Day December 18, 2004

Crystal Cathedral suicide

Carl, 57, had struggled with bipolar disorder and severe depression for years and had threatened suicide before, friends and church officials said. “There were other incidents when he had gone off his medication,” cathedral spokesman John Charles said. As one…

Pora, Pora, Pora

Yushchenko does not fully control the protesters, who are organized primarily by the student activist group Pora. Pora of course, is a front for US and Europe controlled organizations, and if you believe what is happening in Ukraine is a…

Russia to proceed with Yukos sale

Moscow says it plans to auction oil giant’s main unit despite U.S. court injunction. Clearly irritated at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s last-minute intervention in the Kremlin’s long-running tax war with the Russian company, officials in Moscow asserted that the ruling…