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Analysts said Mr Putin's main target had almost certainly been Mr Kasyanov, but under the constitution he was unable to remove him without firing the entire cabinet.  And so he did; dismissing his government without prior notice via a television broadcast.  That's why you shouldn't mess wid da Vladster baby; because he does whatever it takes to get things done.

Talk about f---ing controversial: Brain Fingerprinting, developed by Dr Larry Farwell, chief scientist and founder of Brain Fingerprinting Laboratories, is a method of reading the brain's involuntary electrical activity in response to a subject being shown certain images relating to a crime. Unlike the polygraph or lie detector to which it is often compared, the accuracy of this technology lies in its ability to pick up the ...

Yukos offers share swap for Khodorkovsky-in jail. Since October, key shareholders of Russian oil firm Yukos have offered their stakes to the state in return for the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, its former chief. "Life and liberty are more valuable than shares," said Menatep shareholder Leonid Nevzlin. He and two other large shareholders have fled to Israel. In addition to Mr Khodorkovsky, the Russian authorities are ...

Here's a new alternative: freeze-dry burials designed by those futuristic Swedes. By freeze-drying the corpse in liquid nitrogen, sound vibrations then shatter remains into powder and laid in coffin made of corn starch and buried in a shallow grave. Contents become compost in 6mths and relatives can plant/bush/tree on the spot. "The compost formed can then be taken up by the plant... The plant stands as ...