Morning re-cap of main news, September 18
* Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of the Russian Federal Nuclear Power Agency:
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 04:26 GMT
Russia, Uzbekistan stage anti-terror exercise in southern Russia
MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) – An anti-terror exercise involving Russian and Uzbek troops starts Tuesday in southern Russia, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 05:21 GMT
Police Seize House of Russian Mafia Boss
Georgian police have seized the house of Zakhar Kalashov, a Georgian-born crime boss, who was arrested in Dubai in May under the request of Spain's police. He was later extradited to Spain.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 05:23 GMT
Russia's Putin Submits Chechnya Amnesty Plan to Lower House
President Vladimir Putin's office on Monday asked parliament to approve an amnesty plan aimed at persuading militants in Chechnya and surrounding regions to disarm and surrender to the authorities.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 05:33 GMT
Myanmar Thanks Russia, China for Support in UN Security Council
Myanmar's military government thanked Russia and China for their strong opposition to the UN Security Council's recent move to formally put the Southeast Asian country on its agenda at the U.S. request. Washington had long urged the UN to increase scrutiny of Myanmar's government and domestic policies.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 05:43 GMT
Two wounded in Chechnya attack on home of senior MP
GROZNY, September 19 (RIA Novosti) – Two people were wounded in northern Chechnya in an attack by unidentified assailants on the home of a senior parliament member, a local police source said Tuesday.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 06:12 GMT
Three cow herders killed in explosion on Ukraine tank range
KIEV, September 19 (RIA Novosti) – Three cow herders were killed Monday morning in what appears to have been a freak accident on Defense Ministry land, local emergency services said.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 07:04 GMT
Russia, China Bound to Support Sanctions Against Iran - U.S. Rice
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes Russia and China are going to back sanctions against Iran eventually, she has said in an interview.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 07:07 GMT
Kazakh industrial growth at 6.6% in first eight months of 2006
ASTANA, September 19 (RIA Novosti) – Industrial growth in Kazakhstan stood at 6.6% in the first eight months of 2006, the republic's statistics agency said Tuesday.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 07:07 GMT
Trash-filled Russian Cargo Ship Dumped Into Pacific
A Russian spacecraft loaded with rubbish from the International Space Station has plunged into the Pacific Ocean in a controlled fall.
// Sep. 19, 2006 - 07:43 GMT