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Beer salvaged from Baltic shipwreck may be world's oldest

19:26 03/09/2010

Divers have found a handful of bottles of beer that has been preserved in a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea since the 19th century, Finnish media reported.

Workload forces Russian governor to send son to British school
18:34 03/09/2010
Kirov Region Governor Nikita Belykh said he had to send his son to a boarding school in Britain because of the demands of his official position.
Man survives suicide attempt after 39-storey fall in New York
07:26 02/09/2010
A man survived a suicide attempt after a 39-storey fall from an apartment block and landing on a parked car in New York's Manhattan, U.S. media reported.
Burglar's love for video games is his downfall
19:47 31/08/2010
A burglar's passion for video games saw him end up behind bars in Moscow, media reports said on Tuesday.
Best Moscow street cleaners rewarded with Canary Islands trips
13:35 30/08/2010
The Moscow city authorities will reward the capital's best street cleaners with tourist trips to the Canary Islands, a source in the city's administration said.
Coffins at Siberian cemeteries go on 'walkabout'
17:23 26/08/2010
Coffins at cemeteries in Russia's western Siberian city of Novosibirsk are "wandering", a spokesman for a local funeral museum said on Thursday.
Lion found in car park in northern Kazakhstan
13:04 25/08/2010
A driver in northern Kazakhstan got quite a shock on Monday morning when he noticed a live lion locked in the car parked next to him in a parking lot, local authorities in the Kazakh town of Kostanai said on Wednesday.1
Russian policeman helps woman give birth at checkpoint
09:19 18/08/2010
A policeman in Russia's Far East unexpectedly took on the role of a doctor in helping a woman give birth at a police checkpoint, a police spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Russian woman found guilty of manslaughter to begin serving sentence in 2024
10:25 17/08/2010
A court in the Siberian city of Irkutsk has sentenced a woman driver to three years in jail to begin in 2024 after finding her guilty of killing one sister and leaving the other physically handicapped, a court spokesman said on Tuesday.
Avatar director Cameron celebrates birthday on bottom of Lake Baikal
09:04 16/08/2010
The director of the blockbusters Avatar and Titanic, James Cameron, celebrated his 56th birthday on the bottom of the world's deepest freshwater lake on Monday.
Russian finalist dies during sauna-sitting contest in Finland
07:57 08/08/2010
A Russian finalist of a Finnish sauna endurance contest died after withstanding temperatures above 100 degrees Centigrade for six minutes, Finland's Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported.1
Ukrainian rural residents kill mysterious animal unknown to vets
14:38 05/08/2010
Residents of the Ukrainian Chernigov region have killed an offspring of an animal unknown to vets but rumored as chupacabra.
Appearance of jellyfish in Moscow River due to heat - biologist
19:13 04/08/2010
Freshwater jellyfish discovered in the Moscow River have appeared there on account of the heat, a biology professor said on Wednesday.
Man nets seven jellyfish in Moscow River
21:03 03/08/2010
A Russian man discovered seven jellyfish while on a boat trip on the Moscow River in the northwest of the Russian capital.
Quiet Russian resort cafe turns into Wild West saloon
13:16 29/07/2010
A department of investigations in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi are probing an incident where three individuals were injured during a brawl that ensued after vacationers were dancing on tables and shooting guns in a cafe.
Russia to hold first on-line funeral for Polish explorer
09:55 26/07/2010
Russia will hold on Monday its first on-line funeral for a Polish explorer in Novosibirsk who died during his trip on the Trans-Siberian railway, a press secretary for the region's funeral services said.
Teenager falls 16 floors down in New Zealand, survives
07:20 26/07/2010
A 15-year-old teenagers miraculously survived after he fell 16 floors down of an apartment block in Auckland.
Russian president's Twitter 'wife' says jealous of Finnish leader
12:49 23/07/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's surrogate wife on the micro-blogging site Twitter claims she is jealous of her husbands meetings with Finnish leader Tarja Halonen.
Summer heat wave forces Muscovites to peel off
21:27 22/07/2010
The heat that has gripped Moscow since mid-June has become a new urban trend-setter and made Muscovites choose light beachwear for outings and even subway trips.
Swan kills Latvian trying to save pregnant wife in river
20:52 22/07/2010
A man trying to protect his pregnant wife from an aggressive swan drowned in Riga, the capital of Latvia, the country's fire and rescue service said on Thursday.

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