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09.09.2009, 17:50
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9/11 was the day steel-framed buildings fell like sandcastles, the law of physics worked in reverse and the United States Air Force went missing in action. So what is the real story?
24.03.2009, 13:27
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It's been ten years since NATO began bombing the former Yugoslavia. New York Resident Lori Harfenist tries to find where public opinion stands on the streets of the city.
10.05.2010, 01:23
Dimitri Tiomkin is a name not so well known as, for example, Enio Morricone, but he also managed to make a very significant career as a film composer in America’s cradle of filmmaking art – in Hollywood.
15.05.2009, 09:08
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In a remote Russian village listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site, age-old traditions are competing with modern trends.
02.06.2009, 13:34
A Syrian organization has set up a vineyard that not only produces the best red wine in the region but helps mentally disadvantaged children and employs women who normally do not get economic opportunities.
03.03.2009, 09:52
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It seems some Italians are feeling nostalgic about Benito Mussolini, one of the key figures in the creation of fascism and an ally of Nazi Germany.
04.03.2009, 12:56
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While the typically Russian strong and all-powerful “macho” man may seem to be destined for extinction, a new strong type is taking over the Russian entrepreneurship scene – the Russian businesswoman.
27.04.2009, 12:04
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Hardly anyone is willing to help Indian child beggars, or wants to touch them, but a group of volunteers goes into the streets of Delhi to make these children feel wanted.
01.06.2009, 08:27
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Despite being outlawed, honor killings are widespread in Turkey. Hundreds of women are killed each year for forming relationships, seeking divorce, or even because they're victims of sexual assaults and rapes.
01.06.2009, 09:06
Physicist Zhores Alferov spent almost 60 years of his life working on semiconductors – which won him the Nobel Prize in 2000. Today he heads one of the most innovative labs in Russia researching nanotechnologies.
Published: 29 December, 2008, 15:25
With the end of the year just step away, RT’s experts take a look at the outgoing year. What were the main events and trends in 2008 and what can we expect next year?
