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Indian people named after famous Soviet Union-era Russians are to meet up in a village called Moscow. Communist influence is the main reasons for the popularity of Russian names in the state of Kerala. They first met up a few months ago when Lenin shook hands with Krushchev, Stalin hugged Gorbachev and Tereshkova patted Svetlana. The gathering, at the Russian Cultural Centre in Pathanamthitta, also included two Gagarins, seven Lenins, six Stalins and two Brezhnevs. Rathish C Nair, a spokesman for the Russian Cultural Centre said: "With the demise of the Soviet Union, the trend of naming new borns after...

Mayor wants two brothels in his town A mayor in Romania says he wants to see two brothels open up in his town - one for the rich and one for the poor. Ion Rotaru, mayor of Piatra Neamt in eastern Romania, says he wants to open the brothels if and when new legislation to legalise prostitution, currently being debated in parliament, is passed into law. But he says he wants two brothels - a luxury one in the city's residential area and one for people living in the poorest district called Speranta. He told the Curierul National newspaper: "I...

Armoured tornado camera destroyed - by a tornado A camera specially designed to take pictures of the inside of a tornado has been destroyed - by a tornado. National Geographic constructed the armoured device and placed it in the path of a storm near Manchester, South Dakota. But it was blown away within seconds when the tornado hit. The remains were found stuck in mud more than 430 feet away. All the device's glass ports were smashed and the cameras inside were ruined, National Geographic said. The film was being sent back for processing just in case, but officials said...

US gyms offer yoga for dogs A chain of gyms in the US has started offering yoga classes for dogs. Crunch is offering "Ruff Yoga" at its New York branch and is considering offering it in other locations. During a recent session in Madison Square Park, the class attracted nearly 20 people and their pets. "We do the traditional poses. The dogs just get incorporated," Crunch's yoga director Suzi Teitelman told Fox News. Yoga guru Bruce Van Horn says the relaxed state people achieve through yoga rubs off on their animals if they're nearby during the exercises. "It actually reduces...