Morning re-cap of main news, January 21
* Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko said the government was set to allocate more than $40 million to combat bird flu in the former Soviet Union
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 07:15 GMT
Blasts on pipelines cut gas supplies to Georgia, Armenia
MOSCOW, January 22 (RIA Novosti) – Two blasts that occurred early Sunday on trunk pipelines running across southern Russia cut gas supplies to Georgia and Armenia, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 08:10 GMT
Russia, Ukraine Reach Agreement on Nuclear Sector Cooperation
Ukraine and Russia have reached a number of agreements on cooperation in the nuclear sector for the coming years.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 08:24 GMT
Arms caches found in Chechnya
GROZNY, January 22 (RIA Novosti) – Two arms caches were found early Sunday in the Republic of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus, a source in the local law-enforcement authorities said.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 08:28 GMT
Turkmen Mi-8 Helicopter with 7 Crew Goes Missing in Afghanistan
A Turkmen helicopter that had been assisting with earthquake relief in Pakistan went missing after crossing into Afghanistan while returning home with seven Turkmen crew aboard, a relief official has said.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 08:35 GMT
Pipeline Blast Cuts Russian Gas Supplies to Georgia, Armenia Ahead of Big Freeze
A series of explosions have ripped a pipeline delivering Russian gas to Georgia and Armenia. Meanwhile, arctic cold with temperatures below minus 30 C that has killed at least 40 people in Russia is expected to arrive in the region.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 08:36 GMT
At Least 40 Killed in Russian Bitter Cold
Russia's severest cold in a quarter of a century, with temperatures in Moscow at minus 8 F Saturday, has killed at least 40 people and strained the nation's crumbling infrastructure, with residents piling on the blankets and heating bricks to keep warm.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 08:42 GMT
Moscow Ready to Open Arms for Milosevic - City Mayor
The city of Moscow would receive Slobodan Milosevic for medical treatment "with great pleasure," its mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, has said after lawyers for the former Yugoslav leader requested leave from his war crimes trial in the Hague.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 08:48 GMT
Georgia in talks with Iran on gas imports
TBILISI, January 22 (RIA Novosti, Marina Kvaratskhelia) – Georgia is holding talks with Iran on gas imports into the republic, the Georgian Fuel and Energy Ministry said Sunday.
// Jan. 22, 2006 - 09:00 GMT