Rubric:Society
Russian president supports religion education in schools
BARVIKHA, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday expressed his support for a proposal to teach religious education in Russian state schools.
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He also backed the suggestion that chaplains should be employed in Russia's armed forces.
"I decided to support both proposals," the president said at a special meeting on the subject. The proposals had been made by religious leaders from Russia's main faiths.
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The president said a pilot project would be launched in 18 Russian regions until 2012, and later across the whole of Russia. The first lessons, to involve 256,000 children and 44,000 teachers, could begin next spring.
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"It could be the basics of Orthodox or Islamic culture, as well as Judaism and Buddhism. Students and their parents should make this choice for themselves," he said.
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A course on Russia's four largest religions, as well a course on secular ethics will also be available as an option, Medvedev added.
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Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill expressed his support for the idea, but stressed that the course should be optional.
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"Experience shows that only a voluntary insight into such ideas, namely religious ideas, is beneficial," he said.
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Religious education took place in Russian schools up until the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the establishment of the officially atheist Soviet system.
http://en.rian.ru/society/20090721/155576886.html
© RIA Novosti, 2008
jueves, 30 de julio de 2009
martes, 28 de julio de 2009
Bill Gates Too Popular For Facebook
Bill Gates Too Popular For Facebook
Bill Gates Too Popular For Facebook * Posted by Ben Goulding July 27, 2009
Bill Gates has stopped using Facebook after he confessed that managing his profile had become “way too much trouble”.
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At an event in New Delhi, where Bill was receiving an award for his charity work, Gates said he couldn’t keep up with friend requests. “I had 10,000 people wanting to be my friend,” he told the audience. “I am not a 24-hour-a-day tech person” he said.
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Despite Gates deleting his personal Facebook profile, he has a Facebook fan group dedicated to him with 17,000 followers and a support page for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with 34,000 fans.
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Bill also warned that despite the benefits of technology, some could waste people’s time if they weren’t careful…the words ‘Windows Minesweeper’ spring to mind.
Bill Gates Too Popular For Facebook * Posted by Ben Goulding July 27, 2009
Bill Gates has stopped using Facebook after he confessed that managing his profile had become “way too much trouble”.
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At an event in New Delhi, where Bill was receiving an award for his charity work, Gates said he couldn’t keep up with friend requests. “I had 10,000 people wanting to be my friend,” he told the audience. “I am not a 24-hour-a-day tech person” he said.
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Despite Gates deleting his personal Facebook profile, he has a Facebook fan group dedicated to him with 17,000 followers and a support page for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with 34,000 fans.
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Bill also warned that despite the benefits of technology, some could waste people’s time if they weren’t careful…the words ‘Windows Minesweeper’ spring to mind.
lunes, 27 de julio de 2009
Swine flu vaccine ready by October
Rubric:World
Russian scientist says swine flu vaccine to be ready by October
ST. PETERSBURG, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - The first batch of vaccine against the A/H1N1 swine flu will be ready by October 1, a prominent Russian researcher said on Monday.
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Oleg Kiselev, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Influenza Institute, said the vaccine was being developed on a very strict schedule as agreed with Russia's Health Ministry.
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"By October 1, we will have the first batch of the vaccine for high risk groups. We have no doubts about this and we are fighting for every week," Kiselev told journalists.
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He also said the vaccine would be given to volunteers beginning on August 20. "We will hold negotiations with one of the companies... By evening, we should know when we will start, though we want to begin on August 20."
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Kiselev said the vaccine manufacturer was having difficulty because "they have to first produce the seasonal flu vaccine, and that will delay the new one."
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As of July 22, there have been 143,841 cases of the virus, with 813 deaths throughout the world. Russia has confirmed 18 cases of the flu, all of which were detected in individuals returning to Russia from vacations or business trips abroad.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20090727/155640309.html
© RIA Novosti, 2008
Russian scientist says swine flu vaccine to be ready by October
ST. PETERSBURG, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - The first batch of vaccine against the A/H1N1 swine flu will be ready by October 1, a prominent Russian researcher said on Monday..
Oleg Kiselev, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Influenza Institute, said the vaccine was being developed on a very strict schedule as agreed with Russia's Health Ministry.
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"By October 1, we will have the first batch of the vaccine for high risk groups. We have no doubts about this and we are fighting for every week," Kiselev told journalists.
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He also said the vaccine would be given to volunteers beginning on August 20. "We will hold negotiations with one of the companies... By evening, we should know when we will start, though we want to begin on August 20."
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Kiselev said the vaccine manufacturer was having difficulty because "they have to first produce the seasonal flu vaccine, and that will delay the new one."
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As of July 22, there have been 143,841 cases of the virus, with 813 deaths throughout the world. Russia has confirmed 18 cases of the flu, all of which were detected in individuals returning to Russia from vacations or business trips abroad.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20090727/155640309.html
© RIA Novosti, 2008
domingo, 26 de julio de 2009
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