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Fahad earns US$ 2000 for being champion in Dubai Chess
DHAKA: Mohammad Fahad Rahman, the chess prodigy Fide Master of Bangladesh, emerged champions in 14th Dubai Juniors Chess tournament on Monday in Dubai Chess and Culture Club, reports BSS. He also became richer with two thousand US dollar as first prize, Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup’ and a gold medal and accumulated 8 points from...
German political analyst says Western forces may be behind orange revolutions and coup attempts in post- Soviet countries
“I do not rule out that Western forces may be behind orange revolutions and coup attempts in the post-Soviet countries, but there are no proofs of that,” Alexander Rahr, a German political analyst told ArmInfo in an online interview organized by the Region Research Center. Many political analysts say experts in Armenia and Russia are...
German political analyst: New gold war emerged, as Russia refused to accept Western model of development
The source of the new cold war between Russia and the West is in Russia’s refusal to accept the Western model of developent, Alexander Rahr, a German political analyst told ArmInfo in an online interview organized by the Region Research Center. “Naturally, this new war is not as horrific as the real cold war. The West is sure that it...
Controversial religious procession barred from entering Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s interior minister has ordered police to bar a major religious procession from entering the capital, Kiev, after police found ammunition planted …read more Source: Taiwan...
Ukraine’s KCBW reportedly delivers 750 wagons to Turkmenistan
…read more Source: AKIpress News Agency
European Commissioner to meet Eastern Partnership ministers
European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Gunther Oettinger intends to hold a meeting at the ministerial level with six Eastern Partnership countries in the beginning of autumn, said the message from the EU Delegation to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The world’s tallest people are from these countries
Dutch men and Latvian women are the planet’s tallest people but Iranian men and South Korean women have grown the fastest in the last century, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. Americans, once among the world’s tallest people, have dropped from having men and women at 3rd and 4th in the global height...
As Ukraine conflict simmers, country becomes a trove for black-market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a cease-fire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. He traveled to a spot on the Russian-Ukrainian border where he retrieved […] The post As Ukraine conflict...
Kazakhstan Offers Affordable High Education Prices, Says Akare Agency
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. The international Akare agency recently announced its survey on higher education. According to the analysed data, Kazakhstan was recognised as a country to offer education opportunities for the most affordable prices. It was stated that one year of studies in a...
100-year global study finds world’s tallest are Dutch, Latvians
A woman walks past a H&M advertisement in Riga September 25, 2013. REUTERS LONDON: Dutch men and Latvian women are the planet’s tallest people but Iranian men and South Korean women have grown the fastest in the last century, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. Americans, once among the world’s tallest...
