Feature

MOSCOW. ( RIA Novosti political commentator...

the Afghan opium is gaining in strength. Apparently, Russia and Western Europe will have to hope that if opium fields continue to expand by 50% a year, there will be less and less available plough land left. After all, Afghanistan only has some seven million hectares of arable land, 165,000 of which have already been developed.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5]

MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - The European...

MOSCOW, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - The European Constitution does not take into account moral traditions which causes protests against this document, Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia said. "In my opinion, protests against the European Constitution are caused by its failure to meet the interests, moral traditions and history of France and Holland," Alexis II said after the meeting with Speaker of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Pier Ferdinando Casini on Tuesday. "In this case, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church have a common position. We believe that the European Constitution should mention common Christian roots as the basis of European culture," Alexis II said. "Ignoring this means countering the real truth," he added. Casini agreed with the churches" position on this issue. According to the patriarch, striving for bringing Europe back to common Christian roots will promote rapprochement of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. "The return to common Christian roots, the basis of European culture, may promote rapprochement and ecumenical development between European churches," Alexis II said. The Moscow patriarchate said that "ecumenical development" meant "common interests of Christian churches against de-Christianization of Europe and solution of other problems." Alexis II and Casini agreed that the draft constitution "had no soul." The sides also discussed the problems of proselytism and sects, which destroy the Christian culture.

The first circulating beam of protons has...

The first circulating beam of protons has made it halfway through the circular device of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a scientist participating in the experiment said on Friday.

Switzerland "s Simon Ammann has taken his...

Switzerland "s Simon Ammann has taken his second Vancouver gold in the individual Large Hill ski jumping competition on the ninth day of the Games, winning a record fourth individual Olympic title.

Name:
Site address:	http://
Your message:
Enter today\\\\'s date, 2 digits (spam protection):