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01, July

06:50 Morning re-cap of main news, June 30 (0)
08:09 Russia's Putin begins two-day visit to U.S. (0)
08:35 Two Far Eastern regions merge to form Kamchatka Territory (0)
09:30 New World Bank head to help bank's reputation - Russian official (0)
10:32 One soldier killed, two injured in attack in Chechnya (0)
11:17 Russia ready to host 2014 Olympics at highest level - Putin -1 (0)
12:14 Attack on Glasgow airport linked to car bombs in London - police (0)
14:28 Five persons injured after bus overturns in Moscow Region (0)
14:53 Remains of Red Army nurse from Estonia to be reburied in Israel (0)

02, July

04:36 Morning re-cap of main news, July 1 (0)
06:07 Informal Russia-U.S. talks friendly, turn to pressing issues (0)
06:12 RUXX investment index set to open 0.12% down (0)
06:16 Russian arts marathon to kick off in Japan (0)
06:25 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 1.2% (0)
07:11 N. Korea successfully tests short-range missile - U.S. (0)
07:28 Russia's rail monopoly invests $8 mln in Siberia pipe terminal (0)
07:41 Putin meets with Bush in the U.S. Video (0)
07:50 Dollar slips 8.74 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:52 Euro rises 11.52 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:06 Five arrested in UK terror plots. Video (0)
08:08 Queen of Thailand due in Russia on state visit (0)
08:20 100 killed, millions homeless in cyclone in Pakistan (0)
08:25 Israeli troops kill Palestinian field commander on West Bank (0)
08:28 4 held amid raised UK terror threat. Video (0)
08:29 Could you pull a 20 tonne truck? Video (0)
08:40 Aide to Kazakh president's son-in-law on int. wanted list (0)
08:41 Russia raises oil export duty to $223.9 per ton from Aug. 1 -1 (0)
08:56 Russia: a nation of pensioners (0)
09:02 NATO in Afghanistan: neither peace nor war (0)
09:05 Four killed, six injured in car crash in central Russia (0)
09:06 Egyptian convicted of spying for Israel dies in jail (0)
09:11 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 3 (0)
09:43 Russia to allocate $200 million to Afghan army (0)
10:12 Moscow moratorium of CFE Treaty to spur ratification - official (0)
10:22 Steel maker Severstal posts 82% rise in 1Q IFRS net income (0)
10:23 Sukhoi plans to roll out first SuperJet-100s in 2008 - official (0)
10:27 Hamas detains leader of BBC reporter's abductors (0)
10:55 Tatneft oil firm posts 5.4% rise in 2006 US GAAP net income (0)
10:56 Urals crude $59.65 bbl in 1H2007 (0)
11:24 Britain ups security alert amid terrorist threat (0)
11:26 Ukraine introduces temporary grain quotas (0)
11:41 South Stream to reassure European gas consumers (0)
11:48 Azerbaijan ready to recover Nagorno-Karabakh by force - Aliyev (0)
11:48 Hamas detains leader of BBC reporter's abductors amid fighting-1 (0)
12:41 Russia's trade surplus down 18.6% y-o-y in 5M2007-1 (0)
13:02 Russia ranked fifth among countries attractive for investment (0)
13:16 Palestinian security forces to enter refugee camp within 24 hours (0)
13:16 Gazprombank posts 190% rise in 2006 IFRS net income, to $1.3 bln (0)
13:30 Hong Kong marks decade under China. Video (0)
13:31 Concert for Princess Diana. Video (0)
13:32 Little robo-soccer stars. Video (0)
13:57 Fitch upgrades Rosneft to BBB-, outlook positive - 1 (0)
14:02 Berezovsky charged with plotting coup in Russia - lawyer -1 (0)
14:15 HRP-3 humanoid robot (0)
14:35 Foreign investment restrictions in U.S. could take effect in fall (0)
14:42 Most Russians against smoking in public places (0)
14:46 President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez in Russia (0)
15:07 Russia's Stabilization Fund hits $121.7 bln as of Jul. 1 - ministry -1 (0)
15:19 Most Russians against smoking in public places - 1 (0)
16:50 Russia intends to double annual international aid to $500 million (0)
16:52 State-controlled Rosneft buys Yukos offices from tender winner -1 (0)
17:01 Belarus unafraid of possible U.S. economic sanctions - president (0)
17:14 Iran, Venezuela launch construction of methanol plant - news agency (0)
17:41 Russia, U.S. to discuss Iran at UN Security Council - Putin -1 (0)
17:43 First buyers of iPhones (0)
18:16 Putin proposes new forms of global cooperation on missile defense (0)

03, July

04:23 Morning re-cap of main news, July 2 (0)
04:55 Russia puts German satellite into orbit - Space Forces (0)
05:49 Putin meets IOC chief ahead of 2014 Winter Olympic decision (0)
06:07 RUXX investment index set to open 1.33% up (0)
06:09 New suspect in attempted U.K. bombings arrested in Australia (0)
06:14 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 5% (0)
06:18 Japan's defense minister resigns over WWII comments (0)
07:10 Venezuela's Chavez defends Iran nuclear program, criticizes U.S. (0)
07:20 Bush and Putin wrap up "Lobster Summit". Video (0)
07:46 U.S. must drop European missile shield plans - Russian source (0)
08:10 Euro rises 12.29 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:12 Japan's defense minister resigns over WWII comments-1 (0)
08:12 Dollar slips 7.14 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:21 Six-party talks on N.Korea unlikely in early July - Japan's FM (0)
08:35 World's biggest postcard sent in west Siberia (0)
08:44 Russia-EU summit to be held in Portugal, Oct. 26 - ambassador (0)
08:45 UK failed attacks: Eighth suspect arrested. Video (0)
08:54 Security tightened at U.S. airports. Video (0)
08:55 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 4 (0)
09:01 Yemeni leader condemns bomb attack on Spanish tourists (0)
09:09 Russia has no plans to reinforce peacekeepers in Georgia -1 (0)
09:27 Bhutan gives backpackers the Bhut. Video (0)
09:30 NATO ready to discuss new proposals with Moscow - source-1 (0)
09:33 Deputy mayor of Ingush town assassinated near his home-1 (0)
09:43 Transneft pipe operator posts 10% drop in 1Q IFRS net income (0)
09:48 Harry Potter in wax. Video (0)
10:07 Charles Taylor shows up in court as trial delayed until Aug. 20 (0)
10:24 Bus crash kills 12 in Egypt (0)
10:38 Armenia's foreign debt grows by $45 mln in 1Q07, to $2.1 bln (0)
10:43 European Commission expects resumption of EU- Russia talks (0)
11:31 Venezuela: weapons and oil (0)
11:34 Much ado about the Olympics (0)
11:38 Belarus president concerned over U.S. missile plans in Europe (0)
11:43 6,500 troops to take part in antiterror exercise - Russian general (0)
12:07 Eight Soviet soldiers reburied in Tallinn (0)
12:07 Russia will not make major concessions to EU - FM Lavrov (0)
12:12 Roswell Incident marks 60 years (0)
12:15 Lebanese army on verge of wiping out Fatah extremists - paper (0)
12:31 Russian Agricultural Bank raises $200 mln subordinated loan (0)
12:48 A whale of a discovery. Video (0)
12:49 Germany: Baby gorilla treated human hospital. Video (0)
13:00 N.Korea uranium rods missing could be for bomb - paper (0)
13:01 Russia to set up antiterrorism centers at embassies - 1 (0)
13:05 Russia's Kuznetsova advances to Wimbledon quarterfinals (0)
13:25 Putin offers Bush to play "one and the same game" (0)
13:49 Azerbaijan starts gas deliveries from Shah Deniz field to Turkey (0)
13:57 Czech govt. okays U.S. radar deployment near Prague - official-1 (0)
14:17 Russia, U.S. confirm intention to reduce strategic arms to minimum -1 (0)
14:27 S&P upgrades Rosneft's outlook to positive over acquisitions (0)
14:29 Progress M-61 cargo spaceship launch put off until August 2 (0)
14:31 Poverty in Ukraine down - World Bank (0)
14:46 President Putinâ€™s visit to the United States (0)
14:50 Tajikistan asks NATO to help with Tajik-Afghan border protection (0)
14:57 Promsvyazbank takes syndicated loan worth $400 million (0)
15:16 UK bombings: controlled explosion. Video (0)
15:18 Japan Defence Minister quits. Video (0)
15:28 Russia, U.S. ready to talk access to civil nuclear energy-1 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:12 VTB's net profit drops 26% to $248.7 million in 1H07 (0)
16:19 Opposition leader Kasyanov to split from coalition, set up own party (0)
16:23 Ten killed in religious violence in Pakistani capital (0)
16:24 U.K. sets up National Security Council to counter terrorist threat - 1 (0)
16:31 Europe, not Russia, to decide Kosovo's future (0)
16:54 Bushehr NPP to take months to complete - Russia Foreign Ministry -1 (0)
17:02 Key suspects in British terror attempts detained - U.K. police (0)
17:58 Russia favors preserving positive elements of START I (0)
18:13 Putin describes Russia-U.S. agreements on START as breakthrough -1 (0)

04, July

04:23 Morning re-cap of main news, July 3 (0)
05:22 Kidnapped BBC journalist freed in Gaza (0)
05:33 South Korea to supply fuel oil to North Korea next week (0)
05:54 Georgia pays off part of its UN dues, regains voting rights (0)
05:58 RUXX investment index set to open 1.47% up (0)
06:10 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 8.7% (0)
06:33 BBC reporter freed. Video (0)
06:37 Twelve killed in Pakistani religious violence (0)
06:54 Societe Generale buys Rosbank for a mind-boggling premium (0)
07:48 Sakhalin oil output reaches record level in 1H07 (0)
07:52 Dollar slips 0.55 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:55 Euro rises 0.32 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:02 Georgia's international reserves hit $1.3 billion (0)
08:13 Russia, Uzbekistan sign migration agreements, expect trade to double (0)
08:26 Tornado kills 14, injures about 150 in east China (0)
08:33 Mickey Mouse lookalike becomes a 'martyr' on Hamas children's TV. Video (0)
08:34 Trash your room sir? Video (0)
08:49 Caspian Shah Deniz field gas output to hit 20 bln cu m by 2015 (0)
08:58 Putin says differences won't affect Russia-U.S. ties (0)
09:19 State Duma adopts law on Russian nanotechnology corporation (0)
09:30 Children drug examiners with henbane in Yemeni school (0)
09:34 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 5 (0)
09:34 Bill Gates cedes world's richest title to Mexican tycoon (0)
10:02 Russia's net capital inflow hit $67 bln in 1H07 - Central Bank -1 (0)
10:05 Japan first female defense chief sworn in, vows to restore trust (0)
10:23 Gazprom, Transneft security staff allowed to carry firearms (0)
10:57 Johnston: 'Amazing to be free'. Video (0)
11:10 Tbilisi could use military force - South Ossetian representative (0)
11:25 Inflation in Russia reaches 1% in June, 5.7% in Jan-Jun 2007 (0)
11:27 PM praises Britain's plot response. Video (0)
11:29 Russia ready to assist Egypt in fight against bird flu (0)
11:33 Russia's Duma approves power separation treaty with Tatarstan -1 (0)
11:56 "Kosovo disease" threatens international law (0)
12:06 Suicide bomb attack in NW Pakistan kills 11 - TV (0)
12:10 Israel steps up calls to free Shalit after BBC reporter release (0)
12:20 Russia guarantees repatriation of spent fuel from Bushehr NPP (0)
13:19 No Cold War if U.S. keeps out of Europe, vows Russia's Ivanov (0)
13:19 Ukraine Communists set to protest at naval exercise with U.S. (0)
13:45 Transneft proposes $5 bln Eurobond to pay Caspian pipeline debt (0)
13:49 The end of the Hong Kong anomaly (0)
14:15 1 killed, 1 injured in Russian helicopter crash near Estonia (0)
15:51 Russia's chief rabbi defends Soviets killed in WWII in Estonia (0)
15:53 Putin presents Sochi bid for 2014 Winter Olympics (0)
16:04 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:15 German could have been abducted by Afghani drug dealers - TV (0)
16:18 Moody's upgrades Rosneft to Baa1 (0)
16:31 Russia touts space success, but U.S. runs half of satellites (0)
16:48 Red Mosque Imam reported arrested amid standoff with radicals (0)
17:36 Integration declaration adopted at African Union summit (0)

05, July

04:10 Morning re-cap of main news, July 4 (0)
04:31 Russia's Sochi wins 2014 Winter Olympics bid (0)
05:03 At least three Palestinians killed in clashes with Israel army (0)
05:19 Japan, U.S. to hold first joint missile defense drill in 2008 (0)
05:45 RUXX investment index set to open 0.1% down (0)
06:09 Seoul to send first fuel oil tanker to N. Korea July 14 - agency (0)
06:38 Blasts set off at Pakistani mosque to urge radicals to surrender (0)
06:47 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 2.7% (0)
06:50 Typhoon threatens Vietnamese coast - weather agency (0)
07:07 Russian gold and currency reserves down $0.6 bln in week (0)
07:43 Euro rises 1.72 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:44 Russia, Venezuela in talks on diesel submarines - arms exporter -1 (0)
07:53 Dollar rises 1.13 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:20 Six-party N. Korea talks may resume July 14 in Beijing - agency (0)
08:23 UK's new PM under fire. Video (0)
08:29 Kyrgyz president says no need to join Russia (0)
08:31 Burqa disguise fails to foil police. Video (0)
08:33 Russia's Techsnabexport posts 15% rise in 2006 IFRS net income (0)
08:35 4th July - troops relax and remember. Video (0)
09:01 Russia's firearms exports total $200 mln annually - arms exporter (0)
09:09 Swans in eastern France die of bird flu - ministry (0)
09:16 Virtual images of Sochi-2014 Olympic facilities (0)
09:26 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 6 (0)
10:20 From under the sea to space (0)
10:23 Five Palestinian fighters killed in Israel Gaza raid (0)
10:27 Coca-Cola to buy Russia's Aqua-Vision for 191.5 million euros (0)
10:46 Russia set to test first serial S-400 SAM system next week-1 (0)
10:56 Putin, Halonen to meet in Russia in mid-July -1 (0)
11:39 Sochi wins 2014 Winter Olympics. Video (0)
11:43 Avtovaz plans to set up JV with Fiat for engine production (0)
12:00 New pro-presidential bloc founded in Ukraine (0)
12:08 Hamas tries to polish its image (0)
12:12 Second Russian military convoy leaves Batumi base in Georgia (0)
12:17 Gold swimsuit looks like a million bucks. Video (0)
12:40 N. Korea to shut reactor when first fuel oil delivered - agency-1 (0)
12:47 NATO expansion relapse into Cold War - FM Lavrov (0)
12:50 Russia stops attempt to import expired Brazilian pork as sprats (0)
12:57 Sochi-2014: a victory for Russia (0)
13:01 Wrap: Russia celebrates Sochi Olympic win, vows fantastic games (0)
13:24 Phone film festival. Video (0)
13:30 Russian prosecutors formally refuse to extradite Lugovoi-1 (0)
14:30 Russia's net capital inflow by banks up 440% to $37 bln in 1H07 (0)
14:43 Mideast quartet session preliminarily set for July 16 (0)
14:54 Kyrgyz special services deny China involved in spy scandal (0)
15:38 Private investment in Sochi could exceed $20 bln by 2014 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:28 Eight Palestinians killed in Israel Gaza raid (0)
16:48 Georgia mulls Austria-Italy model for breakaway S. Ossetia (0)
16:49 Mideast quartet to meet in London July 10 (0)
17:55 U.K. refuses to treat Berezovsky as criminal over coup interview (0)

06, July

04:22 Morning re-cap of main news, July 5 (0)
05:21 N. Korea unlikely to stop nuke reactor before late July - Japan (0)
05:42 RUXX investment index set to open 1.94% up (0)
06:21 Yukos creditors say remaining assets to go under hammer in Aug. (0)
06:40 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 0.8% (0)
06:54 Russian monetary base down $225 mln in week to $133 bln (0)
06:59 U.K. activist warns Hizb Ut-Tahir is dangerous extremist group (0)
07:02 China plans to build its first aircraft carrier - news agency (0)
07:03 Israeli troops kill Hamas militants. Video (0)
07:04 Shot while filming a gunbattle (0)
07:39 No casualties among troops in Caucasus attack-Russian military-1 (0)
07:45 Russia expects Yukos assets to yield $19.5 bln to budget Aug-Sep-1 (0)
07:50 Five killed, two injured in car crash in central Russia (0)
07:57 Euro rises 1.44 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:59 Dollar rises 5.63 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:03 Russia, Vietnam complete WTO entry talks - economics ministry-1 (0)
08:17 Al Gore's son released from jail. Video (0)
08:47 Fever kills scores in Cambodia. Video (0)
08:48 Philippines: Electric car. Video (0)
08:56 Israel raid on Gaza kills 11 Palestinians (0)
09:05 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 7-9 (0)
09:11 Energy to cost 25% of $12 bln allocated for Sochi Olympics -1 (0)
09:43 Russia's upper house ratifies deal on experimental reactor (0)
09:58 Energy to cost 25% of $12 bln allocated for Sochi Olympics -2 (0)
10:37 Russia passes three-year budget in final reading-1 (0)
10:39 State Duma passes bill on fight against extremism - 1 (0)
10:46 Experts promise Russia an economic miracle (0)
10:53 Fresh gunfire heard near besieged Red Mosque in Pakistan (0)
11:00 Seoul to deliver first fuel oil shipment to N. Korea July 12 (0)
11:16 Russia's international reserves up 0.7% in June, 33.6% in 1H07 (0)
11:26 Japan stresses need for military reform, missile shield (0)
12:12 Belgian king accused of causing fatal accident 35 year ago (0)
12:14 Georgia to host NATO air exercise July 9-20 (0)
12:21 Parliament votes for establishment of Russian nanotech corp. (0)
12:29 Lebanese troops kill three militants in Palestinian refugee camp (0)
12:34 Tatneft's oil output up 2% to 96 mln bbl in 1H07 (0)
12:34 Miner hit by June 25 blast in north Russia dies in hospital -1 (0)
12:37 Moscow Mayor Luzhkov sworn into office for fifth time (0)
12:39 Afghan debt to Russia to be settled this month - finance source (0)
12:46 Norilsk Nickel takes over North American mining company (0)
12:50 The CIS and Baltic press on Russia (0)
13:00 Russian finance min. to propose granting Belarus $1.5 bln loan-1 (0)
13:05 Russia's Olympic Victory - sign of a world leader? (0)
13:19 U.S. fund awards Russian who died trying to save child (0)
13:34 Azerbaijan state oil company reports 1.4% decline in output (0)
13:44 Nepali women train for the Gurkhas. Video (0)
14:32 Russia says U.K. refusal to open case vs. Berezovsky ungrounded -1 (0)
14:39 Some 50,000 Tajikistanis freed from slavery in 2002-2007 (0)
15:17 Ruble's effective rate up 3.3% in 1H07 - Central Bank of Russia (0)
15:25 Russia, Georgia praise Sochi Olympics as peace deal for Caucasus -1 (0)
15:36 St. Petersburg to bid for 2020 Summer Olympics - governor (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
17:35 Russia says Ecosoc helps bridge gap between rich and poor countries (0)
17:55 Germany reports new case of bird flu (0)

07, July

07:05 Morning re-cap of main news, July 6 (0)
08:35 FSB launches criminal case on officer's claim to spy for MI6-1 (0)
10:09 Alleged spy says Berezovsky, Litvinenko involved him in MI6 (0)
11:05 Russia Proton-M booster puts U.S. satellite into orbit-1 (0)
12:47 Arms cache discovered at former Russian military base in Georgia (0)
14:52 Russia to build 3 reserve airports in country's south by 2009 (0)

08, July

06:33 Morning re-cap of main news, July 7 (0)
08:23 Global online poll picks seven new wonders of the world (0)
09:59 Russian envoy hopes Russia, Britain to improve relations - paper (0)
10:45 Global missile defense system could be created by 2020 - Ivanov (0)
11:48 Russia's opposition to name presidential candidate in fall (0)
14:59 UAE president favors Arab peace plan for Mideast conflict (0)

09, July

04:23 Morning re-cap of main news, July 8 (0)
05:15 U.S. citizen injured in car wreck in Siberia dies (0)
05:19 Russian foreign minister to visit Kyrgyzstan (0)
05:47 Abkhaz prime minister wounded in attack - 1 (0)
05:54 Russia to build new aircraft carrier after 2015 - Navy chief (0)
06:20 RUXX investment index set to open 0.60% up (0)
06:28 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 5.7% (0)
06:37 Second group of Russians evacuating volatile Gaza (0)
07:17 U.S. missile shield plans affect Asia - Russian FM - 1 (0)
07:24 Some 100 dead as floods hit China (0)
07:29 Azerbaijan: where Cold War enemies can become friends (0)
07:34 Unfavorable Kosovo decision will not pass in UN Security Council -1 (0)
07:35 New "World's Wonders". Video (0)
07:37 Sakhalin Energy starts drilling first offshore gas wells in Russia (0)
07:53 Southern Turkish regions ablaze, Kurdish rebels suspected (0)
08:02 Euro rises 4.95 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:05 Dollar slips 2.89 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:18 Boeing says first commercial flight of Dreamliner in 2008 (0)
08:30 Indonesian trawler seized, towed to Russian port for poaching (0)
08:39 Ninety-year-old Italian climbs 3,000-meter mountain, sets record (0)
08:57 Russian government approves Atomenergoprom charter -1 (0)
09:00 Indonesia bird flu death toll rises to 81 - news agency (0)
09:08 France: Vintage cars. Video (0)
09:09 Tour de France fever hits Brits. Video (0)
09:22 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 10 (0)
09:26 Abkhaz prime minister wounded in attack - 2 (0)
09:52 Cooperative Archer military exercise begins in Georgia (0)
10:09 Abbas rules out talks with Hamas, wants peacekeepers in Gaza (0)
10:11 Foreign car sales in Russia grow 70% to 720,000 in 1H07 (0)
10:38 Second group of Russians evacuating volatile Gaza - 1 (0)
11:00 Moldova's ex-defense minister released from custody (0)
11:02 Security chief Ivanov to resign, possible Putin successor - source (0)
11:27 Russia's diamond producer to prospect oil, gas fields in Angola (0)
11:58 Russian doctors invent scalpel-free heart surgery (0)
12:13 Nahr al-Bared crisis could turn into long war - Lebanese paper (0)
12:14 Asian Development Bank to issue $192 mln loan to Tajikistan (0)
12:28 Putin plans to form 2014 Sochi Olympics security group - 1 (0)
12:31 Ochakovo brewery property could be seized - Russian watchdog (0)
12:31 Russia's Rosneft, Anglo-Dutch Shell ink strategic partner deal (0)
12:52 Middle East Quartet to meet with Blair Tuesday - 1 (0)
12:53 Chechen emissary dismisses MI6 spy story (0)
12:56 Legislators in two Russian regions reappoint governors (0)
13:25 Ukraine lifts entry ban for Russian dignitaries-1 (0)
13:33 Azerbaijan to pull Russian Channel One off air July 11 (0)
13:37 Cell phone retailer Euroset posts 42% rise in sales in 1H07 (0)
14:20 IBF Champion Klitschko says he wants to fight another champion (0)
14:21 New Seven Wonders of the World (0)
14:25 Putin says Uzbekistan may join Caspian gas pipe project (0)
14:40 Consumer prices in Latvia grow to record high 8.8% in June (0)
14:59 Russian suspect in stabbing of African sent to psychiatric exam (0)
15:08 Five to 10 years before Iran can get A-bomb - Russian expert (0)
15:14 Kosovo is spiraling out of control (0)
15:14 Little Margaret Freed. Video (0)
15:15 Hamas critical of prisoner release. Video (0)
15:34 Space shuttle launch to space station set for August- agency (0)
15:55 Pakistan government urges mosque rebels to surrender (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:01 U.S. naval exercise starts in Ukraine amid protests (0)
16:14 U.S. may freeze financing of missile shield plans - senator (0)
16:36 China to launch branch of Russia pipeline in 2008 - minister - 1 (0)
16:45 Police find cannabis crop in centre of Lodz, arrest man (0)
17:25 Kosovo urges deadline for decision on its status (0)
17:51 Experts complete survey of Russian sunken submarine (0)
17:56 Kosovo Albanians urge deadline for decision on its status-1 (0)

10, July

04:25 Morning re-cap of main news, July 9 (0)
05:08 Red Mosque in Islamabad stormed, at least 40 militants killed (0)
06:07 Japanese government extends military mission to Iraq by a year (0)
06:07 Dismissal of Polish deputy PM raises prospect of early elections (0)
06:08 RUXX investment index set to open 1.27% up (0)
06:11 Georgia releases two detained Russian peacekeepers - TV (0)
06:15 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 1.3% (0)
07:00 Pakistani forces storm mosque. Video (0)
07:24 Russian deputy trade minister to resign - official -1 (0)
07:34 Six-party North Korea nuclear talks to resume July 18 - agency (0)
07:44 Progress spacecraft to bring computer equipment to ISS in August (0)
08:07 Euro slips 7.45 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:11 Dollar slips 4.3 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:18 Estonia spent $6.1 million to remove Bronze Soldier - paper (0)
08:20 Poland may hold early elections in fall - premier (0)
08:26 Israel PM urges Syria to reopen peace talks in 'historic' move (0)
08:46 Terrorist act kills 3, wounds 5 in Chechnya - 1 (0)
08:59 Bog trotting. Video (0)
09:01 USA: Mars mission. Video (0)
09:01 Australia issues travel warning. Video (0)
09:02 Buenos Aires gets first snow in 90 years on Independence Day (0)
09:02 Rare snowfall in Buenos Aires. Video (0)
09:09 Afghanistan: staying the course? (0)
09:12 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 11 (0)
09:14 Update: Red Mosque in Islamabad stormed, at least 60 militants killed (0)
09:17 GDP, industrial production growth to reach 7% in 2007 - official-1 (0)
09:21 Capacity of Chinese leg of ESPO pipeline could reach 220 mln bbl -1 (0)
10:12 Russia's watchdog moves to revoke gold producer's license -1 (0)
10:32 Republican senators break ranks with Bush (0)
10:39 Eurasian Development Bank set for debut $300 mln Eurobond issue (0)
10:46 Chinese food and drugs regulator executed for taking bribes (0)
11:38 Ford to assemble 2007 Mondeo in northwestern Russia (0)
11:56 IOC to visit 2014 Olympic bid winner Sochi in late August (0)
12:06 Russia refuses to extradite Lugovoi, Britain insists (0)
12:15 Blair to labor on U.S. behalf as Quartet envoy - Russia ex-PM (0)
12:25 Egyptian, Jordanian foreign ministers to visit Israel July 25 (0)
12:32 EU to grant Armenia 21 million euros as part of cooperation (0)
12:41 Delay in Kosovo decision threatens region, Europe - UN chief (0)
12:52 U.S. deals with heat wave, wildfires. Video (0)
12:53 Aborigines still battling poverty. Video (0)
12:56 Industrial production in Ukraine grows 11.8% in 1H07 (0)
12:59 Passenger train derails in Russia-1 (0)
13:04 Russia to join WHO convention on tobacco control (0)
13:55 IOC to visit 2014 Olympic host Sochi in late August-1 (0)
14:30 U.S. missile plans goad Russia into retaliation - expert (0)
14:50 Russian, CIS evacuees from Gaza arrive in Moscow (0)
14:58 Putin congratulates RTTV journalist Gurnov on 50th birthday (0)
15:03 "Love Dolls" woo Japanese men. Video (0)
15:48 Russian embassy protests desecration of Soviet graves in Prague (0)
15:54 Moscow lifts entry restrictions for Ukrainian officials -1 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:07 Court quashes decision to charge PwC extra $15 mln in back taxes (0)
16:24 Pakistani troops kill Islamist leader in mosque assault (0)
17:00 Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq... Pakistan? (0)
17:09 Passenger train derails in Russia-2 (0)
17:53 Palestinian leader insists on deploying peacekeepers in Gaza (0)
18:08 N.Korea fulfills disarmament commitments - Russia's Lavrov-1 (0)

11, July

04:24 Morning re-cap of main news, July 10 (0)
05:08 Russia, Saudi Arabia to launch Ñ talks (0)
05:44 RUXX investment index set to open 1.22% down (0)
05:48 Floods in China leave more than 130 dead (0)
05:52 N.Korea talks to resume next week - S.Korea's FM (0)
05:53 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 0.8% (0)
06:12 Georgia to host first NATO air force exercise July 11-20 (0)
06:57 Rebel leader killed in mosque siege. Video (0)
06:58 Bush not backing down. Video (0)
07:18 Upper house approves law creating new territory in Russia (0)
07:36 U.S. Senate declares July national watermelon month (0)
07:48 Euro rises 16.57 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:50 Dollar slips 12.23 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:07 Three more militants dead overnight in Pakistan mosque assault (0)
08:19 Poland's Lepper slams PM, says will return to cabinet (0)
08:39 EU's Solana expects new talks with Iran's Larijani later in July (0)
08:46 Trawler seized for alleged border violation in Russia's Far East (0)
08:50 Federation Council approves three-year budget (0)
09:25 Russia's Norilsk Nickel extends offer for LionOre till July 23 (0)
09:36 Gazprom interested in Moscow energy network co. (0)
09:40 Beijing's growing pollution problem. Video (0)
09:41 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 12 (0)
09:41 10,000 year old baby mammoth. Video (0)
09:42 End of domestic drudgery? Video (0)
09:44 Russia to send 40 sappers to Lebanon in 2008 (0)
10:14 Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan to set up $120 million joint investment fund (0)
10:28 EU's Solana expects new talks with Iran's Larijani later in July -1 (0)
10:31 U.K. to review ties with Russia over Lugovoi extradition refusal (0)
10:42 Russia's power generator OGK-4 posts $207 mln net profit in 2006 (0)
10:44 Foreign companies storm the Russian food market (0)
10:45 Russia declares its independence in space (0)
10:53 Some Chinese families allowed to have two children (0)
10:59 Over 4,000 missing in Chechnya since 1994 - human rights chief (0)
11:01 Police seize 2 caches in Chechnya, detain 3 suspect militants (0)
11:16 Russian budget surplus exceeded $42 bln in 1H07 -1 (0)
11:23 Georgia's foreign trade up 39% to $1.3 billion in January-May (0)
11:52 Sea Launch to resume Zenith launches in September (0)
12:01 EU court overturns limit on Russian diamond sales to De Beers (0)
12:45 EU says Libya HIV death sentence ruling unacceptable (0)
12:58 Russia-China trade to reach $35 bln in 2007 - PM Fradkov (0)
13:03 Russia's upper house approves tougher anti-extremism bill (0)
13:07 Poland's Lepper slams PM, says will return to Cabinet -1 (0)
13:29 U.K. to curb ties with Russia over Lugovoi; Russia "perplexed"-1 (0)
13:35 Russian gas finds a new way to Europe (0)
13:43 Civilians in Nahr al-Bared to start leaving in two days - media (0)
14:04 Red Mosque assault over, 160 hostages freed - Pakistani general (0)
14:07 Russia's Mechel posts 226% rise in US GAAP net income in 1Q07 (0)
14:07 Russian Navy chief says new Black Sea base complete by 2012 (0)
14:22 The bulls are off in Pamplona. Video (0)
15:03 Serbia decisively rejects draft resolution on Kosovo status (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:30 Trans-Siberian Railroad traffic halted, 45 trains wait (0)
16:36 Russia's power generator OGK-2 posts $95 mln net profit in 2006 (0)

12, July

04:30 Morning recap of main news of July 11 (0)
05:13 U.S., France, U.K. draft new resolution on Kosovo (0)
05:37 Two children die crossing railway in East Siberia (0)
05:51 U.S. spy master says intrigue over the Kremlin successor deepens (0)
06:08 RUXX investment index set to open 1.24% up (0)
06:16 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 0.6% (0)
06:43 Another train with Russian military hardware leaves Batumi base (0)
06:44 Fifty-one people wounded in train collision in Greece (0)
07:06 Russian gold and currency reserves up $2.4 bln in week (0)
07:19 Sea Launch to resume Zenit launches in October - company (0)
07:28 New study hits climate sceptics. Video (0)
07:29 Osama marriage. Video (0)
07:33 South Korea ships first batch of fuel oil to North Korea (0)
07:40 Legendary rockers Aerosmith to "walk this way" in Moscow (0)
07:41 Train hits car on crossing kills four in central Russia (0)
07:51 Dollar slips 1.96 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:55 Euro rises 1.72 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:42 Transneft invests $6 bln in East Siberia pipeline -1 (0)
08:53 Legislators in Novosibirsk re-elect incumbent governor (0)
08:56 Lebanese Army begins final assault on Islamic militants - TV (0)
09:00 Europe and America toy with Kosovo's fate (0)
09:03 Russian farm produce to grow 23% in five years - PM (0)
09:25 Russian minister says world situation behind bread price rise (0)
09:30 Russia seeks $9 billion in farm subsidies at WTO talks (0)
09:31 U.K. may expel Russian diplomats over extradition refusal-paper (0)
09:32 Yukos E. Siberian fields sold off to Rosneft for $230 mln -1 (0)
09:39 Court postponed Berezovsky trial in absentia until July 26 (0)
09:39 USA: Reed boat. Video (0)
09:40 The Lawnchair balloonist. Video (0)
09:43 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 13 (0)
10:04 Kazakhstan offers to join international fusion power project (0)
11:02 Customs officers in Far East catch rice smugglers (0)
11:33 Gazprom chooses Total for Shtokman first phase -1 (0)
11:51 Rossiya TV confirms journalists detained in Georgia-1 (0)
11:55 Lines of goods vehicles jam Russian-Latvian border (0)
12:08 Floods bring death and rats to China. Video (0)
12:13 The Olympics: gold mine or money pit (0)
12:42 Vnesheconombank denies buying 50% stake in Tomskneft oil co.-1 (0)
12:59 Israel, Palestinians close to finalizing prisoner deal - paper (0)
13:04 Rossiya TV confirms journalists detained in Georgia-2 (0)
13:06 Foreign officials could be held liable for corruption in Russia (0)
13:22 Hellmuth head to reward Russia divers for finding $200,000 watch (0)
13:28 Russia's International Industrial Bank places $275 mln Eurobonds (0)
13:59 Dozens hurt in Greece rail smash. Video (0)
14:01 Balls fly in world petanque showdown. Video (0)
14:07 Mosque storming over, Pakistan Army leaves site (0)
14:16 France's Total confirms role in Shtokman gas project -1 (0)
14:29 Secretary Rice invites Kosovo negotiators to talk elections (0)
15:04 Romanian court rejects prisoner's lawsuit against God (0)
15:07 Russian strategic aircraft fire missiles in Arctic exercise (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:19 World's tallest man marries in China (0)
16:25 Who needs war in the Middle East? (0)
16:44 Rossiya TV says its journalists released in Georgia (0)
17:00 Russia approves 2007 Kharyaga cost rise for Total to $164 mln (0)
17:01 Russia completes second power unit for Chinese NPP -1 (0)
17:33 Russia says latest draft Kosovo resolution is nothing new-1 (0)
17:50 Russian government backs Gazprom's choice of Total for Shtokman (0)
18:07 IAEA says nuclear talks with Iran to resume within weeks (0)
18:15 Russia says Litvinenko case not affair for U.K. Foreign Office-1 (0)

13, July

04:28 Morning re-cap of main news, July 12 (0)
05:10 Chinese, Russian foreign ministers to talk bilateral cooperation (0)
05:39 RUXX investment index set to open 3.52% up (0)
06:00 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 1.1% (0)
06:26 Caspian Pipeline Consortium faces $290 mln tax claims - paper (0)
06:29 Venezuela's leader seeks unlimited presidential terms (0)
06:54 Russian monetary base up $2.9 bln in week to $136.5 bln (0)
07:27 Indonesia: Panic as volcano wakes up. Video (0)
07:28 Guatemala: Child workers study for change. Video (0)
07:41 Euro slips 1.18 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:44 Dollar slips 2.31 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:44 U.S. House votes on troop pullout from Iraq by April 1, 2008 (0)
07:55 Lebanon: 4 killed in "final" camp assault. Video (0)
07:59 Brazilian court orders Berezovsky arrest (0)
08:00 Russian billionaire Abramovich buys gold mine in Chukotka -paper (0)
08:35 Siberian court fines man for online insults (0)
08:40 Israel billionaire sets up party, will run for parliament (0)
08:41 U.S. on guard for al-Qaeda attack. Video (0)
08:42 Inside the Red Mosque. Video (0)
08:43 Gref approves dep. economics minister Sharonov's resignation - 1 (0)
08:51 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for July 14-16 (0)
09:43 Inflation 0.3% in Russia July 1-10 - economics minister-1 (0)
10:06 Proposal to reduce Russia's role in UN inappropriate-FM-1 (0)
10:07 Group of tourists missing in Siberian cave (0)
10:24 Sberbank to open two credit lines worth $8 bln for Transneft (0)
10:25 Russian dies, another injured in road accident in Cyprus (0)
10:30 Tens of thousands in Indian state of Assam escape floodwaters (0)
10:37 U.S. envoy hopes for disabling of N.Korean reactor by year-end (0)
10:44 Italy: Blade runner. Video (0)
10:45 Philippines: Ferry. Video (0)
10:46 Tallest man weds in Mongolia. Video (0)
11:01 Shtokman field development first phase estimated at $15 bln -1 (0)
11:11 Transcapitalbank places $100 mln worth of subordinated euro bonds (0)
11:25 Group of tourists missing in Siberian cave are found (0)
11:33 Russia successfully tests new S-400 air defense system (0)
12:00 Russia's rural development program (0)
12:02 Anti-Bush sentiment evident in House vote, U.K. speech - Russian lawmaker (0)
12:23 Police rescue woman chained up by her mother in south Russia (0)
12:27 Sotheby's to sell Rostropovich's art collection in London (0)
12:34 Ten people killed on Moscow roads Friday 13th (0)
12:36 Brazilian court orders Berezovsky arrest - 1 (0)
12:49 Russian, foreign companies eye generator OGK-4 share offer (0)
13:06 Berlin hosts Mercedez Benz fashion week (0)
13:13 Russia could allow child organ transplants - paper (0)
13:21 Washington will not abandon its anti-ballistic missile plans (0)
13:48 Putin, Hu to meet at regional summit Aug 16 in Kyrgyzstan -1 (0)
13:50 Finance minister reelected VTB supervisory board chairman-1 (0)
13:50 Beckhams: goodbye London hello LA. Video (0)
14:31 Renova says uranium project in South Africa jeopardized (0)
14:37 Drunken plane brawl forces flight to return to St. Petersburg (0)
14:38 Pamplona: Bulls' revenge. Video (0)
14:49 Prosecution wants life sentence for ex-Yukos security chief (0)
14:59 Creditors approve liquidation auction for Yukos foreign assets-1 (0)
15:11 Russia's broad monetary base down 3.9% to $201.3 bln in June - CBR (0)
15:52 Lukashenko slams Bush for supporting Belarus opposition (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:08 American electricity blackouts: a wakeup call for utilities (0)
16:39 Russian Supreme Court confirms ban on Social Democratic Party (0)
16:54 Will Libya shoot Bulgarian nurses? (0)
17:08 Russia praises Pakistan's handling of mosque standoff (0)
17:34 Turkmenistan says oil exports to China begin in 2009 (0)
17:39 Kissinger-led U.S. group attends closed debate at Putin home (0)
17:43 India to host 5-day naval exercise with U.S. carriers in September (0)
17:55 U.S. Congress doubles reward for No 1 terrorist to $50 mln (0)
17:59 CIS and Baltic Press on Russia (0)

14, July

07:01 Morning recap of main news, July 13 (0)
07:44 N. Korea receives fuel oil from Seoul (0)
08:40 Russian president decrees to suspend CFE treaty in Russia-1 (0)
09:32 Official reports confirm Russia remains far behind the developed world (0)
09:42 Russia freezes CFE-related data provision, yet open to dialogue-1 (0)
10:53 Tajik national killed in Moscow, another two wounded (0)
11:14 NATO regrets Moscow's decision to pull out of CFE treaty-1 (0)
12:09 Over 260 cars burned down on night before Bastille Day (0)
12:45 Moscow canal celebrates 70th anniversary (0)
13:17 Legislator and acquaintance killed in Daghestan (0)
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