Issue 545 – Mirror of Vladivostok News

Issue 545 :: Tuesday, November 21, 2006


Vladivostok by Braille Traffic challenges of Vladivostok
by Celine te Braake	11/24/06 08:59 PM
Visiting a new city in a new country can be a real challenge sometimes. The first thing you probably have to deal with is the traffic. Since it is highly unlikely that you will want to stay at the airport or in the train station, you have to participate in the traffic. Well, before doing so in Vladivostok, you might want to know a couple of things.
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Special reports Russians save N. Korean vessel
Combined reports	11/24/06 08:59 PM
A Russian cargo ship took in tow a N. Korean schooner which lost control and was drifting in the Sea of Japan, news agencies reported Friday.
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Crime watch Divers under fire
The Vladivostok News	11/23/06 06:13 PM
Nakhodka’s Prosecutor’s Office launched on Tuesday a criminal case against a man who halted divers’ work in one of the town’s bays by threatening them with a gun, a press statement from their office said.
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Social life Flu vaccination season almost finished in Primorye
The Vladivostok News	11/23/06 06:12 PM
The vaccination of children, elderly people and state workers is 90 percent finished in the Primorye region with no allergic reactions to the domestic flu vaccine Grippol reported, a press statement from the regional administration said Tuesday.
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Business FESCO masters straight deliveries
The Vladivostok News	11/22/06 09:08 PM
Being selected to participate in the UN program for developing world transport corridors, the Far East Shipping Company, or FESCO, launched in November a demonstrative "door-to-door" delivery of containers from Pusan, South Korea, to the city of Taganrog in southern Russia, claiming the delivery will take 16 days.
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Business Khabarovsk wins economic gold
The Vladivostok News	11/22/06 09:08 PM
The Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk was ranked one of the best Russian cities in terms of economic development at the 5th national competition held for the country’s regional centers, a press statement from local administration reported Wednesday.
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Special reports Darkin presents Primorye plans to Putin at APEC
Combined reports	11/22/06 09:08 PM
Primorye’s Governor Sergei Darkin voiced his ambitious projections for creating a megapolitan area in southern Primorye and holding the 2012 APEC forum in Vladivostok to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 14th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum held in the Vietnamese city of Hanoi on November 18-19.
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Photo by Vladimir Pavlov CSKA Moscow secured their second consecutive Russian league title after Daniel Carvalho (right) opened the scoring in the 15th minute and fellow Brazilian Vagner Love (left) added a hat-trick to lead CSKA to a victory.
Special reports Vladivostok firefighters protest parking jams
The Vladivostok	11/22/06 08:10 AM
Vladivostok firefighters and rescuers on Monday staged a picket at the nine-storey building, where this January nine people were killed and over 20 injured in a severe fire, to protest against the city’s parking jams which impede their work when saving people’s lives.
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Special reports Sky’s falling at construction site
Combined reports	11/22/06 08:10 AM
A steel beam fell in dangerous proximity to a young man on Tuesday when he was passing by the construction site of the multi-level parking lot in downtown Vladivostok, opposite the building of the city’s administration. This has been the fourth incident which has occurred at the site since September. Luckily enough, the student did not receive any serious injuries.
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