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World Chess President Claims He Was Abducted By Space Aliens – And They Invented Chess
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World Chess President Claims He Was Abducted By Space Aliens – And They Invented Chess
“They came in a flying saucer, picked me up, and I spent a whole day in outer space.”
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Russia grants Dalai Lama a visa
BBC News
Russia says it is granting a visa to the Tibetan exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for the first time since the collapse of the USSR.
This will allow him to visit the large Buddhist population in southern Kalmykia region.
Dalai Lama visited Soviet Russia in 1991, but since then Moscow has bowed to Chinese pressure and denied him a visa. Read the rest of this entry »
Leader of Buddhist republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov about to declare unilateral independence
BBC News
Mr Ilyumzhinov: Not ruling out independence
By regional analyst Malcolm Haslett:
The colourful leader of the small, mainly Buddhist republic of Kalmykia in southern Russia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has threatened to sever financial ties with Russia because he has not received any federal funds for months. Read the rest of this entry »
