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Real Madrid has claimed the Spanish league top spot following a thrilling 3-2 win against Sevilla, while the champions Barcelona drew 2-2 with Almeria.

Sevilla took a two-goal lead with an own-goal from Xabi Alonso in the ninth minute and an Ivica Dragutinovic free kick in the 52nd at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday night.

The US government wants to pry deeper into people's internet activities - even down to reading their email before they do. The ''Einstein Cyber Shield' is aimed at defending government systems from hackers. But it's upsetting many who say it's a massive infringement of civil liberties.

Scientists have discovered a dinosaur-like creature in Tanzania that pushes back the origin of dinosaurs by at least 10 million years.

A team led by Columbia University's Sterling Nesbitt described in the journal Nature that the Asilisaurus kongwe was a dog-sized, plant-eating dinosaur ancestor.

Russia's global navigation system - GLONASS - has moved a step closer to reality. A rocket carrying three satellites has been successfully launched into orbit. The plan is for the rival to America's GPS to start operating by the end of the year. rt's Egor Piskunov reports from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

We continue to get you more familiar with Russia's life and traditions, as we head to the Vologda region with our 'Close-Up' team. This picturesque land of lakes and forests lies 500 kilometres north of Moscow. The region stands out for its unique cultural heritage which locals are keen to preserve. Vologda's lace and pottery are sought throughout Russia and beyond.

Russia has launched a program to build a powerful, multi-purpose airship that will certainly cause many people on the ground to take notice. The Locomoskyner airship takes to the air with nothing more than helium, but will also have special outfitted hot air cells to regulate its buoyancy. Propulsion of the craft is provided by several electric motors, and small wings on the periphery of its disc-shaped hull give the vehicle extra lift in flight. The aircrafts unusual shape, which strikingly resembles an unidentified flying object (UFO) also gives it extra stability, and ability to resist wind currents to hover for extended periods above targets on the ground. Varying models of the Locomoskayners are expected to be used for the transportation of people and cargo, as well as surveillance and monitoring. The largest version in the works will be able to airlift 600 tons. The five-year project is based in the city of Ulyanovsk, some 900 km east from Moscow. The projects developer, locomosky, plans to generate $90 million worth of investment.

A UK comparison website - Compare-the-market DOT com, saw a 76 percent jump in traffic last year, outperforming all its competitors. The sector has been advertising heavily on UK television, more than doubling its spend to 110 MILLION dollars. The secret to the site's success is a Meerkat with a supposedly Russian accent - which has taken the ad world by storm.

UN looks to set a new panel overseeing the old one.. Body in question is the IPCC responsible for monitoring climate change. Lately it was accused of fuzzy research hyping the hysteria surrounding global warming. Pat Michaels from the Cato institute says the new initiative is ....

The 2010 Winter games in Vancouver are over and the Olympic flag is now heading for Sochi. There, in four years' time, Russia will host the games. Andrew Farmer was following the spectacular ceremony from the place where the Russian Olympic team is staying.

NASA radar has detected thick deposits of ice near the moon's north pole, raising hopes that the vast source of water could one day be used to generate oxygen.

NASA used its synthetic aperture radar, Mini-SAR, to image the moon. It is a lightweight imaging radar weighing less than 10 kilograms.