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Results of the Canadian elections News

Results of the Canadian elections

The federal elections held in Canada on May 2, 2011 presented a large number of surprises, becoming in some sense historic. However, the main surprise that many hoped for – the loss of power by the…

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Germany Accused of Intolerance News

Germany Accused of Intolerance

The world's most authoritative international organization has accused Europeans of intolerance towards migrants from other countries. In a report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural…

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Family of Russian Peoples News

Family of Russian Peoples

Statistics knows everything. True, not everything at once. For example, the final results of the Russian population census, which took place in October 2010, will be summarized no earlier than the…

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Mass rental of pleasure boats in Kyiv for the Prom is postponed to May 28 News

Mass rental of pleasure boats in Kyiv for the Prom is postponed to May 28

According to Vitaliy Zhuravsky, deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration, the most important holiday for eleventh-graders in Kyiv, the Prom, has been postponed to May 28. This means it…

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Among earthquake victims in Italy – Ukrainians News

Among earthquake victims in Italy – Ukrainians

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, two citizens of the country died in the earthquake in Italy. The names of the deceased girl and woman are not specified.

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Tourists Have Rated World Cities News

Tourists Have Rated World Cities

Moscow has been recognized as one of the most unfriendly cities in Europe. Such are the results of a survey of 1,500 tourists from around the world conducted by the travel portal TripAdvisor. The…

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China Is Big, It Knows Best News

China Is Big, It Knows Best

Chinese authorities have decided to put an end to speculation about the future of their controversial demographic policy. According to The Daily Telegraph, last week they stated that they do not…

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Epidemics come from where they are least expected News

Epidemics come from where they are least expected

Scientists have identified the location of 'hot spots' where new infections are expected to emerge, and have identified 'our little brothers' that have repeatedly turned out to be traitors over the…

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China - a country of records News

China - a country of records

Who is the richest in the world? Obviously, Bill Gates. And where are the most wealthy people? So far in the USA, however, in recent years China has been increasingly loudly declaring its desire to…

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Germany has the cheapest food products News

Germany has the cheapest food products

Germany ranks first in the eurozone in terms of food affordability. Even imported products in German stores are sometimes cheaper than in the country of production itself.

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Sea pirates attack more often News

Sea pirates attack more often

In 2007, sea pirates committed 10% more attacks than in the previous year, increasing activity off the coasts of Nigeria and Somalia. This was reported by RIA Novosti citing a report from the…

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Ukraine May Join Schengen News

Ukraine May Join Schengen

The Schengen zone, which gained 9 new countries in December, may expand its borders to include Ukraine and Turkey. According to the business newspaper 'Vzglyad', this was stated by the deputy…

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