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FACTBOX-Lake Baikal, the world's largest lake - Jul 29, 2008 Reuters India...(Reuters) - Russian explorers plunged to the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake, on Tuesday in a show of Moscow's resurgent ambitions to set ... Action man Vladimir Putin turns submariner at Lake Baikal - Aug 4, 2009 The GuardianVladimir Putin inside Mir mini-submarine during his dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. He has flown a fighter jet, ... Trans-Siberian oil pipeline route along Lake Baikal threat to fresh... - Sep 6, 2005 ForbesMOSCOW (AFX) - Plans to route an oil pipeline from western Siberia to the Pacific and Japan alongside Lake Baikal threatens the world's largest reserve of ... Mining ambitions threaten Lake Baikal - Sep 9, 2008 New York TimesBy Olga Petrova. LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — The stark beauty of this Russian lake, the world's deepest and oldest, is under threat from the race to develop ... Submarine hunts for Tsarist gold 'worth billions' in Lake Baikal - Jun 20, 2009 Times OnlineExplorers have returned to Lake Baikal equipped with two minisubmarines to continue a hunt for a fortune in Tsarist gold that, legend has it, was carried by ... Putin allows Lake Baikal paper mill to reopen - Jan 19, 2010 Reuters IndiaBy Guy Faulconbridge. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has decreed that a paper mill on the shores of Siberia's Lake Baikal can ... Strong earthquake hits Russia's Lake Baikal - reports - Aug 27, 2008 ForbesMOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the southern part of Russia's Lake Baikal on Wednesday, causing brief power and phone ... Environmental group says office raided over Baikal - Jan 29, 2010 msnbc.comLake Baikal, which contains more fresh water than all of America's Great Lakes combined, is home to some 1500 species of plants and animals found nowhere ... Russia: Putin Orders Baikal Pipeline Rerouted - Apr 27, 2006 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyLake Baikal is estimated to hold 20 percent of the world's surface fresh water. Environmentalists and experts have said the lake could be permanently ... Article: A pipeline near Lake Baikal will be reroutedEnvironmentalists... - Apr 27, 2006 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchA pipeline near Lake Baikal will be reroutedEnvironmentalists applaud reversal ... find International Herald Tribune articles. Lake Baikal, Russia: Cruising the crystaline waters of a Siberian... - Jul 10, 2007 New York TimesBy Steven Lee Myers. OLKHON, Russia — The old Soviet ambulance lurched along a dirt road that would have been impassable to most vehicles. ... Lake Baikal, the world's oldest lake, Siberia, Russia | Clear-water... - Oct 10, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldGrass-roots tourism is triumphing over industrial polluters at the world's oldest lake, writes Leisa Tyler. It's known as Russia's natural jewel, ... Article: Russia approves oil pipeline skirting Lake Baikal … - Mar 7, 2006 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchRussia approves oil pipeline skirting Lake Baikal Environmentalists and scientists rebuffed ... find International Herald Tribune articles. Russia orders probe into Basic Element's paper mill and Lake Baikal - Mar 13, 2008 ForbesMOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - The Russian prosecutor's office has launched an inquiry into a paper and pulp mill suspected of polluting Lake Baikal, ... "Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal" - Nov 25, 2007 New York TimesBy Peter Thomson. Russians sing patriotic hymns about Lake Baikal, and with good reason. Their “sacred seaâ€? is the oldest lake on earth (more than 25 ... Lake Baikal | Wired Science | Wired.com - May 26, 2009 Wired NewsBy Betsy Mason. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station noticed two mysterious dark circles in the ice of Russia's Lake Baikal in April. ... Russia Approves Divisive Pipeline Plan; Critics Cite Threat to Lake... - Mar 7, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchArticle: The Battle for Lake Baikal; Ecologists Fight to ... ... A Unique Creation of Nature Lake Baikal is one of the Soviet Union's g ... Devoted to saving Lake Baikal, she won even Putin's ear - Apr 14, 2008 Christian Science MonitorMarina Rikhvanova is one of seven grass-roots environmental activists who will receive the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize in San Francisco Monday. ... Credit Suisse Unit Shuns Rusal IPO Over Lake Baikal Pollution - Jan 22, 2010 BusinessWeekBy Yuriy Humber. Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A unit of Credit Suisse Group AG, co-manager of United Co. Rusal's initial public offering, urged investors to shun ... Cruising the crystalline waters of Lake Baikal | Article from... - Jul 11, 2007 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchCruising the crystalline waters of Lake Baikal ... find International Herald Tribune articles. Steven Lee Myers International Herald Tribune 07-11-2007 The ... Russian approves disputed oil pipeline along Lake Baikal - Mar 7, 2006 ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥Russia's environmental watchdog said on Monday it had approved a controversial pipeline that will take oil to Asian markets, but that green groups say could ... Vladimar Putin | Dives World's Deepest Lake | Lake Baikal | Blue Eye... - Aug 1, 2009 OneindiaIrkutsk, Aug 1: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who prides himself over his 'macho' image, on Saturday, Aug 1 boarded a mini-submarine in southern ... Deripaska mill that polluted Lake Baikal closes - Oct 31, 2008 The GuardianEnvironmentalists allege Baikalsk mill dumped huge amounts of dioxin in Lake Baikal. Photograph: David Turnley/Corbis. After decades of campaigning, ... SIBERIAN SUMMER ; At Russia's Lake Baikal, the water runs deep, as … - Sep 11, 2005 Pay-Per-View - The Sun - ProQuest ArchiverThe Buryats are the largest ethnic minority in Siberia, and they inhabit most of the area surrounding Lake Baikal. They were originally from Mongolia, ... Lake Baikal Still blue - Sep 7, 2006 The Economist - EconomistThe world's biggest lake has seen off one threat. Can it survive its own beauty? LAKE BAIKAL, explains the six-fingered shaman, sitting beneath a statue of ... Climate Change Warms Lake Baikal, World's Largest Lake - May 2, 2008 Environment News ServiceSANTA BARBARA, California, May 2, 2008 (ENS) - The rising temperature of the world's largest lake - Lake Baikal in Siberia - shows that this icy region of ... New Houses Sprouting on Lake Baikal's Shore - Oct 7, 2005 RUB12.00 - Moscow Times - Парк.ruENKHALUK, Buryatia -- This tiny town on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal is a ... UNESCO placed Lake Baikal on the list in March 1996, citing a catalogue of ... Article: Still blue; Lake Baikal.(Siberia's untouched lake) - The... - Sep 9, 2006 Pay-Per-View - The Economist - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Still blue; Lake Baikal.(Siberia's untouched lake) ... find The Economist (US) articles. The world's biggest lake has seen off one threat. Baikal Paper Factory Closes for Good - Mar 13, 2009 ABC NewsNestled in the vast wilderness of the Siberia's southern taiga, Lake Baikal is the world's oldest, deepest and largest freshwater lake by volume, ... 'Pearl of Siberia' draws investors - Sep 7, 2007 BBC NewsRussia's cherished Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia is becoming a magnet for ... From a clifftop overlooking Lake Baikal I can see seven new hotels along the ... Russia tells plant polluting Lake Baikal to clean up - Mar 27, 2008 Reuters UKBy James Kilner. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's government on Thursday warned a giant Soviet-era paper plant in Siberia to stop spewing waste into Lake Baikal, ... Lakeland Audubon Society to hear about Lake Baikal . - Apr 15, 2005 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News ArchiveThe Lakeland Audubon Society's monthly meeting April 26 will be pre ceded by a dinner at Abbey Springs Country Club on Lakeshore Drive in Fontana. ... Russian PM starts deepwater descent on Lake Baikal - Jan 8, 2009 ИТÐ?Ð -ТÐ?СС - ИТÐ?Ð -ТÐ?СС (подпиÑ?ка)IRKUTSK, August 1 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has begun a descent to the depth of 1400 meters in the waters of Lake Baikal. ... Scientists to explore Russia's Lake Baikal - Jul 24, 2008 HinduRussian scientists recently outlined plans for a submarine expedition this month that will for the first time probe the depths of Lake Baikal, ... Scores die as Russian airliner crash-lands in Siberia - Europe - … - Jul 9, 2006 New York TimesThe twin-engine aircraft, an Airbus A310 operated by S7 Airlines, veered off the runway at Irkutsk, a regional capital close to Lake Baikal, said Nataliya ... Russia gives green light to Siberia-Pacific pipeline - Nov 28, 2005 ForbesThe proposed route of the pipeline, which will run along the shores of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake, to an unspoiled bay, has raised fears among ... Siberia's sacred sea - Apr 21, 2007 Canada.comThey planned to cycle around Lake Baikal, a 2500-kilometre trip. ... Lake Baikal is, in fact, a sort of living museum, home to more than 2200 species of ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 14, 2010 Daily TimesLAKE BAIKAL: A Russian mini-submarine on Tuesday reached the bottom of Lake Baikal in ... Lake Baikal was previously believed to be 1637 metres deep and ... Family Science Project Yields Surprising Data About a Siberian Lake - May 6, 2008 New York TimesInstead, the researchers report, surface waters in Lake Baikal are warming quickly, on average by about 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit every decade. ... Russian Oil Pipeline Construction Begins - Apr 28, 2006 Washington PostPresident Vladimir Putin, center, orders a planned Siberian oil pipeline to be moved more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) away from Lake Baikal, ... Putin diverts new oil pipeline from Lake Baikal after protests - Dec 15, 2008 The GuardianVladimir Putin backed down in the face of popular protest yesterday and ordered that an oil pipeline be diverted from Lake Baikal, the world's largest mass ... Final stage of Lake Baikal research with Mir submersibles starts - Apr 8, 2009 ИТÐ?Ð -ТÐ?СС - ИТÐ?Ð -ТÐ?СС (подпиÑ?ка)IRKUTSK, August 4 (Itar-Tass) - The final stage of deepwater research has started on Lake Baikal with the use of the Mir-1 and Mir-2 manned submersibles. ... Monaco prince gets Russian seals - Aug 16, 2007 BBC NewsThe mammals - unique to Lake Baikal - were presented to Prince Albert II by ... There are estimated to be more than 60000 nerpa seals in Lake Baikal, ... Airborne dandruff can turn on rain - Jan 4, 2005 ABC Online - ABC OnlineJaenicke's team took air samples over a period of 15 years from the university campus, Russia's remote Lake Baikal, Amazon ground stations, Antarctica, ... Scientists to explore Russia's Lake Baikal - Jul 20, 2008 Tehran TimesMOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian scientists on Thursday outlined plans for a submarine expedition this month that will for the first time probe the depths of Lake ... Protester killed in 'neo-Nazi' attack - Jul 24, 2007 The HinduThe Angarsk camp, about 4200 km east of Moscow near Lake Baikal, may have been ... Angarsk is located about 100 km from the southern tip of Lake Baikal, ... Thirst for oil threatens a fifth of the world's fresh water - Mar 8, 2006 Times OnlineA PLAN to build an oil pipeline that green activists and many experts say could severely damage Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater lake, ... Mystery of Giant Ice Circles Resolved - Jun 2, 2009 FOXNewsBoth could lead to spring ice disappearing more rapidly from Lake Baikal, which can typically hold onto an ice cover through June. ... China Denies Report of Water Diversion from Lake Baikal - May 25, 2005 CRIChina has denied media reports on a water diversion project from Russia's Lake Baikal to northern China's Inner Mongolia Region. ... Lake Baikal Faces Multiple Threats - May 15, 2008 Moscow NewsEnvironmental monitoring of Lake Baikal in 2007 has revealed the lake is facing a three-pronged assault on its natural territory. ... REGNUM » News » Environmentalists intend to… Environmentalists … - Jan 14, 2010 ИÐ? REGNUMIrkutsk Baikal Movement NGO intends to appeal to the UNESCO asking to enlist Lake Baikal to endangered world heritages. The appeal can be initiated in ... Regulator to sue pulp mill for dumping waste into Lake Baikal - Dec 4, 2007 RIA NovostiMOSCOW, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's environmental regulator will sue a pulp mill for damages of over 475 million rubles ($19 million) for dumping ... Czech Tourist Dies Near Russia's Lake Baikal - Jul 30, 2009 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyBAIKALSK, Russia -- The body of a missing Czech tourist has been found in Russia's Lake Baikal area after his separation from a tourist group on July 23, ... Article: BRIEFLY: ABOARD THE METROPOLIA PLATFORM, Russia - … - Jul 30, 2008 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchRussian explorers plunged Tuesday to the bed of Lake Baikal, the world's ... Lake Baikal is the deepest lake ... reach the bottom of Lake Baikal was to ... AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF DIATOM OOZES IN LAKE BAIKAL - Jul 27, 2005 Ð?аука в СибириThe Upper Pleistocene paleoclimatic records according to data of deep-water drilling in the Black Sea and Lake Baikal have been correlated. ... Work begins on Siberia-Pacific pipeline - Apr 24, 2006 ForbesMOSCOW (AFX) - Preparations have begun west of Lake Baikal on the construction of a pipeline ... The pipeline will pass within 800 metres of Lake Baikal and ... Mill under fire for polluting Lake Baikal - Dec 11, 2007 United Press InternationalMOSCOW, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A watchdog agency Tuesday criticized operators of a paper mill polluting Russia's Lake Baikal for saying 16000 will lose home ... Study warns of risk to Lake Baikal species BRIEFLY: NEW YORK |... - May 2, 2008 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchStudy warns of risk to Lake Baikal species BRIEFLY: NEW YORK ... find International Herald Tribune articles. Reuters International Herald Tribune 05-02-2008 ... DISTRIBUTION OF DIATOMS IN SURFACE SEDIMENTSOF LAKE … - Jul 27, 2005 Ð?аука в СибириContributions of various diatom species to deposition were investigated in surface sediments (0-1 cm) sampled at eighty two geographically dispersed ... Cleaning up Baikal - Mar 8, 2009 Moscow News..."I see the bed of Lake Baikal and it is clean," Putin told reporters through a hydrophone from the submersible, which dived 1400 meters into the lake. ... Mill under fire for polluting Lake Baikal - Dec 12, 2007 earthtimes.orgBy : World News Editor. MOSCOW, Dec. 11 A watchdog agency Tuesday criticized operators of a paper mill polluting Russia's Lake Baikal for saying 16000 will ... Russian ministry: Siberian pipeline route running close to Lake... - Nov 11, 2005 Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com...to the ministry's satisfaction that the technologies it would employ in building the pipeline to the Pacific Coast would not harm Lake Baikal. ... Article: The World - The Washington Post | HighBeam Research - FREE … - Aug 21, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchRussia's Lake Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake, and the biggest by volume, is growing warmer, dirt... Siberian Parliament Leader Speaks Against Baikal Pipeline - Mar 13, 2006 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyITAR-TASS news agency quotes Viktor Kruglov as saying today he is worried that the proposed route passes next to Lake Baikal, through an area of frequent ... Lake Baikal Waters Plunge, Environment Monitors Warn - Feb 28, 2008 Moscow NewsMOSCOW (MN) - Baikal's water reserves have decreased by 38 percent since last year, Russian environmental authorities said, noting that water levels in the ... Russia's banya is a tourist hit - Mar 1, 2009 NEWS.com.auThe ice banya was built at the end of January on frozen Lake Baikal, using 160 tonnes of its ice. Visitors take a traditional steam bath or sauna at ... 2 Russian Subs Reach Bottom Of Lake Baikal . - Jul 28, 2008 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveMOSCOW Two small— manned submarines glided to the bottom of Lake Baikal on Tuesday in an effort to learn more about the fragile ecosystem of the world's old ... Olympics 2008: On track for Beijing - day 5 - Aug 8, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukAdrian Bridge leaves the picturesque Lake Baikal and continues his journey across ... Lake Baikal (the oldest, deepest and one of the largest in the world), ... Buryatia People Want Reservations by Lake Baikal - May 19, 2005 UNPOThe Buryats, one of the ethnic minorities of Russia, have traditionally inhabited the shores of Lake Baikal (southeast Siberia). ... Russia: Lake Baikal: Siberia's vast treasure.(Geographic overview) - Dec 1, 2007 Free with registration - Faces: People, Places, and Cultures - AccessMyLibrary.comThe ice on this lake is so thick during winter that, in its rush to complete a railroad during a 1904 war with Japan, Russia thought it could build the ... Explorer ends Russia eco-mission - Mar 19, 2006 BBC NewsNicolas Vanier's dog-hauled journey from Lake Baikal in Siberia to Moscow ... The expedition started out from the shores of Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia ... Scientists to explore Russia's Lake Baikal - Jul 18, 2008 Canada.comRussian scientists outlined plans yesterday for a submarine expedition this month that will for the first time probe the depths of Lake Baikal, ... Quake strikes Russia's Siberian region - Aug 27, 2008 Jerusalem PostIts epicenter was the southern tip of Lake Baikal, west of the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The Russian television channel NTV reported that the quake caused ... Village Newsflash: Probing the depths of Baikal - Jun 26, 2008 Financial NewsHere are ten facts about Lake Baikal you may never have known....until today. 1) Lake Baikal is just under one mile deep, making it the deepest lake in the ... Sino-Russian team to check Baikal ecology - Jul 18, 2005 ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥Lake Baikal is located in the southern part of eastern Siberia. It is the oldest freshwater lake on earth, as well as the deepest continental body of water, ... Russian ecologist has made an enemy in Putin - Jan 31, 2009 San Francisco ChronicleA woman offers smoked omul at a roadside stand near Lake Baikal. The world's deepest and oldest fresh-water reserve is treasured by evolutionary biologists ... Article: Luxury on the move; Trans-Siberian Railroad offers exotic … - May 11, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - HighBeam ResearchOn the Trans-Siberian Railroad -- Lake Baikal -- beautiful, clear, deep and cold -- filled the windows of the train like... Trans-Siberian Lake Baikal expedition for Conrad and Hilary Dickinson - Feb 21, 2007 responsesource.comA British husband and wife team – Conrad and Hilary Dickinson from Northumberland – are set to be the first British couple to cross the world's largest lake ... Baikal Challanges Global Warming Idea - May 5, 2008 Moscow Times - The Moscow TimesNEW YORK -- Lake Baikal is warming faster than the atmosphere, ... Beginning in the 1940s, data on Lake Baikal was collected by Mikhail Kozhov, ... Two women try to save biggest lake - World environment- msnbc.com - Aug 15, 2008 msnbc.comFor centuries Lake Baikal has inspired wonder and, more recently, impassioned defenders. With more fresh water than the Great Lakes combined, ... Oil pipeline threatening Siberia's lake Baikal sparks protests - Feb 10, 2006 Environmental Data InteractiveThe threat of an oil pipeline scheduled to pass within a kilometre of Siberia's lake Baikal is mounting, following the Russian government's attempts to ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 12, 2010 Daily TimesLake Baikal is tucked away in the remote hills of south-east Siberia, within the republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk province of Russia, where Russia borders ... Breaking the secret safe of Lake Baikal - Jul 29, 2008 RIA NovostiMOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna) - It was a historic event. On July 29, humans reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest and ... Russia concludes research of Lake Baikal with mini-subs in 2009 - Sep 5, 2009 aljazeerah.infoA deep-water scientific expedition to study Siberia's Lake Baikal has been concluded, and two mini-submersibles which were involved in the research are ... OF SEDIMENT SOURCES IN THE NORTH BASIN OF LAKE BAIKAL - Jul 27, 2005 Ð?аука в СибириAnalyses of clay minerals have been performed on recent and ancient (age 900 years) sediments of the west-east trending Zavorotnyi transect in the North ... RUSSIAN REGULATORS BECOMING AWARE OF BAIKAL … - Dec 6, 2007 Jamestown FoundationAlthough Russia adopted a separate law to protect Lake Baikal in 1996, ... Five time zones east of Moscow, Lake Baikal is located in southeastern Siberia, ... Cameroonian joins global quest for clean water - May 15, 2008 Christian Science MonitorExposing participants to the effects of high-level development and resource management at Lake Tahoe, and then studying the Lake Baikal area, ... Russia's Lake Baikal being threatened by zinc mine - Sep 15, 2008 Times of MaltaThe MIR-2 submarine is lowered into the waters of Siberia's Lake Baikal during a test-run of a diving expedition. Green trees sway on the hilly Russian ... Moscow Diary: Hidden depths - Aug 7, 2008 BBC NewsThe wait at the surface was a rare opportunity to appreciate Lake Baikal in all ... We returned from Lake Baikal to Ulan-Ude. The Lake Baikal expedition was ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 8, 2010 Daily TimesLake Baikal is the world's deepest and oldest lake. Home to 20 percent of the world's unfrozen freshwater and some of the rarest species of fish and other ... Greenpeace Protests Russia's Plan for World's Longest Oil Pipeline - Feb 2, 2006 Environment News ServiceLake Baikal, in the Irkutsk region, has been a World Heritage Site since 1996. ... Sunset over Lake Baikal (Photo by V. Potansky courtesy Greenpeace Russia) ... Deripaska, Mitvol Face Off Over Baikal - Apr 30, 2008 Moscow Times - The Moscow Times..."Putin has already acted once to save Lake Baikal, and it would be logical for him to do the same thing again," said Mitvol. "This is the largest reservoir ... Coca-Cola to evaluate Siberian plant conversion - Jan 10, 2008 Reuters UKThe pulp mill has for years been dumping waste into Lake Baikal, the world's largest body of fresh water, triggering protests from ecological groups. ... New Houses Sprouting on Lake Baikal's Shore - Oct 11, 2005 St Petersburg Times, RussiaENKHALUK, Buryatia — This tiny town on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal is a ... UNESCO placed Lake Baikal on the list in March 1996, citing a catalogue of ... Mini-subs end first stage of Lake Baikal research after 26 dives - Aug 18, 2008 RIA NovostiNOVOSIBIRSK, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - Two mini-submarines made 26 dives to the floor of Siberia's Lake Baikal to complete the first stage of a two-year ... The Ewenki ethnic minority - Aug 7, 2009 央视国际In history, the Ewenkis and the Oroqens and Mongolians living in forests to the east of Lake Baikal and the Heilong River Valley in the Yuan Dynasty ... Scientists find oil fissure in Lake Baikal's bedrock - Aug 7, 2008 RIA NovostiNOVOSIBIRSK, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - Scientists have located a crack in the bedrock of Siberia's Lake Baikal from which crude oil seeps into the lake, ... 2 Russian Subs Reach Bottom Of Lake Baikal . - Jul 28, 2008 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveMOSCOW Two small— manned submarines glided to the bottom of Lake Baikal on Tuesday in an effort to learn more about the fragile ecosystem of the world's old ... 2 Russian Subs Reach Bottom Of Lake Baikal . - Jul 28, 2008 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveMOSCOW Two small— manned submarines glided to the bottom of Lake Baikal on Tuesday in an effort to learn more about the fragile ecosystem of the world's old ... Article: Join Baikal Watch and renowned photographer and author Boyd ... - Mar 22, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Earth Island Journal - HighBeam ResearchLake Baikal, the oldest and deepest lake in the world, was recently recognized as a World ... Article: Large-scale climatic controls on Lake Baikal ice ... ... Putin bares torso in Siberian vacation shots - 06 Aug 2009 CNN InternationalFor Putin, who will be 57 in October, the vacation comes just days after he took a diving trip to the bottom of the world's deepest lake, Lake Baikal, Mir mini-subs arrive at new research site in north Baikal - 06 Aug 2009 RIA NovostiMOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) - International researchers using two Russian mini-submarines to explore Lake Baikal arrived at a new base in the north of Russia concerned about plague cases - 06 Aug 2009 United Press InternationalHowever, China Daily quoted a customs service spokesman in the Transbaikal area east of Siberia's Lake Baikal as telling Russia's RIA Novosti news agency Using the Moon to search for neutrinos - 06 Aug 2009 PhysicsToday.orgComments | No TrackBacks New Scientist: Researchers hunting for the elusive neutrino typically trek to Antarctica, the Mediterranean, and Lake Baikal. Vladimir Putin, Bear Grylls Bare All in Man vs. Siberia - 06 Aug 2009 The Spoof (satire)Together, they first ascend from the bottom of the world's deepest lake, Lake Baikal, after being ejected from a Russian military submarine with no scuba Last week 32/09 - 06 Aug 2009 Respekt.czA Czech tourist left his group and disappeared without a trace on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. A lorry accident blocked the Prague-Brno highway by 普京è?¶æ³³èµ¤è†Šé¨Žé¦¬ - 06 Aug 2009 香港新浪網...普京乘å??潛艇潛入全ç?ƒæœ€æ·±æ·¡æ°´æ¹–è²?åŠ çˆ¾æ¹–ï¼ˆLake Baikal）底考察後，周日到圖瓦å°?休，在河畔紮營é?Žå¤œã€‚ä¿„åœ‹å‚³åª’å ±é?“，普京曾乘橡皮艇在水æµ?æ¹?急的河æµ?上漂æµ?。 Russian researchers take mini-subs to Baikal's north - Aug 4, 2009 RIA NovostiMOSCOW/IRKUTSK, August 4 (RIA Novosti) - Scientists using two Russian mini-submarines to explore Siberia's Lake Baikal set off on Tuesday for the north of Czech Tourist Dies Near Russia's Lake Baikal - Jul 30, 2009 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyBAIKALSK, Russia -- The body of a missing Czech tourist has been found in Russia's Lake Baikal area after his separation from a tourist group on July 23, Russian Navy Reveals Its Secret UFO Encounters - Jul 27, 2009 FOXNewsIn perhaps the most compelling account, military divers in Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake, encountered "a group of humanoid creatures Russia PM discusses Baikal ecology problems with writer Rasputin - Aug 2, 2009 ITAR-TASSDuring the conversation they discussed issues of ecology of Lake Baikal that on Saturday were considered at a meeting on the environment protection the Vladimir Putin: marine scientist - Aug 3, 2009 Nature.com (subscription)On Saturday Putin spent four hours in a Mir submarine diving in Lake Baikal. Speaking to journalists from under the lake's surface he expressed surprise at Russian mini-subs discover alternative fuel resources in Baikal - Jul 17, 2009 RIA NovostiMOSCOW, July 17 (RIA Novosti) - Submersibles involved in research in Siberia's Lake Baikal have brought to the surface some 5 kilograms (11 lbs) of gas Russia tightens controls on Chinese border over plague outbreak - Aug 4, 2009 RIA NovostiA spokesperson for the customs service in the Transbaikal area, to the east of Siberia's Lake Baikal, told RIA Novosti that no signs of infection have so A whale of a time - Aug 1, 2009 Hindu...as scientists looked on, he asked: “She won't eat us, will she?â€? Later Mr. Putin boarded a mini-submarine and dived to the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia. Putin unveils his 'vigorous torso' on holiday - Aug 5, 2009 First PostA day later he took a submarine trip in the world's deepest lake, Lake Baikal – and emerged looking a little pale and groggy. Shaun Walker, the Independent: Congo wants Russian mini-subs to help research Lake Tanganyika - Jul 13, 2009 RIA NovostiMOSCOW, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Congo authorities want Russian mini-subs involved in deep-water research into Siberia's Lake Baikal to assist in a study of Travel: The Trans-Siberian railway, via the Golden Eagle - Jul 30, 2009 Liverpool Daily PostWithin minutes of landing, we met our fellow passengers for a four-course lunch featuring Omul, a fish unique to nearby Lake Baikal. One-Factory Towns Hit Hardest by Crisis - Jul 30, 2009 St.Petersburg Times.ruBAIKALSK — The cellulose factory in Baikalsk once employed 2200 people and was the lifeblood for the town on the shore of Russia's Lake Baikal and a symbol On Gitchee Gumee's shining big-sea water - Jul 31, 2009 River Falls JournalLake Baikal in Russia and Lake Tanganyika in east Africa each hold more water, but Lake Superior is the largest in area. The lake is geologically young. History of the Uygurs - Jul 12, 2009 China DailyModern Uygur people can trace their ancestors back to the nomadic tribes who lived in the area of Lake Baikal and the Irtish River further north of today's RUSSIANS SAY OUTER SPACE PEOPLE LOVE OUR OCEANS - Jul 29, 2009 SanFranciscoSentinel.comAnother place where people often report UFO encounters is Russia's Lake Baikal, the deepest fresh water body in the world. Fishermen tell of powerful lights Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with Irkutsk Region ... - Aug 3, 2009 ISRIAWe are planning a joint tourism programme with the Republic of Buryatia which designates two special tourist and recreational zones on Lake Baikal's right Why the restless Chinese are warming to Russia's frozen east - Jul 16, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukYet the vast swath of territory between Lake Baikal and Vladivostok may become a new theatre of confrontation between Russia and China in the decades ahead. Nightlife of Underwater Organisms Observed - Jul 21, 2009 Russia-InfoCenterDuring latest submersion of “Mirâ€? deep diving vehicles, scientists observed migration of plankton and fish of lake Baikal. The submersion was aimed at German Tank Fish Will Feed on Shrimp from Siberia - Jul 31, 2009 RusBusinessNewsFreshwater reservoirs of the West Siberia, as well as Lake Baikal are the main areas where gammarus lives. It is planned to catch 390 tons of these shrimps Russia`s Putin Inspects Crystals In Deepest Lake - Aug 1, 2009 Javno.hrRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plunged into the depths of Lake Baikal aboard a mini-submersible on Saturday in a mission that adds a new dimension to Breaking news: Amazing mass UFO sighting in Russia, photo - Jul 16, 2009 Allnewsweb.comUlan-Ude is the capital of the Buryat republic and is only 100km south-east of Lake Baikal: A famous UFO hot-spot where an underwater UFO base is believed Wawa quarry can proceed. Joe Sniezek says so - Jul 20, 2009 SooToday.comIt also expressed concern about the importance of preserving Lake Superior which - together with Russia's Lake Baikal - is one of the two largest bodies of Putin dives to bottom of world's deepest lake by Stuart Williams - Aug 1, 2009 France24Putin, wearing special thermal blue overalls, was able to examine the unique flora and fauna of Lake Baikal in Siberia during his four-hour journey Russia's Putin says paper mill may reopen - Aug 1, 2009 Kyiv PostLAKE BAIKAL, Russia, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he may reopen a paper mill after inspecting the bed of Lake Baikal and Now, 'macho' Putin dives down world's deepest lake - Aug 1, 2009 DailyIndia.com...southern Siberia in Russia and dived to the bottom of Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. Disease out on a limb - Jul 27, 2009 Irish TimesThe illness was first identified by Russian doctors and medics serving with Cossack troops near Lake Baikal, and has been recorded in Siberia and North Could Use a Witch Doctor Right About Now - Jul 24, 2009 Daily KosNear Lake Baikal, they split; one group eventually crossed the Bering land bridge to the Americas, the other went south to populate Southeast Asia, Train Plows Into Judge's Car, Killing 3 Teens - Jul 13, 2009 The Moscow TimesIn April, Buryatia's transportation and energy minister, Sergei Chernigovsky, died when his jeep slid under the ice of Lake Baikal. Trailing the buddha - Jul 10, 2009 Business StandardBut, he promises, he will find time to also explore Buddhist heritage in Buryatia, on the shore of Lake Baikal, Russia. The art in the monasteries there FROM MONGOLIA TO HUNGARY ON HORSE - Jul 29, 2009 Montsame (subscription)Tim has was also part of a row boat journey along theYenisey river from lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean in 2001. He was the Australian Adventurer of the Russia's chief sanitary inspector wants to ban foreign tourism to ... - Jul 20, 2009 MOSNEWSOniscshenko recommended that Russians should pay more attention to “the beautiful Moscow region, fantastic lake Baikal and legendary Sochi resorts. Action man Putin ties transmitter on whale - Aug 2, 2009 Argentina Star...on the judo mat and also shot a tiger with a tranquilizer dart. later, Putin boarded a mini-submarine and dived to the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia. 普京潜深湖展英姿 - Aug 1, 2009 联合早报...普京星期å…乘å??å°?型潜艇Mir一å?·åˆ°è¥¿ä¼¯åˆ©äºšçš„è´?åŠ å°”æ¹–ï¼ˆLake Baikal），在湖的å?—边，他潜入1400公尺的深度，观èµ?æ¹–ä¸çš„独特æ¤?物和生物，四å°?æ—¶å?Žæ‰?回到湖é?¢ã€‚ 普京潛最深湖泊尋寶 - Aug 1, 2009 香港新浪網...這次他登上一架å°?型潛艇，潛入世界最深的è²?åŠ çˆ¾æ¹–ï¼ˆLake Baikal）湖底，尋找ç??貴的天然氣çµ?晶。 俄羅斯國營電視å?°ç•«é?¢é¡¯ç¤ºï¼Œæ™®äº¬å…¨èº«ç©¿ä¸Šè—?色防è·æœ?，登上「和平1ã€?號 터프가ì?´ 푸틴, 세계서 가장 깊ì?€ ë°”ì?´ì¹¼ 호수 í•´ì € íƒ?사?! - Aug 2, 2009 AFPBB NEWS...러시아ì?˜ ë°”ì?´ì¹¼ 호수(Lake Baikal) í•´ì € íƒ?사ì—? ë‚˜ì„ 1ì?¼, 함께 ìž ìˆ˜í•œ '미르2(Mir-2)ì—?ì„œ ì´¬ì˜?í•œ '미르1(Mir-1)'ì?˜ ìž ìˆ˜í•¨ 안ì—? 있는 러시아ì?˜ 블ë?¼ë””미르 Putin inspeciona cristais em lago mais profundo do mundo - Aug 1, 2009 O GloboLAKE BAIKAL, Rússia (Reuters) - O primeiro-ministro da Rússia, Vladimir Putin, mergulhou neste sábado no lago Baikal a bordo de um minissubmergÃvel. Back of the net - 25 Mar 2009 The SunGREEN groups in the Siberian town of Baikalsk are cheering the slump after a pulp mill blamed for pumping toxic waste into Lake Baikal went bust. Baikal paper factory closes for good - Mar 13, 2009 The Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) — For decades, it spewed chemicals and foul effluent into the pristine waters of Lake Baikal in Siberia. For decades, environmentalists pushed Baikal Pulp Plant Will Likely Be Closed - Mar 15, 2009 The Moscow TimesNestled in the vast wilderness of Siberia's southern taiga, Lake Baikal is the world's oldest, deepest and largest freshwater lake by volume, holding more Recession Ends Pollution of World’s Largest Freshwater Lake - Mar 18, 2009 EcoWorldlyThe global economic downturn has caused a large paper and pulp mill on Lake Baikal in Russia to halt operation. Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill started running The Recession’s Green Lining - Mar 7, 2009 NewsweekFor in addition to the resort, this town on Siberia's Lake Baikal—the oldest, largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world—is home to the Baikal Pulp Only in Russia: Elliot Cave spends year abroad with Rotary ... - Mar 24, 2009 Salisbury PostIt will take me four days by train during which I'll have the chance to read Russian novels in English, study Russian, and see Lake Baikal. Brigitte Bardot praises Putin for hunting ban - Mar 19, 2009 AFPIn 2006 he decided to re-route a controversial oil pipeline around Siberia's Lake Baikal, winning praise from environmental groups, and last October he was A once-in-a-lifetime winter rail experience - Mar 17, 2009 Easier (press release)At Lake Baikal - the largest freshwater lake which freezes over in winter - guests have the option of ice-fishing - and cooking the freshly caught fish in Ancient traditions vs. Hi-Technology - Mar 21, 2009 RTBuryatia lies on the shore of lake Baikal. Its territory is covered with steppes and forests. The Buryats have bred wild horses and sheep on the Siberian China and Japan Race for Russian Crude - Mar 21, 2009 Japan FocusThe line was planned to run from Angarsk near Siberia's Lake Baikal to Nakhodka in a decision that clearly startled Beijing. Things will not run smoothly ExplorersWeb Week in Review - Mar 8, 2009 K2climb.netLake Baikal update: Big, open water Belgium Hogan Beernaert who is attempting a Lake Baikal crossing in Siberia reported weak areas in the ice since the 'Huygens' brengt nieuwe koormuziek over voetlicht - Mar 17, 2009 StentorTijssen schreef zelf het koorwerk 'Lake Baikal', dat is geïnspireerd op teksten van natuurfilmer Jacques Cousteau. Het stuk vormt de epiloog van het Chinese Dust Storms - Mar 9, 2009 CO2 Science Magazine...in the Northern Hemisphere," using data from 258 stations within the region surrounding Lake Baikal (70-130°E, 45-65°N) over the period 1954 to 2007. "Er Toshtuk," A Magical Theatre Piece Based on An Epic Story From ... - Mar 5, 2009 NewsBlazeReviewing "Circle" (2000), a collaboration with theater artists of the Buryat National Theater (near lake Baikal), The Village Voice (Eva Yaa Asantewaa) Whimsical artwork featured in Easton - Mar 5, 2009 Bethany Beach WaveVictor Nizovtsev was born in 1965 in Central Siberia, in the city of Ulan-Ude near Lake Baikal. He learned classical drawing and painting techniques during New journeys from Great Rail - Mar 9, 2009 TravelBite.co.ukHighlights include stunning views of Russia – such as frozen Lake Baikal and remote Siberia – and central Asia. There are also two new European Christmas EUROPE NEWS AT 1900 GMT - Mar 13, 2009 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)MOSCOW _ For decades, it spewed chemicals and foul effluent into the pristine waters of Lake Baikal in Siberia. Environmentalists pushed for its closure, Sigrid Undset Crosses Russia: The Remarkable Case of Back from the ... - Mar 3, 2009 Brussels JournalThus, “one morning in the gray dawn we stood at a station a little east of Lake Baikal,â€? when “a train came in on the track beside ours, large ironclad cars [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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