Ratings // Press

Position	Heading	Hits
1	Energy plan must be about more than pipelines As engy ministers from around the country gather in Kananaskis this week, it’s starting to look like the Alberta government is engaging in an old-fashioned game of bait and switch.	30
2	"Божественная частица" найдена: ускоритель выявил бозон Хиггса - ключ к пониманию Вселенной По некоторым сведениям, сотрудникам CERN, работающим с Большим адронным коллайдером (БАК), удалось обнаружить бозон Хиггса, пишет The Daily Mail.	16
3	CIA Admits Cold War Salvage of Soviet Nuclear Sub In 1974, far out in the Pacific, a U.S. ship pretending to be a deep-sea mining vessel fished a sunken Soviet nuclear-armed submarine out of the ocean depths, took what it could of the wreck and made off to Hawaii with its purloined prize. Now, Washington is owning up to Project Azorian, a brazen mission from the days of high-stakes — and high-seas — Cold War rivalry.	16
4	Republicans accuse White House of Solyndra stonewall House Republicans accused the White House on Thursday of stonewalling a congressional probe into the failed $535 million loan guarantee to bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC and threatened to issue subpoenas later this month to secure interviews with “key administration staff.”	12
5	Even more money flows to emerging markets - but Russia lags again Emerging markets are starting to resemble pole-vaulters who, no matter how high the bar is raised, jump over it effortlessly. Back in April, the Institute of International Finance - a global club of banks - had predicted private capital inflows to emerging markets would total $709bn this year; it now recognises emerging markets will pass that level with ease. So the IIF has raised the bar: its new estimate is $825bn - that’s $116bn higher.	12
6	Lawmakers sue to end U.S. role in Libya A bipartisan group of House lawmakers went to court Wednesday to try to stop President Obama’s troop deployment to Libya, saying it violates the law, but the White House submitted a report to Congress arguing that it is adhering to the War Powers Resolution because it is not actually engaged in “hostilities.”	10
7	Gas crisis is a Putin masterclass in how to lose friends and alienate your neighbours Vladimir Putin’s handling of the gas row is folly.	10
8	Russian Boxers Aim for a Knockout in Dubai DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When Abdulmalik Gadzhiyev competed in a martial arts tournament in Turkey last year, he fought under the flag of the United Arab Emirates, and his travel expenses were covered by a member of Dubai's ruling family.	10
9	Will Putin and Medvedev Both Run in 2012? The Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched a fierce presidential battle for 2012 more than two years ahead of schedule, by saying that he and the current President Dmitry Medvedev would “figure it out between ourselves which of us would run in 2012.”	8
10	Putin's Iran plan Iran's traditional emblem has been the Persian lion. Russia's should be a vulture: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin intends to feed on the carcass left by any confrontation with Iran.	8

11	Putin has given us a wake-up call: we're vulnerable to blackmail The game Russia is playing with its gas is not just a European problem.	8
12	Producers in turmoil as Russian oil hits $10 a barrel Leading Russian oil producers, including TNK-BP, BP's Russian affiliate, are grappling with a collapse in profits from the export of Siberian oil.	8
13	The Gambler Now that energy prices are down, why would Clarence Cazalot want to split up Marathon Oil? Prognostication is a dangerous game," says Clarence Cazalot Jr., chief executive of Marathon Oil Corp.	8
14	GEYER: 'Crisis' mode international Mikhail Gorbachev today is a dour and humorless man. His hopes were dashed in the 1980s, when he became the reformist Russian president only to suffer the seemingly eternal hatred of the Russian people. Resentment hangs over him like a dull cloak.	8
15	Presidential Weakness On the face of it, the Russian president appears to wield far more power than most. When Boris Yeltsin was putting together the current Constitution, he reserved all possible powers for himself.	8
16	Gold to remain in demand despite weekly slide from $1000 ounce After edging up to an 11-month high of over $1006 an ounce a week ago, the price of gold has slid down to under $943 for April delivery. A rally in European stocks, coupled with gains by the U.S.	8
17	Putin to Be Quizzed by Affable CEOs President Vladimir Putin will face pointed questions about government policy and the image he is trying to project for Russia when he sits down with foreign business leaders Saturday at the St.	8
18	NNPC, oil companies and Nigeria The history of oil has been a history of blood and exploitation: the influences of the oil companies have driven countries to war; produced many countries which did not really exist before oil exploration.	6
19	World leaders or emperors with no clothes? The G20 family photograph may look good but the summit can not possibly live up to its overblown expectations.	6
20	Battling Russophobia Anti-Russian stereotypes have become commonplace in the west. It's up to the media not to spoil a vital relationship A Russophobia virus has infected the air.	6