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☆ Nepal seeks to promote itself as an LGBTQ-friendly destination
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Bibek Bhandari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

We’re starting a new trend, we’re being trendsetters.”Ravit Kushmi, a participant who identifies as queer, calls the training “historic,” adding they can serve as Nepal’s LGBTQ tourism ambassadors. But Pant believes LGBTQ tourists have favored those destinations for years, and Nepal offers a fresh travel experience in Asia. The Nepal Tourism Board plans to launch an official LGBTQ tourism campaign soon, too. “This niche market will contribute to Nepal’s tourism,” says Mani R. Lamichhane, director of the Nepal Tourism Board. He says Nepal’s LGBTQ tourism would provide mutual benefits, particularly for tourists visiting the country seeking adventure and spiritual experiences.

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☆ Ahlgrim Acres: The mini-golf course underneath an Illinois funeral home
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Welcome to Ahlgrim Acres, a macabre mini-golf experience buried underneath a funeral home. OriginsIn 1964, Roger Ahlgrim strolled into Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services’ newly constructed building, located in the small, leafy village of Palatine, a suburb of Chicago. Ahlgrim FFS / FacebookToday, Jonathan Gwizdala, a fifth-generation Ahlgrim, is among the funeral directors that continue the legacy of his grandfather by overseeing the course. Nothing out of the ordinary there, until you discover they are the names of Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services’ still-very-much-alive funeral directors. Jonathan Gwizdala“Fairway to heaven”Host to thousands of rounds each year, Ahlgrim Acres has become woven into the fabric of the neighborhood.

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☆ A partner at Goldman Sachs shares what it was like to rise the ranks of Wall Street as an openly gay man
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

That same day, Broadbery achieved a different, but equally momentous, milestone in his Wall Street career. He's seen support for traditionally underrepresented groups, like the LGBTQ+ community, become institutionalized at most Wall Street firms — a welcome improvement. There's also much less stigma now around being "too gay" for Wall Street, he added. So it's like, how gay is too gay for Wall Street?" "I think Wall Street is Wall Street and in the finance industry there are certain norms and certain things you need to do to conform — the working environment, the working hours, the hierarchy, the path to promotion — those things are what they are," he said.

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CNN —British actor Julian Sands, known for his work in shows like “24” and movies like “A Room with a View” and “The Killing Fields,” has been found dead after going missing in the San Gabriel mountains in Southern California in January, investigators announced Tuesday. (From left) Julian Sands, John Malkovich in 1984's "The Killing Fields." Human remains were found in the area where they had been searching for Sands last week. It’s infantilising.”Sands was married to journalist and author Evgenia Citkowitz, whom he wed in 1990, according to the profile in The Guardian. Sands also had a son from a previous marriage, the profile said.

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☆ British actor Julian Sands confirmed dead, months after vanishing in California mountains
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The manner of his death remained under investigation, awaiting further test results, the department said in an statement. The large, slopping area below the crest of Mount Baldy is a popular destination for skiers, climbers and backpackers. But authorities warned then that heavy snow from weeks of winter storms had made the area treacherous for outdoor recreation. Several subsequent searches came up empty-handed, including a major sweep conducted days before Sands' remains were ultimately found in the Mount Baldy wilderness area, according to the sheriff's department. Cellphone signals detected on Sunday, Jan. 15, had showed Sands headed toward the ridge of Mount Baldy, apparently the last indication he was still on the move, the sheriff's department reported then.

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LOS ANGELES, June 27 (Reuters) - "American Idol" TV show host Ryan Seacrest said on Tuesday he will be the new host of "Wheel of Fortune" beginning in 2024, after Pat Sajak retires and ends his four-decade run on the daily syndicated U.S. game show. "I'm truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak," Seacrest posted on Instagram and Twitter. loadingloadingSeacrest paid homage to Sajak and longtime co-host Vanna White and said he looked forward to "spinning the wheel and working alongside the great Vanna White." He ranks as the longest-serving host of any U.S. TV game show, surpassing the 35 years Bob Barker presided over "The Price is Right" on CBS or the 37 years Alex Trebek starred on "Jeopardy!" Sajak and White won a Daytime Emmy for outstanding game show host three times out of a total of 19 nominations.

Persons: Ryan Seacrest, Pat Sajak, I'm, Seacrest, Sajak, Vanna White, Kelly, Ryan, Merv Griffin, It's, Bob Barker, Alex Trebek, White, Danielle Broadway, Mary Milliken, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Sony Pictures Television, Sony, Twitter, CBS, Thomson Locations: ANGELES

☆ This Norwegian couple’s playful, gender-defying portraits were discovered by chance after their deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Jacquelyn Palumbo | Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

At the turn of the 20th century, the studio run by Norwegian photographers Bolette Berg and Marie Høeg had a secret second purpose. Preus Museum--Norwegian Museum of PhotographyIn the photos, Berg and Høeg dress up in womenswear and menswear, using props and painted backdrops to set their irreverent scenes. Preus Museum--Norwegian Museum of PhotographyOne of Berg & Høeg's most recognized images is often misidentified as a self-portrait of the pair. Preus Museum--Norwegian Museum of Photography“I see them as businesswomen,” Aasbo explained. Altogether, there are now around 700 known negatives of Berg & Høeg’s work, some 80 of which chronicled their “private” lives.

Persons: Bolette Berg, Marie Høeg, visite, Høeg, Berg, Leif Preus, Kristin Aasbo, Preus, ”, ” Aasbo, “, Høeg’s, It’s, —, “ Marie, Høeg's, Ingeborg, Karl, it’s, Thorvald, August, Aasbo Organizations: Preus, Museum, Photography, Museum of, Berg Locations: Norwegian, Horten, Norway, womenswear, Madrid, Berg, Langesund, Finland, Nannestad, ”, —, Oslo, Lunner, Europe, Chicago

☆ Princess Diana’s famous ‘black sheep’ sweater is going up for auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Princess Diana left behind a vast style legacy, and soon enthusiasts will be able to bid for one of her most famous looks. The celebrated “black sheep” sweater first worn by Lady Diana Spencer at a polo match in 1981 when she was engaged to the now King Charles III will headline Sotheby’s Fashion Icons auction in New York and online between August 31 and September 14. The sweater will be on display at Sotheby's in New York at the start of Fashion Week on September 7. Artists Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne and their knitwear label Warm & Wonderful created the knitted, bold-red, wool crew neck, which is adorned with rows of white sheep and one black sheep on the front, in 1979. In the photograph, the lone black sheep appears to be on a higher row of white sheep on the new sweater than on the original.

Persons: Diana, Lady Diana Spencer, King Charles III, Princess Diana’s, ”, Cynthia Houlton, “, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana’s, Muir, Osborne, Buckingham, Diana's, Sotheby's Diana, Emma Corrin Organizations: CNN, New York, Sunday, Albert Museum, CNN’s Royal Locations: New York, Buckingham Palace

☆ MLB: London Series takes over the UK
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Cubs dominated the London Series opener storming home to a 9-1 victory. Daniel ShireyMLB Photos/Getty ImagesA UK twist“It’s a thrill to be here,” Cardinals fan Karen Asher-Relf told CNN Sport. “I think it’s awesome [the London Series], I love baseball and I’m slowly converting him,” said Karen. DeCap, a Cardinals fan, and Crain, a Cubs fan, flew over to the UK for a vacation that incorporated watching the game. Since the last London Series event, the MLB has introduced a pitch clock designed to make matches shorter – a far cry from the mammoth four hour and 42-minute game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox during the 2019 London Series.

Persons: Jack, it’s, Daniel ShireyMLB, Karen Asher, Relf, Paul, Karen, didn’t, “, ”, Paul’s, –, Jimmy Anderson, Nathan Lyon of, Winston Churchill, King Henry VIII, Freddie Mercury, Churchill, Caroline ”, Neil Diamond, Henry VIII, Andrew Couldridge, John DeCap, Scot Crain, Crain, “ We’ve, ” Crain, DeCap, We’ve, Hector Echevarria, Echevarria, Louis, Lars Nootbaar, ” Willson Contreras, Louis Cardinals, Nick Offerman, Swanson, Offerman, Ron Swanson, John Goodman, Kate Long, I’ve, Zac Goodwin, Sadiq Khan, Rob Manfred Organizations: London, London CNN, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Louis Cardinals, Premier League soccer, West Ham United, Cubs, Cardinals, CNN Sport, King’s Guard, Guard, Covid, MLB, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Soul Symphony, Recreation, Inc, ”, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets Locations: London, British, St, Louis , Missouri, Nathan Lyon of Australia, Toronto, Canada

☆ First ever video captures the adorable birth of critically endangered Burmese peacock softshell turtle hatchlings
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Staff at a conservation group captured the birth of 15 Burmese peacock softshell turtle hatchlings. Nyein Chan & Yae Aung / Fauna & FloraAs a result, Burmese peacock softshell turtles are one of the world's most endangered freshwater turtle species. An adult Burmese peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia formosa) being released in Indawgyi. "Working with local communities will be key to our success in addressing the threats to the critically endangered Burmese peacock softshell turtle. We are already seeing the results of collaborating with communities to manage and protect key nesting sites and habitat," said Zau Lunn, Programme Manager, Freshwater and Marine, Fauna & Flora.

Persons: —, Nyein Chan, Jeremy Holden, Fredric Janzen, Flora, Zau Lunn, Lunn Organizations: Service, Zoological Society, London's, Local, Flora International, Fauna & Flora International, & Flora, New York Times, Michigan State University, Fauna, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Locations: Myanmar, East, Southeast Asia, Indawgyi, formosa

☆ This New Yorker says he loves his mini Kei truck, but plans to give it up because finding spare parts is so hard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Kei truck owner plans to give up his mini pickup as it's too hard and costly to find spare parts. He said he fell in love with the mini Japanese "Kei" truck, but the unexpectedly high costs of replacing broken parts means he's reluctantly planning to give it up. Disbrow's modified Kei truck without covers on the back. He estimates he spent another $3,000 turning it into a mini removal van. It's been enough to make Disbrow begrudgingly plan to give up the Kei truck and find something more common, he said.

Persons: Craig Disbrow, Bongo, Kei, he'd, Disbrow, they're, didn't, It's Organizations: Morning Locations: New York City, North Carolina, New York, America

London CNN —Prince William believes you can have zero homelessness and he’s using Finland as a case study. Over the next two days, William will travel to each of the six locations to formally kickstart the program. Over the next two days, William will travel to each of the six locations to formally kickstart the program. William has long used his platform to spotlight homelessness, ever since his mother, Princess Diana, first took him to homeless shelters as a child. Last year, William attempted to go undercover on the streets of London and sell The Big Issue to “experience the other side and see what it was like to be a Big Issue vendor,” he wrote in the magazine afterwards.

Persons: London CNN — Prince William, Prince, “, ”, Wales, ” Matt Downie, Princess of Wales, William, ’ ” William, Andrew Parsons, Princess Diana, Diana’s Organizations: London CNN, “, Crisis, Royal Foundation, British, Sunday Times, CNN’s Royal Locations: Finland, Wales, Kensington, London

☆ 11 high-paying jobs that don't require a college degree
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Executive assistants and real estate agents have huge potentials for career growth and earning way above average. Real estate agentReal estate agents have a huge potential for profit, depending on the market and their personal expertise in marketing and communication. Real estate agents work for real estate agencies or realtors in most cases, earning their licenses to showcase and sell properties to homebuyers. Real estate agents need to have a mind for bartering and negotiation, and they are responsible for hustling to get great deals. The most successful real estate agents make a truly astounding amount of money, oftentimes well over six figures.

Persons: —, you'll, you'd, plumbers, Brickmason Organizations: Police, Service, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Firefighter Firefighters, Firefighters, realtors Locations: Real

☆ Wall St Week Ahead Lofty valuations on US stocks a growing worry for investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Lewis Krauskopf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The S&P 500 now trades at 19 times its expected 12-months earnings, well above its historic average of 15.6 times, Refinitiv Datastream showed. WFII recently downgraded the technology sector, which has led this year's S&P 500 rally, to "neutral" from "favorable," citing "unattractive" valuations. Goldman urged investors to consider "downside protection" to their stock portfolios, though they expect the S&P 500 to reach 4,500 by year-end, or about 3.5% above current levels. Valuations are even more stretched for the Nasdaq 100 (.NDX), whose 36% rally this year has dwarfed that of the S&P 500. "From a near-term perspective, investors should expect stocks to just cool a little bit."

Persons: Refinitiv Datastream, Goldman Sachs, Sameer Samana, WFII, Goldman, Refinitiv, Michael Purves, Purves, Anthony Saglimbene, Lewis Krauskopf, Ira Iosebashvili, Richard Chang Organizations: YORK, Wells, Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Federal Reserve, Nasdaq, Tallbacken Capital, Deutsche Bank, Ameriprise, Thomson Locations: Wells Fargo

☆ Billionaire Ray Dalio hails India as the next big investing opportunity, saying its economy is on the verge of a China-style rapid surge
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ray Dalio praised India's economic potential Thursday after meeting with the country's prime minister Narendra Modi. The Asian country is "at the brink of the fastest growth rates and biggest transformations in the world," the billionaire investor said. Tesla CEO Elon Musk also met Modi this week, pledging to ramp up the EV maker's presence in India. Legendary investor Mark Mobius also said he was bullish on investing in India – which logged strong GDP growth of 7.2% last year – this week. Read more: Legendary emerging markets investor Mark Mobius — who's known for his bullish views on China — is now setting his sights on India

Persons: Ray Dalio, Narendra Modi, Elon Musk, Modi, —, Dalio, Deng Xiaoping, Mark Mobius, Mobius Organizations: Service, Bridgewater Associates, Twitter, Mobius Capital Partners, Bloomberg Locations: India, Washington, Beijing, China

A version of this story appeared in the June 23 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. London CNN —He’s heir to the British throne, is married to Catherine, Princess of Wales and is the father of a crowd-pleasing trio. But how much do you really know about the man who now holds the title of Prince of Wales? William and Kate carry takeout pizza boxes as they visit Dowlais Rugby Club in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales on April 27. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesOne takeaway from William’s rare newspaper interview is how confident he is in the direction of his work.

Persons: London CNN —, Catherine , Princess of, Prince of Wales, –, William, It’s, ”, Gary, Marc, Arthur Edwards, We’ve, He’s, it’s, “, ” William, King, Kate, Max Mumby, Prince, Wales, we’ve, We’ll Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, Sunday Times, Times, Dowlais Rugby Club Locations: London, Catherine , Princess of Wales, United Kingdom, Cornwall, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Britain

☆ Abortion is ancient history and that matters today
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This long view of abortion matters, according to Mary Fissell, a professor of the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. That’s because assumptions about how abortion was viewed in the past color present-day arguments about abortion rights. Abortion opponents portray the rights granted by Roe v. Wade and legal access to abortion as an historical aberration, according to Fissell, which is not accurate, historians say. Earliest references to abortionThe first written references to abortion are contained in an ancient Egyptian papyrus written about 3,500 years ago. For most of history, abortion has not been an issue about the fetus, like it is today, but rather about women’s behavior.

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☆ ‘The Bear’ Season 2 Puts a Little Optimism on the Menu
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Tejal Rao | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There were flashbacks, in the first season of “The Bear,” of a toxic chef who trashed cooks on the line, telling them they’d be better off dead. But here the show seems keen to remind us that fine dining can work differently, and that wonderful people are still scattered throughout it. “The Bear” always blurred the lines between family and workplace in ways that felt both tender and menacing, and the most nightmarish kitchen scene takes place not in a professional kitchen, but at a Berzatto family Christmas at home a few years back, when Carmy’s brother Michael was still alive. Jamie Lee Curtis is devastating as their alcoholic mother who can’t get through cooking and serving a beautiful holiday dinner — an elaborate Feast of the Seven Fishes — without wringing guilt and shame from her children. Her inability to host offers a glimpse at what shaped the siblings and warped their relationships to cooking, but it’s also a razor-edged contrast to the cooks’ growing sense of hospitality as instinctual and deeply fulfilling.

Persons: Michael, Jamie Lee Curtis, can’t, it’s

June 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday the European Union should stop adopting a protectionist stance if it wants to reach a long-delayed trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. The EU and the Mercosur bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay completed negotiations in 2019 but the deal has been on hold due to concerns about Amazon deforestation and Brazil's commitment to climate change action. "The additional letter the EU sent to Mercosur is unacceptable because they punish any country that did not comply with the Paris Agreement," Lula told a news conference on the final day of his trip to Italy. "Not even them (EU) complied with the Paris Agreement. Lula said the Mercosur bloc was preparing its response and urged EU countries to be more "sensitive and humble".

Persons: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Lula, Emmanuel Macron, Catarina Demony, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Union, Mercosur, EU, Thomson Locations: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mercosur, Paris, Italy, France, Marcron, South America

☆ Windrush Day: Manchester United great Andy Cole opens up about Jamaican roots and racism
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Darren Lewis | James Oware | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On one of the first voyages, 492 Caribbean islanders onboard the HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the UK on June 22, 1948. That generation of immigrants became the namesake of that ship, and their arrival date is now celebrated as Windrush Day. However, Cole says racist abuse and a lack of acknowledgement for his achievements meant that in adulthood, he recognized his father was right. Speaking on the inevitability of racist abuse that Black footballers face when missing penalties Andy outlined, “I think we’re just waiting, okay, what’s happening on social media? A clinical striker in his playing career, maybe one day Andy can transfer his wealth of knowledge to the boardroom.

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The Army Corps studied what would happen to six dams in California, and the results suggested that two of them would probably be overtopped. It seemed unlikely that a third of all the dams in the state would fail, but would none of them? Cox described the “weird ‘Chinatown’ vibe” he encountered whenever the conversation turned to dams. In the course of my reporting this article, sources would stutter and shut down whenever dams came up. “My boss approved, but it was nixed by higher-ups,” the public information officer at the dam wrote.

Persons: Cox, ”, “, they’re, Dale Cox, ruefully Organizations: Army Corps, Reclamation, California Governor’s, Emergency Services Locations: California, Northern California, Oroville, Swain, Sacramento

☆ Legendary emerging markets investor Mark Mobius — who's known for his bullish views on China — is now setting his sights on India
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Legendary emerging markets investor Mark Mobius is bullish on India. He told Bloomberg that India — whose GDP growth hit 7.2% in the last year — is the "real future." "To me, India is the real future," Mobius, the cofounder of Mobius Capital Partners, told Bloomberg on Tuesday. Mobius told the news outlet he wasn't put off by a short-seller report targeting the Adani conglomerate earlier this year. "I was at the Expo in Dubai and one of the boy bands was entertaining and it's an Arab audience and they all knew the words," Mobius told Bloomberg.

Persons: Mark Mobius, He's, —, China, Mobius, wasn't, he's wasn't Organizations: Bloomberg, India, Service, Mobius Capital Partners, Fox Business, HSBC, South China Morning Post Locations: India, Korea, China, Taiwan, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai

☆ I'm the CEO of Ancestry. Here are 6 things that are hard to admit as a working mother.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Deb Liu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Liu writes that being a full-time working mother is hard and no one can do it without support. that being a full-time working mother is hard and no one can do it without support. The truth is, being a full-time working mother outside the home, especially to young children, is hard. Realistically, most mothers work out of necessity, and they are the norm, even as they are judged negatively for making that choice. Nevertheless, the motherhood penalty is real, and it is felt by so many working mothers who silently struggle to keep all the plates spinning, hoping that none of them tip over.

Persons: Deb Liu, Liu, —, Jonathan, Bethany, Danielle, I've, it's, fatherswere, couldn't, David, we'd, we're, I'd Organizations: Service, American Association of University Women, Census, American, Sociology, American Sociological Association Locations: America

☆ 6 ways marketing is evolving with current trends and thriving, according to CMOs at Cannes Lions
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Cannes Lions has been trying to improve diversity, and it seems to be working. Najoh Tita-Reid, global chief marketing officer, Logitech Insider"A couple of things have changed at Cannes. It is wonderful to see Cannes take the time to be intentional about who is here, who gets to create, and whose voices are heard. I am very happy to say one of the things that's changed is that DEI is a much bigger priority." -Najoh Tita-Reid, global chief marketing officer, Logitech

Persons: Najoh Tita, Reid, Tita Organizations: Cannes Lions, Logitech, Cannes

☆ Russian soldier gets $12,000 for destroying German tank in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 20 (Reuters) - A Russian soldier who destroyed a German-made Leopard tank in a battle in Ukraine has been given a 1 million rouble ($11,842) reward by a private foundation, Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday. It published a video showing the soldier, Andrei Kravtsov, sitting on a hospital bed and receiving a reward certificate from Alexander Karelin, a three-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. The ministry did not say when and where Kravtsov had destroyed the tank or what he was being treated for in hospital. Russia says its forces have destroyed a number of German-made Leopards and U.S.-supplied Bradley fighting vehicles since Ukraine launched a counteroffensive earlier this month. It said the rate was 100,000 roubles for a tank and 300,000 roubles for a plane.

Persons: Andrei Kravtsov, Alexander Karelin, Kravtsov, Bradley, Karelin, Andrew Osborn Organizations: Leopards, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, U.S, Moscow

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