14:27
How Gerhard and George Fell Out
Saddam, elections and irresponsible German companies spoiled their friendship
It seems that Germany is in for big problems. As follows from Iraq’s declaration on its weapon programs submitted to the UN 1.5 weeks ago, German companies have been basic commercial partners of Saddam Hussein’s regime since 1975. Due to this cooperation, Baghdad had an opportunity to produce chemical, biological and even probably nuclear weapons More details...

13:00
Who does expose Kasyanov?
Mikhail Kasyanov does not want to be President of Russia
Stable Prime Minister in the “stable” country, political long-liver (Kasyanov occupies this post since 2000), member of the “family” – that are some of definitions belonging to Mikhail Kasyanov. Since he became Prime Minister, political rumour has at least four times reported about his resignation. More details...

12:00
This is our cow and we will milk it!
Do Russian communists not need the Chinese ones?
Russian State Duma has passed an address where it practically proposes to deprive the Chinese oil company CNPC of the right to participate in the auction where 74.95 percent of the Slavneft company state share holding will be exposed for sell. More details...

11:00
Chernobyl Atom Station Dangerous Again?
Chernobyl Atom Station which was closed two years ago still constitutes a serious menace. According to the agency Ukrainskiye Novosti, Chernobyl Atom Power Station could be declared under emergency situation regime. More details...

10:00
Argentina: People's Will, One Year Ago
"Today, we have been reported of some disorders. Nothing serious". Words do not belong to any Argentine politician on 17 December 2001, the day when lootings begun and De la Rua's presidency initiated its final countdown. This is what Sir Georges Buchanan reported to the British Foreign Office from his dispatch in Petrograd by 23 February 1917. Some days later, Romanov's Autocracy fell down in the middle of a popular rebellion and the world changed forever. More details...

23:36
180 dead in Liberia
Tragedy in wooden ferry boat accident
A wooden raft with more than two hundred passengers aboard sank in northern Liberia on Friday. 180 people are feared dead. More details...

23:34
Chavez: Worst is over
After 14 days of general strike, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela states that the country is getting back to normal
The general strike called by the opposition in Venezuela against the democratically elected regime of President Hugo Chavez, encouraged by their foreign backers in the USA, whose oil companies are eyeing the state-owned Venezuelan oil industry amid increasing ownership fantasies, is floundering. More details...

23:32
Iraq: Massive attack against regime to come from Kurds
500 lorry-loads of military hardware pour into northern Iraq from Turkey on US vehicles
The Turkish press confirmed on Monday that at least fifty US lorries were conveying military equipment into northern Iraq, whilst US warplanes bombarded Iraqi anti-aircraft defence positions in the south of the country. More details...

21:40
Today on FunReports.Com
Contest in the City of Bishkek: the Best Brothel, Russian Chimpanzee Learning To Draw. These are the headlines of the funny articles that you can read on PRAVDA.Ru's project today FunReports.Com

21:17
Bush Recognizes Mistake: Kissinger Rejects Chairmanship
The man is still merciless to humanity
Last Friday Henry Kissinger told US President George W. Bush about his resignation from the post of chairman of the commission intended to investigate the September 11 attacks, which became rather unexpected for the US president. George W. Bush has to admit what PRAVDA.Ru recently reported: when he appointed the 79-year-old patriarchy of diplomacy, Nobel Peace Price laureate, but the person with a marred reputation, he committed the same mistake once again More details...

20:17
Editorial Chronicle
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18:43
Smoke Screen of Words
Confusion in LUKOIL: Alekperov not used to be dismissed
The RF Foreign Ministry closed the discussion about the scandal connected with expulsion of the Russian oil company LUKOIL from Iraq. Russia Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov sent a letter to the Iraqi leadership to ask Saddam Hussein to suspend “breaking the contract” with LUKOIL, until reasonable solutions of the problem are found. Igor Ivanov told journalists on Monday that he offered the leadership of the Iraqi republic “to conduct negotiations to find a reasonable solution which wouldn’t infringe upon the interests of the Russian oil companies.” Now, it is Iraq’s turn to give its response More details...

16:43
Who Will Replace Al Gore?
Will anyone from the Democratic Party be strong enough to compete with George W. Bush?
It seems that the Democratic Party feels confused: first, they failed at the presidential elections, then, at the Congress elections. Democrats cannot imagine yet what they can oppose to the pressure of Republicans. However, this doesn’t mean at all that Democrats won’t put forward a candidature who can successfully run for the presidency. There are several experienced politicians in the party who can perfectly suit the role More details...

14:52
Two Years Ago Ukraine Stopped Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
3.2 million people fell victims to the Chernobyl tragedy, 168 thousands of them died
Two years ago Ukraine stopped operation of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. In several seconds, the station reported that reactor of the only operating power generating unit, the third one, was blocked. Direct broadcasting was done from the third generating unit at that moment. It is expected that the power generating unit #3 will be completely laid off in 2008, which means that the same year the nuclear power plant itself will be also closed. All nuclear fuel from the generating unit and its cooling ponds will be reloaded into a deposit. And until this moment, the power generating unit will be considered a dangerous nuclear object More details...

13:59
When will Arctic Become Navigable?
Scientists expect this will happen already by the end of this century
NASA researchers conclude the eternal sea ice in Arctic Zone is thawing faster than it was supposed before – approximately by 9 percent every 10 years. If the parameters remain the same within several more dozens of years, the eternal sea ice in Arctic will probably fully disappear within this century because of temperature rise and interaction between ice, ocean, and atmosphere, which accelerate the process of thaw. More details...

13:00
Iraq Asks UN to Stop Air Attacks
Iraq urged the United Nations to stop an “undeclared war” waged by US and British warplanes as Iraqi air defense facilities were bombed for the second straight day yesterday. More details...

12:30
Who was tried: Budanov or Russian Army?
To condemn Budanov means to spit into the face of Russian Army, while to justify him means to offend Chechens.
Russian Army colonel Yury Budanov accused of murdering Chechen girl Elza Kungaeva has been acknowledged irresponsible and will be sent to compulsory medical treatment. Medical experts concluded colonel Budanov only partly realized the real danger of what he committed in March 2000. The commander of 160th Tank Regiment suspected the dweller of Tangi-Chu settlement of participation as a sniper in battle activities against Russian forces. More details...

12:00
Living together is easier
The USSR to be revived?
For already two years, there is a public union in Bishkek, called For Kirghiz Union with Russia and Byelorussia. It was created in 2000 by some deputies, scientists, and activists of non-governmental organiziations. Initially, that were mainly left-wing politicians who could not resign themselves with the USSR collapse. Though, gradually, the idea of integration renewal, at least for some former USSR republics, started to attract other Kirghiz people, too, who earlier were not noticed in sympathies with communists. More details...

11:00
The Chavez Dilemma: to Stay or to Go?
The things of the Venezuela President, Hugo Chavez are going badly. For already two weeks, a general strike is developing in the country, the most enduring one within the whole time of Chavez being at power. It is hard to say how it ends: the President declared many times he would not go on his own free will. More details...

10:00
Gays of Buenos Aires, Unite!
The City of Buenos Aires became this week the first one in Latin America in passing a law authorising the civil union of homosexual couples. City congress approved the new legislation after five hours of fierce discussions in the last session of the year. Opposition tried to delay the approval as a strategy to postpone the debate until next year. More details...

17:37
Artist Makes Collection of Strange Sculptures of Russian Politicians
Russian President Vladimir Putin wears the tunic of a Roman commander
Alexander Rozhnikov, a sculptor from the town of Lyubertsy, the Moscow region, created a series of sculptures of Russia’s famous politicians. His sculptures are not exact copies of the originals. The artist decided to portray several famous people of Russia in unusual images More details...

16:20
New Smallpox Vaccine To Be Used in America
All American military men will have to take the vaccine soon
The US government announced on the new large scale program to protect American citizens from a possible attack on the part of Iraq. American special services received a piece of information, in which it was said that Saddam Hussein’s army possessed the biological weapon that was made on the base on the smallpox virus More details...

15:14
Welcome to Down Under!
Our reader sent us a very interesting email with his overview of emigration to this continent
The efficiency of the Australian ideology can be seen from the following fact. Australia’s foreign debt is more than Russia’s. Australian statistic reports do not mention the information about the number of Australian people, who live below the poverty line. Probably, this is a state secret. So, before leaving for Australia, please think, if you are ready to accept this ideology More details...

22:19
US President Implicated in Sex Scandal?
American woman filed a sex crime lawsuit against George W. Bush
A lot of women liked previous President of the United States Bill Clinton. Women thought that he was a very charming and attractive man. However, the situation with incumbent President George Bush is totally different. Mr. Bush is definitely a representative of another psychological type of human being. It is evident that he is often drawn to solve all problems with the help of the military force More details...

21:03
Soviet Union Prisoner Number One: German Pilot Nicknamed Devil
The stronger the enemy, the more valuable the prisoner
Erich Hartmann wrote: “The camp was controlled by the Russian secret police, which uses the assistance of German betrayers. One of them was a German military judge, who was afraid of Russians as hell. Yet, he did his portion in a reasonable way. All other Germans were basically political pigs and betrayers" More details...

18:16
Two Visions of Attack on Iraq
Will a US attack on Iraq cause a wave of fundamentalist terrorism or will it hail the beginning of a new era in the Middle East?
As the United States of America calls up more and more reservists, sends more and more troops to the Gulf and spends more and more money on training exercises and while the White House continues to claim that Iraq has made substantial omissions in its report on arms programmes, the ground is prepared for a war. What would the consequences be? More details...

16:56
Expulsion From Kurna
LUKOIL never quits anything for no particular reason
It is an open secret that Iraqi authorities and Russia’s oil company LUKOIL argued about a part of the Western Kurna oil field for a long period. Moreover, LUKOIL Vice-president Leonid Fedun mentioned several times already that Russian oilmen would soon leave Iraq. First of all, they are leaving because of a highly probable war; and second, Russian oilmen are indignant at the attitude of the Iraqi bureaucracy More details...

15:10
How Russian Gold Reserve Was Plundered
Sergey Shashurin, member of the Duma commission for struggle against corruption:
Proceedings were instituted in connection with the gold withdrawing from the country; the investigation identified names of the pilots who removed the gold and the company involved into the operation. Two Il-76 planes removed gold to Latin America, Australia, Romania, England, Germany in batches of 40 or 15 tons within three years. The investigation already knows the banks and the countries where the gold is More details...

12:21
Kissinger’s Appointment Is Just Another Mistake
It seems that appointment of Henry Kissinger is just another failure of President Bush, something like his slip of the tongue when he confused inflation and deflation, or when he choked with a cracker. Hardly had the community got used to Kissinger’s return to the “large-scale politics”, to the post of chairman of the commission investigating US intelligence failures before September 11, as a film “The Trials of Henry Kissinger” inspired by the book “The Trial of Henry Kissinger” by Christopher Hitchens was demonstrated all over America More details...

12:00
Five US troopers die in Honduras
An American Black Hawk helicopter crashed in central Honduras during a night training exercise, killing five U.S. soldiers. The helicopter, from Soto Cano Air Force Base in Palmerola, Honduras, went down at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday while on routine training, said Lt. Col. Bill Costello, a spokesman for the U.S. Southern Command in Florida. More details...