With the annual Workers Memorial Day commemoration coming up next month, the AFL-CIO Cool Toolsselection is highlighting “Workingman’s Death,” a movie documenting six of the most dangerous, deadly and exploitive jobs on the planet. Filmmaker Michael Glawogger says he “wanted to make a movie where you sit in the cinema and actually feel the weight on your back.” […]
Kazakhstan: Oddities of the Digital Present
by Adil Nurmakov In the most recent counple of weeks the Kazakhstani blogosphere – usually heavily politicized – was focused more on the developments in telecoms sector and Internet-related novelties in Kazakhstan. The country’s authorities are still aiming to enter top 50 of the most competitive countries, although the Economist’s index of “e-readiness” still puts […]
Peter declares war on Klitschko brothers
Samuel Peter, WBC heavyweight champion has declared his readiness to fight the Klitschko brothers, saying that he executed his plan to perfection last weekend to win the WBC heavyweight title. Peter unleashed a fierce barrage of power punches on Russian Oleg Maskaev at the end of the sixth round, forcing the referee to stop the […]
Methane Blast killed At Least 70 Miners In Ukraine
Atleast 70 people were killed during a methane blast in Ukraine on monday.Rescue teams battled a serious fire in a Ukrainian colliery as they tried to locate 30 miners missing underground after a the blast. Distraught relatives awaiting news of missing miners more than 24 hours after the accident pushed their way into the office of the […]
A severe Storm Broke A Russian Oil Tanker.
A severe storm broke a Russian oil tanker in two near the Ukrainian port of Kerch yesterday, spilling up to 2,000 tonnes of fuel oil in what a Russian official said was an "environmental disaster". The same storm in the Black Sea and Azov Sea also sank four freighters, three carrying sulphur and one with […]
Torres returns to unlock Fulham defence
Liverpool 2 Fulham 0:Liverpool looked to be on their way to yet another scoreless draw until record signing Fernando Torres came off the bench to add a touch of class and unlock the Fulham defence. The Spanish striker broke the deadlock with a clinical strike after 81 minutes, with Steven Gerrard driving home a penalty […]