Posts Tagged ‘siberian’

VIDEO: Cross-bred tiger cubs ‘doing well’

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

A female Bengal tiger and a male Siberian tiger have produced three cubs at a zoo in Mexico, despite being different sub-species.

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VIDEO: Cross-bred tiger cubs ‘doing well’

A Red Cross rescue of Russian children

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

World War I was drawing to a close in 1918 when American Red Cross volunteers in Russia’s Far East heard rumors about abandoned children, dressed in rags and foraging for food in Siberian forests. They set off on a rescue that would turn into an extraordinary around-the-world journey little known today. Read full article > >

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A Red Cross rescue of Russian children

Space debris in Cosmonaut Street

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Fragments of a Russian satellite that failed to launch properly have fallen in a street named after cosmonauts in a remote Siberian village, residents say.

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Space debris in Cosmonaut Street

Russian Jet Explodes on Runway

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

A Russian jet caught fire as it taxied down a Siberian runway on Saturday, killing three people and badly burning many more. As the plane filled with smoke, most passengers were able to evacuate in time, but survivors called the scene chaotic and…

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Russian Jet Explodes on Runway

Russian band in plane fire drama

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

A Russian pop group describe scenes of panic on board a plane which caught fire at a Siberian airport, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.

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Russian band in plane fire drama

Tiger attack

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

A Wisconsin man was recovering Friday after being bit by a 7-year-old Siberian tiger, the local sheriff’s office said.

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Tiger attack

Russian ‘miracle’ crash landing

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

A Russian passenger plane makes a safe landing in the Siberian taiga after a power failure at more than 10,000 metres.

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Russian ‘miracle’ crash landing