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09.01.2009, 15:53

Sarko threatening to steal Czechs’ thunder

The outgoing president of the European Union seems unwilling to relinquish diplomatic power and EU decision-making to the Czech Republic, the new head of the EU’s rotating presidency as of January 1.

Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre, Rome, Italy 20.12.2008, 11:54 1 comment

Minarets mar Italy?

Italy’s Interior Minister Roberto Maroni is calling for a two-year ban on the construction of new mosques in an effort to curb future terrorist attacks.

Feel lucky, punk? 29.11.2008, 20:19

Vigilantes back on the streets of Italy

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23.11.2008, 20:37

The right to eat: Earth faces starvation

More people – less food. This is what the world is heading into: millions are already dying from hunger, and this figure is set to increase tenfold if food and agriculture policies of mankind stay the same.

AFP Photo / Alberto Pizzoli 09.11.2008, 13:46 1 comment

Italian education cuts spark massive protests

Students across Italy have been engaged in a month of ongoing nationwide protests against a series of sweeping budget cuts that threaten to annihilate the public education system. School protests have become contagious, with working class people joining p

29.10.2008, 10:09

Italy wraps up its round up of the Roma

Widespread negative public opinion of Roma gypsies recently prompted Italy’s conservative government to launch a controversial profiling campaign as part of a pledge to crack down on street crime and curb crime levels.

22.05.2009, 15:02 3 comments

Gadgets help Jews observe Sabbath

In a hi-tech world, Orthodox Jews observing the Sabbath face a problem using modern gadgets because they're not allowed to do any work. An Israeli company has recently come up with some ingenious solutions.

Vitaly Ginzburg on October 7, 2003 (AFP Photo / Tatyana Makeyeva) 09.11.2009, 16:05

Russian Nobel-winning physicist dies aged 93

On the evening of November 8, Vitaly Ginzburg, a world-famous Russian physicist and academician died.

02.07.2010, 08:08 6 comments

Mystery code in the solar wind

When astronomers discovered a pulsar for the first time, they thought the regular signal coming from the star was a call from aliens. A similar story happened in Russia, although it is far less-known to the public.

15.10.2010, 15:40 2 comments

World watches Skolkovo

What exactly is the Skolkovo innovation center and why is the world watching it so closely? Anatoly Aleksandrov, one of six co-founders of the center and the rector of Bauman University fills RT in with the details.

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Pope blacks out the media this Lent

Published: 12 March, 2009, 12:58


Are Facebookers as sinful as gluttons? The Catholic Church says they are this Lent, and has urged its flock to abstain from all digital diversions, marking the world’s first ‘low-tech Lent’ – but how realistic is it?

 
1 COMMENT
dboy March 10, 2011, 22:01 quote
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"Hahahahahaaha,"…..he comments from his smartphone..c'mon now. Chocolate, cigars, even sex I understand..but why would you attempt something crazy like that. The world runs on our high-tech gadgets..they are no longer simply a fun convenience.

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