WASHINGTON, August 2 (RIA Novosti) – At least seven people died and 60 were hurt when a bridge spanning the Mississippi River buckled suddenly in the midst of rush hour Wednesday, sending cars hurtling into the water 60 feet below.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 05:35 GMT
MISSION CONTROL (near Moscow), August 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Progress M-59 space cargo ship carrying garbage from the International Space Station (ISS) burned up over the Pacific Ocean at 11:26 p.m. Moscow time (7:26 p.m. GMT) Wednesday, Mission Control said.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 05:37 GMT
MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Thursday at 767.37 points, down 1.87% following Wednesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 06:01 GMT
MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russian researchers are preparing to dive beneath the ice at the North Pole to gather scientific data and back the country's claim to a vast energy-rich Arctic territory, the Vesti 24 satellite channel said Thursday.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 06:08 GMT
MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 490.4 billion rubles ($19.2 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 2% from Wednesday, the CBR said Thursday.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 06:10 GMT
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, August 2 (RIA Novosti) – A 23-year-old woman was killed when an earthquake hit the southern half of Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East at midday Thursday, a local emergencies ministry spokesman said.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 06:15 GMT
MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves increased by $4.2 billion, to $417.3 billion, in the week of July 20 – July 27, the Central Bank of Russia said Thursday.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 06:48 GMT
MANILA, August 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's foreign minister called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to revise its moratorium on accession of new members to its regional security forum.
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 06:52 GMT
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Koshkin for RIA Novosti) – The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution urging Japan to officially apologize to women in the Asian countries occupied during WWII who were forced to become sex slaves, or "comfort women."
// Aug. 02, 2007 - 08:08 GMT