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  • Russian general with details on 'Putin's £1 billion palace' dies in prison

    08/26/2023 1:47:21 PM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 29 replies
    Yahoo! News ^ | August 17, 2023 | James Hockaday
    An imprisoned Russian general who oversaw the building of Vladimir Putin's £1bn Black Sea palace has died in custody, shortly after becoming eligible for parole. It is not clear exactly how 69-year-old Gennady Lopyrev died, but authorities have said he became ill on Monday before dying in the early hours of Tuesday. The general was jailed in 2017 by a military court over charges of bribe-taking and illegal possession of ammunition – which he always denied. (snip) General Gennady Zhidko, who briefly commanded the Kremlin's troops in Ukraine before being ousted for "failures" on the battlefield, is another of Putin's...
  • Watch: Rioters ransack President's Palace in Brazil

    01/18/2023 12:16:13 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 13 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/1/23
    The former president will be investigated for his role in the Jan. 8 riots in which supporters ransacked official residence of new leader.
  • Ancient palace emerges from Iraqi reservoir after water levels fall

    06/29/2019 5:45:48 AM PDT · by rdl6989 · 54 replies
    Sky News ^ | 29 June 2019
    An ancient palace has emerged from an Iraqi reservoir after water levels dropped precipitously because of a drought. A lack of rain and the release of water through the Mosul Dam to relieve dry conditions has led to the Mittani Empire site being revealed. The site was flooded when the Mosul Dam was built in the mid-1980s before archaeologists were able to examine it.
  • Mass transport of judges to presidential palace casts doubt on judicial independence (Turkey)

    09/05/2018 8:19:50 PM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 2 replies
    Turkish Minute ^ | September 5, 2018 | TM
    In a development that cast further doubt over the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, judges and prosecutors from one of the top courts in the country were taken to the presidential palace in Ankara by bus for a ceremony marking the inauguration of the new judicial year on Monday. In past years, ceremonies marking the opening of the new judicial year were held in judicial buildings in a symbol of the independence of the judiciary from politics. However, this ceremony began to be held at the presidential palace in Ankara in 2017 upon an order from President Recep Tayyip...
  • Now Hillary Clinton fractures her wrist after slipping in a palace bathtub during trip to India

    03/15/2018 9:50:27 PM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 148 replies
    Now Hillary Clinton fractures her wrist after slipping in a palace bathtub during trip to India Hillary Clinton's wrist injury is worse than originally thought The former Secretary of State was forced to cancel her appearances in Jodhpur, India this week when she slipped in a palace bathtub and hurt her wrist Doctors advised the 70-year-old to rest, but the pain grew unbearable so she was taken to the hospital early Wednesday morning A CT Scan and X-ray confirmed she had a hairline fracture on her wrist This is the second time the former presidential candidate has injured herself on...
  • 2,300-year-old palace had a room just for killing people

    03/31/2017 9:04:55 AM PDT · by jr3000 · 72 replies
    New York Post, The Sun ^ | March 29, 2017 | Margi Murphy
    A mysterious palace that was home to a bloodthirsty and wealthy ruler some 2,300 years ago has been discovered in Mexico. The incredible building was once the home and business center for the ruler of an ancient empire that predates the Aztecs, scientists have claimed.
  • Royal palace discovered in area believed to be birthplace of King Arthur

    08/10/2016 1:38:35 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 28 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 8/3/16 | Nicola Harley
    A royal palace has been discovered in the area reputed to be the birthplace of King Arthur. The palace discovered at Tintagel in Cornwall is believed to date from the sixth century - around the time that the legendary king may have lived. They believe the one-metre thick walls being unearthed are from a 6th century palace belonging to the rulers of the ancient south-west British kingdom of Dumnonia. Excavations have been taking place at the site as part of a five-year research project being run by English Heritage at the 13th century Tintagel Castle in Cornwall to find out...
  • Get Lost, You Palace-Guard Creeps

    09/20/2015 12:17:33 AM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 23 replies
    Steyn Online ^ | 9-19-2015 | Mark Steyn
    As the week ended, Obama's palace guard in the American media were demanding that every other Republican candidate distance himself from Donald Trump's failure to correct, among thousands of attendees at his events, one who apparently is under the reprehensible illusion that the President is a Muslim. Any candidate who plays this game with the Obamamedia is a fool. Assuming for the sake of argument that the questioner is genuine and not a plant (like, say, the 14-year old all-American schoolboy clockmaker who didn't make a clock at all and is the son of a belligerent Muslim activist and perennial...
  • Shocking Opulence Revealed as Ukraine Leader Flees Home

    02/23/2014 8:18:05 AM PST · by rktman · 51 replies
    Newsmax.com ^ | 2/22/2014 | unknown
    A vast country estate, marble-lined mansions, a private golf course and zoo: the unimaginable luxury of the private residence of departed Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych flung open for all to see. As parliament voted to oust Yanukovych Saturday and he fled to a pro-Russian bastion in east Ukraine after months of bloody protest again his rule, thousands of Ukrainians wondered awestruck around the breathtaking luxury of his abandoned property some 110 miles from Kiev after it was taken by demonstrators. "I am in shock," said retired military servicewoman Natalia Rudented, as she looked out over the manicured lawns studded with...
  • Iolani Palace vandal suspects appear in court

    02/10/2014 8:57:38 PM PST · by LeoWindhorse · 5 replies
    KHON - Honolulu ^ | Monday, February 10, 2014, | Manolo Morales
    Drew Paahao, 21, and Koa Alii Keaulana, 30, were arrested for criminal property damage and criminal trespassing. Paahao is accused of kicking the glass door of the palace, causing irreparable damage. They have not been charged. Both suspects appeared in court today on another legal matter, pleaded no contest to unrelated petty misdemeanor charges and were released this afternoon. When asked why she did it, Paahao responded, “because that’s my house. Yeah, that’s my house.” Those were the same comments Paahao made when she was first arrested Saturday morning. The glass door Paahao is accused of breaking is an original...
  • Afghanistan presidential palace attacked in Kabul

    06/24/2013 9:08:20 PM PDT · by Nachum · 17 replies
    bbc ^ | 6/25/13 | staff
    More than half a dozen explosions were heard as they clashed with security personnel at the palace's eastern gate, the defence ministry and a CIA station. The police said all of the attackers were killed. The Taliban said they carried out the assault. The incident comes days after President Hamid Karzai raised objections about US-backed peace talks with the Taliban. He said the High Peace Council, the government body set up to lead peace efforts, would not take part unless the process was "Afghan-led". News conference The attack near the presidential palace, in the central district of Shash Darak, began...
  • Egypt's Mursi Leaves Palace as Police Battle Protesters

    12/04/2012 9:55:46 AM PST · by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America · 74 replies
    Reuters ^ | December 4, 2012 | Yasmine Saleh and Marwa Awad
    (Reuters) - Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, two presidential sources said. Police fired teargas at demonstrators angered by Mursi's drive to hold a referendum on a new constitution on December 15. Some broke through police lines around his palace and protested next to the perimeter wall. Several thousand people had gathered nearby in what they dubbed "last warning" protests against Mursi, who infuriated opponents with a November 22 decree that expanded his powers. "The people want the downfall of the regime," the...
  • Bye-Bye bidets! US troops leaving Saddam palaces

    06/12/2011 12:26:44 PM PDT · by PROCON · 10 replies
    AP ^ | June 12, 2011 | REBECCA SANTANA
    BAGHDAD (AP) - Available soon: nine palaces in lakeside complex frequented by visiting kings and dictators, beautiful molded ceilings and light fixtures, many bidets, Saddam Hussein mural and former prison cell. As is, with Tomahawk missile damage. Contact: U.S. Army. Thus might read a real estate ad for the Victory Base Complex, one of the many properties the U.S. military is vacating as the Dec. 31 deadline for its withdrawal from Iraq approaches. It will leave behind probably some of the most elaborate, some would say tacky, office spaces ever used by American soldiers, sailors or Marines.
  • Caption Obama's visiting San Salvador

    03/24/2011 11:46:30 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 25 replies
    U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama listen to their national anthem during an arrival ceremony at the National Palace in San Salvador March 22, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd R) looks at a limited edition print with images of Archbishop Oscar Romero, which has been given to him as he tours the National Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador March 22, 2011. Standing with Obama are: El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (R), Archbishop of San Salvador Jose Luis Escobar Alas (L) and a translator U.S. first lady Michelle Obama smiles as she paints a mural next...
  • Kim Jong-il's Palaces as Seen on Google Earth

    05/31/2010 10:02:45 PM PDT · by Pan_Yan · 25 replies · 1,450+ views
    Chosun ^ | June 1,2010
    The Daily Telegraph has published satellite images of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's houses and of jails in the Stalinist country. The daily carried the images under the title "A bird's eye view of the prisons and palaces of Kim Jong-il's North Korea." Images show Kim's Sinuiju palace complete with a private train station as well as a residence with a large swimming pool near Pyongyang. Other images show Pyongyang Golf Links, the North's only 18-hole golf course in Mt. Taesong; Kim's yacht moored at nearby Lake Taesong; and an ostrich farm and a chewing gum factory in Pyongyang. "Looking...
  • Banquet for Louis XIV recreated at the Palace of Versailles

    01/23/2010 6:05:34 PM PST · by bruinbirdman · 28 replies · 981+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 1/21/2010 | Lee C Wallick
    Twenty or more not-so-dainty dishes would have been a typical evening repast for Louis XIV of France. To celebrate a show of the Sun King's art collection at the Palace of Versailles, one chef worked for a year to stage a recreation of a royal belt-buster. FIRST SERVICE Les Hors d’œuvre Royal ballotine of pheasant Petit pâté en croûte à la bourgeoise Fresh deep-sea oysters Lobster aspic chaud-froid Les Potages Beef madrilène with gold leaf spangles Pureed chestnut soup with truffles from the Court of Italy Bisque of shellfish from our coasts with a boletus infusion Pumpkin soup, fresh from...
  • The Haitian 'White Hou$e' - An omen of things to come or already pres__ent in DC?

    01/13/2010 9:35:01 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 17 replies · 1,257+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 1/13/10 | Reuters
    A Haitian soldier looks at the badly damaged presidential palace after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. A major earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and left the Caribbean nation appealing for international help. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI tags: - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
  • ‘Substantial’ casualties ...Haiti Presidential palace, parliament, national cathedral destroyed

    01/12/2010 6:25:04 PM PST · by Sleeping Freeper · 60 replies · 3,954+ views
    msnbc.com ^ | 1/12/09
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A powerful earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing the presidential palace and raising fears of substantial casualties in what the country’s U.S. ambassador called “a major disaster.” President René Garcia Préval was reported to be safe, but Radio Metropole of Port-au-Prince, the capital, quoted a government official as saying there were “certainly dozens of deaths.” A reporter for the Reuters news agency in Port-au-Prince said he saw dozens of dead and injured people in the rubble, which blocked streets in the city. Numerous public buildings were destroyed along with the palace, including the...
  • Video Shows Haiti's National Presidential Palace Destroyed - Video 1/12/10

    01/13/2010 6:35:17 AM PST · by Federalist Patriot · 8 replies · 966+ views
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | January 13, 2010 | Brian
    Here is video of Haiti's National Presidential Palace that has been destroyed by the 7.0 Earthquake that struck the country yesterday. Below is a picture of what it looked like before the quake . . . . (VIDEO)
  • Posh Palace in the Moscow Region [image rich]

    11/16/2009 5:42:10 PM PST · by Daffynition · 11 replies · 873+ views
    EnglishRussia.com ^ | Nov 16 2009 | unknown
    A posh palace is being built on the bank of Istrin water reservoir in the Moscow region. It’s a mansion looking like a huge 18th century palace, which is already informally named “Istrin mansion”. Its appearance, quick development and approximate cost were recently debated in Russian blogs. But still having some guesses about who could own such a luxury, no one has an official confirmation on who the lucky man really is. The thing is that this building together with its adjacent lands was earlier presented in Google Maps, but now there are no any marks of it. To be...