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01, August

04:27 Morning re-cap of main news, July 31 (0)
05:16 Thirty-one trapped miners rescued so far in central China (0)
05:32 Japanese agriculture minister resigns amid political crisis (0)
05:53 RUXX investment index set to open 1.93% up (0)
06:02 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 11.8% (0)
06:11 All 69 trapped miners rescued in central China-1 (0)
06:33 Sakhalin II pipeline construction resumes - watchdog (0)
06:42 Afganistan: The Taliban kills another South Korean hostage . Video (0)
06:47 Death toll from legionnaires disease reaches four in Urals town (0)
07:28 Nuclear pollution could delay IAEA work in N. Korea - agency (0)
07:46 Fires rage in Canary Islands. Video (0)
07:48 USA: Murdoch set to win Dow Jones. Video (0)
07:59 Surgutneftegaz's net profit down 18% to $1.5 billion in 1H07 (0)
08:22 Sukhoi Director General quits job as design bureau chief - company (0)
08:40 UES posts $658 million profit in 1H07 (0)
08:41 Russia's Gazprom posts 22% decline in RAS net profit 1H07 (0)
08:57 US Secretary Rice continues Middle East tour. Video (0)
08:58 Phillipines: Volcano spews ash 3 miles in air. Video (0)
08:59 USA: Cat car chase. Video (0)
09:48 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 2 (0)
10:11 Average price for Urals oil exceeds $74 per barrel in July-1 (0)
10:18 Admiral Gorshkov contract in jeopardy over lack of funds - paper (0)
10:23 Russian vessels approach N. Pole for dive to claim territory (0)
10:24 Transaero's net profit up 20% to $10 mln in 1H07 (0)
10:56 Will Russia host APEC forum? (0)
11:08 Evraz board approves purchase of 24.9% in Highveld for $219 mln -1 (0)
11:16 Russia to cut natural gas supplies to Belarus 45% from Aug. 3-1 (0)
11:20 Gazprom Neft's net profit up 18.7% to 1.4 bln in 1H07 (0)
11:25 Russian bank's disappointing IPO may sour investment climate (0)
11:30 Russia's Stabilization Fund hits $127 bln Aug 1 - 1 (0)
11:37 Russia, India may sign military transport plane deal in August (0)
11:46 Forest fires destroy tourist attraction on Spain's Tenerife (0)
12:07 Investigators believe 62 murdered by "chessboard killer" (0)
12:09 Russia hopes Palestinian unity will be restored (0)
12:09 Iran unfazed by U.S. plans to aid Mideast allies (0)
12:29 Law signed allowing security guards for energy firms to be armed (0)
12:31 Progress spacecraft set to lift off August 2 - space agency (0)
12:54 Russian vessels approach N. Pole for dive to claim territory -1 (0)
13:12 License watchdog approves Alrosa diamond deposit find (0)
13:25 Male belly dancing. Video (0)
13:25 Talk of the Town: Ozzy Osbourne's hospital visit (0)
13:38 Russian Foreign Ministry pledges support for Darfur peace effort (0)
13:52 Russia's Lavrov invites ASEAN officials to Moscow (0)
14:12 Kyrgyzstan opposition leader charged with staging April riots (0)
15:27 Hamas leadership denies being officially invited to Moscow - 1 (0)
15:45 Gazprom says it hopes for major Arctic hydrocarbon discoveries (0)
15:52 Russian experts to visit missile defense base in Alaska (0)
15:56 Russian tycoon Usmanov consolidates media assets (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:02 Moscow court upholds Ochakovo brewery's five-day suspension -1 (0)
16:26 Sukhoi director general quits as design bureau chief - company - 1 (0)
16:52 Russian ships reach Pole for dive to claim energy-rich territory -2 (0)
17:04 Iran vs. UN nuclear watchdog: fission and fusion (0)
17:11 Russia denies involving breakaway Abkhazia in 2014 Olympic effort -1 (0)
17:17 Russian space cargo ship Progress undocks from ISS (0)
17:40 Russia's Alrosa sells $36 mln in diamonds at global auction (0)
17:59 Lavrov says U.S. failed to justify Europe missile shield -1 (0)
18:07 Gazprom's bank in Belarus offers Minsk $500mln loan for gas debt (0)
18:23 Main news of August 1 (0)

02, August

05:35 Bridge collapse in U.S. kills at least seven, injures 60 (0)
05:37 Progress M-59 cargo ship burns up over Pacific Ocean (0)
06:01 RUXX investment index set to open 1.87% down (0)
06:08 Russian scientists begin North Pole dive to back territorial claim (0)
06:10 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 2% (0)
06:15 Earthquake on Sakhalin kills one, causes minor tsunami in Japan (0)
06:48 Russian gold and currency reserves up $4.2 bln in week (0)
06:52 Russian FM urges ASEAN to expand security forum (0)
07:30 USA: Deadly bridge collapse in Minnesota. Video (0)
08:08 Tokyo refuses to apologize to sex slaves (0)
08:08 Turkey detains Ukraine, Israel hackers suspected of al-Qaeda ties (0)
08:24 IAEA inspectors to arrive in Japan Sunday for quake-hit NPP check (0)
08:36 Bridge collapse in U.S. (0)
08:55 At least 22 killed, millions affected in floods in India (0)
08:56 British tourist bites Greek policeman, sentenced to more than year in jail (0)
09:04 Election campaign officially kicks off in Ukraine (0)
09:38 India, Bangladesh: Double tragedy for flood victims. Video (0)
09:39 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 3 (0)
09:39 USA: Obama talks tough on Pakistan. Video (0)
09:40 Prison dance. Video (0)
09:53 Train with Russian armor leaves military base in Georgia (0)
09:54 Mass street fight in Moscow not ethnically motivated - police (0)
10:30 No link between arrested hackers and al-Qaeda - Turkish police-1 (0)
10:42 Chechen militant killed in gunfight with police (0)
10:44 Russian Arctic mission aims to scientifically prove shelf claim (0)
10:58 Earthquake on Sakhalin kills one, causes minor tsunami in Japan - 1 (0)
10:58 Forest fires on Spain's Canaries under control (0)
11:02 Moscow expects formal reply from U.S. to missile shield alternative -1 (0)
11:06 Russia and Belarus on the brink of gas war (0)
11:29 Unemployment in Egypt highest among literate population - report (0)
11:30 Serbia to reject any proposals of confederation with Kosovo (0)
12:35 U.S. to send icebreaker to N.Pole Aug. 6 after Russian mission (0)
12:37 U.S. refusal to prolong START-1 fatal mistake - Russian experts (0)
12:43 President addresses servicemen on airborne troops' day (0)
12:46 High alert for Philippines volcano. Video (0)
12:47 EU mulls peacekeeping mission in Darfur - Solana (0)
12:49 U.S. to give Palestinian Authority $80 million for better security (0)
12:52 Fires destroy over 300,000 hectares of forests in EU states (0)
13:58 Belarus to pay $460 mln gas bill to Gazprom soon - president - 1 (0)
14:17 Russia's space effort: one step forward, two steps backward (0)
14:17 Russia to equip two air regiments with Su-34 strike planes soon (0)
14:18 EU to convene think-tank meeting on Russia-Belarus gas dispute -1 (0)
14:41 Estonian police empowered to cancel tourist visas (0)
15:41 Russia may agree to cancel Afghanistan debt Aug. 6 - 1 (0)
15:55 Russia's largest credit card acquirer UCS to boycott AmEx (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:06 Submarine converted into museum to open in St. Petersburg Friday (0)
16:33 N.Korea six-party talks to resume in early September - envoy (0)
16:39 Russia concerned over N. Korea missile tests - senior diplomat (0)
16:43 Russia plans to build naval pilot training center on Azov Sea (0)
17:20 Both Russian mini-subs surface after symbolic North Pole dive -1 (0)
17:42 Belarus to pay $460 mln gas bill to Gazprom soon - president -2 (0)
17:57 Russia aims to increase number of submarines in Black Sea Fleet -1 (0)
18:03 Cargo spaceship launched to deliver repair equipment to ISS (0)
18:06 U.S. refusal to prolong START-I fatal mistake - Russian experts - 1 (0)
18:18 New investigation committee to employ over 16,000 - Putin decree - 1 (0)
18:33 Main news of August 2 (0)

03, August

04:41 Be-200 Amphibious Firefighting Aircraft (0)
05:10 Russian, Philippine foreign ministers to discuss bilateral ties (0)
05:36 Suspect in failed June terrorist attack in Glasgow dies of burns (0)
05:48 RUXX investment index set to open 0.64% up (0)
05:52 Five militants killed, 3 arrested in Daghestan sweep - police (0)
06:06 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 1.7% (0)
06:11 Russian monetary base down $806 mln in week to $139.9 bln (0)
06:44 Russia's oil-fuelled boom continues (0)
06:51 Russian flag on Arctic seabed no legal claim to territory - U.S. (0)
07:06 Sakhalin II operator signs contract to deliver LNG to Japan (0)
07:22 Confessions of the former Prime Minister of Georgia. Video (0)
07:45 Japan to finance dismantling of three Russian nuclear submarines (0)
08:08 Russia plants flag under North Pole. Video (0)
08:20 Gazprom confirms Belarus 1st payment, delays supply cut by a week -1 (0)
08:41 Gazprom confirms Belarus 1st payment, delays supply cut by a week -2 (0)
09:01 China defends product quality, lambasts foreign media (0)
09:12 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 4-6 (0)
09:19 Urals pneumonia outbreak continues, 175 people now hospitalized (0)
09:51 Russia, Philippines sign visa facilitating agreement for diplomats (0)
09:51 USA: Search continues for Minnesota bridge victims. Video (0)
10:05 NASA specialists inspecting shuttle crew cabin for leaks - spokesman (0)
10:10 Russia's Navy must restore presence in Mediterranean - commander -1 (0)
10:22 India to set up world's first alternative nuclear fuel reactor (0)
10:45 Russia guided by international law in its polar shelf probe - 1 (0)
11:03 Russia becomes Chinese car industry's largest market (0)
11:27 Alrosa could compete for Kyrgyz gold mining tender (0)
11:37 Cuba takes delivery of first Russian-made cargo airplane (0)
12:18 Russia deployed over 30 new types of weaponry in Jan.-June 2007 -1 (0)
12:27 Third of Iraqis 'need urgent aid'. Video (0)
12:27 China toys recall. Video (0)
12:28 Castro says Cuba marches ahead. Video (0)
12:29 Oldest graduate. Video (0)
12:30 Talk of the Town: Trouble for Eddie? Video (0)
12:31 Media screening of documentary on Georgia's late PM (0)
12:33 Belgrade, Pristina likely to hold Kosovo talks next week -1 (0)
12:41 Kyrgyz ex-PM Kulov calls charges against him government order (0)
12:56 Russian flag on Arctic seabed (0)
13:00 Russian women occupy 5 out of 8 top spots in Accura Classic (0)
13:07 EU cancels think-tank meeting over Russia-Belarus gas compromise -1 (0)
14:00 Russian submersibles to monitor K-278 nuclear sub disaster area (0)
14:22 The CIS and Baltic Press on Russia (0)
15:41 Spartak Moscow to play Celtic in Champions League qualifier (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:03 No effect on Europe if Belarus taps Russian gas - Gazprom-1 (0)
16:16 Russia launches first tanker for Turkey's Palmali Group (0)
16:19 S.Ossetia turns down peace talks in Tbilisi - Kokoity (0)
16:41 Tapping into space for energy (0)
16:49 Media screening of documentary on Georgia's late PM - 1 (0)
17:02 China gives the Korean stalemate a happy ending (0)
17:05 Russia's Navy must restore presence in Mediterranean - commander -2 (0)
17:09 Russia's Novgorod Region governor resigns-1 (0)
18:02 Russia-U.K. diplomatic conflict resolution depends on London - FM-1 (0)
18:10 Russia maintains contact with Hamas for crisis resolution - FM-1 (0)
18:14 Main news of August 3 (0)

04, August

07:58 Two Italian tourists die in car crash in Siberia (0)
08:29 Ten militants, four troops killed in Pakistan shootout (0)
09:28 Russia's Chakvetadze, Dementieva reach San Diego semis (0)
10:55 U.S. sends probe to Mars (0)
11:24 Suspect of killing mother, daughter, wife arrested near Moscow (0)
12:39 Palestinian leader, Israeli PM to meet Mon.-Abbas aide (0)
13:51 Fire on Turkish ferry in Black Sea contained - officials (0)
14:41 British govt. moves to contain foot and mouth outbreak (0)
15:01 Main news of August 4 (0)

05, August

08:45 Progress cargo space ship to dock with ISS - mission control (0)
09:14 Fifteen killed in road crash in northwest Kazakhstan (0)
09:59 Two militants killed in western Chechnya (0)
10:54 Iran says will continue uranium enrichment activity (0)
11:58 Britain to inspect research labs after foot and mouth outbreak (0)
12:15 Russia to launch serial production of Bulava ballistic missile (0)
12:26 Russia to launch serial production of Bulava ballistic missile -1 (0)
12:43 One killed, one injured as blast hits a ship in Far Eastern port (0)
15:02 Main news of August 5 (0)

06, August

04:26 AC (0)
05:59 RUXX investment index set to open 0.15% down (0)
06:00 UN experts start checking quake-hit nuclear plant in Japan (0)
06:06 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 1.4% (0)
06:30 U.S. icebreaker to set off for N.Pole after Russian mission (0)
07:14 Inflation in Russia hits 0.9% in July, 6.6% in 7M07 -1 (0)
07:51 Progress cargo ship with computer equipment docks with ISS (0)
07:52 ISS: Space Supply ship. Video (0)
07:57 Dollar slips 10.34 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:58 Russia to limit livestock imports from Britain - watchdog (0)
08:02 Euro rises 15.89 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:21 Nine killed in two car crashes in Ukraine (0)
08:23 Russia to export S-400 air defense system from 2009 - producer-1 (0)
09:17 Japan remembers victims of 1945 nuclear bombing of Hiroshima (0)
09:27 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 7 (0)
09:38 Pipe blast in Bulgaria cuts Russian gas supplies to Greece -1 (0)
09:40 Two Koreas exchange gunfire in border incident - agency (0)
09:53 UK: Foot and mouth. Video (0)
09:54 USA: Hamid Karzai at Camp David. Video (0)
09:55 South Korean hostage plea for freedom. Video (0)
09:56 Congo train crash. Video (0)
09:56 Nine workers trapped in tunnel in China (0)
09:59 Sharapova wins 16th tournament title (0)
10:31 LUKoil dismisses charges of price fixing in U.S. (0)
10:54 Russia bans meat imports from U.K. over foot and mouth outbreak -1 (0)
11:07 IAEA experts in Tehran for further nuclear talks (0)
11:08 Court finds ex-Yukos security official guilty in new trial-1 (0)
11:43 U.K. investment co. Lion Capital LLP to buy Russian juice maker (0)
11:53 Norilsk Nickel former chief demands early board election (0)
12:09 Russian researcher's body found after ship collision off Sicily (0)
12:25 Russia's Stabilization Fund yields 9.5% in income over year -1 (0)
12:31 Serbia says ready to grant broad autonomy to Kosovo (0)
12:56 Gas ultimatums versus common sense (0)
12:59 The ethnic dimension of the Great Terror (0)
13:04 Russia's Stabilization Fund yields 9.5% in income over year-2 (0)
13:23 Russia to build 2 Kalashnikov factories in Venezuela by 2010 (0)
13:31 Palestinian PM admits he cannot control West Bank - Haaretz (0)
13:38 Moscow for holding N.Korea ministerial meeting at UN Sept. 19 (0)
13:45 Pipe blast in Bulgaria cuts Russian gas supplies to Greece -2 (0)
13:53 Ukraine may raise Russian gas transit rates - security official (0)
14:17 Leopard gives birth to triplets in North Caucasus zoo (0)
14:44 Russia, Afghanistan sign deal to write off Afghan debt-1 (0)
14:48 Olmert, Abbas meet to discuss Palestinian state (0)
15:00 Russian diamond giant Alrosa may launch Armenia jewelry business (0)
15:05 Russia to negotiate N. Korean, Iraqi debt settlement in 2007 (0)
15:47 Yukos ex-security chief sentenced to life imprisonment - 1 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:33 Russia's MAKS-2007 air show to attract record number of firms (0)
16:37 Putin calls for clear foreign investment rules in energy sector -1 (0)
16:38 Yukos ex-security chief sentenced to life imprisonment - 2 (0)
16:57 Russia: What kind of capitalism? (0)
17:08 Moscow court refuses to seize RussNeft oil co. securities -1 (0)
17:52 Belarus to pay gas bill to Russia in full by Friday -Beltransgaz (0)
18:04 India to set up Asia's largest telescope in Himalayas in 2012 (0)
18:10 Main news of August 6 (0)

07, August

05:25 Russia denies violating Georgian airspace (0)
05:53 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 2.3% (0)
05:57 RUXX investment index set to open 0.87% down (0)
06:00 Six nations start talks on N.Korea energy aid (0)
06:01 Russia: Missile display. Video (0)
07:17 No bargain with EU on Kosovo status - Serbian diplomat (0)
07:25 Japan demands Russia return seized ship quickly (0)
07:37 Taliban offers to swap Korean hostages for female prisoners (0)
07:38 India's most wanted terrorists in custody in Pakistan- paper (0)
07:47 Dollar rises 1.02 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:09 Georgia summons Russian ambassador over airspace violation - 1 (0)
08:23 Afghan national killed in Moscow (0)
08:52 Georgia summons Russian ambassador over airspace violation - 2 (0)
09:16 Foot and mouth disease found in second farm in England (0)
09:43 Counterfeit caviar worth 1.5 million euros seized in Moscow (0)
09:54 Former Guantanamo inmates go on trial in Tajikistan (0)
10:00 Britain unchanged on Lugovoi extradition - ambassador (0)
10:30 Russia to commission second unit of China's Tianwan NPP in Sept. -1 (0)
10:38 Russian banks, companies could borrow $125 bln in 2008 (0)
11:03 Contact Group on Kosovo to meet in London Thursday-1 (0)
11:06 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 8 (0)
11:09 Russia's Severstal-Avto applies to assemble Isuzu trucks (0)
11:10 USA: Bush, Karzai agree on hostages. Video (0)
11:12 Brazil, Sao Paulo: airport building destroyed. Video (0)
11:13 Sarkozy snaps at US snappers. Video (0)
11:15 Sean Penn and Hugo Chavez together. Video (0)
11:15 USA: A rocky road for chocolate thief. Video (0)
11:25 Four sentenced to between 2 and 12 years in antifascist murder-1 (0)
11:36 Top court upholds ban on National Bolsheviks as extremists -1 (0)
12:13 Court frees from custody former judge in Budanov case -1 (0)
12:21 Court extends Yukos bankruptcy process for three months -1 (0)
12:25 Russian patriarch, Pope seek meeting - cardinal (0)
12:50 EBRD withdraws from talks on funding Sakhalin II-1 (0)
13:11 Russia test launches sea-based ballistic missile in Pacific -1 (0)
13:12 Sakhalin governor resigns, Putin nominates new candidate-1 (0)
13:20 Russian Proton-M rocket to launch Japanese telecoms satellite (0)
13:46 Moscow to defend Russian arrested in U.S. over visa fraud scheme -1 (0)
14:12 Newborn baby undergoes unique brain surgery in Ukraine (0)
14:23 Turkey to invest over $4 bln in South Russian region (0)
14:36 Putin says recent N.Pole mission to back Russian claim to Arctic (0)
14:43 Russia to equip 20 battalions with S-400 air defense systems -1 (0)
14:47 Russia approves mass production of cutting-edge Bulava missile (0)
14:55 Russia may start liberalizing associated gas market in late 2007 -1 (0)
15:55 Pet crocodile falls from 12th floor balcony, breaks tooth (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:10 Bird flu diagnosis confirmed after Vietnamese boy's death (0)
16:37 Court sanctions Berezovsky's arrest in absentia -1 (0)
16:45 Russia demands probe into alleged Georgian airspace violation -1 (0)
17:12 N. Korea expects "investment-based" international aid (0)
17:29 Court issues sixth warrant "in absentia" for Berezovsky's arrest -2 (0)
17:34 Finance minister warns money supply growth could spur inflation -1 (0)
17:59 EBRD to grant Ukraine $460 mln to secure Chernobyl NPP (0)
18:00 Russia says U.K. failed to prove Berezovsky attacker was Russian -1 (0)
18:04 Israel and Palestine: deja vu all over again (0)
18:15 Main news of August 7 (0)
18:19 Sochi trips over its first Olympic hurdle (0)

08, August

05:02 Six Russian hostages released in Nigeria - embassy (0)
05:22 Egyptian, Palestinian leaders to meet in Alexandria Wednesday (0)
05:45 State property fund to offer Yukos transport assets at auction (0)
06:00 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 4.1% (0)
06:04 RUXX investment index set to open 0.49% up (0)
06:04 Two policemen killed in shootout with militants in Grozny (0)
06:13 Second North-South Korean summit to take place Aug. 28-30 (0)
06:35 Russia to boost space defense with new missile system (0)
06:56 Auction organizer confirms Rosneft will bid for more Yukos assets -1 (0)
07:13 Georgia: Alleged airspace violation. Video (0)
07:25 Israeli troops kill two Palestinian gunmen in Gaza (0)
07:37 Russia to build fifth-generation fighter prototype soon (0)
07:46 Euro slips 15.37 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:54 Dollar rises 1.35 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:56 Russia's strategic aviation holds tactical exercises in Arctic (0)
08:52 State-controlled Rosneft buys Yukos transport, CIS assets -1 (0)
09:01 Two killed, 12 wounded in northeast Indian bomb blast (0)
09:03 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 9 (0)
09:14 ILS, Inmarsat sign European satellite launch contract - space agency (0)
09:16 Russia's LUKoil raised oil output 3.5% in first half of 2007 (0)
09:53 Second North-South Korean summit to take place Aug. 28-30-1 (0)
10:02 Belarus pays Gazprom's bill for Russian natural gas in full -1 (0)
10:30 U.S. space shuttle Endeavour to lift off for ISS Wednesday (0)
10:43 USA: Bridge recovery continues. Video (0)
10:44 South Asia: flood victims face hunger. Video (0)
10:45 Afghanistan hostage crisis deadlocked. Video (0)
10:46 C240 USA: Teacher-Astronaut set to take off. Video (0)
10:47 USA: Courtroom brawl. Video (0)
10:47 Tibet's tourism under pressure. Video (0)
11:21 Russia's MICEX Group posts 120% rise in IFRS net income in 2006 (0)
11:39 ROC president says U.S. team will go to Olympics in Beijing (0)
12:09 Kaluga Region hosts international land art festival (0)
12:13 North Korea agrees to denuclearize before aid - negotiator (0)
12:14 S. Ossetia says it can prove Georgian plane violated airspace (0)
12:41 Russian scientists to study in detail N. Pole expedition samples (0)
12:47 Russia's strategic aviation holds tactical exercises in Arctic-1 (0)
12:55 Council of Europe urges ban on smacking children (0)
12:59 S.Ossetia leader ready sign deal with Georgian president (0)
13:13 Court puts Yukos shipping subsidiary under external management -1 (0)
13:23 Court extends custody of Yukos official until December 2-1 (0)
13:56 Dialogue with Hamas possible if Islamists return Gaza - Abbas (0)
14:08 S. Ossetia says it can prove Georgian plane violated airspace-1 (0)
14:21 Russia's WGC-3 power firm posts 390% rise in 2006 net profit (0)
15:05 Russian expedition planted Abkhazia flag on Arctic seabed (0)
15:09 Russia oil firm RussNeft's securities seized - Int. Ministry-1 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
17:16 Is the American eagle becoming two-headed? (0)
17:20 Oil deals signed under Saddam up for review - Iraq minister-1 (0)
17:24 Russia oil firms will get no privileges in Iraq -- minister -1 (0)
18:00 Why Russia should sell weapons to Iran and Syria (0)
18:03 Main news of August 8 (0)

09, August

04:51 Russian Air Force marks its 95th Anniversary (0)
05:16 Austria denies extradition of Kazakh leader's former son-in-law (0)
05:25 Russia, Iraq to discuss energy cooperation (0)
05:38 RUXX investment index set to open 2.72% up (0)
05:45 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 0.3% (0)
05:56 U.S. condemns "rocket attack" on Georgia (0)
06:05 USA: Storms batter New York City. Video (0)
06:43 U.S. shuttle Endeavour orbited on the way to ISS (0)
06:48 Sharapova beats Greek rival, Safin goes down to defeat (0)
07:00 Five Germans killed in car crash in Ukraine (0)
07:03 USA: Democrats exchange fire over Pakistan. Video (0)
07:04 China: One year to Beijing Olympics. Video (0)
07:05 Fluorescent fish to fight cancer. Video (0)
07:06 Russian gold and currency reserves down $0.5 bln in week (0)
07:38 Russian gas deliveries to Greece resume after accident-1 (0)
07:42 Euro slips 4.78 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:46 Dollar slips 13.93 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:29 LUKoil unperturbed over possible loss of its American filling stations (0)
08:50 AvtoVaz RAS net profit rises 90% in H1 y-o-y (0)
09:02 Uranium marriage - is Astana cheating on Moscow? (0)
09:06 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 10 (0)
09:07 Legislators in Sakhalin appoint Khoroshavin as governor (0)
09:10 Aircraft crashes in south Russia, no victims reported-1 (0)
09:14 Top peacekeeper says Georgia hurried to destroy missile evidence (0)
09:20 Breakaway S.Ossetia asks Russia for air defenses in conflict zone-1 (0)
09:23 Gazprom could become world's richest company-Medvedev (0)
09:29 Nagasaki commemorates victims of atomic bombing (0)
10:52 Italy's renowned tenor Pavarotti hospitalized (0)
11:13 Bangladesh: Fighting for aid as floods spread. Video (0)
11:14 South Korea: Koreas announce landmark summit. Video (0)
11:15 Talk of the Town:Writer J.K. Rowling loses court battle. Video (0)
11:15 Hamas sets up naval defense force in Gaza with no ships - report (0)
11:16 Lego man. Video (0)
11:20 Ruble appreciation can keep inflation down (0)
11:56 Last group of Palestinians return from Egypt to Gaza (0)
12:00 EU to fork out $27 million on Russia nuclear safety - NPP operator (0)
12:46 Austria refuses to extradite Kazakh leader's former son-in-law -1 (0)
12:50 Serbian official says Ahtisaari plan smacks of NATO ambition (0)
13:18 Sudan ambassador says govt. ready for talks with rebels (0)
13:40 Train with Russian weaponry leaves Batumi base in Georgia (0)
13:59 Court extends custody for chief suspect in senior banker murder -1 (0)
14:00 Ukraine says bird flu vaccine almost ready (0)
14:32 EU 'special tourists' to ride Trans-Siberian Railway to China (0)
14:56 Russia to boost cooperation with North, South Korea - 1 (0)
15:13 Russian oil firm RussNeft to elect new president Aug. 30 -1 (0)
15:36 Russia confirms pledge to destroy all chemical weapons by 2012 -1 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
17:25 Iraq's West Qurna-2 oil field to go to state company - minister -1 (0)
17:29 Russian natural gas supplies to Greece restored after blast (0)
17:52 Early elections in Poland to be held in fall (0)
17:54 At least 51 dead, 10 missing in Vietnam floods (0)
18:15 Main news of August 9 (0)

10, August

04:58 Seven die in road accident in central Russia (0)
05:54 RUXX investment index set to open 2.87% down (0)
06:00 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 9.2% (0)
06:06 Russian monetary base up $67 mln in week to $140.3 bln (0)
06:36 Russian doctor gets 3 years for mother and baby death (0)
06:43 Six-year-old truck driver knocks down pedestrian (0)
07:10 Nagasaki bombing remembered. Video (0)
07:36 Happy not snappy! Brushing a crocodile's teeth. Video (0)
07:44 Euro slips 6.36 kopeks on MICEX (0)
07:47 Dollar rises 16.26 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:10 Russneft appeals against share seizure -1 (0)
08:13 Russian Cat woman - 130 cats in 1 apartment. Video (0)
08:17 Norilsk Nickel shareholders to reelect board Oct. 12 (0)
08:37 Narcotics police seize 60 kg of heroin in Moscow (0)
08:44 Heavy snowfall causes $250 million damage in Chile (0)
08:59 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 11-13 (0)
08:59 LUKoil hopes to salvage Qurna deal with Iraq (0)
09:15 Russian zoo insists elephant will stay despite global petition (0)
09:36 Pavarotti in hospital. Video (0)
09:38 Putin, Hu to meet Aug. 16-17 during regional antiterrorism drill (0)
09:47 Direct foreign investment in Georgia almost doubled in Q1 y-o-y (0)
10:01 Six Russian hostages released in Nigeria return home -1 (0)
10:26 Gaz to launch sales of British Maxus cars in late August (0)
10:44 VSMPO-Avisma sets up Swiss subsidiary, Tirus International (0)
11:10 Troika on Kosovo arrives in Belgrade Friday -Russian senator (0)
11:15 Fire destroys part of Italy's Cinecitta studios, no victims reported (0)
11:21 Russia-China trade to hit $40 bln in 2007 - ambassador (0)
12:27 Two submersibles set to monitor sunken Russian nuclear sub (0)
12:29 Regulator rules out flat and office construction in Moscow park (0)
12:47 Japan doubts it can meet Kyoto obligations (0)
13:10 Russia's space program: time for a change (0)
13:38 Italian police arrest 93-year-old man for pouncing on woman (0)
14:00 Moscow Arbitration Court upholds $670 mln tax claim vs. RussNeft -1 (0)
14:30 Berezovsky lawyers appeal latest Russian arrest warrant (0)
14:32 No plans for cattle vaccination in Britain yet - chief veterinarian (0)
14:40 Colombia upbeat on economic cooperation with Russia - ambassador (0)
14:53 Court extends custody for suspected accomplice in Kozlov murder (0)
14:59 Gazprom boosts 2007 investment program by 47% to $30 bln -1 (0)
15:09 A reality show under the ice (0)
15:43 World's tallest man lives isolated life in Ukraine - interview (0)
15:54 Russian economic growth peaks but inflation keeps rising (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:58 Ukraine president asks King of Thailand to pardon Ukrainian woman (0)
17:16 Federal Property Fund official arrested on graft charges (0)
17:20 Georgian leader says no plans for war with Russia (0)
17:38 The CIS and Baltic press on Russia (0)
18:12 U.S. shuttle Endeavour docks with ISS (0)
18:12 AvtoVAZ plans to sack striker over labor law violations (0)
18:19 Main news of August 10 (0)

11, August

07:25 More than 40 people dead in south Pakistan from monsoon rains (0)
10:07 More than 30,000 spectators attend air show outside Moscow (0)
12:03 Russian Air Force invites Georgia to cooperate on missile incident (0)
14:24 Early parliamentary elections in Poland probably to be held October 21 - premier (0)
14:46 Putin praises new radar station near St. Petersburg (0)
14:57 Russia should increase aircraft production by 2025 - Putin-1 (0)
15:16 Main news of August 11 (0)

12, August

08:26 One dead, two injured in oil refinery accident in West Siberia (0)
08:49 Thieves steal large sum of money from Moscow travel agency (0)
09:30 Russia commemorates crewmembers of sunken Kursk submarine (0)
10:44 Kamchatka volcano spews ash to 6,000 meters in Russian Far East (0)
13:28 Eleven bus passengers electrocuted in India - agency (0)
14:53 Kosovo talks to be direct and exclude pre-set options -politician (0)
15:06 Main news of August 12 (0)

13, August

05:20 North, South Korea to hold preparatory talks Tuesday for summit (0)
05:52 U.S. Endeavour shuttle to stay docked to ISS until Aug. 20 (0)
05:55 RUXX investment index set to open 2.59% down (0)
06:05 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 0.07% (0)
06:22 Putin, Albert II of Monaco arrive at south Siberian fortress (0)
07:02 President Putin visits new radar station near St. Petersburg (0)
07:06 Chinese toy company boss commits suicide in lead paint scandal (0)
07:16 China says no intention of selling dollar reserves (0)
07:21 U.S., North Korean diplomats to meet in Beijing Monday - agency (0)
07:25 Man mistakenly declared dead wants death certificate annulled (0)
07:39 Criminal case on online extremism opened in Russia's Far East (0)
07:50 Drought hits key farming region in south Russia (0)
07:52 Nuclear power in space (0)
08:13 ISS: Space walk for Endeavour astronauts. Video (0)
08:13 Russia: SOC military exercises in the Chelyabinsk region. Video. (0)
08:17 German tourists stuck on ski lift in Austrian Alps (0)
08:42 Dollar slips 4.09 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:46 Euro slips 4.41 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:48 VimpelCom buys 100% of Irkutsk-based subsidiary of Tele2 -1 (0)
09:03 Policemen accused of taking $1.5 million bribe named (0)
09:14 Farmer sentenced to five years in slave labor case (0)
09:45 Abkhazia in geopolitical game in the Caucasus (0)
09:48 Russia's Zenit Bank set for new share issue (0)
09:55 UK: No more Big Ben bongs for now. Video (0)
09:55 Ferry collides with Russian ship in Bosporus, 40 injured -1 (0)
09:56 Hungary: Exciting ancient fossils. Video (0)
09:57 You're such a crab artist. Video (0)
10:09 Tatneft posts 11.5% drop in profit in 1H07 (0)
10:11 Outspoken environment official denies parliamentary ambitions (0)
10:13 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 14 (0)
10:39 Russia's Central Bank ups deposit rates for banks by 0.25 points (0)
10:51 Jury to hear Pichushkin serial murder case in open court (0)
10:53 Russia blocks deliveries of Chinese fighters to Pakistan - paper (0)
11:01 Indian ambassador says Gazprom can ensure safety if joins gas project (0)
11:06 Robert Kasoon (0)
11:21 Dale Coffin (0)
11:33 Ferry collides with Russian ship in Bosporus, 40 injured -2 (0)
11:51 India plans to launch first space shuttle in 2010 - space official (0)
12:15 Rooney in doubt for Euro-2008 qualifier against Russia (0)
12:27 PM says India has right to arms tests despite U.S. nuclear deal -1 (0)
12:29 Derailment that caused toxic spill in Ukraine result of safety violations (0)
12:36 Seven hurt in poisonous blast at chemical plant in Israel (0)
12:46 Iran president to visit Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan (0)
12:50 Yushchenko asks election commission to register Tymoshenko bloc (0)
12:57 Peacekeepers accuse Georgia of blocking missile dispute probe (0)
13:05 U.S. Endeavour shuttle to stay docked to ISS until Aug. 20 -1 (0)
13:11 Court upholds fishery official's six-year extortion sentence (0)
13:25 Seventeen illegal migrants drown off Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean (0)
13:30 Russia's Yuzhny moves into ATP top-ten rating list (0)
13:34 Ferry collides with Ukrainian ship in Bosporus, 40 injured -3 (0)
14:00 Spanish court returns military base to private owners (0)
14:17 August 14 preview (0)
14:18 August - September calendar (0)
14:24 Rosneft oil firm files for auction to sell Yukos foreign assets (0)
15:29 Independent team probes Georgia missile incident (0)
15:30 North Caucasus Security Watch, August 13 (0)
15:58 Floods worsen in China. Video (0)
15:59 Japan: Gay and proud in Tokyo. Video (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:00 Germany: Hippo baby meets the cameras. Video (0)
16:07 S. Ossetia threatens to block water supplies to central Georgia (0)
16:25 Russia's UES, Gazprom agree on long-term gas supplies-1 (0)
16:47 8 power generating firms to float new shares by yearend - UES (0)
17:10 Russia's UES, Gazprom agree on long-term gas supplies-2 (0)
17:26 Ukraine's president suspends formation of Ukratomprom (0)
17:35 What should Moscow expect from Kiev? (0)
17:38 Evraz Group poised for consolidation of its assets (0)
18:07 Georgia first president's widow goes on hunger strike in Tbilisi (0)
18:15 Main news of August 13 (0)

14, August

05:31 At least 60 injured as Moscow-St. Petersburg train derails (0)
05:46 World's oldest person dies at 114 (0)
05:46 RUXX investment index set to open 1.67% up (0)
05:47 Blast at chemical factory in Siberia kills at least four (0)
05:54 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 0.4% (0)
06:11 Turkey: Dozens hurt in ferry smash. Video (0)
06:12 ISS: NASA checking space shuttle damage. Video (0)
06:13 Russia: Counterfeit Kalashnikovs. Video (0)
06:19 Safin eliminated in first round in Cincinnati (0)
06:39 Weeklong rains, floods affect hundreds in North Korea (0)
06:42 U.S. four-week Arctic trip aimed at "economic security" - NOAA (0)
07:11 Moscow-St Petersburg train derails, at least 60 injured (0)
07:46 Russia's foreign trade surplus declines 18% to $71 bln in 1H07 (0)
08:11 Dollar rises 6.58 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:12 Serbia set to keep Kosovo, even if EU integration jeopardized (0)
08:14 Euro slips 9.36 kopeks on MICEX (0)
08:38 Japan pays fine for return of seized trawler (0)
08:56 Norilsk Nickel buys over 97% of LionOre stock as offer expires (0)
09:07 Russia's security chief urges tighter security after train crash (0)
09:10 Soviet WWII monument removed in south Latvian town (0)
09:22 Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for August 15 (0)
09:30 Russia strategic aviation holds exercise over Pacific, Atlantic (0)
09:42 Belgium against Gazprom investment in gas depot (0)
10:01 Russian steelmaker Severstal buys 22% stake in Ireland's Celtic (0)
10:46 Common economic zone may be tabled for Korean summit - agency (0)
11:04 VTB could finance Alrosa's acquisition of Polyus Gold stake (0)
11:04 Talk of the Town: A baby for Baby Spice. Video (0)
11:21 Russia's fish catch could drop 20% by 2015 - federal agency (0)
11:42 At least 14 killed by floods overnight in north Indian region (0)
11:52 Alrosa diamond producer posts 2.6% drop in 2006 IFRS revenue (0)
11:53 Taliban frees two hostages. Video (0)
12:08 Russia's broad monetary base down 4.3% in July (0)
12:16 Russia's post-Soviet privatization, 15 years on (0)
12:25 What's the outlook for the ISS? (0)
12:27 Kosovo division unacceptable - president Sejdiu (0)
12:31 Japanese biker drives 2 km before noticing severed right leg (0)
12:43 Iran favors stable Afghanistan - Ahmadinejad (0)
13:14 Ex-dissident Bukovsky seeks retraction from psychiatric body (0)
13:51 Human rights envoy wants opposition activist out of mental ward (0)
14:06 No alternative to Kosovo independence - former EU commissioner (0)
14:13 Regional railways tighten security after recent train crash (0)
14:23 New checkpoint opens on Russian-Estonian border (0)
14:55 Berlin Wall debate 46 years on. Video (0)
15:01 State Olympic corporation to build sports venues in Sochi-1 (0)
15:53 Police say identikits compiled on suspects in train derailment -1 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:07 Court upholds "extremism" warning to liberal Yabloko party (0)
16:19 India has changed the world (0)
16:25 Kyrgyzstan, China sign declaration on boosting cooperation (0)
16:36 S. Korea welcomes cooperation with Russia, N. Korea - ambassador (0)
16:42 Mending fears virtually. Video (0)
16:44 Gazprom's 1H07 unconsolidated earnings up 4.5% y-o-y to $34 bln (0)
17:09 Ukrainian court backs Tymoshenko in election registration dispute (0)
17:40 The worth of voucher (0)
18:08 Afghan leader offers to provide bridge for U.S.-Iran relations (0)
18:10 Main news of August 14 (0)

15, August

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