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Pitt and Clooney at Venice debut

28.08.2008 - Leisure

The Venice Film Festival has opened with the premiere of the Coen brothers' dark comedy Burn After Reading.

Russian Chamber orchestra plays summer serenades

28.08.2008 - Art & Culture

Do you love classical music how Russian counts did? A collection of serenades is being performed by the Russian Chamber orchestra Kremlin at Moscow’s Kuskovo estate. Having the concerts fully booked organizers show that the audience has starved for this genre.

Russian football: Spartak and Dynamo share spoils

26.08.2008 - Sport

The stakes were high for both Spartak and Dynamo going into their Premier League clash in the capital. But neither side could prevail in a thrilling Moscow derby at the Luzhniki Stadium, where it finished 1-1.

Russians claim third place in Olympics medals table

26.08.2008 - Sport

After 16 days of tough competition, Russia's athletes are homeward bound after finishing in third place in the rankings. There were triumphs and disappointments, which will now enter the history books.But it was certainly the hosts of the games, China, which have most reason to celebrate. They won fifty-one golds with an overall tally of 100 medals and claimed first place in the rankings.

DeGeneres and De Rossi wed in LA

18.08.2008 - Art & Culture

US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has married her long-time partner, actress Portia de Rossi, according to the Associated Press news agency.

“Window to Europe” film festival announces winners

18.08.2008 - Art & Culture

The last day of the 16th “Window to Europe” film festival in Vyborg is over. “The Stone Head”, the movie directed by Philip Yankovsky and starring a famous Russian boxer Nikolay Valuyev, won the main prize

Phelps breaks Olympic gold record

13.08.2008 - Sport

US swimmer Michael Phelps broke the record for Olympic gold medals won by taking his 10th and 11th in a double victory on Wednesday.

Spirits remain high at Olympic Games

13.08.2008 - Sport

They came to enjoy the spectacle and support their national teams. But visiting heads of state at the Beijing games now find themselves discussing the developing crisis in Georgia.

Five Russian Olympians suspended in doping scandal

01.08.2008 - Sport

Five Russian athletes have been banned from competing in Beijing after they were found to have tampered with doping tests. Yelena Soboleva, the world indoor 1500 metre record holder, and four other sportswomen were suspended following a year-long investigation.