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Issue 610 :: Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Business Sakhalin, S. Korea unveil joint venture
The Vladivostok News	03/14/08 04:42 PM
A joint Russian-South Korean venture was presented in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Friday by Russia’s Teplomontazhservis and Korean Gas Technology Corporation KOGAS-Tech to provide safe operation of facilities within Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 oil and gas projects, a press statement from the region’s administration said.
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Business Primorye grows aquaculture
The Vladivostok News	03/14/08 04:41 PM
Last year Primorye’s aquaculture industry supplied more than 1,000 tons of domestically-grown seafood to the local market with the tendency for further growth expected to continue this year, officials said.
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Special reports Vladivostok’s downtown suffers extreme parking
By Valeria Fedorenko, The Vladivostok	03/13/08 05:10 PM
One of Vladivostok’s central areas – Fokina Street running down to the Nabereznaya Bay, traditionally popular among the residents for promenades – is turning into a huge parking lot leaving no space for pedestrians.
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Photo by Vasily Fedorchenko Typical view of Fokina Street in downtown Vladivostok jam-packed with cars.
Crime watch Expelled student attempts to rob bank for food
The Vladivostok News	03/13/08 05:10 PM
A young man was detained in Vladivostok early on Thursday as he was trying to rob one of Sberbank’s offices in Vladivostok.
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Special reports Fish and bread cause kindergarten evacuation
The Vladivostok News	03/13/08 05:10 PM
Young scholars at a kindergarten in Yakutsk were promptly evacuated on Thursday morning after the management found a suspicious-looking briefcase in one of the rooms.
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Special reports Vladivostok ex-mayor to pay damages, candidates to earn votes
The Vladivostok News	03/12/08 04:59 PM
On March 7 Vladivostok prosecutors ruled that former Vladivostok Mayor Vladimir Nikolayev must pay 13 million rubles ($541,667) in damages to the city’s budget after the court found him guilty of abuse of power. On the same day, the race for the city’s highest position was announced open.
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Crime watch N. Korean captain fined for furtive fuel
The Vladivostok News	03/12/08 04:58 PM
The captain of a North Korean tanker who bribed a Russian worker to fill up additional 100 tons of fuel into his vessel was detained and fined by a Russian court, prosecutors reported Wednesday.
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Special reports 755 amateur fishermen rescued in Sakhalin
The Vladivostok News	03/11/08 04:37 PM
In a customary rescue operation occurring annually during spring ice melting, Sakhalin emergency services rescued 755 anglers stranded on a drifting ice sheet in the Bay of Mordvinova on Sunday.
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Special reports Fires engulf Khabarovsk region
The Vladivostok News	03/11/08 04:37 PM
85 transport vehicles and about 250 people are currently involved in extinguishing massive steppe fires burning in the Russian Far East region of Khabarovsk, a statement from the region’s Department for Emergency Situations reported Tuesday.
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