Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Cheap Nike Air Max 2017 , Matthieu Reeb speaks to the journalists at the headquarters of CAS, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July Cheap Nike Air Max , 21, 2016. CAS dismissed the appeal by the Russian Olympic Committee against the IAAF Thursday. Under this ruling, 68 Russian track and field athletes who were applying to compete in Rio will not be going to the Olympics.(XinhuaXu Jinquan) MOSCOW, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian officials expressed Thursday their regret over the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to uphold the ban on 68 Russian track and field athletes' participation in the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympic games.
"I can clearly express deep regret over the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which applies to absolutely all of our athletes, as from our point of view the issue of collective responsibility can hardly be acceptable," the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.
In November 2015, the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) suspended the All Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) from its membership, thus depriving Russian track and field athletes from participating in the 2016 Olympics.
The decision was taken after an independent commission claimed evidence of widespread doping use among Russian track and field athletes.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the excluded athletes have filed an appeal to CAS based in Lausanne.
Earlier in the day, CAS rejected the appeals and confirmed that the IAAF decision had been taken in accordance with the Olympic Charter.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko also lamented the CAS decision.
"We will think what steps to take next, as we are not going to leave the track and field case alone," the Interfax news agency quoted Mutko as saying.
On Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a statement, recommending the IOC to suspend the whole Russian team from the 2016 Olympic Games due to an independent investigation on the Russian state involvement in manipulating the doping control.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has yet to make any decision on WADA's recommendation.
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The main activities of the 34th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will begin in January 2018. It is estimated to use one million cubic meters of ice and snow to make carvings and sculptures featuring Russian and other European styles, according to the municipal government.
A series of ice sculpture competitions will also be held to boost the development of ice and snow culture.
Ice and snow have become the name card of Harbin, which was known as "the oriental Moscow" for its Russian-style buildings such as St. Sohpia Cathedral. The festival brought in 40 million yuan (6.13 million U.S. dollars) in revenue during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday in 2016.
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The island of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai rose from the seabed about 65 kilometer northwest of the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa in late 2014-early 2015.
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While the island, which initially measured 1 kilometer wide, 2 kilometers long and about 100 meters high, has undergone significant erosion Cheap Nike Air Max Vapormax Outlet , it is now expected to last anywhere from six to 30 years.
Jim Garvin, the chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said it was a rare chance to study the life cycle of a new island.
He said Mars has many similar volcanic islands that appeared to have been surrounded by water when they were created.
Garvin said such spots may be prime locations to look for evidence of past life because they combined a wet environment with heat from volcanic processes. Examining how life gained a foothold on the Tongan island could help scientists pinpoint where to look for evidence of life on Mars, he said.
“Islands like this might have worked on Mars 2 or 3 billion years ago Cheap Nike Air Max 2018 Outlet , lakes and small seas filling depressions, persistent surface waters,” he said. “(It’s) stuff we really strive to understand because it could have produced the conditions necessary for microbial life.”(Agencies)
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