G8 leaders to stay in Strelna Palace during Petersburg summit
Interfax Information Agency - MOSCOW. April 4 (Interfax) - All G8 leaders invited to attend the organization's St. Petersburg summit in July will stay and work at the Palace of Congresses complex in Strelna outside the city, which will help avoid causing inconvenience to ordinary
In search of 3-star lodgings
Charleston Post & Courier - MOSCOW - You'll find few people shedding tears for the destruction of the Hotel Rossiya, a dour, hulking behemoth that glowers at St. Basil's Cathedral and lurks near the Kremlin like a bad Cold War hangover. Ask tour operators, however, and you'll
City by City
Around Rings - 1. Salzburg (80/81) : The bid faces its first public and international relations challenge over the inquiry into banned ski coach Walter Mayer's presence in Italy during the Games. It was such a hot issue for Salzburg that plans were dropped to hold
From chicken to pigs, Belgium's dioxin food pollution scandal grows
Turkish Daily News - World Bank estimates 200 million 'newly poor' Report recommends urgent changes in financial rescue programs to protect people, not just economies Three-year-old girl watches mom's slaying Cockerell, the inventor of the hovercraft, dies Yeltsin signs
The Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe, a Ski-In, Ski-Out Resort and
Market Wire - CHEVY CHASE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/29/2006 -- The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., East West Partners, and Crescent Real Estate Equities have signed a letter of agreement to develop a 173-room, ski-in, ski-out resort and 20,000 square foot spa
Pakistani police hunt man claiming to have killed over 100 boys
Turkish Daily News - Belfast accord rolling with Cabinet open, IRA arms on table After many months when political deadlock threatened to kill the Good Friday peace accord, the landmark 1998 pact is suddenly firing on all pistons HK court backs China's right to review
The New West s servant economy
High County News - SILVERTHORNE, Colo. - Struggling with a language that would not be his first or even his second choice, Dabo Pobot tried to explain how he and other Africans have been imported to serve ski country, USA. If I wrote it the way he said it: Dey sell Ah
Q&A: Tom DeLay Talks with TIME
Time - TIME: There have been a number of stories about the private planes, the fancy restaurants, the $740-a-night hotel rooms, the cigars, the fancy trips. Do those fit with a servant of the people? Do you think that any of that high living was a
New Opportunities in Special Zones
Moscow Times - Zelenograd, located near Moscow, has received special status as a technology research and development zone. A special status has placed the far-flung towns of Yelabuga and Lipetsk on the map, heralding what could be new opportunities for real estate
New testing system improves detection of Down syndrome
Turkish Daily News - Israel: Parts of Wye accord may be implemented early Palestinians have demanded a date for implementation of each of the provisions Tension mounts after Pakistan fires missile near Indian aircraft In Karachi, Pakistan's top civilian and military