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Apparently in Russia, they don't have policemen, they have their version of Judge Dredd.  Denis "the menace" Yevsyukov is one of these officers.

Yevsyukov, showing off his tactical shotgun and assault uniform

according to CNN.com, February 16th marked Kim Jong-il's 68th  birthday.  Although there is always some debate about "Dear Leader's" health and even if he is alive, North Korea was kind enough to furnish the outside world with this photo taken of lil' Kim inspecting the Kimchaek iron and steel complex in North Korea in December of 2009.

This Friday, Russia tested it's first stealth fighter jet, the Sukhoi T-50.  According to CNN.com, "The plane, provisionally called T-50, is the country's first fighter jet based on the stealth technology and is viewed by military experts as the Russian answer to the American F-35 and F-22 jets."

According to CTV news, a Canadian news organization, "Federal offices in Washington, D.C. will be closed on Monday thanks to a powerful blizzard that dumped more than 60 centimetres of snow on the U.S. capital...  The closing will cost about $100 million. About 230,000 government employees will stay home..."

As of January 18 of 2010, nearly every phone with a QWERTY keyboard in Verizon's lineup will now come with a required data plan.  For those that don't like it and would simply like a phone that could text better than a rotary phone, that's simply too bad.

According to English newsmagazine, The independent, "As Russians woke to nurse their New Year's Day hangovers, they may have found that the dog that bit them had doubled in price overnight.

The Burning Man before (left) and after (right) it's true

identity was revealed.

As seen in the video below, this Russian college student has decided to disrupt a lecture class.  We're not sure whether it was a Russian college or American (or any other nation for that matter).  Our assumption, though, is that if it was Russian, the instructor was sympathetic to capitalism and Soviet leaders sent this 20-something to disrupt this professor's class.  This person even tries to break the wall and floor at one point, but is largely unsuccessful.

Although most of our readers would think that fast food is a purely American phenomenon, after viewing the following commercial aired in the mid-1980's, the Russians became insanely jealous and dedided they wanted their own fast-food establishment.  After a failed attempt at Communist fast food themed restaurant called "McBorscht", Soviet leaders decided to simply steal one of these restaurants from America. 

Just when you thought you'd seen every devious plot to come out of Russia, billionaire Roman Abramovich is nearly done with his monstrous yacht.  This yacht, amongst other features, has a "laser photo shield."  What, you ask, is this shield?  According to the Times online, "Infrared lasers detect the electronic light sensors in nearby cameras, known as charge-coupled devices.