Vietnam calls for urgent Russian investigation into murder

The investigation into the murder of a Vietnamese student last week in Moscow by Russian agencies should be treated as a matter of urgency, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung said Monday. "We condemn this barbarous act," he said of Tang Quoc Binh's killing on Friday night. Dung called for the Russian government to ensure the security of Vietnamese students and other foreigners living there.The Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow, meanwhile, together with Binh's family and Russian authorities, is preparing for the repatriation of his body, Dung added.Binh, 21, died early Saturday after being stabbed at a Moscow's subway station.Local media reported...

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Missing Russian diver’s body found in Nha Trang

The body of a Russian tourist was found in the central Vietnam province of Khanh Hoa on Saturday morning, five days after he went missing while scuba diving. Twenty-seven-year-old Daniil Repjev’s body was discovered some 800 meters to the southeast of Mun Islet at Nha Trang Bay by fisherman Nguyen Van Sao. On Monday Repjev and ten other tourists took a diving tour around Mun Islet held by the Nha Trang Town-based Rua Lan Dai Duong (Ocean Diving Turtle) Company. However, after the trip finished, the Russian man jumped off the boat of his own will without wearing diving suit and went missing, according to the company. The company said that they...

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Russian beauties charmed by Vietnamese people, food

Three Russian beauties who completed a four-day charity visit to Vietnam on Monday said they were most impressed by the people and the cuisine. Miss Russia 2010 Irina Antonenko was accompanied by Evgenia Eusebia and Tamara Zhukova, who were among the top ten finalists in the Miss Russia pageant this year. During their stay, they participated in several activities including cultural exchange, fashion shoots, cooking shows and charity campaigns. After leaving Vietnam, the Russian beauties will fly to Singapore, the next stop on their Asia charity tour funded by Russian Standard International. After finishing the tour, Antonenko...

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Russian president to visit Vietnam

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make an official trip to Vietnam and attend an ASEAN summit in late October. Vietnam’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Gia Khiem Friday met with Russia’s First Deputy Foreign Minister A.I. Denisov in Hanoi to discuss preparations for the events. Also that day the Russia delegation, led by Denisov, engaged in an annual diplomatic dialogue concerning national defense, and security affair...

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Japan, Russia to build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plants

Vietnam will cooperate with Russia and Japan in establishing the country’s first two nuclear power plants in the central province of Ninh Thuan. Under an agreement signed by the state-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and Russia’s Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation Sunday, the first one will begin operations in 2020. The agreement was witnessed by Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, on a two-day official visit to Vietnam starting Saturday. Also Sunday the two leaders witnessed other agreements in different fields, including cooperation in energy. They...

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Russian culture headed to Vietnam

Russian cultural days will be held in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City from November 14 to 22, 2010 as part of a cooperative, two-year cultural exchange between the two countries. The program will include Russian photo exhibitions which will be displayed at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi starting November 14, 2010. Two Russian films will be screened at the National Cinema Center (Hanoi), HCMC’s Thang Long Cinema and Le Do Cinema in Da Nang. In addition, 75 Russian artists from Berezka (which means “birch tree” in Russian), Youth and Classical Troupe Arts, will meet with local students from National Music Institute and perform together as part...

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Russian investor postpones $200 mln resort project

The central province of Khanh Hoa has approved in principle a proposal by Russian group Mirax that it further delays a US$200-million resort project that was licensed in 2008. Mirax has asked for permission to extend the deadline for its Mirax Cam Ranh Resort project, the Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper reported Wednesday.  The company was given three years to finish its project when it received its investment license in 2008. However, the project was delayed because of the global financial crisis. Construction is now scheduled to start in the first quarter of next year. The project includes a five-star hotel and 100...

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Toyota India unveils the Etios & the Liva

Finally the much awaited Toyota's made for India Sedan ETIOS is launched. Work of 4000 engineers for last 4 years being showcased to the world, for the first time.Mr Yoshinori, Chief Engineer behind ETIOS explained how an extensive market research which lead to the design of the new sedan. The research revealed that India is a very cost conscious but image conscious also. Mileage, Price and Style the 3 important factor for the Indian buyer. Toyota decided to leverage on their strong point of Quality and then attack the cliche of being a premium market product company, that Toyota is associated with.ETIOS stands for Spirit and Principle.All...

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Khushwant Singh launches his book The Sunset Club

The chilly winter Delhi evening was dominated by two unique individuals. And could there have been a greater contrast between these two personalities? He, the 'dirty old man,' touching an unbelievable grand age of 97 ("If I make a century I will be lucky"), in a wheelchair and a black ski hat, his glass of Scotch beside him. She, a sober, dignified lady, elegant in pearls and a beautiful blue silk sari, her manner modest and gracious. Khushwant Singh, writer, and Gursharan Kaur, the prime minister's wife. "She is a crowd-puller! I discovered she could draw as many people as a star from Hollywood," Singh says, explaining...

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Religion / Spirituality : The Difference

Religion is spiritual and spirituality can also be considered religious. One tends to be more personal and private while the other tends to incorporate public rituals and organized doctrines. The lines between one and the other may often not be clear or distinct depending on the interpretation.Religion is an institution established by man for various reasons. Exert control, instill morality, stroke egos, or whatever it does. Organized, structured religions all but remove god from the equation. You confess your sins to a clergy member, go to elaborate churches to worship, told what to pray and when to pray it. All those factors remove you from god. Spirituality is born in a person and develops in the person. It may be kick started by a religion, or it may be kick started...

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EU launches antitrust probe into alleged Google abuses

The European Commission has launched an investigation into Google after other search engines complained that the firm had abused its dominant position.The EC will examine whether the world's largest search engine penalised competing services in its results. The probe follows complaints by firms including price comparison site Foundem and legal search engine ejustice.fr.Google denies the allegations but said it would work with the Commission to "address any concerns".Earlier this year the attorney general of Texas launched a similar investigation following complaints from firms including Foundem. The objections in both cases are from competitors which allege that Google manipulates its search results. "The European Commission has decided to open an antitrust investigation...

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Honda's Hatchback Brio unveiled

Honda BRIO Prototype makes World Premiere at the 27th Thailand International Motor Expo 2010. The new hatchback is developed for Asian markets and scheduled to be introduced in India in 2011.  Honda BRIO further advances Honda’s “man maximum, machine minimum” concept. Being developed as a commuter vehicle which is easy-to-use even in urban areas, the Honda BRIO prototype adopts an easy-to-handle compact body (length 3,610mm x width 1,680mm x height 1,475 mm). Honda will develop unique versions of the mass production model for India and Thailand to reflect different customer needs in those markets. Moreover, with this vehicle, Honda...

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Gay Pride Parade Delhi 2010

Under Delhi's beautiful November afternoon sun, nearly two thousand young men and women marched on Sunday to mark the city's third Queer Pride parade. This year's colourful and celebratory parade starting at the end of Barakhamba Road near Connaught Place and ending next to Jantar Mantar -- was the first march after last year's Delhi high court verdict that struck down the antiquated Article 377 of Indian Penal Code."I am always reminded of my school days in the 1960s," said 57-year-old artist Sunil Gupta as he observed the marchers gather at Barakhamba Road. Gupta has attended all the three Delhi parades. "It seemed it...

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WikiLeaks reveals how US snoops on friends and foes

Nearly 250,000 classified United States documents procured by WikiLeaks give detail about a wide variety of secret diplomatic episodes and incidences of backroom bargaining, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The confidential cache of US cables released to the paper by the whistleblower website was described by the Times as the one that unlocks the secrets of American diplomacy. The newspaper made public the details contained in the documents on Sunday, some time after WikiLeaks said its website was under a cyber attack. "A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past...

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In Haryana, get a bride for Rs 1,000 from Bihar

CHANDIGARH: Haryana, reeling under a skewed sex ratio, is faced with yet another startling fact – an NGO has found that girls are being "bought" and brought to Haryana from 20 states across the country. The state's sex ratio stands at 837 in the 0-6 years age group, its lowest in the last five years and second only to Punjab. In one case, the family of a girl from Bihar was paid just Rs 1,000. In its report released in Pune on Saturday, the NGO, Drishti Stree Adhyayan Prabodhan Kendra, has found that most of the girls were brought from West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Assam. It's findings also indicate that girls were bought within the state too. The NGO surveyed 10,190 households in Haryana and found 318 women who were bought and married off to men in Haryana. The NGO...

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Important Money Management Formulas

Managing money can involve calculations to understand the worth of an investment. To arrive at a result, calculations can be done in a different way or by using a different formula. Even the same formula can be used differently to arrive at a certain result. Here are a few commonly used money management formulas.Compound Interest I want to take a loan of Rs 1 lakh to buy a used car. How much will the car cost me at an annual interest rate of 8 per cent for four years? The compound interest formula can be used here to calculate the final cost, which would include the loan amount and the interest paid. The amount that is actually paid for Rs 1 lakh is Rs 1,36,048.90. The total amount of interest charged for borrowing Rs 1 lakh is Rs 36,048.90. Formula: Future value = P(1...

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Nokia C7 Price in India

Nokia C7 Price in IndiaNokia has released its latest edition of mobile phones  the Nokia  C7 in India. Nokia C7 is available in India at Rs. 16000. Nokia C7 comes with 8 mega pixel camera with zoom function. It is a complete multimedia mobile phone.Features:Beautifully crafted designIntegrated social networksMaps with free GPS navigationPowered by Symbia...

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