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rtruog@gourt.comrtruog@gourt.comEducation RSS : Gourthourly11901-01-01T00:00+00:00US condemns Russia over Georgia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7597336.stm
Eurozone rates on hold at 4.25%
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7597792.stm
Sarkozy joins Middle East talks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7597361.stm
Europe court allows Somali asset release
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7598144.stm
Four arrests in Irish crime gang raid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7598135.stm
Ukraine in snap election warning
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7595667.stm
Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7596532.stm
BP moves to settle Russia dispute
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7597452.stm
Can't afford a home? Buy one in Sicily for a single euro
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7596341.stm
All roads lead from Rome: Ethiopia's Axum obelisk returns
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7597589.stm
Athletics: Bolt to race Powell & Gay
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/athletics/7596555.stm
US Open: Safina into semi-finals
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/tennis/7596505.stm
Testing times
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7597534.stm
Tenuous duo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7597112.stm
Conflict stones
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7596392.stm
Black to green
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7584151.stm
One-way ticket
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7568887.stm
Inside Europe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/europe/2003/inside_europe/default.stm
Queen to visit Slovenia and Slovakia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7597707.stm
Briton killed in Dubai air crash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7597497.stm
Cyprus rivals begin peace talks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7595359.stm
Turkish president in Armenia trip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7596768.stm
Vatican paper queries brain death
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7596522.stm
Somali pirates 'kidnap French tourists'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7595727.stm
Cheney in ex-Soviet energy call
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7595259.stm
Belgian de-miner dies in Lebanon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7596618.stm
UK museum to unveil 'cocoon' centre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7594295.stm
French justice minister pregnant
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7596229.stm
Spain probes Franco-era missing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7594670.stm
Sense of identity
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7591669.stm
Spilling over
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7584576.stm
Islands give Finns treaty problem
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7582077.stm
Georgia fails to escape past
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7576305.stm
Will US-Poland missile deal help keep the peace?
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5250&edition=2&ttl=20080821144122
Eurozone economy shrinks by 0.2%
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7596208.stm
Georgia negotiates $750m IMF loan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7596361.stm
White House Unveils $1 Billion Georgia Aid Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/europe/05cheney.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Ukraine Government Near Collapse
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04ukraine.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
2 More Journalists Are Attacked in Caucasus
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04journalists.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Georgia Eager to Rebuild Its Defeated Armed Forces
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Russia President Dismisses Georgia’s Leader as a ‘Political Corpse’
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03russia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Cypriots Restart Unification Talks
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04cyprus.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Germany Charges 3 Jailed in ’07 in Bomb Plot
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03germany.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Wage Gaps for Women Frustrating Germany
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/business/worldbusiness/03women.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
English Soccer Club Sale Reveals Emirates’ Rivalry
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/business/worldbusiness/03soccer.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Cyprus: Two Sides Hope to Restart Unification Talks
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04briefs-TWOSIDESHOPE_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: France: Justice Minister Says She’s Pregnant
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04briefs-JUSTICEMINIS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Northern Ireland: I.R.A. Threat Ends, Watchdog Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04briefs-IRATHREATEND_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Serbia: Good News From the European Union
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/europe/04briefs-GOODNEWSFROM_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: TV, Not the Old Boy Network
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03briefs-TVNOTTHEOLDB_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Journalist’s Killing Condemned
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03briefs-JOURNALISTSK_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Qaddafi Charges Dropped
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/europe/03briefs-QADDAFICHARG_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Arts, Briefly: Georgia Museum Director Fled to Save Stalin Items
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/arts/design/03arts-GEORGIAMUSEU_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
European Leaders Agree on New Warning to Russia
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
For Thousands of Refugees From the Conflict in Georgia, the Fear Lingers
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02refugees.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
The New Old Age: Thatcher’s Open Secret
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/margaret-thatchers-open-secret/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Two Georgians Went to War but Never Got to Fight
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02warriors.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Spanish Judge Seeks Names of Victims in Franco Era
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02spain.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: The Vatican: Ex-Hostage Meets the Pope
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02briefs-EXHOSTAGEMEE_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Journalist’s Killing Protested
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02briefs-JOURNALISTSK_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: New Exam for Citizenship
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02briefs-NEWEXAMFORCI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Arts, Briefly: Italians Critical of Chinese Gift
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/arts/design/02arts-ITALIANSCRIT_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Russia Claims Its Sphere of Influence in the World
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/europe/01russia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
A Journalist in Russia Is Shot Dead After Arrest
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/europe/01ingushetia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Kept From TV, Report on Moscow Finds an Audience
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/business/worldbusiness/01loshak.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Books of The Times: Trans-Atlantic Translations: Explaining England
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/books/01campbell.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Across France, Pessimism Clouds a Time for Renewal
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/europe/31france.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Lives: Cooking in Wartime
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/magazine/31Lives-t.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Arts, Briefly: Protesters Beseech the Gods at the Acropolis
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/arts/design/01arts-PROTESTERSBE_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Georgia Conflict Resounds at Chess Championships
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/europe/31russia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Basque Separatist, Free From Spanish Prison, Backs Talks
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/europe/31spain.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Italy Agrees to $5 Billion Libya Reparations
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/africa/31libya.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Georgia and Russia Cut Diplomatic Ties
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/europe/30russia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Karadzic Declines to Plead at War Crimes Court
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/europe/30hague.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Russia to Ban Imports of Some U.S. Poultry
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/worldbusiness/30trade.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: U.S. Acts on Court Files
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/europe/30brief-USACTSONCOUR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Council Backs Mosque
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/europe/30brief-COUNCILBACKS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Business Briefing | International Business: European Index of Economic Confidence Slumps
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/worldbusiness/30briefs-EUROPEANINDE_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Putin Suggests U.S. Provocation in Georgia Clash
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/europe/29putin.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
An Embattled Enclave Yearns to Be Free (and Liechtenstein)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/europe/29ossetia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Russia Deal May Fall, a Casualty of Conflict
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/europe/29policy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Security Group Refuses to Back Russia’s Actions
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/europe/29russia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Malta: 70 Missing After Boat Capsizes
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/europe/29briefs-70MISSINGAFT_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: 3 Charged in Terrorism Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/europe/29briefs-3CHARGEDINTE_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Fifth Arrest in Suspected Plot Against British Leaders
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/europe/28britain.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Yuri Nosenko, Soviet Spy Who Defected, Dies at 81
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/28nosenko.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: The Hague: Former Employee Is Accused of Contempt of Court
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/europe/28briefs-FORMEREMPLOY_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Middle East: Sarkozy Reaches Out to Syria
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/europe/28briefs-SARKOZYREACH_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Stocks Tumble in Moscow After Russia Recognizes Separatist Regions in Georgia
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/europe/27moscow.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Fair Trial Unlikely, Karadzic Argues
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/europe/27hague.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Medvedev’s Statement on South Ossetia and Abkhazia
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/europe/27medvedev.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Saakashvili’s Statement on Russia’ Action
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/europe/27saakashvili.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Suspect Arrested in Threats to Prime Minister
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/europe/27briefs-SUSPECTARRES_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Enclave Hails Tight Embrace From Moscow
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/europe/26ossetia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
E.U. Treads Gingerly in Georgia Crisis
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/europe/26russia.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Guns Silent, Moscow and Tbilisi Open New Front in Denver
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/us/politics/26policy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Britain’s Thatcher Has Dementia
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/europe/26britain.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Michael Baxandall, Pioneering Art Historian, Dies at 74
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/arts/26baxandall.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Attacks on Foreign Tourists Stir Crime Debate in Italy
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/europe/26italy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Wavre Journal: A Builder’s 360° Vision Didn’t Move His Neighbors
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/europe/02belgium.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Stralsund Journal: Butter, Not Russian Guns, Worries Merkel’s District
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/europe/01stralsund.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
The Food Chain: Russia’s Collective Farms: Hot Capitalist Property
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/worldbusiness/31food.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Vice President Cheney arrives in Azerbaijan
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/382403719/la-fg-cheney4-2008sep04,0,1835220.story
Russian nationalist advocates Eurasian alliance against the U.S.
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/383031098/la-fgw-dugin4-2008sep04,0,4836091.story
Yushchenko orders new Ukrainian coalition
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/382403720/la-fg-ukraine4-2008sep04,0,4610739.story
Immigrants squeezed as Spain's boom turns to bust
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/383031099/la-fi-spain4-2008sep04,0,5136165.story
German police hunt high-speed skateboard outlaw
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/382391514/la-fg-skateboarder4-2008sep04,0,2131780.story
New Orleans gets its people back
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/383031100/la-na-gustav4-2008sep04,0,4438288.story
Bush extends $1 billion in aid to Georgia
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/383031101/la-fg-usgeorgia4-2008sep04,0,176058.story
A Greek festival in a Latino area? Zorba would say, 'Why not?'
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/383031110/la-et-family4-2008sep04,0,5954804.story
IRA no longer a threat to Northern Ireland, experts say
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/383031111/la-fg-ira4-2008sep04,0,4997014.story
American accused by Russia says he's never been to Georgia
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/383031112/la-fg-passport4-2008sep04,0,3833537.story
UN welcomes ‘historic' launch of negotiations to reunify Cyprus
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27922&Cr=cyprus&Cr1=
UN sounds alarm on humanitarian conditions in Georgian city
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27906&Cr=georgia&Cr1=
Tests confirm no radioactivity release from incident at UN laboratory
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27867&Cr=IAEA&Cr1=
Over 2,000 displaced from Georgia buffer zone register with UN agency
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27871&Cr=georgia&Cr1=
Secretary-General convenes senior UN staff retreat in Italy
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27877&Cr=UN officials&Cr1=
Tensions remain high in Georgia, Security Council hears
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27862&Cr=georgia&Cr1=
In Zaragoza, UN spotlights use of nuclear technology to protect water resources
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27836&Cr=water&Cr1=environment
Former staffer at UN's Balkans war crimes tribunal facing contempt charges
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27839&Cr=icty&Cr1=
Resolving Georgian crisis may be harder after Russian move - Ban
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27829&Cr=georgia&Cr1=
Top UN refugee official wraps up mission to Georgia, Russia
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27784&Cr=Georgia&Cr1=
Condemning Moscow, Cheney promises U.S. support for Georgia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/europe/georgia.php
Ukraine government near collapse
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/europe/04ukraine.php
Attacks on reporters flare in Russia; 2 are dead
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/scribes.php
Turkish president to visit Armenia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/turkey.php
Serbia could be EU candidate next year
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/union.php
Dutch draw up drastic measures to defend coast against rising seas
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/news/03dutch.php
Irish Republican Army poses no threat in Northern Ireland, report says
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/irish.php
New round of reunification talks begin on Cyprus
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/cyprus.php
Sarkozy meets Assad in Syria
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/mideast/sarkozy.php
War in Georgia exposes NATO's fault lines
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/letter.php
London introduces online crime maps
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/3londoncrime.php
Condemning Moscow, Cheney promises U.S. support for Georgia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/europe/georgia.php
Ukraine government near collapse
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/europe/04ukraine.php
Attacks on reporters flare in Russia; 2 are dead
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/scribes.php
Turkish president to visit Armenia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/turkey.php
Serbia could be EU candidate next year
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/union.php
Dutch draw up drastic measures to defend coast against rising seas
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/news/03dutch.php
Irish Republican Army poses no threat in Northern Ireland, report says
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/irish.php
New round of reunification talks begin on Cyprus
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/cyprus.php
Sarkozy meets Assad in Syria
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/mideast/sarkozy.php
War in Georgia exposes NATO's fault lines
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/letter.php
London introduces online crime maps
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/3londoncrime.php
White House unveils $1 billion aid plan for Georgia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/europe/04cheney.php
Unwed French justice minister is pregnant
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/paris.php
François Desmaisons, former IHT circulation director
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/desmaisons.php
Scars linger for Georgian refugees
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/refugees.php
Georgians eager to rebuild army
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/03georgia.php
Georgian president 'a political corpse' to the Kremlin
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/03/europe/russia.php
Germans charge 3 Islamists in major terror plot
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/02/europe/terror.php
Security official fired after Corsican protest ensnares a Sarkozy friend
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/02/europe/corsica.php
Magnus Carlsen, chess prodigy from Norway
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/profile.php
Spanish judge seeks names of victims in Franco era
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/02/europe/02spain.php
Belated fame for a pioneer of the heliotropic home
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/journal.php
1,000 protest killing of journalist in Ingushetia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/slay.php
Taking the 'United' out of the United Kingdom
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/letter.php
Europeans meet on crisis in Georgia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/02/europe/02georgia.php
Two Georgians went to war but never got to fight
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/02/europe/02warriors.php
British police charge 4th suspect with terror offense
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/01britain.php
Russia warns West to stop backing Georgia
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/georgia.php
Ingrid Betancourt meets with Pope Benedict
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/ingrid.php
Wagner half-sisters appointed co-directors of Bayreuth Festival
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/bayreuth.php
Putin tracks rare tiger for benefit of TV viewers
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/putin.php
Russia claims its sphere of influence in the world
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/europe/01russia.php