--Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin--

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин (help·info), IPA [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈputʲɪn]; born 7 October 1952) was the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when president Boris Yeltsin resigned in a surprising move, and then Putin won the 2000 presidential election. In 2004 he was re-elected for a second term lasting until 7 May 2008.
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Due to constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive Presidential term. After the victory of his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, in the 2008 presidential elections, he was then nominated by the latter to be Russia's Prime Minister; Putin took the post on 8 May 2008.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin

--Polish president among 132 dead in jet crash--

Plane goes down in Russia en route to commemoration of Stalin’s victims
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msnbc.com news services

updated 5:28 a.m. ET April 10, 2010
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SMOLENSK, Russia - Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed when a plane carrying 132 people crashed in thick fog on its approach to a Russian airport on Saturday, killing everyone on board, officials said.

The governor of the Smolensk region, where the crash took place about 11 a.m. (3 a.m. ET), said no one survived.

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~http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36352097/ns/world_news-europe?GT1=39002

--Manchester United FC 3-2 FC Bayern München--

United buckle under Bayern strain
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Manchester United FC 3-2 FC Bayern München
(agg: 4-4, Bayern win on away goals)
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A magnificent volley from Arjen Robben capped a stunning Bayern recovery with the home side having taken a 3-0 lead before Rafael's dismissal.

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What happened
United established a 3-0 lead before Ivica Olić and Arjen Robben – with a superb volley – scored either side of Rafael's dismissal to send Bayern through.
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~http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000030/match=2000483/index.html

--10 Smallest Countries in the World--

Check out this great MSN Video: 10 Smallest Countries in the World

--A Boy From NoWhere--

--A Boy From NoWhere--

The nights grow cold,
My search for gold
Is leading nowhere
Whichever lonely road I take
It seems to go where
It's a fight to survive just until tomorrow
How can I display
What I know I'm worthy of
When they turn me away

The doors are closed to such as I
A boy from nowhere
But not to those who merely buy
The right to go where
They'll be met with respect,
Not humiliation.
A man's place on earth
I have come to realize
Is decided by birth

So what's the future
No matter where I go
I will still belong...
In Andalucia
Where we don't know where
The next penny's coming from
Something's wrong

I'm bound to Spain,
I won't remain
A boy from nowhere
There has to be
A place for me
And I must go there
I don't fantasize unlike a million others
Who must bow and scrape
For my one means of escape
Is to flourish a cape.

I'll fight all odds
And fight the Gods if they oppose me
I have to win
I won't give in
No one who knows me
Would expect me to fail
For the want of trying
Not a man alive
Had to beg or steal or fight
more than me to survive

So what's the future
No matter where I go
I will still belong...
In Andalusia
Where good honest men grow weak
and the rich grow strong
Something's wrong

Another dawn, another boy
A boy from nowhere
My destiny will guarantee
I'll only go where
It's a fight to survive just until tomorrow
One more mouth to feed
And the way things are round here,
That's the last thing they need.

--清明....--

妈妈

公公

婆婆

伯母

无名仙人

后土

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清明，夏曆二十四節氣之一。《曆書》：「春分後 十五日，斗指丁，為清明，時萬物皆潔齊而清明，蓋時當氣清景明，萬物皆顯，因此得名。」清明節的起源，據傳始於古代帝王將相「墓祭」之禮，後來民間亦相倣 傚，於此日祭祖掃墓，歷代沿襲而成為中華民族一種固定的風俗。由於中國廣大地區有在清明之日進行祭祖、掃墓、踏青的習俗，逐漸演變為華人以掃墓、祭拜等形式紀念祖先的一個中國傳統節日，在仲春與暮春之交，一般為冬至之 後106天，寒食節的後一天。掃墓活動在節前後可延續十天左右。清明節與除、盂、九三節也是中國傳統節日裏祭祖的四大節慶。

清明節的習俗在中國南方和北方地區的規模、方式不盡相同。民間還有插戴柳枝、放風箏、取薪火、畫蛋、鬥雞、盪鞦韆等活動。此習俗也流行於白族、苗族、蒙古族、納西族等少數民族。在越南、韓國、琉球等 地，清明節也是重要的節日。

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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%98%8E