By John Stanton The US Army's Human Terrain System (HTS) it is arguably the most poorly managed and misguided US Army program since the early design and testing years of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle .

The pro-Western March 14 coalition won the parliamentary elections in Lebanon on June 7. The coalition received 71 of 218 seats in the parliament, whereas the March 8 block chaired by Hezbollah won 57 seats. The previous parliament of the

Spy scandals have become a common part of modern-day diplomacy. Let's say that a couple of diplomats are declared personas non-grata in a country. The other country, whose diplomats were disgraced, usually responds similarly. The two counties subsequently expose the

Russia could do very well without nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Putin said during a meeting with Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after opening the Haemotology Research Center on Wednesday, Interfax reports.

The chief of the General Headquarters of Russia's Armed Forces, General Nikolai Makarov, outlined the geography of threats that Russia may face in the foreseeable future - from the Arctic to Central Asia. The official also said that 50 percent

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Dogs, cats and even horses dressed up in the most fashionable attires made by world's best designers were gracing the catwalk like professional models during the Pets Fashion Week Russia which took place in Moscow.

Oil prices soared above $71 a barrel Wednesday to reach a 2009 high, as investors poured money into crude markets to protect themselves against the inflation risks posed by a weakening U.S. dollar .

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during his speech at the Senate that the US administration was discussing an opportunity with Russia to deploy a radar station of the US missile defense system or the information exchange center on Russia's

Spain's El Pais newspaper continues to strike readers' imagination with the details of Operation Troika, which was conducted to capture the leaders of three most influential groups of the Russian mafia in the country. Over 400 Spanish police officers took

World's leading countries spend too much of their war preparations. A new arms race has been gathering pace in the world recently, and even the global economic setback does not seem to be a reason to stop the race.

Former marines of Russia's Baltic Fleet were insulted by the party, which officials and oligarchs had enjoyed on board Russia's legendary warship, the Aurora, the symbol of the Communist Revolution in Russia.

World prices on non-ferrous metals have grown considerably again and hit the record high this year against the background of the sliding dollar . Nickel had the most considerable price increase at London Metal Exchange today. A ton of this

By Cage Innoye Moses gave us the Ten Commandments to guide our personal lives 3000 years ago. Now it is perhaps a good time to develop a Ten Commandments to guide the behavior of Nations. Given the state of the

Today Misha Zhelaev, a 6-year-old boy from Ulan-Ude, can play with his friends, read books and prepares to start his school studies next year.

Doctors helped a tiny monkey, which weighed about two pounds, give birth to its unusually large baby. They had to perform the Caesarean section on the little ape because the baby weighed almost the same as the mother.

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Facebook Inc. is providing businesses with a way to keep their names from being taken as one of the millions of user names that are expected to be taken this weekend. The Palo Alto social networking ...