Morning re-cap of main news, December 6
* A military transport plane with 94 passengers and crew on board crashed into an apartment building in the Iranian capital of Tehran
// Dec. 07, 2005 - 05:34 GMT
Nazarbayev officially registered as Kazakh president
ASTANA, December 7 (RIA Novosti) – Nursultan Nazarbayev was official registered as the president of Kazakhstan Wednesday, the country's top election official said.
// Dec. 07, 2005 - 05:53 GMT
Rice set to discuss U.S.-Ukraine cooperation in Kiev
KIEV, December 7 (RIA Novosti) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Wednesday with the Ukrainian leadership in the country's capital, Kiev, an official statement said.
// Dec. 07, 2005 - 06:32 GMT
Aeroflot, Sukhoi set to sign $820-mln RRJ contract
MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's national air carrier and a subsidiary of one of the country's biggest aircraft makers will sign a massive contract Wednesday, which the manufacturers hope will signal the start of a highly profitable export drive.
// Dec. 07, 2005 - 06:49 GMT
Russian companies arrive in force for Malaysian defense show
LANGKAWI, December 7 (RIA Novosti, Mikhail Tsyganov) – Leading Russian firms and aircraft makers are attending one of Asia's biggest defense-industry events, which officially opened Wednesday in Malaysia.
// Dec. 07, 2005 - 07:31 GMT
Russian oil major reports 7.7% increase in oil output in 11M05
TYUMEN, December 7 (RIA Novosti, Alexander Perestoronin) – Russian oil major Surgutneftegaz increased its oil output in January-November 2005 by 7.7% year-on-year to 58.3 million metric tons, the company said Wednesday.
// Dec. 07, 2005 - 07:34 GMT
Russian Authorities Fly Chechen Refugees Home
Russian authorities have taken a planeload of Chechen refugees from the former Soviet republic of Georgia back home – part of Kremlin efforts to show that the war-shattered region was stabilizing.
// Dec. 07, 2005 - 07:43 GMT