Patriach Alexius II died at age 79.

(details on google news)

latest news:

— Quarantine was declared in Stavropol region after locating of the spot of African plague infection

— US presidential candidate  Barak Obama's beloved auntie reside in US illegally.

Precious, precious day.

(Echo of Moscow)

Iceland asked Russia for a loan of 4 thousand millions euros.

(Echo of Moscow, The New York Times)

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/worldbusiness/08icebank.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

New York Times: Somali Pirates Tell All - They’re in It for the Money

“We just saw a big ship,” the pirates’ spokesman, Sugule Ali, told The New York Times. “So we stopped it.” He said that so far, in the eyes of the world, the pirates had been misunderstood.

(The New York Times)

27 sep 2008 Paul Newman died at age 83.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092701222.html?hpid=topnews

Anthony Brenton, the British Ambassador in Moscow, whos work in Russia almost finished, will write a book about Alexander Menshikov, russian statesman from epoch of Peter the Great. It will be the first Menshikov's biography in English.

(Echo of Moscow)