By Marcus Cyganiak http://marcuscyganiak.blogspot.com/2008/11/russia-preparing-to-lead-world.htmlRussia Preparing To Lead The WorldThe current global financial crisis is a lending hand for Russia’s plan to become the world’s next superpower nation, swiping place of the United States. Russian communists expect that another tragic crisis, bigger ...

A Russian woman has given birth to a baby weighing 7.75kg (17.5lbs), more than twice the average newborn weight. The ''little'' girl, Nadia, was delivered by Caesarean section at a hospital in the Altai region of Siberia, joining eight sisters and three brothers. ''We were all simply in shock,'' reports quoted Nadia's mother, Tatyana ...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2512380.ece Israelis seized nuclear material in Syrian raid Uzi Mahnaimi and Sarah Baxter Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources ...