Carl Pohlad was well known not only as the owner of the Minnesota Twins but also his family is well-known for philanthropic efforts in Twins Cities.

The Moscow City Court ordered on Monday that an ill former Yukos executive charged with embezzlement be released, setting bail for the AIDS patient at 50 million rubles ($1.8 million).

There are 73 prisons in Kazakhstan, including 17 colony-settlements. Most of the places of detention are overcrowded. The total number of the convinced in the Republic of Kazakhstan exceeds 56.000. In 2007 only the number of sentenced increased for 4.300 (Regnum, March 19, 2008).