<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Russia News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&amp;catid=250</link><description>News Feed for - Russia</description><item><title>Iran launches 'huge' war games amid threats to strike Tel Aviv</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96145735&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:51:00</pubDate><description>Iran began large-scale drills on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities, state TV said, after a senior Iranian cleric warned on Saturday that the Islamic Republic strike Tel Aviv if attacked. "If </description><source>Haaretz</source></item><item><title>Ex-USSR cosmonaut Feoktistov dies</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96231945&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:36:00</pubDate><description>Feoktistov worked on projects including the Mir space station during his career The USSR's first civilian cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov, a crew member of the Voskhod spaceship in 1964, has died in Moscow </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Venezuela to Get 300 Tanks, Armored Vehicles</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96238633&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:57:00</pubDate><description>President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Soviet Union's Non-Communist Astronaut Dies Age 83</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96238664&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:41:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday. Feoktistov, who also designed spaceships and </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Road deaths cost world economy $500bln - Kremlin</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95977035&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T06:29:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called on world powers to battle a rising tide of road accidents which he said killed the equivalent of a major city each year and drained </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Xinhua China News Digest at 16:00 GMT, Nov. 22 - Zibb.com</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96131075&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:43:00</pubDate><description>The following are China news stories moved by Xinhua News Agency as of 16:00 GMT, Nov. 22. TOP STORIES: * Death toll from northeast China colliery explosion rises to 92 HEGANG, Heilongjiang, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) </description><source>Zibb</source></item><item><title>Russian justice in the dock</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96220372&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T10:09:00</pubDate><description>The death of Sergei Magnitsky after a year in prison without trial has raised frightening questions over Russia's justice system - and the wisdom of challenging corruption. Previous of Images Next Friends </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Vladimir Kramnik regains top form</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221926&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:46:00</pubDate><description>Position No. 6082: White to play and win. From the game Yun Fan-Rusudan Goletiani, U.S. Women's Championship, St. Louis 2009. Solution to Position No. 6081: Black wins a piece with 1 . . . d5 2 Ne3 d4 </description><source>Los Angeles Times</source></item><item><title>Hungary zigzags when it comes to Russia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96219977&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:15:00</pubDate><description>Reporting from Budapest, Hungary - There's a museum in Budapest called the House of Terror. It has a metal awning with the word "terror" carved out of it, and when the sun is high, the people below step </description><source>Los Angeles Times</source></item><item><title>The Russian Tea Room caters to new clientele: kids</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96197218&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:51:00</pubDate><description>Reporting from New York - There on the left is the plush booth where Dustin Hoffman's character shocked his -- or would that be her? -- agent into ordering a double shot of vodka in the film "Tootsie." </description><source>Los Angeles Times</source></item><item><title>Photo exhibition held at Confucius Institute in Moscow</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96168390&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T03:25:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A photo exhibition displaying achievements of the People's Republic of China since its founding 60 years ago was held here Saturday. Some 150 pictures from different times </description><source>Xinhua News Agency</source></item><item><title>Spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov dies at 83</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96238182&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:50:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW - Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveller in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83. The Russian Space Agency said in </description><source>CTV.ca</source></item><item><title>One of first Soviet astronauts Feoktistov dies</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96237217&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:34:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW, November 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Konstantin Feoktistov, one of the first Soviet astronauts and Hero of the Soviet Union, died at the age of 82 on Sunday, the Vesti news channel said. He was the first </description><source>Itar Tass</source></item><item><title>Iran begins major air defense drill</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96227506&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:20:00</pubDate><description>defense war games to protect nuclear sites Jerusalem Post 5 Kislev 577, Sunday, November 22, 29 19:14 IST Feeds GuideServices JP AllJobs Youth s Feeds NewsTicker SMS Alerts - - - - - -ALL SERVICES Comments: </description><source>Jerusalem Post</source></item><item><title>As Shuttle Nears Retirement, U.S. Weighs Options For Future Space Exploration</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96238040&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T17:47:00</pubDate><description>''Atlantis'' roars into the sky at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 16. (photo by Nikola Krastev) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- With just five space shuttle flights remaining, the program </description><source>Radio Free Europe</source></item><item><title>Renault mulls offer to run AvtoVAZ, official says</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96152494&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T15:32:00</pubDate><description>Vladimir Putin offered Renault control of AvtoVAZ, Sergei Chemezov, head of Russian Technologies, said. Renault would "think about it," he said, adding "I think (it could happen) around 2013-2014."</description><source>Automotive News</source></item><item><title>Strategy of national security of Russia presented in Moscow for representatives </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96195267&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T14:49:00</pubDate><description>Moscow. November 20. Kazakhstan Today - Presentation of Russia's new security strategy until 2020 took place for the representatives of the CSTO member states today in Moscow, the agency reports citing </description><source>Kazakhstan Today</source></item><item><title>Russia submarine returns to base after engine problem</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96190076&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T11:12:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian submarine broke off a mission in the Black Sea on Saturday and headed back to base, apparently because of engine trouble, the state RIA-Novosti news agency reported. The Alrosa, </description><source>TheStar.com.my</source></item><item><title>Norway's pension fund drops Russian mining group</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96222380&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:51:00</pubDate><description>Norway's Finance Ministry says it has dropped Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel from the country's pension fund because of concerns over pollution that has sickened nearby residents. The ministry said </description><source>China Mining</source></item><item><title>Terrorist killed in Dagestan</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221939&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:47:00</pubDate><description>MAKHACHKALA, November 22 (Itar-Tass) - Law enforcers killed a member of an armed gang, attempting to plant an explosive device on a highway in the Buinaksk district of Dagestan. ?The incident took place </description><source>Itar Tass</source></item><item><title>On Movies: Mortensen breaches postapocalyptic frontier</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96221165&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T08:41:00</pubDate><description>TORONTO - Director David Cronenberg, who cast Viggo Mortensen as a Russian mob lieutenant in Eastern Promises, tells how his star would disappear from the London shoot on weekends, not revealing where </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Russia's Northern Regions on the Edge: Communities, Industries and Populations from </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96217530&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:35:00</pubDate><description>Biological or potency assays are frequently analyzed with the help of the parallel-line or parallel-logistic (4 or 5 parameter fit) methods. These methods have major advantages over traditional single-point </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>Putin calls for modernization of Russian economy at his party's meeting</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96150563&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:39:00</pubDate><description>Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports. Putin's call for developing high-tech industries echoes statements by his successor </description><source>Buenos Aires Herald</source></item><item><title>Turkey scraps tender for nuclear power plant</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96115198&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:16:00</pubDate><description>MENAFN - 22/11/2009 (MENAFN) The Turkish government announced that it has scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant, Reuters reported. In </description><source>MENAFN</source></item><item><title>TeliaSonera and Altimo Combine Ownership Stakes in MegaFon and Turkcell</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96211807&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=250</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T05:38:00</pubDate><description>Altimo Combine Ownership Stakes in MegaFon and Turkcell TMC Launches New Sites :: EXPO Magazine UC Magazine NGN Magazine nology EXPO Show Daily Evolution Conference Summit Evolution Digium World Conference </description><source>TMC Net</source></item></channel></rss>