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[2006-11-02] FACTS ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN
Real: Kazakhstan is exceptionally rich in natural resources. The Tengiz oilfield, near the city of Atyrau, is the sixth largest in the world, and the country also has large reserves of gas, metals and minerals. Borat: Kazakhstan’s top three exports are potassium, apples, and young boys to Michael Jackson’s ranch. Real: Kazakhs worldwide use three different scripts to write their language: those living in Kazakhstan largely use Cyrillic; those in Turkey use Latin; and those in China use Arabic. Borat: “Chenquieh” means thank you in Kazakh, “Barbara Bush” means “to eat the hair from the teste [...]
[2006-11-02] Russian attitudes toward immigrants
Today, most Russians are beginning to think in a way that has almost nothing to do with reality. They tend to view the world as full of confrontation, hostility, rivalry and potential conflicts. This ideology of conflict is a major characteristic of the Russian political culture. In their statements and policies, the majority of contemporary Russian politicians mention certain external and internal forces that they view as threats to the country and as obstacles to its progress. These forces, however, have no names and no addresses. Though oblique references to the US can sometimes be discer [...]
[2006-11-02] Utah Family Adopts Family Of Russian Girls
Two teenage sisters from Russia are living with two younger siblings for the first time, united a world away from their troubled childhood because of the big hearts of a Utah couple. “This wasn’t about saving the world,” John Simmons said. “It was about keeping biological siblings together.” His wife, Amy Simmons, said it “means a lot” to be able to bring the sisters together. “For them to be able to have each other. ... I can’t put words to that,” she said. Svieta, 15, and Natasha, 14, arrived at their new home near Park City this week. They’re now known as Emily and Annalise. “We wanted them [...]
[2006-11-02] Tired of dating creeps? Brush up on your hygiene and try Sophisticated Singles
The need for middle-aged-and-over hotties to hook up and find companions was huge, thought Angel AlFord, who founded Sophisticated Singles, a group where successful and affluent adults meet and development connections. Even romance. "The more successful people are, sometimes, the harder it is to meet someone," said Angel, who's making it her mission to change part of the face of Western North Carolina's dating scene. "We started in March 2005 and get together twice a month and hold a theme party once a month," Angel said. She personally has sifted through hundreds of men and women who fill o [...]
[2006-11-02] Failing online, lovers tap matchmakers
Online daters, disappointed by potential partners lying about their age, weight or marital status, are turning to professional matchmakers to find love. Rather than risk taking pot luck online, chief executives, entertainers and politicians are among those paying thousands of dollars to matchmakers to discreetly “headhunt” and vet the perfect partner. “In the old days you had your extended family, or in some societies an actual matchmaker, trying to find someone for you,” said dating expert Mary Balfour. “Nowadays people have a personal matchmaker in the same way they would have a personal [...]
[2006-11-01] 3 launches mobile dating service
You're feeling blue. Your girlfriend has just left you and you're desperately trying to get back into the dating game. So, you do what any self respecting gadget geek would do and turn to technology for a quick fix, in this case the new mobile dating service from 3. The service lets you sign up and record a video ad for yourself, as well as view ads from other people. Sort of like a blind date, but without the blind bit. After setting up an account, you can browse other profiles for 25p a min for the first month and 75p thereafter. You could make a bad pun about the terrible pricing of love [...]
[2006-11-01] African online romance scammers
I met an black african male on a dating site, We talked many times, he sent many free email cards, he called, I spent hundreds of dollars calling him. He had told me that he was attending college in Missouri and he was back in Africa because his father died. Several weeks later he was saying that he did not want to come back to the states until he had handled his fathers business because his mother didnt know how to handle it and that he needed 600 dollars for the lawyer so that he could take care of business and come on back to school. He went on later after I was the fool to send the money k [...]
[2006-11-01] Disillusioned online daters turn to matchmakers
Online daters, disappointed by potential partners lying about their age, weight or marital status, are turning to professional matchmakers to find love. Rather than risk taking pot luck online, chief executives, entertainers and politicians are among those paying thousands of dollars to matchmakers to discreetly "headhunt" and vet the perfect partner. "In the old days you had your extended family, or in some societies an actual matchmaker, trying to find someone for you," said dating expert Mary Balfour. "Nowadays people have a personal matchmaker in the same way they would have a personal [...]
[2006-11-01] Moscow mayor bans racist Russian march as Nazi show
Moscow's powerful Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said on Tuesday he had banned a march in the Russian capital planned by far-right groups on November 4 to prevent another show by neo-Nazi groups and racists. National Unity Day, which last year officially replaced the traditional November 7 anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, marks the 1612 defeat of invading Polish troops by poorly clad and barely armed Russian irregulars. But the holiday, meant to demonstrate the unity of Russia's multiethnic nation, last year degenerated into a show of ultra-nationalist groups who marched through Moscow and [...]
[2006-11-01] Online dating leads to brutal slaying of Calif. man in Brazil
The lonely, divorced carpenter thought he was going to Brazil to make wedding plans. Instead, he was drugged and held captive for six days at his fiancée's home while she and another man emptied his bank accounts, according to Brazilian authorities. Then they drove Raymond Merrill, 56, to a vacant lot, where they strangled him with copper wire, doused his body with fuel and set it on fire, investigators say. The woman he believed was his betrothed is under arrest, along with a man suspected of helping to kill him. "He would talk to me about ideal relationships and pure love," said [...]
[2006-11-01] Mother is the bride in scam. Need for speed sees immigrants marrying relatives to get them into Canada
Some immigrants are marrying their sister -- or even their mother -- to get them into Canada, Sun Media has learned. Awatif Lakhdar, a Montreal lawyer specializing in immigration, says he is aware of two cases in which bogus couples managed to thwart the law before appearing in his office. "The first had married his sister, the second, his mother. They had managed to slip through the cracks in the system, but eventually they found themselves before the courts," he said. It is much quicker to get a spouse into Canada than a sibling or parent. In addition to presenting forged documents to [...]
[2006-11-01] 'Falling in love' may be more realistic than most people think
You feel eight inches taller, five years younger and 80 college credit hours dumber, but you don't care. You couldn't care if you tried. Despite the bitter protests to eliminate Valentine's Day, the desperate attempts to justify eating ice cream out of the carton and the numerous cooties shoots you received as a child, you are currently mesmerized. It can't be love. No way. You are too young. It is too fast. Where are the shooting stars and the chirping birds and the prancing ponies? All I see is an overflowing trash can, a spilled beverage and a winding line for the bathroom. Ew, is that [...]
[2006-11-01] 61% of Singles Would Not Go On a First Date With Someone They Knew Smoked
According to a survey of 2,923 singles, 61% said they would not go on a first date with someone they knew smoked.When asked if it bothers them to date a smoker, 65% of singles said that it did because it's an unattractive habit and really unhealthy. 13% said they have given a significant other the ultimatum that they had to either quit smoking or stop dating them. Only 10% of singles have hid the fact that they smoked from their significant other."In this day and age people are very aware of how unhealthy smoking is and they are just not willing to put themselves in risk of danger by dating so [...]
[2006-11-01] Children of ChanceForLove | New Success story
Children of ChanceForLove Lately all we do is to compose congratulations for our couples. The occasions were really happy. Great Britain have one more citizen and USA – two more now! One of happy mothers is our former manager! We would like to congratulate all of them! To use the computer games terminology I can say all these families went on to the next stage :-) New Success story Please let me introduce those who are on the first stage yet. Kevin Hopkins reunited with his wife Julia at last! William Anderson reunited with his still fiancée Natalia. Both couples are in USA already. [...]
[2006-11-01] Answering your letters: what would be the best currency to bring to Russia: pounds, dollars or euro?
Dear CFL, I have arranged a trip to you city at the end of October and I wonder what would be the best currency to bring with me. Would Euro's or American Dollars be the best? I know that there is a problem with the British pound, as it is too strong for a good exchange rate. As the Euro and the Dollar are on a par at the moment, the only think that would make any difference is that I get a better exchange rate on the Euro than the Dollar. Do's the hotel accept different currencies or will I have to withdraw local currency on the way to the hotel? I look forward to hearing from you [...]
[2006-11-01] Trust in the Internet is the most important!
Be careful! More than on hundred Internet scammers had been arrested on September 13, 2006 in Yoshkar-Ola (160km form Kazan) They placed adds in Dating sites pretending to be women willing to get married a foreigner. They used the photos of Russian actresses. All of them were students hiding behind the photos. They got about 10-15% of the sum they swindled out from foreign men. They asked money for English classes, driving courses, urgent medical treatment for relatives etc. Police revealed 10 apartments that were used as offices for scammers and withdrawn big sum of money. Proceeding [...]
[2006-11-01] Copenhagen for singles
In 2007, Copenhagen welcomes a new and growing target group, specifically the single tourist. In Europe, more and more people live the single life but they do not go on holiday alone. Many simply stay at home or choose another type of holiday instead of a city break. Now, singles can experience Copenhagen in the company of lone travellers.Table for one? Who wants to dine all alone in a restaurant where everyone else is enjoying the company of family or friends? Travelling alone can sometimes be lonely. The fact is, more and more people are living the single life in Europe. But, when it comes t [...]
[2006-11-01] Alcohol abuse most common killer of working-age Finnish men
Alcohol abuse became the largest single cause of death among Finnish men aged 15 to 64, bypassing coronary heart disease as the main cause of death in the age group. Alcohol-related deaths have risen by nearly one third in recent years. Among women, the figure has doubled within a decade. According to Statistics Finland, about 2,000 Finns died of alcohol-related causes last year - 150 more than in previous years. Half of the group were middle-aged men. In addition, alcohol is often a contributory factor in suicides, and intoxication is involved in nearly one in four deaths caused by accidents [...]
[2006-10-31] PRO-KREMLIN PARTY WINS LAND SLIDE VICTORY IN LOCAL ELECTIONS
United Russia, a Kremlin-backed party, won a convincing victory Sunday in elections to local legislatures in nine regions in what many politicians consider a preparation for next year's parliamentary polls.The elections took place in the Republics of Karelia, Tuva, and Chuvashia, and in the Astrakhan, Novgodorod, Lipetsk and Sverdlovsk Regions, the Jewish Autonomous Area and the Primorye Territory.The ruling United Russia party claimed earlier this year that it would secure more than 45% of the party-list votes in Sunday's regional elections.New election rules, adopted on an initiative by Pres [...]
[2006-10-31] CURRENT RUSSIAN STATISTICS
The overwhelming majority of Russian citizens -- 85% -- prefer to receive information from central television broadcasts. Among frequently used sources of information 40% of those surveyed mention oblast television, 32% regional television, and 31% central newspapers. Regional and oblast newspapers are indicated by 27% and 23% of those surveyed, respectively. Only 13% of Russia's citizens use the Internet, which is comparable to the figures for the popularity of oblast and regional radio (13% and 10%). The largest proportions of people who use the Internet frequently as a source of informati [...]
[2006-10-31] Life is Difficult, but Bearable
The results of a September poll of over 2,000 adults received by Interfax on Tuesday from the Yury Levada center indicate that 76% of Russians agree that "life is difficult but bearable" and that "things are not that bad." However, 19% say they can no longer tolerate their "miserable state." The Levada center says that the number of those satisfied has grown seven percentage points in two years and the number of those disappointed has fallen by five points. As for family living standards 56% say they are average and 9% good or very good and 33% bad compared to 36% two years ago. Asked about th [...]
[2006-10-31] Russians' Perception of Russian Problems
A majority of respondents, 66%, in a survey conducted by VTsIOM have said alcoholism and drug abuse are the most serious problem facing Russia, the opinion research center reported Thursday. Inflation and terrorism were highlighted as Russia's second most serious problem by 56% and 44% of respondents, respectively. About one-third (36%) of respondents were concerned about the crime rate; 34% were worried by the quality and cost of housing and utility services; 33% by low pension rates; 31% by unemployment; and 29% by the acute demographic crisis. The influence exerted on political and econo [...]
[2006-10-31] How to write the perfect lonely heart
With their abbreviated dialect - WLTM, GSOH, SWF - and cliched appeals, personal ads these days can appear anything but personal. But it doesn't have to be that way. It's always fun scanning through lonely hearts sections in newspapers and magazines. Whether we're looking for love, or just a little curious, or idling away the time on a train journey, there's something intriguing about small ads. They are windows into other people's lives and many make for compulsive reading. The first newspaper personal ads started appearing in the 19th Century and many magazines have had thriving columns [...]
[2006-10-31] Police say one suspected rapist lured victims using an Internet dating service
October 30, 2006 - Authorities say this case is a message to women looking for a date on the Internet. Often times you are rolling the dice with danger. And the predator is out there looking to be trusted by someone like you& their next potential victim. Authorities believe 33-year-old Jeffrey Marsalis of Center City may have victimized other women who have not yet come forward. Police say he was playing his victims like a fiddle on the Internet dating service, Match.com. They say he's cunning, telling one victim that he was working with the Feds and the CIA. Told another that he was a do [...]
[2006-10-31] The wittiest lonely hearts ads
Every week, thousands of lonely hearts ads are placed in newspapers and magazines. But perhaps it’s surprising that some of the most witty appear in the pages of the highbrow London Review Of Books. A new book has collected some of the most amusing — and desperate... A collection of witty and eccentric lonely hearts ads from the London Review of Books have been brought together for a new book. David Rose, the review’s advertising director who launched the personal ads in 1998, is behind They Call Me Naughty Lola.It features some of the most brilliant and often absurd ads from what’s been bil [...]
[2006-10-31] Afraid of your date?
Too many teenagers who equate jealousy with love explode in violence. And their victims don't know where to turn. So over the next two weeks, a pair of free programs will be hosted by ImaginOn in an effort to illustrate the difference. On Wednesday, Children's Theatre of Charlotte will present a performance of "Twist & Shout," a play by the Heart-to-Heart Theatre Ensemble that addresses physical, emotional and sexual abuse among teenagers. Then on Nov. 9, author Patrick Jones will discuss "Things Change," a book about first love that turns physically violent. Both events are part of an [...]
[2006-10-31] December in Russian History
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[2006-10-31] January in Russian History
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[2006-10-31] November in Russian History
November 30 1853: During the Crimean War, the Russian fleet destroyed the Turkish fleet and part of the harbor at the battle of Sinope. 1939: Soviet Union invaded Finland with rougly 500,000 troops. This became known as the "Winter War." 1964: Unmanned Soviet spaceship "Zond 2" headed for Mars but lost contact in May 1965. November 29 1939: USSR broke off diplomatic relations with Finland prior to the Soviet attack on the country. 1946: Keldysh Space Bomber authorised November 28 1871: First exhibit of the 'Wanderers' movement (peredvizhniki) opened in St. Petersburg 19 [...]
[2006-10-31] March in Russian History
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