U~T San Diego
22 Jan 2013
McCabe, now the executive chef for La Valencia Hotel and recently of Delicias, is kicking off The Sky Room Dinner Series with an earthy mushroom-focused menu--enhanced by proteins like wild Scottish hare ... “There are simple changes for right now,” he said, adding that the Whaling Bar will probably close the first week of February, to allow for the hotel’s expansion of Café La Rue (eta summer) ... Stone IPA)....(size: 2.2Kb)
The Los Angeles Times
22 Jan 2013
The airplanes will fly to neighboring Lebanon on Tuesday and transport more than 100 people back to Russia, a spokeswoman for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry told Russian media ... One Russian observer called the arrival of the two planes a trial balloon for possible large-scale evacuations ... Syria has also been a major client for Russian weapons and military gear, and some Russian defense technicians reportedly remain in Syria....(size: 33.6Kb)
Sacramento Bee
22 Jan 2013
MOSCOW - Russia is sending two planes to take home scores of its citizens from Syria, Moscow said Monday, in the latest signal that the Kremlin may be preparing for the collapse of President Bashar Assad's government. The planes will fly to neighboring Lebanon on Tuesday and transport more than 100 people, mostly women and children, to Russia, a spokeswoman for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry told the Russian media....(size: 2.8Kb)
The Washington Times
22 Jan 2013
Do you think President Obama's second term will be better or worse for the economy than his first? ... law that imposes sanctions against Russians suspected of human rights abuses ... The Magnitsky Act was pushed by members of an anti-Putin protest movement, including former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, who held talks with senior members of Congress last year to argue the case for the ban....(size: 3.7Kb)
The Washington Times
22 Jan 2013
Do you think President Obama's second term will be better or worse for the economy than his first? ... law that imposes sanctions against Russians suspected of human rights abuses ... The Magnitsky Act was pushed by members of an anti-Putin protest movement, including former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, who held talks with senior members of Congress last year to argue the case for the ban....(size: 6.2Kb)
The Washington Post
22 Jan 2013
MOSCOW — Russia is sending two planes to Lebanon on Tuesday to evacuate more than 100 of its citizens from Syria, the Emergencies Ministry said, in the clearest sign yet that Moscow may be preparing for President Bashar al-Assad’s possible defeat ... Ireland's secret for surviving austerity ... “It is planned that more than 100 Russians will leave Syria” on these planes, she told the Interfax news agency....(size: 4.3Kb)
The Times of India
22 Jan 2013
India has decided on its second journey to the moon—Chandrayaan-2—without Russian participation. The tentative date for lift-off is 2015 from the Sriharikota facility ... Murthy said that the replacement of the Russian lander with an indigenous one would call for a change in the mission profile as well....(size: 1.5Kb)
Business Insider
22 Jan 2013
Russian strategy is also explicit that an attack – military or economic — on one member of a Luttwak goofs again, claiming Japan might be game for a Russian ally to take the place of China ... This isn’t to say that Russian strategy is blind to the potential for Chinese threat ... In Luttwak’s scheme of things, the Russians are only waiting for the Japanese to arrive with suitcases of cash....(size: 15.9Kb)
NZ Herald
22 Jan 2013
But if a bill that comes up for a first vote later this month becomes law, such a public kiss could be defined as illegal "homosexual propaganda" and bring a fine of up to $16,000 ... Other laws that the Kremlin says are intended to protect young Russians have been hastily adopted in recent months, including some that allow banning and blocking web content and print publications that are deemed "extremist" or unfit for young audiences....(size: 7.9Kb)
my SA
22 Jan 2013
About a dozen Russian ships are in the Mediterranean off the coast of Syria for naval exercises and could, officials have said, be used to evacuate Russian citizens. Irina Rossius, a spokeswoman for Russia's Emergency Services Ministry, said two airplanes would fly to Beirut today so that all Russians who wish to, can leave Syria,�� Interfax reported. She said more than 100 Russians expected to leave....(size: 2.5Kb)
WorldNetDaily
22 Jan 2013
Last Thursday, WND reported that a worldwide cyberattack was under way that was called “Red October” since it was discovered by the Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab in October 2012. The attack had been under way for at least five years by people who are suspected of being cyber-mercenaries, not attached to any hacktivist group or nation-state ... This time it’s being shut down for good,” Raiu said....(size: 6.9Kb)
Bloomberg
22 Jan 2013
Though most Russians still prefer to buy electronics in stores rather than online, Tynkovan says lessons learned from western Europe indicate he should prepare for more Internet sales ... M.video leads the 1.2 trillion ruble ($39 billion) Russian electronics market with a share of 11.2 percent, versus 8.9 percent for No ... challenge for deliveries....(size: 7.0Kb)
Deutsche Welle
22 Jan 2013
UN leader Ban Ki-moon has condemned "outside powers" for providing arms to government and rebel forces in Syria ... "On orders from the leadership of the Russian Federation, the Emergencies Ministry is sending two airplanes to Beirut so that all Russians who want can leave," Irina Rossious, spokeswoman for the emergency situations ministry told the Interfax news agency....(size: 2.5Kb)
