Issue 617 – Mirror of Vladivostok News


Social life American Corner celebrates 5th birthday
By Maria Shimanskaya	04/30/08 07:59 PM
Since its opening in 2003, a total of 26,000 visits have been made by Vladivostok residents and guests to the city’s American Informational Center (American Corner), which celebrated its birthday Tuesday.
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Crime watch Prosecutors on war path against marriage registration employees
The Vladivostok News	04/30/08 07:58 PM
Three cases have recently been launched by Primorye’s prosecutors against staff members of marriage registration offices on charges of office abuse and accepting bribes.
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Special reports Russia, Japan discuss key cooperation issues
Combined reports	04/29/08 05:01 PM
The oil and gas sector as well as the transportation and nuclear power engineering sectors will become priorities in cooperation between Russia and Japan, following the agreement reached at the meeting of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Japan’s Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on April 26.
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Business Electric cable to run under Amur Bay
Combined reports	04/29/08 05:00 PM
Primorye Electrical Lines Company together with a French Company NEXANS announced plans to lay an underwater high voltage electrical cable under Amur Bay in Vladivostok to increase the supply of electricity to the city’s residential district located on a peninsular territory.
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