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  • August 2008

    • Kremlin Foe Denied Bid for Parole

      Associated Press  |  Aug 22, 08 10:40 AM CDT

      Kremlin Foe Denied Bid for Parole

      (AP) - A Russian court has rejected Mikhail Khodorkovsky's request for parole on Friday, ordering the jailed oil tycoon to serve out the remainder of his sentence in a ruling his lawyer called politically motivated. Khodorkovsky, the former head of Yukos oil company and once Russia's richest man, was sentenced to 8 years in a Siberian prison in 2005 for tax evasion and fraud in what Kremlin critics slammed as a flawed trial. More »

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      Russia  • prison  • Siberia  • political prisoner  • parole

  • July 2008

    • Eclipse Draws 15K to Siberia

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 31, 08 11:01 PM CDT

      Eclipse Draws 15K to Siberia

      (Newser) - Prospects of rare total solar eclipse have drawn thousands of sky-watchers to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, where the moon’s passage between the earth and sun will create 140 seconds of darkness at 5:45 pm local time today. Hotels in the city—Russia’s third-largest—are fully booked, reports the Guardian. US viewers, meanwhile, won't be able to see a full eclipse, but residents of the Northeast may see a partial one at sunrise today. More »

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      China  • Russia  • Canada  • astronomy  • Siberia  • Mongolia  • solar eclipse

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Scientists ID Catastrophic Climate Change 'Tipping Zones'

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 5, 08 4:34 AM CST

      Scientists ID Catastrophic Climate Change 'Tipping Zones'

      (Newser) - Scientists have identified nine danger zones where global warming could be pushed past the point of no return within years, the Independent reports. The scenarios include the melting of ice in the Arctic and Antarctic, the collapse of the Indian and West African monsoons, and the death of forests in Canada, Siberia and the Amazon. Once climate "tipping points" are reached in any of the zones, the change would likely be irreversible—and could all occur within this century, the experts warned. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Canada  • greenhouse gases  • Amazon.com  • Arctic  • Antarctica  • Siberia  • monsoon  • forests  • global weather

  • December 2007

    • Asteroid On Path to Smash Mars

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 20, 07 8:17 PM CST

      Asteroid On Path to Smash Mars

      (Newser) - A big asteroid has a decent chance of blasting into Mars next month with potentially devastating consequences for the Red Planet, the LA Times reports. Back on earth, meanwhile, astronomers say that being able to watch an asteroid impact for the first time would be a "scientific bonanza." The potential date is Jan. 30. More »

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      Mars  • Siberia  • asteroid

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Russians Flock to New Religions

      Washington Post  |  Jul 17, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      Russians Flock to New Religions

      (Newser) - Is a former traffic cop named Sergei Tropov really the reincarnation of Jesus? Five thousand devoted followers of the Church of the Last Testament believe so, and they've relocated to a remote corner of the Siberian wilderness, where they are constructing a new town founded on the 18-year-old religion. The Washington Post pays a call. More »

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      Russia  • religion  • Soviet Union  • church  • faith  • Siberia  • worshippers

  • May 2007

    • At Least 36 Killed in Siberian Coal Mine Blast

      Reuters  |  May 24, 07 7:46 AM CDT

      (Newser) - A methane explosion in a Siberian coal mine killed at least 36 people today,  just 25 miles from the mine—operated by the same company—where 110 people died from a blast in March. Inspectors had attempted twice to shut down the mine for safety violations, but were rebuffed by local courts. More »

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      Russia  • safety  • mine  • explosion  • Siberia  • coal mining

  • April 2007
  • March 2007

    • Global Warming: Who Wins?

      Atlantic Monthly  |  Mar 21, 07 10:13 AM CDT

      Global Warming: Who Wins?

      (Newser) - Global warming is a looming planetary disaster, but there will be winners along with the losers, writes Brookings Institute Fellow Gregg Easterbrook. While arable regions turn into arid wasteland and coastal communities sink beneath rising oceans, climate change could trigger a real estate and mineral resources boom in balmier Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and newly-thawed Greenland, three times the size of Texas. More »

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      climate change  • environment  • global warming  • energy  • green energy  • drought  • Greenland  • Siberia  • sea level

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