26 Sunday, November 8, 2015 Former Putin aide, Mikhail Lesin, dies Washington as the Dupont Circle Hotel. “A Russia. In a terse statement, Gazprom, and oversaw the work ontroversial Russian ruling on the cause and manner Russian President Vladimir of Russia’s top liberal radio media mogul Mikhail of death is pending further Putin’s spokesman Dmitry station Echo of . Lesin,C who helped launch the investigation,” a statement added Peskov told reporters that the Lesin resigned a year later, English-language television yesterday. A controversial “president highly values the citing family reasons. network RT, has been found figure, Lesin had been accused enormous contribution Mikhail In a recent interview, the dead at a Washington hotel. He of limiting press freedom in Lesin made helping establish former editor of state news was 57. Russian media.” agency RIA Novosti, Svetlana RT, formerly known as Russia US officials notified the Mironyuk, claimed Lesin was Today, said the former minister RT, formerly Russian Embassy of Lesin’s one of two people behind her of media affairs died of a heart death and authorities from both sacking in 2013. attack. known as Russia countries are trying to determine Mironyuk told the Russian “Lesin died. It’s impossible to Today, said the the circumstances in which he edition of Forbes she was let believe this,” tweeted Margarita former minister died. Lesin was Russia’s minister go after she became a student Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT, of press, television and radio at the University of Chicago which is state funded. of media affairs between 1999 and 2004, and Booth School of Business, with Police in Washington said died of a heart later served as a Kremlin aide. Kremlin officials telling her a Lesin was found unresponsive Former Telecommunication Minister Leonid Reiman (L) and In 2013, he became head of media executive of her stature early Thursday downtown, at a attack Minister of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Mikhail Gazprom-Media Holding, the should not study in the United location ABC News identified Lesin (R), confer over documents during a meeting (File photo) media arm of state energy giant States.

Louisiana Shooting

Scientists say they have decoded panda language Two cops arrested Beijing cientists in China say they have decoded the Smeaning of 13 different giant panda vocalisations. During a five-year study of panda “language” at on murder charges a conservation centre in Chicago The boy was reportedly hit the southwestern Sichuan Scientists decode 13 differ- wo US law enforcement by five bullets, in the head province, scientists found ent panda vocalisations officers have been arrested and the chest. giant pandas communicate a “wow-wow” sound when onT charges of murder and Another two officers that using specific sounds they are unhappy and baby attempted murder over the were involved were also to indicate when they pandas say “gee-gee” to fatal shooting of a six-year- placed on administrative are hungry or unhappy, tell their mothers they are old boy in Louisiana, officials leave. according to the state hungry. said. Colonel Mike Edmonson of Xinhua news agency. Zhang Hemin, head of The death of Jeremy Mardis Louisiana State Police said the Researchers found that the China Conservation will add to growing criticism boy died while strapped into when attracting a mate, and Research Centre for the over perceived brutality in the front passenger seat. males “baa” like sheep Giant Panda, which ran the US police forces after several “He didn’t deserve to die and females respond with study, said, “Trust me - our high-profile incidents over like that,” he told reporters chirping sound if they are researchers were so confused the last year. at a press conference late interested. They also make when we began the project.” City marshals Norris on Friday, saying the police Derrick Stafford (L) and Norris Greenhouse Greenhouse, 23, and Derrick badge had been “tarnished.” WBRZ TV station that the killed. The TV station quoted Stafford, 32, were arrested on Citing police body-camera four officers had tried to Louisiana State Police as saying Baker unveils life-sized Friday following an incident footage of the incident, he pull the driver over. He then no weapons were recovered in Marksville on November 3 described it as “the most allegedly tried to back down from the vehicle. Prince George cake in which they opened fire on disturbing thing I’ve seen.” a dead-end street toward the said a vehicle, killing the boy and He said it was “a complex marshals, who responded by Mardis was the youngest London critically wounding his father, case.” opening fire. Few was badly victim of a fatal police shooting n amateur baker has Chris Few, who was driving. Investigators told the wounded and his son was this year. made a life-sized Prince AGeorge cake. Lara Mason, 29, spent 30 hours crafting the sponge Sexting scandal shocks US high school statue which stands at just under 3ft (91cm). Los Angeles undergarments.” Noting A Tyrannosaurus Rex, a massive sexting ring is that a “large number” of the levitating cake and Yoda from rocking a high school high school football team Star Wars are among the eye- Ain Colorado, with at least players were implicated in catching entries at the Cake The cake 100 students trading nude the scandal, the district said International competition pictures and posting them on it was cancelling the high being held at the NEC near what I could do on a smaller social media, news reports said school’s last football game of Birmingham. scale because when it’s life sized Friday. the season. Mason won gold in previous and you put it on the table, they Some of the kids in the “Because we can’t guarantee years for her cakes of actress can’t see all the smaller details photographs were as young as that every kid we put out on Jennifer Lawrence and Captain and the most important part 12, and included eighth graders the field would be clean of Jack Sparrow. on a human sculpture is the from the middle school, The this circumstance, we would Mason, from Walsall, West face.“I thought I’d do a child. New York Times reported. Picture for representational purpose only just rather not put a team out Midlands, said: “The feedback He’s the most famous child in The students, many of charges, reports said. The in behaviour where they take at all,” Canon City Schools from the judges was they loved the world and especially cute whom are on the football team school district announced and pass along pictures of Superintendent George Welsh what I did. as well and very, very current.” at Canon City High School, Wednesday that “a number themselves that expose private told NBC television affiliate “But they wanted to see (BBC) could now face criminal of our students have engaged parts of their bodies or their KOAA.