Economic Darkness Descends on Putin's Russia Nov 4, 2008
In the Siberian city of Barnaul, pensioners, angry with rapidly declining living standards and rapidly rising bills, last week stormed and occupied the Regional Administration Building, demanding more money. Russian sociologists are expecting a massive wave of similar protests and strikes to roll throughout Russia, not unlike those that shook the country in the 1990s, with angry coal miners blocking railways in Siberia and unpaid workers striking in the cities. (Time.com)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Eclipse revives homemade telescopes Jul 31, 2008
BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - From a garden bursting with roses, violets, burgeoning cabbages and broken furniture in the remote West Siberian town of Barnaul rises a rickety wooden tower capped with an aluminum dome ... U.S. space agency NASA has said the total solar eclipse -- the first in two years -- will pass over Canada, China, Mongolia and Russia -- including Barnaul, where the sun will disappear for 2 minutes 16 seconds ... The people of Barnaul hope the telescope will lure visitors to... (Scientific American)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Russian Space Agency Tracks Space Debris Jul 2, 2008
Barnaul, 26 June: The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) will invest in the construction of the second line of the Altay optical-laser centre which is a branch of the Scientific Research Institute of Precision Instrument-Making in Moscow, Altay Territory deputy governor Boris Larin said on Thursday [26 June] at the Interfax press centre. "It is going to have the largest laser telescope in the Russian Federation. Roskosmos will invest funds not only in the construction of the second line... (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Guus Hiddink ends Dutch dreams Jun 22, 2008
Yazi, Barnaul, Russia ... Yazi, Barnaul, Russia. (Times Online)
Sauna on a roll... Apr 8, 2008
BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - Cannot afford to install a sauna in your home. A Russian inventor might have the answer -- the mobile sauna. (Yahoo News)
Russian farmer sues space agency for falling rocket Mar 28, 2008
BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A shepherd is suing Russia's space agency for compensation after he said a 10-foot-long chunk of metal from a space rocket fell into his yard, just missing his outdoor toilet. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News)
Falling rocket chunk almost hits outdoor toilet Mar 27, 2008
BARNAUL, Russia - A shepherd is suing Russia's space agency for compensation after he said a 10-foot-long chunk of metal from a space rocket fell into his yard, just missing his outdoor toilet. Boris Urmatov, who is asking for 1 million roubles ($42,000) from the Roskosmos agency, lives in a small village that lies underneath the flight path of rockets taking off from the Baikonur launchpad Russia leases in nearby Kazakhstan. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Russia goes to the polls Dec 2, 2007
In Barnaul, in the Altai region of Siberia, the "Polar Bears" winter swimming club took a dip in the icy waters of the local river before going together to vote ... (Reporting by Yuri Maltsev in Vladivostok, Natalya Sokhareva in Barnaul and Conor Sweeney in Moscow). (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Rescued From Smugglers, Rare Russian Birds Freed Nov 14, 2007
The falcons were brought in special crates by air from Moscow, then driven into the forest about 70 km (44 miles) outside the regional capital, Barnaul ... "The return of every bird into the wild is a unique process and for us it is also a great joy," said Viktor Plotnikov, director of the Barnaul falcon sanctuary. (Planet Ark, United States)
17-Pound Baby Born in Russia Oct 1, 2007
She said the baby, Nadezhda, was transferred from the small clinic to a maternity hospital in Barnaul, a larger city ... The girl was feeling well and developing normally, said Irina Kurdeka, a doctor at the Barnaul hospital. (Newsday -- World)
Woman Gives Birth to 17 Pound Baby! Sep 28, 2007
Barnaul, Russia (EVN/C1R) - A Siberian woman gave birth to her 12th child, that was just a bit bigger than her predecessors. Little Nadia weighs in at just over 17 pounds. (WLTX.com)
Mom births her 12th baby 17-pound Nadia Sep 27, 2007
Andrey Kasprishin / ReutersBaby girl Nadia who weighed 17 pounds, 1 ounceafter birth lies in a maternity ward in the Siberian city of Barnaul ... BARNAUL, Russia - A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child doing more than her fair share to stem Russias population decline was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at a massive 17 pounds, 1 ounce. (MSNBC -- Health)
Russian woman's 12th baby weighs in at 7.75 kg Sep 27, 2007
BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child -- doing more than her fair share to stem Russia's population decline -- was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at a massive 7. 75 kg (17. (Yahoo News)
7.75 kg baby born in Russia Sep 27, 2007
1 lbs) after birth, lies in a maternity ward in the Siberian city of Barnaul Sept. 26, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
First-round mock Jun 21, 2007
HT: 6-0; WT: 183; Shot: Left; Born: 1/15/1989 (Barnaul, Russia); Final ranking: 1. 10. (ESPN -- NHL)
Russia's rich the new Slav Rangers Apr 6, 2007
The gala, held at the Dorchester Hotel, attracted Lady Raine Spencer, the stepmother of the late Princess Diana, and Fulham Football Club midfielder Alexei Smertin, a native of Barnaul in Siberia. "Russians are now the biggest single overseas purchaser group in central London," says Liam Bailey, of London real estate agency Knight Frank. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
London Spy Murder Rattles Russian Emigres Flooding Britain With Money Mar 30, 2007
The gala, held at the Dorchester Hotel, attracted Lady Raine Spencer, who is the stepmother of the late Princess Diana, and Fulham Football Club midfielder Alexei Smertin, a native of Barnaul in Siberia. Even English soccer has been turned upside down by the new affluence. (Bloomberg)
The Peculiar Case of Tuva Mar 27, 2007
In most cases he appointed someone from the federal level --an outsider -- as he did in Nizhny Novgorod and Barnaul. In others he appointed someone who had not taken a side in the showdown and could be counted on to follow a line handed down from Moscow. (Ocnus.net)
Daughter 'paid friends to kill mother for ban on boys' Feb 1, 2007
Police in the industrial city of Barnaul said they had opened a criminal investigation after the girl's stepfather discovered his wife dead in their apartment ... Barnaul, and the Altai region in which it sits, are renowned for a high murder, suicide and alcohol-related death rate. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
