Morning re-cap of main news, July 31
RUSSIA
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 04:27 GMT
Thirty-one trapped miners rescued so far in central China
BEIJING, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – At least 31 of 69 miners trapped for three days in a flooded coal mine in central China have been rescued, the Xinhua news agency said Wednesday.
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 05:16 GMT
Japanese agriculture minister resigns amid political crisis
TOKYO, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – Japan's agriculture minister announced Wednesday his resignation following a devastating election defeat for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party over the weekend.
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 05:32 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 1.93% up
MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 782,00 points, up 1.93% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 05:53 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 11.8%
MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 480.8 billion rubles ($18.8 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 11.8% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 06:02 GMT
All 69 trapped miners rescued in central China-1
(Recasts headline, lead, adds number of rescued)
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 06:11 GMT
Sakhalin II pipeline construction resumes - watchdog
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK (Far East), August 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's industrial safety watchdog, Rostekhnadzor, said Wednesday the construction of a trunk pipeline under the giant Sakhalin II oil and gas project in the country's Far East has resumed.
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 06:33 GMT
Death toll from legionnaires disease reaches four in Urals town
YEKATERINBURG, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – A man diagnosed with a severe form of pneumonia known as legionnaires' disease died in Russia's Urals town Wednesday, bringing the death toll to four since the outbreak was reported July 19, local health officials said.
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 06:47 GMT
Nuclear pollution could delay IAEA work in N. Korea - agency
TOKYO, August 1 (RIA Novosti) – Radioactive contamination could delay the work of experts from the UN nuclear watchdog to seal North Korea's nuclear facilities, shut down by Pyongyang under a disarmament deal agreed in Beijing in February, the Kyodo news agency said Wednesday.
// Aug. 01, 2007 - 07:28 GMT