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Recently the whole planet celebrated World Languages Day. The BBC prepared a brief guide to the most capacious words from around the world for the occasion. They were collected in one book by writer…
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The seven-time Formula 1 world champion, German Michael Schumacher, who is currently actively building his own palace in western Switzerland, has run into trouble with the law.
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The abbot of the world-famous Buddhist Shaolin Monastery intends to take a slice of bread from Hollywood directors and take advantage of the promotion that the products of the American dream factory…
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The modern saying 'He who has stood in traffic jams does not laugh at a moped' is quite applicable to the bicycle as well. On the other hand, it is clear that a bicycle cannot compete with a car in…
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The Latvian Food and Veterinary Service announced that from July 1 of this year, the republic will introduce a ban on the sale of live fish and mollusks in stores.
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Aborigines were suddenly deeply stirred by the memory of their ancestral relics. Representatives of the planet's indigenous peoples—from American Indians and Greenland Eskimos to Northern European…
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A retired computer specialist from France, Jean-Paul Nerriere, calls for forgetting English as a means of international communication and recognizing as such its extremely simplified variety, which…
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American women have had their dream of a beautiful bust restored: after a 13-year ban, the United States has allowed breast augmentation with silicone gel implants. According to Gazeta.Ru, American…
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The workers of all countries just cannot unite even over such a historically significant occasion as the celebration of May 1.
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As Australia discusses the prospect of becoming a republic, it faces its own problems internally. The number of mini-states wishing to declare their independence is growing here. This trend appeared…
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To disrupt George W. Bush's inauguration, Islamic terrorists are ready to switch from airplanes to limousines. That is why, as Gazeta.Ru reports, on the festive day of January 20 a real crackdown on…
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How to escape American justice: first to Hungary, then to the Philippines, then to Japan, then back to the Philippines and again to Japan. Philippines - Japan, Japan - Philippines. Such a chess…