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MOSCOW - Russia's rearmament program, approved in 2006 for a period until 2015, provides for supplying modern weapons to its armed forces. One of them is the Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber, which will replace the Su-24 Fencers. The process has begun, but some say the replacement is taking too long. The new fighter-bomber is said to be very good. An improvement on the Su-27 Flanker, it has cutting-edge equipment, including a modern crew and equipment protection system. The Su-34 is effective against personnel and military hardware on the battlefield and also against targets behind enemy lines. It can also be used for surveillance missions and against naval targets The Su-34 will replace the Su-24M aircraft (about 400 planes), the Su-24MR surveillance aircraft (over 100 planes), and the MiG-25RB aircraft (about 70). Russia will have to produce between 550 and 600 Su-34s to replace these obsolete aircraft within 10-15 years. However, the Defense Ministry plans to buy only about 58 such...

On November 19, Central Bank governor Sergei Ignatyev and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin came to parliament to answer questions regarding options for weathering the financial crisis. Reserves and policy Some time ago, many MPs and Russians were shocked to learn that Russia's international reserves (gold and foreign currency) were deposited abroad. They wondered if this was wise, but soon everyone agreed that investing reserves in reliable foreign securities and bank deposits was the only way to safeguard them. Ignatyev has assured the deputies that the strategy of investing international reserves changed after the financial crisis had spread from the United States to other countries. The bank has cut the share of dollar-denominated assets, including U.S. mortgage bonds, and increased the share of the euro and European securities. Nevertheless, the financial crisis has bitten a large chunk off Russia's international reserves, which have de­creased 24 percent from $597.5 billion ...

Having just run the gauntlet of the latest financial crash with the shirts still on our backs, albeit nicely wrinkled and sweat-stained, perhaps it is an appropriate time to poke some fun at this icky little ‘ism' that wants to devour us all. And now ladies and gentlemen, the top 5 things Karl Marx never warned you about Capitalism: 5. Capitalism will never live up to its commercials. Capi­talism is a lot like those automobile commercials that feature a smiling stud behind the wheel, hot babe at his side and not another car along Sunset Boulevard for as far as the eye can see. In reality, Capita­lism is an eternal one-lane traffic jam, a never-ending treadmill, with everybody clamoring for the promised passing lane; the system is rigged that way. I have one vivid image of the ongoing crisis that is going to be difficult to shake: friends, family and co-workers loading up on foodstuffs - pasta, canned corn, beans, salt, even matches - in order to survive a few extra weeks should the...

Living with crisis By Marina Pustilnik I was reading the news this morning and it felt like a body count. The global financial losses from the crisis are close to $3 trillion. Russian citizens have withdrawn 90 billion rubles from the banks. Banks are telling their clients about "temporary difficulties." Nobody wants to help Iceland. The price of oil has fallen to a 17-month minimum. Even Russian restaurant owners are starting to fire staff. Approval of Moscow's budget is delayed indefinitely, Rosneft and Transneft are asking China for credits, while Malaysia is forced to break off a $470 million contract for European helicopters. Against this body count of losses comes the news that the markets have started the week with amazing growth - but the weary reader shrugs this off as "Oh, it's just a speculative run, not a real growth." News that the oil once again costs $65 per barrel instead of $60 also bring no cheer, although I remember very well that four yea...

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Indian commandoes kill last 3 gunmen at hotel Associated Press writers Anita Chang, Erika Kinetz and Jenny Barchfield contributed to this report. MUMBAI, India – Indian commandoes killed the last three gunman at a landmark hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people after suspected Muslim militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 119 people dead. Meanwhile, eight hostages were freed from the headquarters of a Jewish outreach group, according to an official of the Maharashtra state home department, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. However, it was unclear if any others remained inside the ultra-orthodox Chabad Lubavitch offices. Gunfire and explosions could be heard well into the night from the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels , two of the city's top gathering spots for the Mumbai elite, as well as at Jewish group's center. Throughout the day, commandoes bro...

Jakarta - Some 62% of teachers of Islam in public schools Java reject the non-Muslim leaders to become public. In addition, some Islamic religious teachers in Java are not tolerant and anti pluralism. Rejection of the non-Muslim leaders to be leaders ranging from school principals to the selection of legislative elections. "The teachers can not teach pluralitas and tolerant attitudes. Actually, the attitudes and views of Islam, the religion teacher should support and participate in community life, the diverse," said Director of Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) UIN Jakarta, Jajat Burhanudin, in the Lontar Gallery, Jalan HOS Cokroaminto, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday (24/11/2008). Furthermore, data from the survey institute, the teachers who teach in public schools these, 68% of the respondents rejected the non-Muslim to become school principals and 30% of the respondents support the elections to choose representatives only people who apply Islamic struggle. The s...

Posted at: 1:35pm 21st November 2008 by Ben Hardwidge on http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/605226/phenom-ii-overclocked-to-6ghz.html Dry ice and liquid nitrogen cooling used to overclock AMD’s new CPU to 6GHz and beyond Intel’s Core 2 architecture not only had AMD’s original Phenom over a barrel in terms of bangs per buck; it also had a much higher overclocking ceiling, but it looks as though AMD could have sorted the latter issue with the forthcoming Phenom II ‘Deneb’ CPU. AMD recently demonstrated the overclocking abilities of the new CPU using both dry ice and liquid nitrogen cooling in Texas, with some stunning results. Unfortunately, it looks as though a lot of the details of the event are being kept under wraps until the CPU is officially launched; no cameras were allowed and no exact clock speeds have been revealed. However, it looks as though some suitably vague reporting has been allowed. PC Perspective reports that ‘the Phenom II reached WELL over 5.x GHz (read: REALLY over)’ wh...

Specifications & Features Core Frequencies - 3.2GHz (965), 2.93GHz (940), 2.66 (920)  QPI Speed - 6.4GT/s (965), 4.8GT/s (940,  920)  TDP (Thermal Design Power) - 130W Stepping - 4 Number of CPU Cores - 4 Shared L3 Cache - 8MB L2 Cache - 1MB (256K x 4) Processor input voltage (VID) - 1.160v .045-m icron manufacturing process Shared Smart Cache Technology PECI Enabled Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) Extended HALT State (C1E) Enabled Execute Disable Bit (XD) Enabled Intel 64 Technology Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) Packaging -  Flip Chip LGA1366 Total Die Size: Approximately 263mm2  Approximately 731M Transistors MSRP - $999 (965), $562 (940), $284 (920) Everything you need to know about Intel's next-generation Nehalem CPUs and X58 chipset, including hints about how it will overclock Note: This is a preview article, now that Core i7 has launched, please click here for the Core i7 launch coverage. After Intel revealed more details about Nehalem to CPC at IDF Fall...

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's job outlook is "grim," and the global financial crisis could cause more layoffs and more labor unrest until the country's economic stimulus package kicks in next year, the nation's minister of human resources and social security said Thursday. Thousands of graduates crowd a jobs fair in Nanjing but vacancies are becoming harder to find. Thousands of graduates crowd a jobs fair in Nanjing but vacancies are becoming harder to find. The stimulus package, unveiled earlier this month, will pump $585 billion into rebuilding communities destroyed by the May earthquake, constructing railways, housing, airports and highways, and funding other projects. China is most concerned about the growing labor unrest, the human resources minister, Yin Weimin, said at a news conference. The increase in unrest has paralleled the increase of business and factory closings and job losses. Yin noted that in the past two months, some businesses, mainly smalle...

Reuters Published: Thursday, November 13, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices has started selling the new generation of its Opteron quad core processors for servers, AMD announced on Wednesday, nearly one year after Intel launched its own 45 nanometer chip. After a troubled launch of its earlier Barcelona chip, AMD waited until the new chip, called "Shanghai," was actually in distribution to make its formal announcement. The chip is called quad core because each core operates as an independent computing device on the same chip. The size historically refers to the smallest feature on a chip. The Shanghai chip has high energy efficiency, AMD says. For example, it automatically turns off some parts of the chip when they are not in use, even for short periods of time, the company said. The Shanghai is designed to work well with so-called virtualization, in which space is saved on servers by running separate "virtual" machines across drives, instead of ...

San Francisco (ANTARA News) - Obama fever may have swept the world, following the Democratic presidential candidate's historic election victory Tuesday. Now millions of computer users are under threat from an Obama virus, network security companies said Friday. Authors of the virus are hoping to benefit from the huge interest in US president-elect Barack Obama, with an avalanche of spam messages purporting to offer news of his victory. The message offers the viewer a supposed link to a video of Obama's acceptance speech. What it really does is direct users to a website that downloads a spy program, which steals sensitive information from users' computers. This information can then be used to access online accounts, steal identities and falsify credit card transactions. The virus also incorporates the victim's computer into a botnet - a network of computers programmed to perpetuate spam campaigns. "The hackers are taking advantage of Obama-mania," senior techno...

By Eliswan Azly Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - Tonight (Thursday night) has been thought by many to be the last night of the three Bali bombers on death row - Amrozi (47), Mukhlas (48) and Imam Samudra (38) - alive on earth, as their execution has become very imminent. Everything is in place for the three condemned men, sentenced to death for their involvement in Bali bombings in 2002, to be executed in the small hours of Friday or Thursday night, Deputy Attorney General Abdul Hakim Ritonga told AFP recently. "All preparations are ready. The placement of security personnel have been intensified. The execution can be carried out at anytime," he said. The reason to arrive at a conclusion that the execution is to be carried out on Thursday night is based on a statement made by Attorney General Hendarman Supandji who said last Friday that the schedule of their remained early in November. According to Supandji, early in November meant not in the middle of the month. It could be on any d...

By Armando Williams, published Nov 10, 2008 on http://www.associatedcontent.com A good web design gives the company a social identity in the Web world. Good site clear vision of society. Bearing in mind the continuous change and growth in the industry, a Web site must be reorganized so as to avoid being lost in the crowd. The recasting of websites helps to enhance the image and makes it more friendly and seo. Advice before redesigning the website: Due to the redesign of the web site: web design fails to represent the true image of the company if it does not reflect the changes to come in the vision and strategies of the company or whether it is growing in services, the company's products, changes of direction. Web sites must be redesigned to provide a vision for the company include services and products to survive in the market. Before re-search: Get an overview of the current state of the site by constructive analysis of traffic data web and feedback from visitors. Establish focus...

By Kathleen Gresham, published Sep 24, 2007 on http://www.associatedcontent.com/ In the grand-old tradition of alphabet lists (A is for Apple, B is for Bear, and so on), here are 26 blog-design principles, from Audience to Zones: Audience-Who are you writing for? What do they like? Don't imitate the sites they frequent, but be aware of the kind of look they like. Blog engine-The WordPress blogging engine, hosted on your own domain, is by far the only way to go for flexible design, prestige, a wide selection of free ready-made themes and plugins, and search engine optimization. There is also a wide selection of tutotials and instructional videos for WordPress these days. Many are free. Color-Color conveys meaning. What are you saying with your blog? If your links are pale gray or pale blue or some other unreadable color, you are saying I don't care whether you can read this or not. And most people cannot. So you will annoy and lose potential blog readers. Design principles. Do y...