Siberia

...War. As the Cold War was winding down, the United States dispatched Ramsdell and other spies based at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to Siberia to detain a former Soviet legislator whom the U.S. government wanted for alleged embezzlement, he...

In this article: Moscow, Soviet Union, Baptist, E mail, and Utah State University

Australia's Argyle Diamond Mine is the largest mine in the world and produces diamond commodities used for industrial purposes. Siberia, in Russia, features one of the deepest mines in the world, and India, Canada and Borneo round out the...

In this article: Waste, Carbon, South Africa, Borneo, Australia, Canada, Botswana, Tanzania, and Namibia

...being axed and stabbed to death and then skinned as part of Horse People with Alexandra Tolstoy, which followed horse-dependent traders in Siberia. • Two wildlife photographers waited hours this year to snap the grey phalarope, a rare...

In this article: Red Deer, Chris Packham, Rum, Muntjac, Roe Deer, and Sika Deer

13 See 6. 15 Mel ---, Pop Art painter whose works include Lola Cola and Elephant Seal (5) 16 Town in Germany at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde Rivers (6) 18 River in Siberia that flows from Lake Baikal to the Yenisei River (6)

In this article: Potato, Slaughter of the Innocents, KLM Open, Bolshevik, Martin Chuzzlewit, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Britten, and Elizabeth II

...now that the commodity has slumped. Gazprom has been forced to slash capital expenditure and invite foreign businesses to become partners in Siberia projects after the 60pc plunge in the gas price this year. However, the company's plans...

In this article: Gazprom, Nord Stream, Europe, Recession, Alexander Medvedev, Russia, Capital expenditure, Matthias Warnig, International Energy Agency, and BASF

...deposits in the Ural Mountains are expected to be below 10,000 ounces. Mining of the placer deposit at Inagil, South of Yakutsk in Eastern Siberia, ceased in 2008." Russia is the world's second-largest platinum producer after South...

In this article: Palladium, Platinum, Johnson Matthey, Norilsk, Russia, Viktor Vekselberg, Amur, Rhodium, Norilsk Nickel, and Barrick Gold Corp

...Sarkozy the embarrassment of having to make inconvenient fuel stops. On his way to China in 2007 the President had to make a stopover in Siberia, while journalists on board a larger plane flew direct. The Elysee Palace has insisted that the...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Airbus, Elysee Palace, Socialist Party, Air Caraibes, George Bush, Paris, France, and US

SteelSeries Introduces Affordable Audio Gear This Holiday Season with the New Siberia Headphone and the Economical Pricing of the Siberia v2 Headset CHICAGO - SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories,...

In this article: SteelSeries, IPod, and Chicago

...ascent of a difficult new route in the Himalayas. In other alpine news, Nordic skiing champ Nikolai Anikin died Sunday. A native of Siberia, he earned three Olympic medals at two Winter Games and later spent 27 years as Russia's national...

In this article: Nationalism, San Francisco Chronicle, and Tomaz Humar

...rapidly disappeared across most of the range at the end of the last glacial transition, though giant deer remains have been uncovered in Siberia that date to around 7,000 years before present. "That means that mainland giant deer had some...

In this article: Elk, Ireland, Megaloceros, Climate change, Oxygen, Carbon, Queen's University, Belfast, and University College