monday described as “outrageous” a threat by powerful rebel groups in Syria against those who attend peace talks on the conflict backed by Moscow and Washington. "It is outrageous that some of these extremist, terrorist (...)
The Crisis of Capitalism and the End of War
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/crisis-capitalism-and-end-war
Members of the Jund al-Rahman Brigade (The soldiers of the Merciful) load a home made canon on the front lines of #syria's northeastern city of Deir Ezzor on 2 October 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Aboud) Members of the Jund al-Rahman Brigade (The soldiers of the Merciful) load a home made canon on the front lines of Syria’s northeastern city of Deir Ezzor on 2 October 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Aboud)
America’s experience in (...)
#Opinion #Articles #New_World_Order #Russia #Saudi_Arabia #US
#Russia evacuates embassy staff from #Libya after protests
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/russia-evacuates-embassy-staff-libya-after-protests
A picture taken on October 3, 2013 shows the building of the Russian embassy in Tripoli that was damaged by demonstrators the day before. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)
Russia said on Thursday it had evacuated its embassy staff from Libya after dozens of protesters attacked its diplomatic mission in Tripoli. Angry protesters on Wednesday tried to storm the Russian embassy following reports that a Russian woman had killed a Libyan army officer. Libyan Foreign Minister (...)