Sunday, December 29, 2013

At Least 15 Are Killed in Explosion at Russian Rail Station - NYTimes.com | Australian Icebreaker To Attempt To Free Russian Ship In Antarctic

At Least 15 Are Killed in Explosion at Russian Rail Station - NYTimes.com 

▶ 'Suicide bomber' causes explosion at Russia train station - YouTube 

▶ Female suicide bomber hits Russia train station - YouTube 

At least 15 killed in suicide bombing at train station in Russia (VIDEO) | GlobalPost 

Volgograd train station rocked by apparent suicide bombing | World news | The Guardian 

After Latest Bombing, Assessing Security Threat To Sochi Winter Olympics 

At Least 16 Dead in Volgograd Suicide Blast (Video) | News | The Moscow Times 


» Australian Icebreaker To Attempt To Free Russian Ship In Antarctic
29/12/13 04:57 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Passengers and crew members aboard the "MV Akademik Shokalskiy," a Russian research ship that's been stuck in Antarctic ice for five days, are awaiting the arrival of an Australian icebreaker to make a third attempt to free it.
» Air rescue for passengers planned if final bid to free ship trapped in Antarctic ice fails
29/12/13 02:35 from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news
Australian resupply ship mobilised to try and free Russian vessel marooned by heavy ice since Tuesday after two icebreaking ships fail in their attempts to reach it    

» Thick ice thwarts efforts to rescue ship trapped in Antarctic
28/12/13 05:40 from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news
Chinese icebreaker unable to reach stranded Russian ship, leaving 74 passengers to wait for Australian vessel  


» World Briefing | Antarctica: First Attempts Fail to Free Ship Stranded by Heavy Ice
27/12/13 21:17 from NYT > Europe
Icebreakers sent to free a stranded Russian research ship, the Akademik Shokalskiy, off Antarctica were stopped by heavy ice within sight of the ship, officials said early Saturday.     

» New Law All but Bars Russian GPS Sites in U.S.
28/12/13 21:57 from NYT > Europe
A measure that was signed into law on Thursday virtually bars Moscow from building monitor stations on American soil that critics feared could be used for snooping or worse.  


» Choosing the Best Nutcracker
28/12/13 16:00 from The St. Petersburg Times
Just as nature has its seasons, so do the arts. In Russia, the wintry period spanning the Western and Orthodox Christmas is known as “Nutcracker Season” – and justly so.



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