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Satellite project to predict earthquakes will 'help save lives'

Ex Soviet drinkers just can't say 'nyet'

Good Taste: Love story through the grapevine

It's that time of year again when we're compelled to buy a sentimental card for our loved ones and go out for a set-menu meal - or wallow in our singledom.

Ageing population worry for Russia

Let there be (more) light, says Medvedev

There's not much the Kremlin can do to get rid of the long and difficult Russian winter.

Naomi Campbell talks fights and fitness with Russian PM

They have both posed topless for the cameras, both enjoy the limelight, and are both seen as sex symbols.

Success: Boardmaker catches growth wave

Technical advances help windsurfing company chase overseas sales.

Heather Mills injured in skiing accident

The charity campaigner - who was accepted on to the British Disabled Ski Team last month - sustained an injury to her leg when skiing at 100 kilometres per hour during a 24-hour race.

Tennis: Sharapova holds court

Thousands stranded in Moscow

The house that oil... almost built

The carbon detectives

Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is challenging enough. But what if we can't even measure the pollution we're trying to reduce?

CNN's Larry King exits after 25 years

Larry King's 25-year reign comes to an end

He is from another era of current affairs television and tonight (Friday afternoon NZ time) that era will end.

Russia: UK ordered us off assassins' trail

Assange offline but still in good spirits

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is said to be in good spirits.