The Kremlin seems to have a rebellion on its hands – if only from within its own TV network. For the second time in three days, an anchor on RT, the global television network funded by the nation’s government, has harshly criticised Russia’s aggressive response to the crisis in Ukraine
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Avatar ‘so much harder’ than LOTR
Director James Cameron says he had it tough making Avatar compared to Sir Peter Jackson with Lord of the Rings. Cameron, 59, in an interview with Life Goes Strong, talked about his plans for upcoming movie Avatar 2.
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong loved to swim. In his youth, he advocated swimming as a way of strengthening the bodies of Chinese citizens, and one of his earliest poems celebrated the joys of beating a wake through the waves.
Chronic Abdominal Pain and the Radiation Risk of CT Scans
Last week, the Medical Insider column explained why doctors have so much trouble managing patients with abdominal pain in the emergency department . Not least among the challenges: the multiplicity of causes of belly pain, the lack of clarity on which tests and treatments are best for which patients, and high cost
Dried Out
Water, not oil, is the most precious fluid in our lives, the substance from which all life on the earth has sprung and continues to depend. If we run short of oil and other fossil fuels, we can use alternative energy sources
A Summit on Obesity
For years now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported nothing but bad news about our expanding waistlines.
Todt succeeds Mosley as FIA president
Jean Todt has succeeded Max Mosley as president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) after he was elected to the most powerful position in motorsport on Friday.
Katherine Jackson replaces lawyers in estate battle
Michael Jackson’s mother fired the lawyers helping her fight for control of her son’s estate, but her new lawyer missed a key hearing where the judge gave more power to the men she is opposing. Katherine Jackson replaced lawyers Burt Levitch and Londell McMillan with Adam Streisand, a lawyer known for his expertise in Los Angeles probate cases.
Greeks head to polls for early elections
Greek voters head to the polls Sunday to elect a new government, two years before the elections were originally scheduled. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis called the early elections in response to pressure from the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Michelle Obama steals the show in Copenhagen
After flying through the night for seven hours aboard Air Force One, nobody would blame President Obama for being at least slightly groggy when he arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a quick four hours to make the final pitch for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics.