A European Union fact-finding mission investigating Georgia’s war with Russia has postponed publishing its final report after new material became available.

Weird news / Russian scientist photographs souls A Russian scientist has refined the well-known Kirlian photography process and made surprising discoveries when he applied it to the dying.

Military / Russian military stops issuing soldiers with cigarettes, offers candy instead Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Dmitry Bulgakov has announced that the Defense Ministry will no longer purchase cigarettes for soldiers.

Society / Airplane bomber targeted in-laws in Soviet attack Russian security services have declassified information concerning an incident in the 1970-s, when a Soviet pilot crashed his plane into an apartment block, seeking to kill his in-laws, but killing three neighbors instead.

Sports / Dynamo Moscow wins over Celtic in their first Champions League campaign Dynamo Moscow got off to a perfect start in their first Champions League campaign, scoring an early goal and shutting out Celtic to win 1-0 in Glasgow.

Weird news / Russian geneticists suggest breeding mammoths to fight crisis Russian geneticists are working to resurrect the wooly mammoth: the enormous cold-tolerant mammoth is an ideal animal for agricultural breeding, they say.

Sports / Russia’s Safin reaches first quarterfinal at LA Tennis Open Marat Safin, playing for the fourth time in three days, summoned enough energy to beat Ernests Gulbis 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the LA Tennis Open on Wednesday.