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Very insteresting book.  Recommended.

Meet BLACKWATER USA, the world’s most secretive and powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing private army on the planet with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the world. Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq and yet we know almost nothing about the firm’s quasi-military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and inside the US. Blackwater was founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire ex- Navy Seal named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes.

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Interesting article on Iran.  Is US press avoiding the subject? 

While the world press has focused on Iran’s plans to move ahead with enriching uranium, Tehran continues to wage economic war against the U.S. dollar behind the scenes.

Tehran has reached a decision to end all oil sales in dollars, according to statements by Iran’s central bank governor, Ehrabhim Sheibany, in Kuala Lumpur at the end of last month.

Zhuhai Zhenrong Trading, a Chinese state-run company that buys 240,000 barrels of oil per day from Iran, approximately 10 percent of Iran’s 2.2 million barrels per day total output, has confirmed a shift to the euro for its Iranian oil purchases.

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Some people build swimming pools in their back yards, but outdoor pools in Fort McMurray just won’t work. Since  this  particular family lives on the outskirts of Fort McMurray, they decided to   build a sturdy, colorful playground for their 3- and 4-year-old  sons, with  smooth-stone gravel all around it to avoid knee scrapes  and other  injuries. They finished building it on Saturday evening,  and the following  morning, as mum was about to wake the boys and let  them go out to  play in their new play centre, this is what she saw  from the upstairs  window.  (Full size photos inside)

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To all KomiArcticOil colleagues:

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!

As you know, KomiArcticOil Club is arranging a cruise from Saint Petersburg to Moscow on river boat LENIN in summer 2007. The cruise will take place July 15 to July 25, 2007.

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“When Irina Mokeeva, MBA ‘97, arrived in Calgary from Moscow to start her MBA at Haskayne, it wasn’t thoughts of the upcoming winter that frightened her but the stairs in her new residence. “I never had stairs back home in Moscow,” she recalls. “Within my first week in Calgary, I slipped down a few steps and ended up breaking my finger. My middle finger, in fact.”  Mokeeva became infamous for her finger fumble and was the source of much good-natured teasing from her new classmates.”

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United Way Calgary website got hacked today.  Of all web sites in the world these idiots had to pick this one.

Direct link to full size picture here.

Вот, друзья прислали. Русский язык развивается…

Do you live еще, моя старушка?
Live и I. Hello тебе, hello!
Let it flow over your избушка
Evening свет in our big село. 

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Dear all KAO people,

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

We wish you and your families all the best! We hope that the coming 2007 will be happy, prosperous and lucky.

We look forward to meet some of you in Russia in July 2007, we are sure that will be a very exciting cruise.

Love,

Alexander and Olga Izyurov

Только что получены несколько фотографий со встречи КАО, прошедшей в Москве. Фотографии в фотоальбоме.

Всем: если есть ещё фото хорошего качества с этого мероприятия, пожалуйста, присылайте по адресу: mail(собака)kaoclub.com. Если вы не знали раньше: комментарии к фотографиям можно писать без предварительной регистрации.

Few photos from the KAO get-together in Moscow. Photos are in the photoalbum.

Необходимо прочитать полностью. Получено по банковским информационным каналам из России. Всё правда.

Китайские “товарищи” из Торгового Банка Китая нанимают на работу людей в Москве. При найме, естественно, работники отдела кадров банка пользуются иструкциями, написанными, наверное, “товарищем” Мао.

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