Si, si, pur troppo e vero: nel temerario volo Molti gl’Ícari son, Dedalo un solo Voli per l’aria chi puo volare Scorra veloce la terra, il mare, Parta, ritorni, ne fermi il pie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnFMm1-_9ew

by John Helmer - Friday, March 5th, 2010
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The Koukidis Option On April 27, 1941, Konstantinos Koukidis was the Greek Evzone on flag-guard duty at the Acropolis, when the German invaders arrived. When a German officer ordered Koukidis to surrender, give up the Greek flag, and raise the German flag in its place, Koukidis took the Greek flag down, wrapped it around his […]

by John Helmer - Thursday, March 4th, 2010
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  ЖАЛОБА на постановление об отказе в возбуждении уголовного дела Translation from Russian

by John Helmer - Thursday, March 4th, 2010
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Picture-1 – see how the price of aluminium metal is rising on the US exchanges

by John Helmer - Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow In the junior goldmining business, hope springs eternal. So naturally it did, when GV Gold, the Irkutsk-based junior goldminer controlled by Sergei Dokuchayev, went before a recent Moscow miners’ beauty contest to announce a new share issue bid. Maxim Gorlachev, head of corporate development, told the Adam Smith Institute metals […]

by John Helmer - Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow Negotiations under way between Russian gas exporter Gazprom and Romania may result in a dramatic shift in the routing of the South Stream gas pipeline under the Black Sea, and in current relations between the Russian and Bulgarian governments, Bulgarian officials have told Fairplay.

by John Helmer - Monday, March 1st, 2010
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