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Volcano, bears lure paddlers abroad  -  16 Nov 2008
The Spokesman Review,..."Kamchatka: A Hiking and Kayaking Journey in Russia's Far East" stems from their 2½-week July guided trip, which involved a helicopter flight to the active

Thirty-eight Smuggled Gyrfalcons Seized and Released Back to Wild ...  -  Nov 14, 2008
MarketWatch..."Annually about 100 Gyrfalcons are illegally transported from the Kamchatka Peninsula. The birds live mainly over the North Polar circle migrating

Captains of two Russian ships sentenced for poaching on Kamchatka  -  Nov 12, 2008
ITAR-TASS,They have also been stripped of the right to occupy the posts of captains for a term of three years, Itar-Tass was told at the Kamchatka territory’s

Police Nab Men With Rare Falcons  -  Nov 11, 2008
The Moscow Times,12 November 2008By Anna Malpas / Staff WriterTwo men were detained in Kamchatka after they were found with 38 rare falcons tied up in a truck in the south

Five-point earthquake occurs off eastern Kamchatka  -  Nov 3, 2008
Kazinform,An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 points on the Richter Scale has occurred in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Ship flying Cambodian flag detained off Kamchatka for poaching  -  Nov 3, 2008
ITAR-TASS,PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, November 3 (Itar-Tass) - A refrigerated cargo ship flying the Cambodian flag was detained in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka

Gazprom and Rosneft bid for west Kamchatka  -  Oct 28, 2008
SteelGuru,The 15488565 acre area in question is located in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula's western coast and is estimated to contain 13.2 billion of

Parliament of Kamchatka Revives Raindeer Farming  -  Oct 22, 2008
ВоÑ?ток Медиа,As Minister of Agriculture and Trade of Kamchatskiy Krai Andrey Sizintsev says Kamchatka will receive 1 500 north raindeers from Chukotka in a month.

Man shoots two women, kills himself in Kamchatka  -  Oct 30, 2008
ITAR-TASS,PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKI, October 31 (Itar-Tass) -- A man opened fire in the realty registration department (Rosregistratsiya) in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski

Young actors reliving the Captain Cook experience  -  Nov 11, 2008
Esk Valley Today,...“Using actors in costume, the presentation recounts some of the experiences on the voyage of the Resolution and Discovery to Kamchatka in 1779,

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sechin to Visit Seoul  -  Oct 29, 2008
조선�보(�문�),Officials added they expect Korea¡¯s 40 percent stake in the West Kamchatka oil field to be finalized during his visit. West Kamchatka oil field is believed

Gyrfalcon haul discovered  -  Nov 12, 2008
International Animal Rescue,The residents of Kamchatka were found with a number of Gyrfalcon, which is officially listed in Russia's Red Book of endangered species and has been deemed

Weather forecast for the Asia-Pacific region  -  Nov 5, 2008
eTaiwan News,...to produce mostly light snow showers across the region throughout the day on Friday, while the Kamchatka Peninsula will see a mix of snow and rain.

Asia-Pacific weather  -  Oct 30, 2008
eTaiwan News,Eastern Russia and the Kamchatka Peninsula can expect scattered snow showers for most of the day. Meanwhile, a persistent trough will produced scattered

3 Dead in Wage-Rage Shooting Spree  -  Oct 31, 2008
The Moscow Times,01 November 2008A yard cleaner shot dead his bosses at a state agency in the far eastern Kamchatka region before killing himself in a salary dispute,

Asia-Pacific weather  -  Oct 29, 2008
eTaiwan News,AP A strong low pressure system Friday will trek across the Kamchatka Peninsula and into eastern Russia, bringing showers throughout the day in the region.

Volcano spews ash 4000 meters in Russia's Far East  -  Nov 6, 2008
RIA Novosti,The 3283-meter (10771-foot) Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula last erupted in December 2006 and has been active ever since with the volcano

3 Men Arrested in Cannibalism Case  -  Oct 27, 2008
The Moscow Times,28 October 2008A homeless man in Kamchatka is suspected of killing a man and recruiting two friends to chop up the body and fry parts of it to eat,

Business travelers are the real travelers? Maybe in Iraq...  -  Nov 7, 2008
Gadling,It helps that Biddlecombe is often doing business in deepest Africa, in a Bedouin village in Saudi Arabia or Yemen, or on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the

He was intoxicated, argumentative and quite hungry, too  -  Nov 5, 2008
Dayton Daily News,When an officer removed a bottle of Kamchatka vodka from the subject's back pocket, he stated, "Yep, that's mine, too!" He then spit out a large wad of

Cleaner kills boss, accountant over low wages in Russia's Far East  -  Oct 31, 2008
RIA Novosti,PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - A 63-year-old cleaner in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Territory killed his boss and an accountant

A Very Cool Year- One Century Ago  -  Oct 21, 2008
Bakersfield Now,As it turned out, a year earlier on March 28, 1907 a huge eruption occurred of the Ksudach volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Siberia.

Europe's Arctic adventure - Soybeans and oil spills  -  Nov 12, 2008
EUobserver.com,..."You know that last week, [Russian President] Medvedev shot up a rocket that landed in Kamchatka?" asks Melanie Duchin, an Alaska-based campaigner with

Starving Russian Homeless Turn to Cannibalism  -  Oct 29, 2008
io9,A homeless man in the Russian region of Kamchatka was just arrested along with two accomplices for killing a man and frying up choice cuts of his body to

Medics examine poisoned submariners, confirm fair condition  -  Nov 9, 2008
ITAR-TASS,An explosion occurred onboard a nuclear-powered submarine in the Kamchatka region on November 14, 2004. One crewmember died. Investigators put the blame on

Weather forecast for the Asia-Pacific region  -  Oct 22, 2008
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Later in the day, some of the moisture from the system will drift over to the Kamchatka Peninsula, bringing a mix of rain and snow to the region.

Russia Launches Intercontinental Missile  -  Oct 22, 2008
Prensa Latina,...ballistic missile Wednesday from the Cosmodrome of Baikonur, (Kazahstan) that impacted in a target located in the polygon of Kura, in Kamchatka.

Cruise West offers early booking promotions on 2009 itineraries  -  Nov 13, 2008
e-Travel Blackboard (press release),Ring of Fire, savings of up to $800 when the 21-day voyage along the Kamchatka coast is booked and paid in full by 12 December 2008. Europe’s Danube River,

UCSC scientist shares secrets about the origins of life  -  Nov 13, 2008
Santa Cruz Sentinel,He will include images from his trip to Kamchatka, a Russian region north of Japan with a big peninsula loaded with volcanoes. "We go there because it's

Russia clears OVL’s Imperial buy  -  Nov 7, 2008
Hindu,Imperial Energy owns a number of licenses in the West Siberian region of Tomsk, the Kamchatka Peninsular in the Far East and in Kastanai in North-Central

News - Wednesday 11/12 - The $200 One Veteran Can't Forget  -  Nov 12, 2008
KUIK,...ships and bombarding Japanese bases on the Kuril Islands, the volcanic archipelago that stretches 700 miles from Japan to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Russia to test fire another Bulava ICBM before yearend - Navy  -  Nov 12, 2008
RIA Novosti,...in northern Russia's White Sea, at a target at the Kura testing grounds on the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 6700 kilometers (4200 miles) east of Moscow.

Humans and animals still fall victims to mysterious killer lakes  -  Nov 12, 2008
Pravda,Another anomalous zone is located in Russia’s Kamchatka, not far from the Geyser Valley. The zone is known as the Death Valley. Remnants of dead animals can

Moscow modernising missiles in response to US plans  -  Oct 22, 2008
The News International,Targets for Russian missile tests are often in the country’s Far East Kamchatka Peninsula. The first RS-18 missile, which Nato calls the SS-19 Stiletto,

Asia-Pacific weather  -  Oct 31, 2008
eTaiwan News,Meanwhile, weak low pressure over eastern Russia will produce scattered light snow showers across the eastern part of the country, as well as the Kamchatka

EXPERT Nose Cap Gets The All Clear  -  Nov 9, 2008
Space Daily,...the Pacific Ocean using a Russian Volna rocket. It will complete a sub-orbital flight before landing on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia 15 minutes later.

Putin likely to clear OVL's Russian-acquisition before Dec  -  Oct 27, 2008
Press Trust of India,Imperial Energy, which operates in Siberia's Tomsk region and far eastern Kamchatka, has no strategic fields and deposits under its control,

Staking a Claim: The Battle for Bristol Bay  -  Nov 4, 2008
Audubon Magazine,...the managing director of the World Wildlife Fund’s Bering Sea and Kamchatka program, which works to study and preserve Arctic land and ocean.

Polar region security issues heat up -- PART II  -  Nov 8, 2008
China Post,Indeed, it was reported in late September that a Northern Fleet submarine had completed a 30-day transit under the Arctic ice, surfacing off the Kamchatka

Africa: Black And Proud  -  Nov 3, 2008
AllAfrica.com,That is why black skin makes excellent biological sense on the equator and white skin makes equally good sense in Lapland and Kamchatka.

Election Day would be better with Whigs and Bull Mooses  -  Nov 4, 2008
Las Vegas Sun,Ave. or eliminate the massive militia some other kid had assembled in Kamchatka with your elbow when nobody was looking to hasten the end of a game.

Rosrybolovstvo Cuts Fishery Quotas  -  Nov 7, 2008
Kommersant,...is the form of work authorized by laws, complained Sergei Krasilnikov, vice president at Kamchatka Region’s Union of Fishery Managers and Entrepreneurs.

Flashpoint: Arctic security heats up  -  Nov 6, 2008
Family Security Matters,Indeed, it was reported in late September that a Northern Fleet submarine had completed a 30-day transit under the Arctic ice, surfacing off the Kamchatka

A tasty lesson in Latin unity  -  Nov 6, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,...geography and history to my younger brothers and their friends, making them memorize esoteric place names like the Kamchatka Peninsula and Machu Picchu.

Means of transport recommended in town  -  Nov 4, 2008
Alibaba News Channel,Russia is crammed with natural resources: the Volga, Caucasus and the Urals, the forests of Carelia and Siberia, lake Baïkal, the Kamchatka peninsula.

Japan, Russia to discuss WWII dispute  -  Nov 3, 2008
PRESS TV,The four southernmost islands of the Kuril chain, which stretch from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to the northeast coast of Japan's Hokkaido Island,

WWF targets salmon poaching off Russia  -  Nov 3, 2008
The Japan Times,The total red salmon catch from the Bering Sea and off the Kamchatka Peninsula supplied to markets in Japan and South Korea was estimated at up to 1.9 times

CIS and Baltic press on Russia  -  Nov 1, 2008
RIA Novosti,Kamchatka may strengthen its links with America and Japan. This example can inspire other regions, and seats of separatism may easily emerge all over the

Russia's Lavrov to visit Japan on November 4-5  -  Nov 1, 2008
RIA Novosti,The four southernmost islands of the Kuril chain, which stretches from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to the north-east coast of Japan's Hokkaido Island,

Lavrov says compromise needed on islands dispute with Japan  -  Nov 1, 2008
RIA Novosti,The four southernmost islands of the Kuril chain, which stretches from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to the north-east coast of Japan's Hokkaido Island,

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