MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Defense Ministry denied Tuesday claims by Georgia that two Russian military aircraft had violated Georgian airspace and dropped a bomb near a village.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 05:25 GMT
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 463.9 billion rubles ($18.2 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 2.3% from Monday, the CBR said Tuesday.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 05:53 GMT
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Tuesday at 764.4 points, down 0.87% following Monday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 05:57 GMT
TOKYO, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Experts from six nations gathered near the border between North and South Korea Tuesday to discuss details for aid to Pyongyang in return for ending its nuclear programs, Japan's Kyodo agency reported.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 06:00 GMT
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Serbia will not recognize Kosovo's independence in exchange for its membership to the European Union, the Serbian ambassador to Russia said.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 07:17 GMT
TOKYO, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday Russia should carry out an international court ruling to return a Japanese trawler seized in June 2007 in Russia's Far East without delay, the Kyodo news agency reported.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 07:25 GMT
TOKYO, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Taliban militants proposed Tuesday that two female South Korean hostages be released in exchange for the same number of Taliban women, currently being held in Afghan prisons, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 07:37 GMT
NEW DELHI, August 7 (RIA Novosti) — Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has taken into custody terrorist leader Don Dawood Ibrahim, his trusted lieutenant Chhota Shakeel, and the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai blasts Tiger Memon, the Times of India reported Tuesday.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 07:38 GMT
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted dollar rate for contracts with "tomorrow" settlements was 25.4702 rubles during Tuesday morning's unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up1.02 kopeks from Monday.
// Aug. 07, 2007 - 07:47 GMT