IRKUTSK, August 4 (RIA Novosti) – Two Italian tourists died when their bus overturned on an island on Lake Baikal in East Siberia Saturday morning when en route to a ferry linking the island to the mainland, local emergencies officials said.
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ISLAMABAD, August 4 (RIA Novosti) – Ten pro-Taliban militants and four troops were killed in a shootout in the North Waziristan tribal region in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, an army spokesman said.
// Aug. 04, 2007 - 08:29 GMT
MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Anna Chakvetadze and Elena Dementieva have reached the semifinals of the San Diego Classic after defeating Wimbledon champion Venus Williams and fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko respectively.
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MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti) – A Delta rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early Saturday, carrying a probe NASA hopes will land on Mars next spring to find out whether the planet can sustain life.
// Aug. 04, 2007 - 10:55 GMT
MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti) – Police have detained a man suspected of killing his mother, ex-wife and two-year-old daughter in a town 193 km (120 miles) to the south of Moscow on August 1, a police source said Saturday.
// Aug. 04, 2007 - 11:24 GMT
CAIRO, August 4 (RIA Novosti) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet in the West Bank town of Jericho Monday, a media adviser to the Palestinian leader said Saturday.
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ROSTOV ON DON (southern Russia), August 4 (RIA Novosti) – A fire that broke out on a Turkish ferry near Russia's Black Sea coast Friday has been contained and extinguishing efforts halted over fears the vessel could capsize under the weight of water, Russian emergency officials said Saturday.
// Aug. 04, 2007 - 13:51 GMT
LONDON, August 4 (RIA Novosti) – Britain has moved to promptly contain an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, which delivered a serious blow on the country's farming in 2001.
// Aug. 04, 2007 - 14:41 GMT
* A Delta rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Phoenix Mars Lander probe NASA hopes will land on Mars next spring to find out whether the planet can sustain life
// Aug. 04, 2007 - 15:01 GMT