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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
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)
Russia's Kemerovo state welcomes quake-affected students from Gansu Jul 19, 2008
NOVOKUZNETSK, Russia, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Kemerovo state held a ceremony on Friday to welcome 93 Chinese students from China's quake-hit Gansu province. The ceremony was held at a children's recreational center in Novokuznetsk city, a large coal-mining city in Western Siberia's Kemerovo state ... Vice Governor of Kemerovo state Sergei Muravyov said the state has arranged colorful programs for the children, including entertainment, sightseeing, coal mine visiting and sports. (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia welcomes Chinese students Jul 19, 2008
NOVOKUZNETSK, Russia, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Kemerovo state held a ceremony on Friday to welcome 93 Chinese students from China's quake-hit Gansu province. The ceremony was held at a children's recreational center in Novokuznetsk city, a large coal-mining city in Western Siberia's Kemerovo state. (Xinhuanet, China)
* World News Quick Take May 31, 2008
Six miners were trapped underground yesterday after a cave-in at their pit in the Siberian region of Kemerovo, Russian news agencies reported. Regional administration officials said that when the incident occurred, 17 people were working underground in the Lenin mine, but 11 of them escaped to safety, the news agencies reported. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mittal mines a Russian mystery Feb 2, 2008
This has mystified Russian steel sources, since Severstal itself was unhappy at the costs of supplying its own northwestern Russian steel mill at Cherepovets, far from the mines it is now selling, while Russian mills much closer to the Kemerovo region, where Mittal is making his purchase, already have the coking coal they require ... The source speculated that the two mines might export to Kazakhstan, "but I think [Mittal's] Kazakhstan enterprise is self-sufficient with coal. I know for sure we... (Asia Times Online)
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)
4 die in helicopter crash in Russia Oct 21, 2007
The MD-600 helicopter crashed near the village of Mundybash in the Kemerovo region in central Siberia, said Oksana Kosheleva, a spokeswoman for the regional branch of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry. The reason for the crash was not immediately clear, she said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
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)
Counterterrorism Rails Aug 15, 2007
On October 20, 2003, a bomb outside the village of Dalako, blew up a Nazran-Moscow train which was carrying an emergency platoon of Kemerovo riot police. Two people were injured. (Kommersant)
Russian biathlon star avoids jail Jul 25, 2007
Alexander Tikhonov was sentenced to three years in jail for trying to poison Aman Tuleyev, governor of Siberia's Kemerovo region ... Tikhonov was arrested in August 2000 on charges of plotting to kill the governor of the mineral-rich Siberian region of Kemerovo ... Mr Tuleyev remains governor of Kemerovo. (BBC News -- Europe)
Temsirolimus, Interferon Alfa, or Both for Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma May 31, 2007
Poland (P.T.); Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY (J.D.); University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (R.F.); McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada (A.K.); Lublin Oncological Center, Lublin, Poland (E.S.); Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (J.S.); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (D.M.); National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary (I.B.); Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia (Z.K.); Regional Clinical Center of Urology and Nephrology,... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Methane blast rocks Russian mine May 29, 2007
The mine is near Novokuznetsk town, in Siberia's Kemerovo region. A methane blast at the nearby Ulyanovskaya mine killed more than 100 workers in March. (Yahoo News -- Russia)
Methane concentration falling in Yubileinaya, miners buried May 28, 2007
KEMEROVO, May 28 (Itar-Tass) -- The methane concentration in the Yubileinaya coalmine has considerably reduced through the intensive ventilation, chief of the Kemerovo regional department of the Federal Atomic, Environmental and Technological Supervisory Service Andrei Malakhov told Itar-Tass on Sunday ... Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleyev has presented profound condolences to families and friends of the victims. (ITAR-TASS)
Death toll reaches 38 in Siberian mine blast May 25, 2007
The explosion occurred about 550 yards underground at the Yubileynaya mine in the Kemerovo region, a bleak region of heavy industry and mines about 1,900 miles east of Moscow ... Kemerovo Gov. Aman Tuleyev declared Saturday a day of mourning in the region ... The Kemerovo region is the hub of Russia's coal-mining industry. (Seattle Times)
Siberia blast kills 28; 11 missing May 24, 2007
A spokeswoman for Russias Emergencies Ministry said three people were still missing at the Yubileynaya pit, in the Kemerovo region of western Siberia, about five hours after a methane blast tore through the mine ... Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyev declared Saturday a day of mourning in the region ... The Kemerovo region is the hub of Russias coal mining industry. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Dozens Killed In Russia Coal Mine Blast May 24, 2007
Two people are still missing at the Yubileynaya pit in the Kemerovo region of western Siberia. Russia's industrial safety watchdog said its inspectors had twice applied to have the Yubileynaya mine closed for safety violations. (Sky News)
CHRONOLOGY-Coal mine disasters in Russia May 24, 2007
April 10, 2004 - A gas explosion at the Taizhina colliery in Siberia's Kemerovo region kills 45 ... Feb. 9, 2005 - An explosion in the Yesaulskaya mine in Kemerovo kills 21 ... Sept. 8, 2005 - A methane blast at Anzhero-Sudzhensk in Kemerovo region kills three. (Reuters AlertNet)
Twenty-eight killed in Siberian mine blast May 24, 2007
The methane gas explosion happened during the morning shift at the Yubileinaya mine near the city of Novokuznetsk in west Siberia's Kemerovo region while 217 miners were below ground, officials said ... The coal industry in Kemerovo, a region in southwest Siberia, has suffered from chronic underfunding since the collapse of the Soviet Union ... Twenty-three miners were killed by a gas explosion in 2005 in Kemerovo region and two separate mine blasts in the area in 2004 killed a total of 60... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Russian Cafe Explosion Kills at Least 10 People; Prosecutors Suspect Arson May 14, 2007
At least 104 people died after a methane explosion ripped through a coal mine in Kemerovo, Siberia, March 19. A further 62 people died when fire destroyed a retirement home on March 20 and seven were killed when a passenger plane crashed in central Russia on March 17. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
'Tampering' in Russia mine blast Apr 18, 2007
The Kemerovo regional governor, Aman Tuleyev, said "the intentional blocking" of the mine safety system was done "consciously in order to increase coal production". The mine is situated in the Kemerovo region. (BBC News -- Europe)
Comstar UTS: Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2006 Apr 17, 2007
Comstar announced on March 21, 2007 that it has been awarded licenses to provide data transmission in the Kemerovo, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Tumen regions, as well as in the Stavropol and Primorsk territories, and in the Republic of Tatarstan. The licenses are valid until February 9, 2012. (BusinessWire)
Russia halts work at 12 mines over safety-Ifax Mar 27, 2007
"As of today work has been stopped at 29 ... coalfaces at 12 mines in the region," Interfax news agency quoted Andrei Malakhov, head of the Rostekhnadzor watchdog in the Kemerovo region, as saying ... Last Monday's explosion at the Ulyanovskaya mine, also in the Kemerovo region, was the deadliest mining accident in Russia since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. (AlertNet)
Russia buries mine blast victims Mar 23, 2007
More than 50 miners were buried in the city of Novokuznetsk and nearby Osinniki in the Kemerovo region. The methane blast at the Ulyanovskaya mine was the worst mining accident in Russia's modern history, officials say. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russia mourns disasters' victims Mar 22, 2007
Some 93 people were rescued from the Ulyanovskaya mine in Siberia's Kemerovo region after the methane explosion on Monday morning. More than 200 people were underground when the blast occurred at a depth of about 270m (885 feet). (BBC News -- Europe)
EU warns of chaos if Kosovo proposal not accepted Mar 22, 2007
A man holds a portrait of mining specialist Vladimir Kiselyov, who died in Monday's mine explosion, as he pays his last respects at Kiselyov's grave in the Siberian town of Novokuznetsk, some 230 km (143 miles) south of the regional centre of Kemerovo, March 21, 2007. Flags flew at half mast across Russia on Wednesday and entertainment programmes were cancelled as the country mourned a trio of disasters which claimed at least 176 lives. (AlertNet)
Toll rises to 63 in Russian elderly's home fire Mar 22, 2007
The search for the last three missing miners is continuing, and 26 bodies of miners have been identified among the 107 who were killed in the methane gas explosion at the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsk, a city in the Siberian region of Kemerovo state, governor Aman Tuleyev said. The governor ruled out human error as a possible cause for the disaster. (Xinhua)
Russian mine blast toll rises to 107 Mar 22, 2007
A view of Ulyanovskaya mine near the town of Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo region, some 3,000 kilometres (1,864 miles) east of Moscow ... The search for the last three missing miners is continuing, and 26 bodies of miners have been identified among the 107 who were killed in the methane gas explosion at the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsk, a city in the Siberian region of Kemerovo state, governor Aman Tuleyev said ... "The main theory is a breach of mining safety," a senior assistant to Kemerovo... (Xinhuanet, China)
Nursing home fire adds to Russia's disaster death toll Mar 21, 2007
The mining accident, in the Siberian region of Kemerovo at the Ulyanovskaya mine 2,000 miles east of Moscow, was the deadliest accident of its kind since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ... "The main theory being considered by the prosecutor's office is violations of mining work rules," the Kemerovo regional prosecutor Alexei Bugayets told the Interfax news agency. (Independent)
Search at stricken Siberian mine Mar 21, 2007
The mine is run by Yuzhkuzbassugol, an affiliate of Russian coal and steel firm Evraz Group SA. It lies in the Kuzbass coal area in Kemerovo region, nearly 3,000km (1,850 miles) east of Moscow ... The governor of Kemerovo province, Aman Tuleyev, said 20 members of the mine's management team were among the dead, including the facility's chief engineer and chief mechanic ... A methane blast at a Kemerovo coal mine killed 21 miners in 2005. (BBC News)
Russia's mine safety woes Mar 21, 2007
Kemerovo region, where Ulyanovskaya is located, was the testing ground for mine privatisation in Russia. Negligent attitude. (BBC News -- Europe)
* Search continues after 97 die in Siberian mine blast Mar 21, 2007
Sergei Cheremnov, a spokesman for the regional government in Kemerovo where the mine is located, said that 97 miners were confirmed dead and that the search was continuing for 13 who remained missing; 93 had been rescued earlier ... Kemerovo Regional Governor Aman Tuleyev was quoted by ITAR-Tass as saying that families of the dead would each receive at least 700,000 rubles (US$25,000) as compensation. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Death toll in W. Siberia mine up to 105 Mar 21, 2007
KEMEROVO, March 20 (RIA Novosti) - According to the latest information, 105 people were killed in a methane explosion that hit a West Siberian coal mine Monday, a local administration official said Tuesday. Only 93 people have been rescued so far of the 203 miners that had been underground at the time of the blast in the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsk, the largest coal producing center in the Kemerovo Region ... "The Federal Service for the Oversight of the Environment, Technology and Nuclear... (Yahoo News -- Russia)
Rescuers seek mine blast survivors Mar 21, 2007
Smoke, pockets of gas and collapsed roofs hampered rescue efforts in the warren of shafts nearly 300 metres underground at the Ulyanovskaya mine in the region of Kemerovo, officials said ... Aman Tuleyev, governor of Kemerovo ... Aman Tuleyev, governor of Kemerovo, said: "Practically the whole of the management of the company died in the accident.". (Aljazeera.Net)
Deadliest Mining Disaster in 60 Years Claims 107 Lives Mar 21, 2007
The disaster unfolded 885 feet underground in the Ulyanovskaya mine in the Kemerovo region of Russia ... On February 9, 2005, an explosion in the Yesaulskaya mine in Kemerovo, the same region in which the recent disaster has taken place, killed 21. (Ocnus.net)
Flooding slows search for Russian miners Mar 21, 2007
Rescuers at the Ulyanovskaya mine in Siberia's Kemerovo region said they had not given up hope of finding the three miners alive but chances were now slim, 48 hours after a massive gas explosion swept through the pit. The only place they could be is near the epicentre of Monday's explosion and those sections of the mine are now so badly flooded that divers were called in to search. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Rescuers struggle on after Russian mine blast toll exceeds 100 Mar 21, 2007
A view of Ulyanovskaya mine near the town of Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo region, some 3,000 kilometres (1,864 miles) east of Moscow ... The Emergency Situations Ministry told the Interfax news agency that 106 people had been found dead after the methane explosion in the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsk, a city in the Siberian region of Kemerovo ... Some 20 top managers of the mine, including the chief engineer and chief mechanic were among those killed, the press service of the Kemerovo regional... (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia Mine Blast Kills 105 Mar 21, 2007
Company officials and safety experts, along with a British citizen and his interpreter, were in the mine examining a British-made hazard monitoring system just before the blast occurred, said Sergei Cheremnov, a spokesman for the regional government in Kemerovo where the mine is located ... Kemerovo Regional Governor Aman Tuleyev was quoted by ITAR-Tass as saying that families of the dead would each receive at least $25,000 as compensation. (CBS News -- World)
Siberia Mine Blast Kills 106; 4 Missing Mar 21, 2007
Company officials and safety experts, along with a British citizen and his interpreter, were in the mine examining a British-made hazard monitoring system just before the blast occurred, said Sergei Cheremnov, a spokesman for the regional government in Kemerovo, where the mine is located ... The families of the dead each will receive at least $25,000 in compensation, Kemerovo Gov. Aman Tuleyev was quoted as saying by the ITAR-Tass news agency. (Time.com)
At least 78 are killed in Russian mine blast Mar 20, 2007
"Seventy-eight people have perished," said a spokesman for the Kemerovo region, the heartland of the coal industry where the pit is located ... A gas explosion at a coal mine in Kemerovo in 2004 killed 45 people. (Boston Globe)
Twin mishaps kill 140 in Russia Mar 20, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Moscow, March 20, 2007. (Hindustan Times, India)
Justice Dept. released 3,000 pages of documents Monday night... MORE... Mar 20, 2007
The accident occurred at the Ulyanovskaya mine in Kemerovo region about 11:16 a.m. Moscow time (4:16 a.m. ET) ... The accident occurred at the Ulyanovskaya mine in Kemerovo region about 11:16 a.m. Moscow time (4:16 a.m. ET). (The Drudge Report)
Rescue Workers Remove 78 bodies from Siberia coal mine Mar 20, 2007
At the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country s emergency situations minister, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in Kemerovo with rescue teams from Moscow around 1500 GMT. ... A part of the mine had also collapsed, further frustrating efforts, Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleyev told Itar-Tass ... Kemerovo region prosecutors opened an investigation into neglect of safety procedures around 1430 GMT.. (E Canada Now)
At least 81 dead in Siberian coal mine blast; more than 30 missing Mar 20, 2007
A part of the mine had also collapsed, further frustrating efforts, Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleyev told the Itar-Tass news agency ... Kemerovo region prosecutors opened an investigation into neglect of safety procedures. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Siberian coal mine blast kills 78 Mar 20, 2007
"The latest figures we have is 78 killed," the Kemerovo regional administration's spokesperson Sergei Cheremnov said as quoted by the Interfax news agency ... "The main goal now is to rescue as many people as possible. The second priority is to make sure a fire does not break out in the mine," Kemerovo Governor Aman Tuleyev was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying ... The blast happened at the Ulyanovskaya mine near the town of Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo region, some three thousand kilometres... (iAfrica.com)
Death toll in West Siberia mine explosion rises to 97 people Mar 20, 2007
KEMEROVO, March 20 (RIA Novosti) - The death toll in a methane explosion at a mine in West Siberia on Monday has risen to 97, the emergencies ministry said Tuesday. According to latest reports, 92 of some 203 miners have been rescued up to now from the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsk, the largest coal producing center in the Kemerovo Region ... Earlier this year, a miner was killed February 25 when a shaft collapsed at a coal mine in the Kemerovo Region and a miner was killed and nine injured... (RIA Novosti)
Hope fading for Russian miners trapped by blast Mar 20, 2007
The governor of Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, said in televised comments yesterday: "Twenty people among the dead were managers of the mine.". Rescue efforts were hampered by smoke, pockets of gas and roof collapses in kilometres of tunnels nearly 300 metres underground. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
U.S. DOCTOR AND DAUGHTER MYSTERIOUSLY POISONED IN RUSSIA... Mar 7, 2007
She was educated in the 1970s in Kemerovo, an industrial and coal-mining region in southern Siberia. She had returned to Russia for a vacation beginning on Feb. 14 and was due back at her office to see patients on Feb. 26, Dr. Arkady Stern, a colleague covering for her at her practice, said by telephone. (The Drudge Report)
Russians shot dead on Thai beach Mar 6, 2007
The tourists from Kemerovo in Siberia were killed early on Saturday ... Both worked for telecoms firms in Kemerovo, Russian media report. (Yahoo News -- Thailand)
