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Russian army deployed in beer rescue

MOSCOW, Russia --Russian troops have retrieved 10 tons of beer trapped under Siberian ice, the Itar-Tass news agency has reported.

The truck carrying the beer sank when trying to cross the frozen Irtysh river, near the Siberian city of Omsk, around 2,200 km (1,400 miles) from Moscow.

The driver and his partner managed to escape, leaving the beer-laden truck.

The rescue team of six divers, 10 workers and a modified T-72 tank from the Emergencies Ministry managed to save the load after a week-long operation.

They pulled the truck to an ice hole, opened the doors, and managed to pull out the kegs and bottles of beer.

But as they were ready to retrieve the truck, the rope tore, leaving the truck on the bottom of the river, deputy head of the Cherlak district administration Vasily Yatkovsky told Tass.

The Rosar brewery in Omsk, part of the Interbrew Belgian group, says it is ready to take the beer back.

With temperatures around minus 27 degrees Celsius (minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit) in the area, the brewery told Tass the beer was still in good condition.

Tass quoted the brewery as saying it will sell the beer as a rarity, but with a discount.

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reabhecc: Spellcasting 101: Don't Try This at Home.
Demonbuster also tells us that we should never burn candles or wear cologne, perfume or any clothing with a paisley print, so they must know what they're talking about. Bold statements like those are never made by crackpots, after all.

So, I'm going to settle this for everyone. I am going to take my Harry Potter books and my Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook and attempt to cast the arcane spells contained within, all in the name of science, and at great risk to my body and soul.

weeping_angel on marriage, relationships, and stupidity. Themes: The state has no place defining the religious institution of marriage and vice versa, and marriage in the eyes of the community, not the state.

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skamille: Nation of Second Guesses; or, When is increased choice a bad thing?; or, Why Bush's pervasive policy of increased availability of choices in health care, retirements, education, and a host of other issues is inherently flawed.

Current music: Do you trust a creed that claims to set you free / By spending half a lifetime begging on your knees?

Today at work, a lot of people were leaving early for a four-day weekend--Monday is Australia Day. Chances are, I'll be working tomorrow, Saturday, and Monday. Ah well.
However, later this evening is pool at North with Jillian/Oscar/etc, and tomorrow night's dinner at Latebra is kangaroo lasagne. Woo!