One month after then President Boris Yeltsin plucked a security agency official named Vladimir Putin from obscurity and made him prime minister, an explosion leveled a nine story apartment building on Moscow s outskirts. The predawn blast on September 9, 1999, reduced the building to a smoking pile of rubble, killing more than 100. A second building, less than 6 kilometers away, was rocked by an explosion on September 13, killing 119. Days earlier, a car bomb exploded in a small town bordering the war ravaged region of Chechnya, where reignited fighting was already spilling into neighboring regions. That blast, outside the apartment building in the town of Buynaksk, killed dozens. It was followed seven days later by a truck bomb that destroyed a nine story building in another southern city, Volgodonsk, killing 17. On September 23, Putin asserted terrorists in Chechnya were to blame and ordered a massive air campaign within the North Caucasus region. When asked a day later about the campaign targeting what he called terrorists, Putin responded with the phrase that inaugurated his rise to preeminence. We will pursue them everywhere, he said, using a crude slang expression. Excuse me for saying so: We ll catch them in the toilet. We ll wipe them out in the outhouse. The statement became a Putin catchphrase, and set the tone for the 20 years of rule that followed. Yes, it s one of Putin s original sins, said Sergei Kovalyov, a former lawmaker and rights activist who headed a commission that investigated the bombings in the early 2000s. The bombings, and the fear they provoked, were advantageous, he told RFE RL. At the time, it was advantageous for him to take control of the country, and to introduce force into the Caucasus, in Chechnya in particular. Yeltsin and his officials had already endorsed Putin, who was tapped a year earlier to head the country s main security and intelligence agency, the FSB, and also served as secretary of the Security Council.In announcing he was elevating a relatively obscure FSB officer to be his head of government, Yeltsin also endorsed him for the presidency, just months ahead of the election. I have decided to now name the person who is, in my opinion, able to consolidate society and, drawing support from the broadest political forces, to ensure the continuation of reforms in Russia, Yeltsin said in a televised speech on August 9, 1999. "He will be able to unite around himself those who are to renew Great Russia in the new 21st century.
Summer is a busy time for the Obama family with regard to birthdays. Barack was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, his mother in law, Marian Robinson, was born on July 30 and his daughter, Malia, celebrated her 21st birthday on July 4.In Illinois, where Obama served as a senator before becoming president, August 4 is officially Barack Obama Day. Last year was the first time the holiday was commemorated, as the Illinois Legislature passed the bill in 2017.
Washington: In the 21st century everyone is hooked up with his smartphone, particularly young people, which lead to a decrease in physical activity, researchers have found. University students who used their smartphones five or more hours a day had a 43 per cent increased risk of obesity and were more likely to have other lifestyle habits that increase the risk of heart disease.
NOT SINCE the 1960s, when Mao s Cultural Revolution spilled over into Hong Kong, triggering riots and bombings, have political tensions in the city run so high. After weeks of protests, antagonism between critics and supporters of the Communist Party in Beijing has risen sharply. The local government seems paralysed. Relations with the police have deteriorated. And worries abound that turmoil will grow.July 21st brought a crucial change. During the day hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, many in black, the chosen colour of those who support democracy, marched through the city. They were calling for the formal withdrawal of an extradition bill (now shelved) allowing criminal suspects to be extradited to the mainland. The demonstration was orderly, but two incidents that came after it were not.
Pre season is now well underway for Spurs, as players and staff have arrived back at Enfield in order to start their preparations for the new campaign.Tottenham are back in action for their first pre season fixture on Sunday (21st July), when they take on Italian giants Juventus in the International Champions Cup fixture in Singapore.
The project included a series of structural alterations to conform to a 1904 structural code and bring the building up to 21st Century standards.Mace led a team of experts consisting of Gensler, Ramboll, Montagu Evans, CBRE and others, working together to deliver the transformation of the heritage location and create a cutting edge design for customers. The process also involved extensive stakeholder engagement with Westminster Council and others to ensure the project was able to proceed without disruption to one of the world s most high profile retail streets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the union budget presented today by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is "one of hope" and "it is a budget that will boost India's development in the 21st Century". "This budget is one that will make the nation prosperous and empower the people, it will give strength to the poor and a better tomorrow to the young people," the Prime Minister said soon after the presentation of the budget in the Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the union budget presented today by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is "one of hope" and "it is a budget that will boost India's development in the 21st Century". "This budget is one that will make the nation prosperous and empower the people, it will give strength to the poor and a better tomorrow to the young people," the Prime Minister said soon after the presentation of the budget in the Lok Sabha.
Bhubaneswar Delhi: The Kalinga Literary Festival is back with its 6th edition to invigorate, educate, provoke and entertain as well. Around 250 celebrities from the worlds of literature, cinema, media and politics will assemble in the temple city of Odisha to deliberate on the theme of Gandhi s Idea of India: Truth, Harmony, Non Violence , at the Kalinga Literature Festival in Bhubaneswar, from 19th 21stJuly, 2019.
ET ALORS? So responded Fran ois Mitterrand, then president of France, when asked about a child from an extra marital relationship. His curt So what? summed up the way in which the private lives of French politicians are generally off limits to nosy journalists, and of little concern to French voters. Criticism of Fran ois Hollande, another president caught having an affair, focused on the fact that he had turned up to his illicit liaisons on an unpresidential scooter. How Boris Johnson must have wished that similar attitudes prevailed in Britain when an argument with his girlfriend became front page news on June 21st, after the police were called to her flat in south London.Mr Johnson is attempting to become Britain s first French prime minister, with an impregnable barrier between his public and (rather vibrant) private life. I do not talk about stuff involving my family, my loved ones, he garbled this week. And there s a very good reason for that. If you do, you drag them into things that, really, is, in a way that is not fair on them.
International Yoga Day is celebrated every year on 21st June. The aim of this global campaign is to spread awareness about the multiple health benefits of yoga. As we observe International Yoga Day today, let;s focus on how yoga boosts your heart health.Many studies have shown tremendous health benefits of yoga including that of cardiac health. Yoga is a body mind activity which helps in flexibility, muscle strengthening, balance, relaxation and concentration. While there are many ways this age old technique boosts your cardiac health, here are the 5 most prominent ways it does so.
Yoga is a valuable tool for people of all ages to make physical activity an integral part of life and reach the level needed to promote good health , says WHO. On the occasion of International Yoga Day today, we see many campaigns and movements that inspire people to make yoga a way of life. People of any age group can practise it anywhere. To create awareness about its various health benefits, the United Nations took the initiative and declared 21st June as the International Yoga Day.WHO says that children between the age of 5 and 17 should do at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity activities daily whereas adults should go for at least 150 minutes of such activities weekly. Elderly people face various health problems like weak bones and have balancing issues. They are also affected by psychological problems like depression, anxiety and stress. So, it is imperative that they make yoga a way of life to deal with age related issues and manage them. Since today is International Yoga Day, it is the perfect day to start this practise.
Date published: Friday 21st June 2019 9:15Manchester United should place Jesse Lingard on the transfer list after he shared a Snapchat video of him and his mates on holiday.
Once home to more than 100 people, Vunidogoloa has been overrun by the tropical forest. Plants cover the town square. The stench of rotting rodents wafts from abandoned homes, and salt water seeps up through the soil as far as 300 ft. from Natewa Bay. This Saturday morning in mid May is warm and pleasant, but a few times a year, king tides inundate the village with knee high waters; locals were forced to place precious possessions on tall surfaces and run for the hills. ”All the rights of living, ” says Sailosi Ramatu, the village 's administrator, ”had been lost because of climate change. ”And so, five years ago, Vunidogoloa was abandoned. The Fijian government built a new town about a mile up the hill at a cost of half a million dollars. Vunidogoloa is the first place in Fiji to relocate because of the effects of climate change, but it won 't be the last. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama tells me he plans to move 40 Fijian villages in the coming years to cope with rising sea levels, which globally climbed about 7.5 in. in the 20th century and could rise 3 ft. more by the end of the 21st, according to the U.N. 's climate science arm. ”Every day I think about climate change, ” he says.
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The pair began their relationship seven months ago and Coronation Street legend Christopher Quinten clearly felt ready for the next step.Getting down on one knee, the 61 year old popped the question at his girlfriend 's 21st birthday party.
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An Israeli company, NSO, exploited a vulnerability in the app, allowing unauthorized and surreptitious access to someone s phone, even without them doing something stupid, like clicking on an unknown link (which is the most common way phones get infected). A missed WhatsApp call was all it took to access your phone.NSO is a secretive Israeli company, a product of Silicon Wadi (their version of Silicon Valley). Its clients are The Who s Who of third world intelligence services, who can now buy off the shelf spying software and play like the big boys do. NSO was referred to by Nicole Perlroth, of The NY Times, as one of the world s most evasive digital arms dealer, an interesting and ominous new term for the 21st Century. There s huge demand for this type of thing, which is why NSO is now valued at above $1 billion dollars.
The centre aims at prioritizing investment in human based, non animal methodologies in life sciences research in India. It seeks to establish a multi stakeholder think tank that represents the growing body of expertise on new approach methodologies on a scientific and policy level, keeping in mind the 21st century biomedical science and toxicology motive globally to break siloes. It will also forge a partnership among the scientific community for better flow of knowledge, support for research and open access publication of literature will be focused upon. Researchers have been critically assessing the validity and reliability of data obtained from animal experimentation to predict human outcomes and develop a better understanding of human physiology. New approach methodologies that do not involve the use of live animals are demonstrating more human relevance and thus promise improved outcomes for human health protection and medical interventions.
Modi has won a place in the history books by his national vision, primarily by being a Hindu Indian nationalist but also by his leadership in his laudable attempt to drag India and its policies into the 21st century. It is a happy coincidence for India, not so much for old foe China, that President Donald Trump is made from the same nationalist cloth, though dyed with the stars #8216;n; stripes.On a visit to Singapore last year, the young Rahul Gandhi took questions from the audience. To an irate older man, an academic who launched on a lengthy rude rant against Congress history of misgovernance over decades, he responded with a question. Rahul asked: So are you saying the Congress made no contribution after Independence? At all?