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Orthofix International Announces 1st Quarter 2012 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
LEWISVILLE, Texas, Apr 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- OrthofixInternational NV (NASDAQ:OFIX) (the Company) today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Net sales of $143.1 million represent an increase of 3% over the first ...
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THE TOWN TALK - Beyonce is named Most Beautiful Woman for 2012, Apr 26, 2012


Beyoncé named 'world's most beautiful woman'

April 26, 2012 by Al Watan Daily

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Apr 26, 2012THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012 Issue No. ... mother Beyonce was named the world's most beautiful woman for 2012 on Wednesday by People magazine.

EUROPEAN UNION News, Apr 26, 2012

European Union Bailout Funds Sell 3.7 Billion Euros in Bonds
BusinessWeek
By Katie Linsell on April 26, 2012 The European Union's bailout funds sold 3.7 billion euros ($4.9 billion) of bonds as part of efforts to contain the region's debt crisis. The EU's European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism raised 2.7 billion euros ...
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RUSSIA Ski, Snow, Resorts News, Apr 26, 2012


Russian teens conquer the top of the world
RT
The format of the “Ski to the North Pole” expedition has been constant: seven teenagers, handpicked from thousands of eager would-be polar explorers acrossRussia, begin their journey at the Barneo drifting ice base. And after about a week battling ...
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Russian court keeps female punk rockers in jail for anti-Putin church performance
Washington Post
Five members of the feminist band Pussy Riot — clad in brightly colored homemade skimasks and miniskirts — briefly seized the pulpit of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in February and chanted “Mother Mary, drive Putin away.
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Siberian skiers brave freezing plunge
Telegraph.co.uk
As winter draws to a close in Russia, alpine skiers and snowboarders attempt to skiand surf over a 20-metre basin of freezing water. Many of the residents of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia came to cheer on the daredevils, many wearing fancy dress, ...
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Siberian skiers end season with ice pool plunge
ITN
Skiers near Krasnoyarsk, Russia have ended their season in style by dressing up for a last downhill run into a giant ice puddle. In anticipation of melting snow and the arrival of spring, 96 skiers and snowboarders donned colourful costumes and tried ...
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ITN
Puddle skiing looks like fun, probably isn't (video)
NBCSports.com
What do you get when you combine Halloween, water skiing and downhill skiing? I don't know, but they're doing it in Siberia. Actually it's called puddle skiing, and it's how the folks in Krasnoyarsk, Russia end the ski season. Many attempt to ski down ...
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NBCSports.com
Russian court ponders keeping punk rockers in jail
Washington Times
Five members of the band Pussy Riot _ wearing brightly colored homemadeski masks and miniskirts _ briefly seized the pulpit of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral _ the country's main Orthodox church _ in February and chanted “Mother Mary, ...
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Washington Times
Tens of thousands pray for Russia's church after controversy
USA TODAY
By Ivan Sekretarev, AP Russian Orthodox believers hold flags and icons as they pray outside the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on Sunday. By Ivan Sekretarev, AP Russian Orthodox believers hold flags and icons as they pray outside the Christ the ...
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USA TODAY
Tens of thousands pray for Russia's church
Boston.com
Russian Orthodox believers hold flags and icons as they pray outside the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 22, 2012. Thousands have gathered at Moscow's main cathedral to pray for the defense of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Boston.com
Tens of thousands pray for Russia's church in controversy over jailed punk rockers
Washington Post
MOSCOW — Tens of thousands prayed outside Moscow's main cathedral on Sunday to show their support for the Russian Orthodox Church in a controversy over a punk rock protest that has added to the political tensions in Russia. Christ the Savior Cathedral ...
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Live Q&A, 1 pm ET
Washington Post (blog)
By Suzi Parker Sometimes change wears a neon ski mask, tights and a skimpy dress. That's the case with Pussy Riot, a punk rock girl band in Russia. Three of its members have been in police custody since March for overtaking the pulpit of Moscow's ...
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First Among Estates
New York Times (blog)
By MASHA GESSEN Sergei Chirikov/European Pressphoto AgencyPatriarch Kirill I, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, speaking into a microphone before a crowd outside the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on Sunday.
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New York Times (blog)
April 22 Photo Brief: Earth Day, soap bubble festival, naked cleaning company
Baltimore Sun
(Sukree Sukplang/Reuters) PHOTO LINK A snowboarder glides on the water as he tries to cross a 20 meter long pool of water at the Bobrovy Logski resort near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. About 100 skiers and snowboarders took part in the 5th ...
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Baltimore Sun
Lessons from an opera: When singing in Russian, advice from a coach can help
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
“Also, there are Russian sounds that Americans aren't used to.” To prove the point, she grits her teeth together and makes a nasal wheeze. “On top of this, Tchaikovsky (she pronounces the composer's name with the proper Russian flair: chay-KOFF-ski) ...
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Ice Camp Barneo season ends
ExplorersWeb
(Correne Coetzer) April 22 was set as the cut-off date for all ski expeditions to the Geographic North Pole (90°N). Barneo staff flew the last scientists and Last Degree skiers back to Longyearbyen and has started to dismantle the camp.
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Jail term extended for female band members who mocked Putin
NDTV
AP | Updated: April 20, 2012 19:27 IST Moscow: Three female punk rockers who mocked Vladimir Putin in a surprise protest inside Russia's main Orthodox church will be kept in jail, a Moscow court ruled Thursday. Five members of the feminist band Pussy ...
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NDTV
A three-mile walk in ski boots? Tom Wallisch's idea
Park Record
Slopestyle skiing is scheduled to debut at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi,Russia, and, at this point, Wallisch is considered one of the top contestants. His run this season proves that, but he said it's more than just money and fame for him.
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Kazakhstan becoming top player of Central Asian tourism industry
eTurboNews
By Agha Iqrar Haroon, eTN Correspondent, Pakistan | Apr 25, 2012 KAZAKHSTAN (eTN) – The Kazakhstan tourism industry expects fast movement in the region by announcing the development of one of the world's longest ski reports in a country that currently ...
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Carry On: News for business travellers
National Business Review
Australian skiers and snowboarders are being offered the choice of two chartered heli-skiing packages in Central Otago this winter. Southern Lakes Heli Ski has joined forces with Liquid Snow Tours to offer four days of skiing plus a selection of down ...
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Mild early-winter weather eats into results of Finnish ski resorts
Helsingin Sanomat
It all seems a very long time ago now, and there has been a great deal of snow on the ground since then, but the end-of-season results filtering in from Finnish ski resorts have brought back to mind the uncommonly mild autumn and early winter we ...
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Scots teenager emerges as UK's brightest skiing hope
Deadline News
Sports chiefs say the girl from Torphins, Aberdeenshire, is the “future” of British skiing, talented enough to give international rivals a genuine challenge for medals at the winter Olympics in Russia in 2014. They even whisper that she may provide ...
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Remote Little Diomede perched between past and future
Alaska Dispatch
Recreational opportunities are limited due to the harsh terrain of Little Diomede island, but villagers do get to ski on the sea ice, even as polar bears roam nearby. The village of Diomede, with the Russian island of Big Diomede visible in the ...
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Alaska Dispatch
Russian Church not pleased with punks
Castanet.net
by The Canadian Press - Story: 74223 Russian Orthodox believers pray outside the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) Tens of thousands prayed outside Moscow's main cathedral on Sunday to ...
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Castanet.net
Off the beaten track: hidden Russia revealed
Russia Beyond The Headlines
A major investment program is helping to transform Russia's more remote regions into world-class tourist destinations. Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma viewed from across the Kostroma River. Source: Lori / Legion Media From elk farms and dogsled races to ...
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Russian Men Have Grown Up
St.Petersburg Times.ru
By Alexei Bayer At a banking conference in the mid-1990s, I had lunch with a Russianbanker. In the course of an hour, I learned that he was married but had numerous affairs and one-night stands — not to mention prostitutes whom he liked better ...
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Skiing season's last hurrah
Views and News from Norway
More than 12000 skiers headed back up to the high country over the weekend to take part in the traditional 38-kilometer mountain ski race called “Skarverennet.” The race is the last major skiing event of the season, and among the biggest in the world.
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Views and News from Norway
Funding cuts haunt Warwick skiing star
Leamington Observer
By Kevin Unitt 24/04 Updated: 24/04 14:50 PARALYMPIC skiing star Anna Turney continues to scoop medals across the globe despite funding cuts threatening to force her off the competitive slopes. Inspirational Anna was left paralysed after breaking her ...
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Leamington Observer
Canadian Paralympian Williamson Returns to Snow
First Tracks
Online Media Banff (AB), Canada – One of Canada's most successful para-alpine skiers, Chris Williamson, was back on snow this week at the Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort near Banff, Alberta, after sitting out the 2011-12 season due to injury.
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First Tracks
Arrests outside court as Pussy Riot supporters clash with churchgoers
Scotsman
Five members of the band Pussy Riot – wearing homemade ski masks and miniskirts – seized the pulpit of Moscow's Orthodox Christ the Saviour Cathedral in February and chanted “Mother Mary, drive Putin away” two weeks before Russia's presidential vote.
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Anti-Putin Feminist Punk Rockers Languish in Jail
Truthdig
Three members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot face up to seven years in jail for seizing the pulpit of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral in mid-February and mocking Vladimir Putin, then a candidate for the Russian presidency.
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Truthdig
Cutting Edge Senior Correspondent
The Cutting Edge
News of their plight has spread beyond Russia's borders, and similar pickets were planned for Paris, Berlin, and Prague. The members of Pussy Riot wear brightly colored dresses and conceal their faces behind ski masks during their performances, ...
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The Cutting Edge
Top news photos for April 22
News in photos
(Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images) A snowboarder swims after failing to cross a 20 meter long pool of water at the foot of a ski slope at the Bobrovy Log ski resort nearRussia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 22, 2012.
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“Russian Ski Track 2012” race took place in Aldansky district
Schoolchildren and citizens of the district took active part in the ski race. In addition to this, “Open Door Days” for population devoted to prevention of infectious ...
yatoday.ru/society/1100
Daredevils try to ski over ice cold puddle in Russia on MSN Video
Skiers in Siberia make the most of the melting snow by attempting to jump across 20-metres of ice cold water. Some even get dressed up.
video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/daredevils.../2gv3cd9g?...
In Soviet Russia...
In soviet russia ski blows you. Logged. Stocious : I can already see it: "PFC Daniels is a ...
terminallance.com/forum/index.php?topic=540.775
Daredevils try to ski over ice cold puddle in Russia - YouTube
Skiers in Siberia make the most of the melting snow by attempting to jump across 20-metres of ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyTJ0xvW2cY
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