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Issue 598 :: Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Special reports Magadan ranked among Russia’s top cities

The Vladivostok News 12/14/07 05:37 PM
The Far Eastern port of Magadan has been named one of Russia’s four top cities at a national contest among Russia’s administrative centers, a press statement from the city administration said Thursday.
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Sports Vladivostok tennis junior grasps first prize

By Vladimir Konoplitsky 12/14/07 05:36 PM
Artyom Ilyushin holding his trophy aloft at the conclusion of the Phinma International Tennis Federation Junior Circuit in Manila, Philippines, standing with the tournament’s organizers.Artyom Ilyushin, a 16-year-old tennis player from Vladivostok, won the finals of the Phinma International Tennis Federation Junior Circuit in Manila, Philippines, on December 2 capturing his first ITF title and skyrocketing in the world’s tennis junior rankings.
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Crime watch Man sentenced for forest fire

The Vladivostok News 12/13/07 04:26 PM
A Khabarovsk region resident has received a one year suspended sentence and will have to pay 13.8 million rubles ($564,000) in damages for destroying a section of forest by fire through carelessness, a press statement from the regional Prosecutor’s Office reported Wednesday.
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Special reports Primorye Duma passes 2008 budget

The Vladivostok News 12/13/07 04:25 PM
Primorye Duma deputies on Tuesday passed in the third and final reading the projected 2008 regional budget, which shows an expected deficit of $82 million, a statement from the legislative reported.
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Visitors browsing the items presented at the charity auction ‘Give Children a Smile’ in the Hotel Versailles in Vladivostok, December 7. The event, organized by the Consulate General of the USA in Vladivostok and the Primorye Picture Gallery, aimed to raise money to help HIV-infected children. The auction involved members of local state and non-governmental organizations as well as businessmen, and featured items ranging from souvenirs to jewelry and paintings.

Photo by Nina Petrukhina

Visitors browsing the items presented at the charity auction ‘Give Children a Smile’ in the Hotel Versailles in Vladivostok, December 7. The event, organized by the Consulate General of the USA in Vladivostok and the Primorye Picture Gallery, aimed to raise money to help HIV-infected children. The auction involved members of local state and non-governmental organizations as well as businessmen, and featured items ranging from souvenirs to jewelry and paintings.

Special reports Vladivostok to see state-of-the-art medical center

The Vladivostok News 12/11/07 04:35 PM
A total of three billion rubles ($122.5 million) will be allocated for constructing a federal trauma and orthopedic center in Vladivostok, the most up-to-date medical institution of its kind in the Russian Far East, a press statement from the regional administration said Monday.
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Special reports Russian burn victim concludes treatment in Japan

Combined reports 12/11/07 04:34 PM
A two-year-old Russian resident of Yuzhno-Kurilsk who suffered severe burns in a home incident in October and was taken to a hospital in the Japanese city of Sapporo, was discharged December 7 in satisfactory condition after receiving treatment.
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