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Issue 552 :: Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Crime watch Man detained with tiger skins, bear paws

The Vladivostok 01/19/07 08:22 PM
Police of the Khorol County in south western Primorye detained a man who had three tiger skins and eight sacks stuffed with bear paws and deer horns in his car on Wednesday.
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Social life Pallada welcomes visitors

The Vladivostok News 01/19/07 08:21 PM
The Pallada sailing ship welcomes Vladivostok citizens for onboard excursions on January 19 and January 22, reported a statement from the Far Eastern Technical Fishing University Dalrybvtuz which owns the ship.
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A participant cuts through the icy water at the winter-swimming contest which was held in Vladivostok’s Sportivnaya Gavan on Sunday. The event, which featured 25-meter and 200-meter races, involved over 50 enthusiasts of winter swimming from Vladivostok and Primorye’s other towns, with the ages ranging from 17 to 77.

Photo by Yuri Maltsev

A participant cuts through the icy water at the winter-swimming contest which was held in Vladivostok’s Sportivnaya Gavan on Sunday. The event, which featured 25-meter and 200-meter races, involved over 50 enthusiasts of winter swimming from Vladivostok and Primorye’s other towns, with the ages ranging from 17 to 77.

Social life Inspection blacklists fire safety violators

The Vladivostok News 01/17/07 05:04 PM
Hundreds of relatives, friends and co-workers gathered on Wednesday to commemorate the victims of a massive fire which claimed the lives of nine Sberbank employees a year ago. The ceremony was attended by Vladivostok Mayor Vladimir Nikolayev and attracted much media coverage focusing on the enforcement of current fire safety regulations.A year after a massive fire occurred in a large office building in Vladivostok in mid January killing nine people and injuring over 20, a number of the city’s large public buildings still have failed to correct fire safety violations, a recent inspection by the regional Department for Emergency Situations revealed.
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Special reports Primorye police intensify anti-terrorist efforts

The Vladivostok News 01/17/07 05:14 PM
Primorye police have reinforced measures to protect citizens from a possible terrorist attack, the possibility of which in Russia was announced by Federal Security Service officials on Tuesday.
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