Russia celebrates Orthodox Christmas on the 7th of January. We present a brief summary highlighting the most common traditions, the symbols of Orthodox Christmas, the food and the significance of this date.

Now that the annual sales numbers are finally in, it’s clear that 2008 was a horrendous year for nearly every automaker. Annual car sales peaked at about 17 million in 2006. Industry analysts used to think that a one-time dip to 14 million would be a catastrophe. In 2008, total sales fell below that, to about 13 million.

Vladikavkaz mayor Vitaly Karayev was assassinated in North Ossetia Wednesday. Karayev died at the intensive care unit of the Republican Hospital. The incident took place at about 9:00 Moscow time. Karayev’s car was shelled; the mayor received numerous bullet wounds and was hospitalized

South Ossetia Press Ministry warns that Georgia and foreign advisors are planning a large-scale operation in South Ossetia

Through the Cuban method “Yo si pseudo!“ adapted to Bolivian reality, Bolivia has been declared territory free of illiteracy. The program was put in place three years ago.

There are lots of principles to live a successful life in this world. One of them is honesty. An honest man is always regarded as a successful person. As this honorable quality guides him to the right path and saves him from worries and troubles of this world and hereafter as well. Honesty is the best policy to live in this world as well as in hereafter. An honest man will also be rewarded and honored in hereafter. God shall award him paradise and will palace him under the shadow of his Throne on Judgment Day

The recent election of Barack Obama has been implied to suggest or has given the impression that American society has arrived, has finally progressed from the racist mentality and stereotypes of the past which saw people of color treated as less than human. But it hasn’t gone without notice that there have been numerous threats against the President-Elect, as well as spurious rumor mongering going on about his birth circumstances in an all-out desperate effort to prevent him from taking office, even though results of the election gave him a clear mandate.