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MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - The number...

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - The number of people under 30 infected with HIV/AIDS is continuing to grow in Russia, the country's sanitary watchdog said on its website on the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day.


After 13 years of complete Labor dominance...

After 13 years of complete Labor dominance in the Parliament and at Downing Street, the British are preparing to put on conservative attire. However, they will hardly dare to fully change colors from red (color of the Labour Party) to blue (color of the Conservatives). All the latest polls as well as various analysts, psychics, and the most reliable political forecasters - the bookmakers - suggest that after the May 6, 2010 general election, Britain will be dressed in a blue top and red bottom with substantial elements of orange (color of the Liberal Democrats) in the middle.


A woman who hid Anne Frank and her family...

A woman who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during WWII and found her diaries, has died at the age of 100, Israeli Haaretz newspaper said on Tuesday.

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Russian lawyers expressed doubt Thursday...

Medvedev signed the decree on Thursday. In particular, he ordered staff cuts and instituted the rotation of senior personnel at the Interior Ministry. The government was told to downsize Interior Ministry personnel by 20% by January 1, 2012. He also ordered the closure of two ministry departments, according to the Kremlin press service. The departments in question were not specified.

The decree also orders the interior minister to review personnel selection procedures with a view to making the force better motivated, focused and professional. The minister was given three months to work out an anti-corruption program.

Lawyer Andrei Borovkov, who protects the interests of fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, said: "This won"t bring drastic changes. Where will they take employees from?"

Vadim Klyuvgant, lawyer for ex-Yukos oil company head Mikhail Khodorkovsky, said the problem is in society.

"Police officers won"t work better by themselves. They are

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