Resolution 2014: Being the Third Wife of Mikhail Khodorkovsky! ahahhahaa...

I'm not lying. They have the same face. And unfortunately, a thousand times unfortunate, the woman's face is my face, while the man's face is the most handsome guy from Russian jail: Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

You see? Russia is very terrific. Even up to the prison, they still have this handsome face. I'm in love again today. Oh, what a beautiful 2014.

Dear Kovsky, this is my impudence in early 2014. I want to suggest you should not have to have much money. After all, in the end you understand that your wealth does not guarantee happiness.

I want you to fall in love with me. Mmm... maybe falling in love can rejuvenate your tangled feelings while you are in jail. And maybe you will be happy again, just like when the time goes so soft in your hands.

(Postscript: we will make a club for your children, ok? Its name is: MBK's Children Club. Its members are all your children, and the latest is my baby boy. Sweetheart, you've got a lot of fathers today. He, he and he. Hehehe. Dahling, please do not get mad .... ehehehhe ...)
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What? ... Are you crazy or reckless, Cisca? Please remove them all, damn it! You're very tacky when falling in love. Ouch, ...not elegant at all! Gosh, gosh I hope you will never meet with this woman, Kovsky. Ehehhee ... she is anti-cigarette, she is anti-flesh, she is anti-booze, she is anti-drug and she is also anti-violence.
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To be continued ...

News Headlines (441) 1 January 2014

ONLINE TODAY

► SMH AU 1 JAnusry 2014 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky free but his fortune remains in chains

► GUARDIAN 31 December 2013 : Planet likely to warm by 4C by 2100, scientists warn

► WIRED 31 December 2013 : U.S. to China: We Hacked Your Internet Gear We Told You Not to Hack

► FOXNEWS 31 December 2013 : Rep urges Kerry to 'enlist' Bush to help resolve South Sudan conflict :

► IB TIMES 31 December 2013  : What Does New Year’s Eve Song Lyrics 'Auld Lang Syne' Mean 2014?

► TELEGRAPH 31 December 2013 : QI: some quite interesting facts about Auld Lang Syne

► COMEDY : BEST NEWS BLOOPERS 2013. Published on Dec 26, 2013 by NewsBeFunny



► NEWS & POLITICS : Эксклюзивное интервью Михаила Ходорковского программе «Неделя» и Марианне Максимовской. Published on Dec 22, 2013 by Неделя с Марианной Максимовской

► A Sense of Place - #1: Argyll Forest Park
► Damned

► Revelers usher in 2014 with fireworks, festivities

► Apple says never worked with NSA on iPhone hacks 

► SLIDESHOW : World rings in New Year

► Champagne on ice for Antarctica crew - By Lincoln Feast and Maggie Lu Yueyang
SYDNEY - Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them.  | Slideshow

* Fernandez image wilts in year-end Argentine heat wave

► VIDEOS

■ Russians and visitors welcome 2014 in Red Square
■ Fireworks light up the night sky at the Brandenburg Gate, welcoming 2014
■ Dubai puts on spectacular New Year fireworks display

► Myanmar declares 'no more political prisoners' after amnesty
► 'Caffe sospeso' or pending charity charms Paris suburb
► Bell rings in New Year in Seoul
► Sparkling Sydney kicks off global 2014 party
► Sparkling Hong Kong joins global 2014 party
► Dubai dazzles in global 2014 party
► Turkey rings in 2014





► Foie gras with tongue: France's New Year speciality

► Raw: Auckland, New Zealand Rings in 2014
► Raw: Hong Kong Rings in New Year
► 2014 Welcomed With Celebrations, Hope
► Raw: Dubai Attempts Fireworks Show Record
► New Year Celebration in London
► Raw: Fireworks Explode Over Brandenburg Gate
► Raw: Times Square Ball Drop Brings in 2014
► 2014 Arrives Amid Cheers and Wishes

► NEWS

■ Putin vows total destruction of 'terrorists' after bombings
■ Putin vows to annihilate "terrorists" after suicide bombings
■ Putin breaks tradition, gives 2 New Year's talks
■ Putin triumphs in 2013 yet tough challenges loom
■ Big Space Missions to Watch in 2014
■ SLIDESHOW : Ushering in the new year around the globe
■ Yahoo predicts 2014
■ Real-Life Smoking Caterpillar Uses Nicotine as Defense

► SHINE

■ Self-Portraits Reveal the Truth About Body Image
■ 8 Secrets Never to Keep in a Relationship

► GOOD MORNING AMERICA : NYC Steakhouse Offering $10,000 NYE Dinner for Two

► HEALTH

■ Vitamin E 'beneficial' in dementia
■ Call for restrictions on sale of electronic cigarettes to children

► Crowds and fireworks welcome 2014
Celebrations take place around the world to mark the start of 2014, with cities lit up by spectacular pyrotechnics and traditional ceremonies.

* Six new years in 60 seconds -VIDEO
* Fireworks mark new year around world - VIDEO
* In pictures: world welcomes 2014
* Millions across UK welcome New Year

► 'Twerking', 'selfie' and 'hashtag' on list of annoying words

► How Auld Lang Syne took over the world

► How Auld Lang Syne stormed China

► VIDEO : US gripped by freezing temperatures

► CULTURE : What will women wear in 2014?

► Today's African Proverb : "Those with tattered skirts should avoid dancing too close to the fire"  - A Shona proverb sent by Pachawo Dhlamini in Mutare, Zimbabwe

► Billions in tax breaks to expire at midnight 
► Constitution 'exemption' zone spans 100 miles inland of US border– judge
► Up to 2 million Britons in 'debt peril' by 2018
► 'Fight terrorists until full elimination': Putin changes New Year address after Volgograd terror attacks 
► Nuclear deal to be implemented in January - Iran
► Bringing in the New Year: 2014 starts with a bang 
► Fracking hot: N. Dakota man 'sets tap water on fire'
► Icy New Year: Trapped Russian ship celebrates New Year in Antarctic
► US flies three final Chinese ethnic Uighurs from Guantanamo to Slovakia

► VIDEOS

■ #Why2013matters: 13 scandals & breakthroughs that changed the world
■ Volgograd mourns victims of twin terror attacks
■ Sydney Show: Fireworks spectacular heralds New Year's in Australia
■ Why You Should Care: NSA Raids Warcraft (E43)
■ Shaky Union: Immigration problems & economy imbalance undermine EU
■ People Pressure: Activists cry foul as govts crack down on protests
■ Massive fireworks in Dubai lights up Burj Khalifa to celebrate New Year 2014

► Featured Documentary - Soapbox Mexico: Now I have a voice
► Inside Story : Saudi Arabias struggle for influence

.... haiyaa.... Aljazeera, you are not excited by the fireworks on New Year's Eve 2013-2014? Really? Ahahhaa ... it's great! Very nice!

Fireworks often make us complacent with the mundane's beauty, whereas you know it's just a man-made beauty : from the ground to the sky above. And I'm still waiting for the beauty of the sky to under the sky.

Mmm... and it's not as easy as we set off the fireworks, ladies and gentlemen! I prayed earnestly, tilted my head to the sky just to get a disaster? Ahh ...

► NORTH KOREA : Kim Jong Un Brags of Purging 'Factionalist Filth' - Thirty-year-old despot clearly refers to the Dec. 12 execution of influential uncle Jang Song Thaek in New Year message to the people 

► RUSSIA : Putin's Taking the Fight to the Terrorists - Russia's president vowed to come down hard on those responsible for pre-Olympics attacks.

* U.S. Official: Russia Bombings Raise Sochi Concerns

► SOCIAL NETWORKING : Anyone Can Find Love in 2014 (And We Mean Anyone) 

► SCIENCE : A Newly Discovered Underground Lake in Greenland Will Help Us Understand Climate Change

► GUN CONTROL : Judge Upholds NY Gun Law - But strikes down 7-round limit

► ENTERTAINMENT : I'm Dropping Tons of Confetti on Times Square - A tribute to the dispersal engineers

► TRAVEL : How the world rang in the new year - Here's a look at the fireworks, crowds and colors of celebrations as 2013 turned into 2014. From elaborate to simple, in places as diverse...

* Getting ready for New Year's Eve around the globe
* New Year's Eve: Times Square's 6 countdowns -- and who's doing them

► BUSINESS

■ October housing price data show 'boom is fading'
■ Stocks soar in 2013 as fear bubble pops

► LOCAL

■ Gun controls, more immigrant rights among new laws for 2014 - Other laws taking effect with the new year cover car pool lanes, paparazzi, prescription drugs, fracking and transgender students.
■ Making a New Year's pledge to stay safe - Maybe instead of deciding to hit the gym more often or give up snack foods, you should concentrate on not ending up in the emergency room in 2014.

► NATION

■ Obama visits favorite shave ice shop before a private New Year's Eve
■ Happy New Year! Google Doodle, fireworks welcome 2014 - Happy New Year! And what better way to start 2014 than with a Google Doodle, some cheap Champagne and a look at how the rest of the planet...

► WORLD : Latvia joins Eurozone with New Year's fanfare but little joy - Latvia became the 18th country to make the European Union's euro its currency when fireworks exploded over Riga and church bells tolled in...

* Both sides in Iranian talks see progress toward implementing deal
* South Sudan rebel leader agrees to peace talks in Ethiopia

► JACKET COPY :  Writers we lost in 2013 - Two Nobel Prize winners, a pulp writer made good, an irreplaceable L.A. poet, a young adult author gone too soon and many more: A look back at the writers who passed away in 2013.

* 5 memorable literary scandals and contretemps of 2013
* New Sherlock Holmes mystery: Where's my copyright?

► ENTERTAINMENT : 'Duck Dynasty' stars book Fox News interview for New Year's special

► FRAMEWORK

■ The Year in Pictures | 2013

■ Pictures in the News | December 31, 2013 - Posted by  : Marc Martin



Actors dressed as the Russian Grandfather Frost and his companion, Snow Maiden, take part in a parade celebrating the approaching new year Tuesday in Bishek, Kyrgyzstan. PHOTOGRAPH BY: VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP/Getty Images



A man dressed as Santa Claus offers chocolates to people taking their last sea bath of the year in Dinard in western France. PHOTOGRAPH BY: DAMIEN MEYER / AFP/Getty Images



A man and his horse in Karachi, Pakistan, are silhouetted against the last sunset of the year over the Arabian Sea. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Fareed Khan / Associated Press



A boatman rows a gondola in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. PHOTOGRAPH BY: FAROOQ KHAN / European Pressphoto Agency

News Headlines (441) 29 December - 31 December 2013

ONLINE TODAY

► 29 December 2013 : Are you going to be meeting some new people, today? You need to take them at face value -- drawing conclusions too early or making any type of assumption about who they are or what they are about or what motivates them could take you a long way down the wrong track! Regard these other people as folks who have no hidden agendas, and everything will be fine. Give them the benefit of any doubts, because isn't that what you are hoping they're doing for you? Respect is a two-way street.

You may not like how today works out for you -- but there's some really important healing going on underneath the surface. Make sure that you're pushing back against your restlessness.

Try to share your emotions as much as you can today -- within reason, of course. You shouldn't divulge all your hopes and dreams to the person behind the counter at your local pharmacy, but you should let your sweetie know how good they make you feel sometimes. Put your energy where it will do the most good, and communicate what you really feel. Sometimes, the things that you are most afraid to say are the very things that need to be said the soonest.

► 31 December 2013 : You are in the calm eye of a gathering storm right now, and can sense that things are going to get a lot busier, soon. But instead of getting panicked about what is to come, be confident! You are more than prepared for the action that is about to go down, and it's important that you give off the air of being capable and ready to go -- other people are paying attention, and the energy you give off will influence how they feel about the coming days. You may step on one toe too many today -- but don't hold back! You need to speak your mind, even if other people are overly sensitive. You've got a whole new year to apologize, if need be!

A friend who has been missing in action for a really long time will pop back onto the scene today -- and boy, do they have a story to tell about their adventures! So before you get all indignant about being neglected, listen to what they have to say. Be a good audience and show them that all you want is for them to feel fulfilled in their life, not obligated to you. You're not a friend who keeps track of the hours they put into the relationship. That petty person is not you.

► SMH AU 28 December 2013 : Pussy Riot's latest protest: Mikhail Khodorkovsky for president

► AMERICANOWNEWS 27 December 2013 : Intel hires AZ prep prodigy whose cannon wowed president ||  ► HARDWARE 360° 27 December 2013 : Intel Hires 16 Year Old Prodigy

► HUFFINGTON POST 28 December 2013 : Gisele Bundchen Visits Teen Battling Cancer To Share Makeup Tips (PHOTOS)

► IFLSCIENCE 20 December 2013 : Origin of flowers has been discovered

► GIZMAG 24 December 2013 : Google's Schaft robot takes top spot at DARPA Robotics Challenge ||  ► COMPUTER WORLD 22 December 2013 : Japanese robot crushes rivals at DARPA challenge ||  ► IOL SCITECH 23 December 2013 : Robots to the rescue || ► SPACE 16 July 2013 : Two NASA Droids Set for Military Robotics Challenge  || ► Newstories: News Headlines (435) 10 December - 13 December 2013 / RUSSIA TODAY

► SCIENCEDAILY..com 22 December 2013 : Some Plants May Not Adapt Quickly to Future Climate Change ||  ► SCIENCEDAILY.net 22 December 2013 : Clues to how plants evolved to cope with cold.

I did not see with my own eyes how the results of their research, but what is clear is the name of this site is the same: ScienceDaily.. But, eh, actually they are the same or different? ... huwaaa ...

► SCIENCEMAG

■ 20 December 2013 : Science Shot: Why Men Dominate Happy Hour
■ 24 December 2013 : ScienceShot: When Whale Watching Turns Deadly
■ 19 Decmber 2013 : ScienceShot: Salt Under Pressure

► MICHELLE MALKIN 28 December 2013

■ Debbie Wasserman Schultz New Year's resolution: Convincing Republicans to stop disagreeing with Debbie Wasserman Schultz
■ Bloomberg-the-Humble: 'Literally saved 9,200 lives' during mayoral tenure

► NY TIMES 28 December 2013  : In Textbook Fight, Japan Leaders Seek to Recast History

► GUARDIAN 28 Decmeber 2013 : How Hollywood cloaked South Sudan in celebrity and fell for the 'big lie'

► DAILY MAIL

■ 20 December 2013 : Freed Russian oil tycoon Khodorkovsky lands in Berlin to visit his sick mother and shakes hands with top German diplomat who helped secure his release from prison
■ 22 December 2013 : I was stabbed in the face: Freed Russian tycoon reveals the horror of his 10 years in jail on 'politically motivated' fraud charges

► REUTERS 22 December 2013 : Freed Khodorkovsky challenges Putin over 'political prisoners'

► SCIENCEDAILY 23 December 2013 : Thousand-Year-Old Vineyards Discovered in Alava, Spain ||  ► LIVESCIENCE 27 December 2013 : Vintage Find: 1,000-Year-Old Vineyards Discovered in Spain

► MTV 28 December 2013 : Britney Spears Pours On 'Cheese' (And Glitter) For 'Piece Of Me' Las Vegas Kickoff

► NY DAILY NEWS 29 December 2013 : Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox flaunt toned bikini bodies on Mexican getaway  ||  ► DAILY MAIL

► HUFFINGTON POST 26 December 2013 : Anne Hathaway Leaves A Bag Of Dog Poop As A Present For A Paparazzo

► ABC NEWS 30 December 2013 : Switzerland Grants Visa to Russia's Khodorkovsky

► FORBES 30 December 2013 : Can Someone Call Mikhail Prokhorov on His Yacht and Tell Him His Nets Need Him?



► FOXNEWS 30 December 2013

■ The man Putin fears most -- why the free world must seek justice for Litvinenko
■ Russian terror attacks could be chilling prelude to Olympic violence, say experts
■ NYT editor defiant on Benghazi report amid lawmaker criticism

► BLOOMBERG 30 December 2013 : Why Is Putin Silent on Pre-Sochi Bombings?

► EURONEWS 30 December 2013 : Vladimir Putin issues new security measures in Russia after Volgograd bombings

► MEDICAL NEWS TODAY 28 December 2013 : Reading a novel triggers lasting changes in the brain :

► DAILY MAIL 30 December 2013  : Julia Roberts reveals she was once asked by a director to have her freckles 'taken off' because they looked 'dirty'

► FORBES 24 December 2013 : This Bugatti Belt Buckle Costs More Than The Chevrolet Corvette And Ford Mustang

► MIRROR 30 December 2013 : Keira Knightley quits Twitter after just 12 hours because it was like 'being in a school playground' || ► DAILY MAIL 29 December 2013 : 'It made me feel like I was standing in the school playground': Keira Knightley reveals invasive social media mentality made her  deactivate Twitter account... after just 12 hours


► EMIRATES 247 29 December 2013 : Dubai's NYE traffic master plan: Free bus rides; 24-hr Metro service  || ► ARABIAN GAZETTE 29 December 2013 : The Five best Places to watch the Fireworks in Dubai this New Year's Eve || ► GULF NEWS 25 December 2013 : Dubai aiming for fireworks world record on New Year's eve  || ► NATIONAL AE 29 December 2013 : Dubai sets out traffic plan for New Year celebrations  || ► GULF NEWS 25 December 2013 : Grand old man of UAE fireworks industry speaks as Dubai set for record show || ► NATIONAL AE 25 December 2013 : Dubai fireworks: Bangs don't get any bigger


► SLASH DOT 30 December 2013: The Rise of Hoax News

► NEWS & POLITICS : MUST SEE DOCUMENTARY BANNED BY PUTIN. BLOWING UP RUSSIA. Published on Apr 26, 2012 by ZENICA95



► GAMING : EVERYTHING I KNOW HAS CHANGED! - Default Dan. Published on Dec 27, 2013 by PewDiePie



► SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : How Houdini DIED (in Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 108.  Published on Dec 26, 2013 by SmarterEveryDay



► ENTERTAINMENT : 47 Ronin Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi Movie HD. 47 Ronin Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi Movie HD. Published on Jul 24, 2013 by MOVIECLIPS Trailers

► Synesthesia 

► Rockets fired from Lebanon strike northern Israel: officials 

► Khodorkovsky's time - By John Lloyd
With his present fame and past record, Khodorkovsky could do much for Russia. His most valuable deed could be to confront the legacy of his class.

* Greenpeace activists leave Russia after Putin's amnesty

Ouch, ouch ouch .... There are three beats in the heart every time I see him in the news media. Ouch ouch ouch ... oh damn, he's really handsome! Aw damn, he already has a wife, oh damn .... and me, mmm ... also has ... uh dahling, you please stand to the side, okay? ehhhehe...Shh, I want to stare at him as long as I want and I love to read his face. Ehhhehe...

Russia, you have a great asset: a very nice man like Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Do not ever ignore him again. Khodorkovsky has the aura of a leader to Russia in the future.

Mmm .... uh, by the way, where is his wife? Why do not you preach about Khodokovsky wife since he was released from prison? Khosokovsky is a man who loves family life. And I (if I were his wife) am the first person who would hug him tightly when he got out of prison. And I deserve to be reported, for all my sacrifice because I had been waiting for him sincerely, faithfully, for 10 years of living alone. (No sex. No other man. Masturbation, sometimes,.. just when I really want you, but you're not here with me. Many sports. Worship. Charities. More skinny. Do not smoke, stupid! Mmm ... er, errata: haiyaaa ..., if you do worship well, stop masturbation, please? NOTE : Dear husband, we are both alone, but this equation will always make us feel being together all the time. Shananana. I'm just worried, can the time also makes part of a person's body away from the main body? Auww... And you, .... when you return, do you know which part of your body the most I looking for? Yes, that's it: Your penis. Shananana. Is it okay? Are you sure? In my naivete, I always think that time can do so much to the wholeness of a person's limbs. Mother gave birth to us with complete limbs, but then time and events could say anything else.)

Err, one more, mmm ... please let your head still bald, ok? That is the greatest charm of your appearance, and of course, the next is your dark eyes. Shananana. Your mobile phone number? Your Facebook page? And of course, you need a lot of publicity and keep in contact with your supporting media.

10 years in prison, ... and those old photo albums, .... Kovsky, mmm... do you have your recent photos? You look so handsome after coming out of prison. I am sure there are no useless thing in the world. If you are sincere and you do not grudge at what they do to you, you will receive all the blessings of what they have. Without them knowing it, their cruelty to others is the equivalent of the good that they throw out of their own self. And you get it.

I can see you. Putin's aura is within you. Putin did not merely liberate you, but without realizing it, he had bequeathed his kindness to you. Do not dismiss it. Please do not go. Do not go out of the political scene. Keep running your role well and be better. Mwah! Mwah!

[WARNING : strike your mwah mwah, Cisca! It is unproportional, you know!] ... ehehehe...

► Second blast in Russia's Volgograd, kills 14 - By Maria Tsvetkova
VOLGOGRAD, Russia - At least 14 people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a trolleybus in the second deadly attack in the Russian city of Volgograd in two days.

* Video: Second deadly blast hits Volgograd
* Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station
* Putin orders security measures after Russian train station blast
* IOC says it has no doubt over security at Sochi Games

► OPINION : Is the pope a socialist? - By Nicholas Wapshott
The election of Pope Francis has called into question the nearly 50-year alliance between the papacy and conservatives. His compassion for those less fortunate is so outspoken that some wonder if the pope is a socialist.

* Beyond the compelling gestures -By Martin E. Marty

► Best photos of the year 2013

► Three killed, hundreds arrested in Egypt clashes
► Female suicide bomber hits Russia train station
► Russia on alert after second deadly suicide bombing
► New Year celebrations across the world

► Raw: Suicide Bomber Kills 14 in Russia's South ||  ► Raw: Aftermath of Russian Train Station Blast
► Formula One's Schumacher in Critical Condition

► NEWS

■ Removal of chemical weapons from Syria delayed: watchdog
■ Scientists Petition U.S. Congress for Return to the Moon
■ Benedict takes up Francis' invite for lunch
■ Obama faces smattering of protests on Hawaiian vacation
■ South Sudan: 'White Army' militia marches to fight
■ China says Communist Party leaders must not smoke in public, help colleagues quit
■ Switzerland grants Khodorkovsky three-month visa
■ U.S. concerned about threats to Sochi Olympics, offers help
■ Russia was most protectionist nation in 2013: study
■ Midas mechanic finds diamond ring lost for 6 years 
■ American History
■ Nazi-looted art found in German parliament: report

► SPORTS : Relive the Metrodome's most famous football moments, some are even fond Vikings memories

► MOVIES : New stills from Captain America: The Winter Soldier

► GRIND TV : 'Shark' that photobombed two children playing in the surf probably was a dolphin

► GOOD MORNING AMERICA

■ Tiny Recovering Chihuahua Nellie Steals Hearts on Instagram
■ Beyoncé: 'I wanted to show my body'. A clip shows the singer juggling motherhood and losing 65 pounds of baby weight for her sexy video and album. Beyonce Reveals Secrets Behind the Making of Her Chart-Topping Album

► SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT 11 November 2013 : New 'invisibility cloak' type designed - By James Morgan Science reporter, BBC News

► MIDDLE EAST : Cairo al-Azhar campus torched amid Egypt protests

► HEALTH : Quit smoking adverts highlight toxic risk to brain

I'm so happy with this kind of news.

► Happy new year? The world's getting slowly more cheerful

► FUTURE : 2013: The year in transport

► Russia's Mikhail Khodorkovsky granted Switzerland visa

► Burma political prisoners to be pardoned

► ANALYSIS : China blog - Which country is the biggest threat to world peace?

► Today's African Proverb : "An empty tin makes a lot of noise" - Sent by Hassina Malu in Malawi

Why are you beating it, hm? Leave it blank. And you: shut up, please?

► NSA: An Orwellian surveillance system gone global
► NSA has become a four-letter word in US
► Carnivorous fish attack in Argentina injures 70 bathers
► Russia launches upgraded Soyuz rocket
► Russian cosmonauts perform record-breaking spacewalk (VIDEO)
► Israel approves release of Palestinian prisoners, new housing tenders expected   
► Benghazi attack caused by anti-Muslim film, Al-Qaeda not involved - report
► Bahrain Shia opposition leader 'arrested' over anti-govt comments
► India's top bitcoin platform halts trade after state regulator 'security risks' warning
► Dozens of ex-Stasi staff remain employed at archives of Germany's former secret police
► NASA's twitchy bouncy roboball may explore Titan one day (VIDEO)
► At least 15 dead as blast rips through railway station in southern Russia
► US will cling to mass surveillance like nuclear weapons - Assange to RT
► Policeman dies shielding others in Volgograd suicide blast
► Consecutive Volgograd suicide bombing kills at least 14 (PHOTOS, GRAPHIC VIDEO)

► Putin named Times' International Person of the Year

I laughed to myself when I saw their expressions. I can not explain why I'm laughing, but this is a photo with their cute smiles.

Their smiles seemed to say to one another, "Oh, damn, it is not easy to be a leader! But anyway, let's say all difficulties with a smile. Smile! Can you smile? Yes, I can. You? Me? Sure. Well, how does my smile look? Your smile?... Mmm... mmm... it looks -too trying-to-look-natural, I guess. What? Natural? Do you think I do not know how to smile? I never say that, you know it. Know what? Smile. Yeah? How do you know that I know? I can see that, stupid! What? You say I'm stupid? You say I'm stupid? Yes. Your smile looks stupid, and so you do, ... ahhaha ...

► Volgograd railway station blast: LIVE UPDATES (14:50 GMT: Preliminary identified suicide bomber Oksana Aslanova. She has reportedly been on a wanted list since June 2012.)

► OP-ED

■ West should drop 'inconsistent approach' to terrorism after Volgograd bombings
■ 'Olympics, int'l events are attractive targets for terrorists'
■ The Year of Bitcoin

► Volgograd blasts follow same template as US, Syrian, Afghan attacks – Russia
► FAA announces locations for future drone testing sites
► Appelbaum: 'Scary' NSA will spy on you – every which way they can 
► Sun 'flips upside down' while reversing magnetic poles
► French telecom operator Orange threatens to sue NSA over cable tapping


► VIDEOS

■ RIP Privacy: US judge rules NSA program legal
■ Trapped: RT crew caught in Turkey tear gas mayhem
■ Cosmic video: Russian cosmonauts take record-breaking spacewalk
■ Atos Healthcare dragoons disabled back to work
■ Why You Should Care: NSA Talking Points (E42)
■ 'US, UK media are slaves of security apparatus' - Greenwald
■ Lawful Killers: Brits hooked on 'legal highs' as govt turns blind eye to dangers
■ 'Most UK media concertedly ignore Snowden revelations, under govt pressure'
■ The Truthseeker: Leaked US Regime Change Manual, Admits Ukraine's its 'Playbook' (E31)
■ Survival Struggle: Fast food workers earn blns for employers but can't feed themselves 
■ Caught on CCTV : Moment of Volgograd railway station deadly explosion
■ Terror in Volgograd: 'Blast very powerful, all standing nearby killed'

■ Just a (femto)sec! Dazzling spectrum of laser tech miracles (RT documentary). On this month's show, 2013 goes out with a bang as Christmas comes early for Moscow's young engineers. A unique method for securing diamonds sets the future of femto laser tech in stone. Just when you think everything has been done in instant messaging, a Hollywood director's brainchild changes everything. And an innovative wearable robot can trace its roots back to an ambitious plan in the 1970s to settle on Mars. Join us for the last Technology Update show of 2013!



■ GRAPHIC : Railway station in Volgograd after deadly suicide attack

■ Assange: Surveillance is new strategic weapon owned by single power (EXCLUSIVE). RT discusses WikiLeaks road movie 'Mediastan' with a special panel of guests, including film creator Julian Assange, journalist and director Johannes Wahlstrom, and Enayat Najafizada - a young Afghan journalist and one of the heroes of the movie. Our guests raise many questions about the film, including Snowden's revelations, Glenn Greenwald's role in the story, and the NSA's global surveillance program.



■ Man may have carried out Volgograd blast, earlier said to be female bomber
■ Volgograd trolley bus blast: Terror attack hits southern Russia day after railway station bombing
■ GRAPHIC: Aftermath of deadly blast on trolley bus in Volgograd 
■ Mission Sochi: Winter Olympics get security boost amid terror attacks
■ 'Volgograd bombings terror message to Russia's position on Syria'
■ CrossTalk: Remembering 2013
■ International Reaction: World leaders condemn Volgograd terror attacks

► Russian ship stranded in Southern Ocean
► Kremlin attempts to light up Moscow
► Talk to Al Jazeera : Aung San Suu Kyi: 'There is no rule of law'
► Inside Story : Arafat: Polonium no more?
► Listening Post : Producers' picks
► Counting the Cost : Counting the best of 2013
► Featured Documentary - 21Up South Africa - Part Two
► Inside Syria : Syria and the promise of 2014
► Extended interview: Seyed Hossein Mousavian
► Empire : Iran and the US: Diplomatic enrichment
► Inside Story : Iraq arrests: A crackdown on opponents?

► SYRIA : Assad Sends Message to Pope - Vatican sources confirmed that Syria's president had sent a letter to Francis, who had taken a personal interest in resolving the Syrian conflict

    * Popes Francis and Benedict Break Bread at Vatican

► LIBYA : 5 Takeaways From NYT Benghazi Investigation - Among the Times' findings is that there is no evidence that al Qaeda was involved in the deadly 2012 attack.

* Michigan, Maine Still Without Power After Storm - Outages move into their sixth day

► MENTAL HEALTH : Can Anxiety Cause Strokes? - New study links condition to nervousness

► SOUTH SUDAN : South Sudan's Widening Crisis - Why a ceasefire won't fix the new country's problems

► COMPUTERS : A 1984 Macintosh Built With LEGOs - A brick-by-brick recreation of the original Mac computer

► PSYCHOLOGY : How to Make 2014 Your Best Year Yet - This tested method is better than a New Year's resolution

► HEALTH CARE : Obamacare Hits 1 Million Mark

► WORLD : Al-Qaeda Keeps Better Records Than You - Terror group even recorded a 60¢ piece of cake

► RUSSIA : Ghosts of Munich Haunt Sochi - No Olympics in history has faced such a clear threat of terrorist attacks

► LIFE & STYLE : 5 New Year's Resolutions That Might Actually Work - For example: don't make a resolution to walk once a day — get a dog and commit yourself to daily walks for the next decade

► L.A. AFFAIRS :  In a downtown high-rise, a romance that couldn't be copied - By Laurence Roberts 
She worked on the ninth floor, he worked on the fourth floor of a downtown building. A broken copy machine inked the deal on their romance.

► OPINION: A love letter to the love letter

Haa ...This title is fun. Do the love letters love each other? For example: I send my love letter to him, and he sends his love letters to me. And we all become stressed ... ahahhaaa ..., I really like this stress. ehehehehe

► FRAMEWORK : Review: Nikon 1 AW1 adventure camera

► LOCAL : THE HIDDEN MAN - America saw Stephen Hill's face for 15 seconds.  It took him a lifetime to show it.

► ENTERTAINMENT

■ Keira Knightley sounds off on feminism and women in Hollywood
■ Carly Rae Jepsen is new 'Cinderella' on Broadway

ALAIN SORAL : My favorite bald guy 1

MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY : My favorite bald guy 2



► NEWS & POLITICS : BBC HARDtalk - Mikhail Khodorkovsky (24/12/13). In a special edition of HARDtalk from Berlin, Stephen Sackur speaks to Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Recently pardoned and released by President Putin, for ten years the former oil tycoon was Russia's most famous prisoner, after falling out with the president and paid the heaviest of prices. Now he is staying in a Berlin hotel, reunited with his family, and reflects on his past, present and future. Credits : Interviewed Guest - Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky. Presenter - Stephen Sackur. Published on Dec 24, 2013 by BBC HARDtalk



► NEWS & POLITICS : 17 часов на свободе. Интервью Евгении Альбац, The New Times с Михаилом Ходорковским. Published on Dec 25, 2013 by New Times



► PEOPLE & BLOG : Интервью The New Times с Михаилом Ходорковским. Часть первая. Освобождение.   ||  ► Интервью The New Times с Михаилом Ходорковским. Часть третья. Путин, Навальный, национализм. Published on Dec 21, 2013 by New Times


► NEWS & POLITIC : Пресс-конференция Михаила Ходорковского. Streamed live on Dec 22, 2013 by RT Russian