� A Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plane with Russian organizations' employees and their families on board left Tbilisi, a ministry spokesman said

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 05:56 GMT

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) – The customs duty on the export of crude oil and petroleum products, fixed at a record level of $237.6 per ton by the Russian government in mid-September, comes into effect Sunday, representing a 9.8% increase from $216.4 per as of August 1.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 06:29 GMT

James Blake beat Marat Safin 3–6 6–4 7–6 on Saturday to claim a place in the final of the Thailand Open.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 07:51 GMT

TBILISI, October 1 (RIA Novosti) – A cordon of Georgian troops set up last week around the Russian headquarters in Tbilisi has been lifted, the commander of Russian troops in the South Caucasus said Sunday.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 08:22 GMT

U.S. President George W. Bush has signed into law a set of sanctions targeting foreign countries that continue nuclear cooperation with Iran and sell it advanced weaponry.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 08:32 GMT

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says the United States has become "non-democratic" and Washington should now rely more on international institutions.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 08:42 GMT

The Russian team dribbled their way to the top in the Homeless World Cup championships, beating Kazakhstan 1–0 in the final.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 08:53 GMT

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) – Residents are being evacuated from an eight-storey residential building on fire in north Moscow, the capital's firefighters said Sunday.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 09:02 GMT

World War II veterans residing in Estonia have sent a letter to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom askig for help.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 09:38 GMT

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) – One person has died in a fire that engulfed an eight-storey residential building in north Moscow earlier Sunday, the capital's firefighters said.

// Oct. 01, 2006 - 09:42 GMT