One dead, two injured in oil refinery accident in West Siberia
NOVOSIBIRSK, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – One person has died and two others have been injured in an accident at an oil refinery in Tomsk in West Siberia, the regional emergencies center said Sunday.
// Aug. 12, 2007 - 08:26 GMT
Thieves steal large sum of money from Moscow travel agency
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – Unidentified persons have stolen a large sum of money from the office of a large travel agency in Moscow, a police source said Sunday.
// Aug. 12, 2007 - 08:49 GMT
Russia commemorates crewmembers of sunken Kursk submarine
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – Russia commemorates Sunday crewmembers of the Kursk nuclear submarine, which sank in the Barents Sea seven years ago.
// Aug. 12, 2007 - 09:30 GMT
Kamchatka volcano spews ash to 6,000 meters in Russian Far East
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – The Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East is emitting ash to the height of 6,000 meters (20,000 feet), the local geophysics service said Sunday.
// Aug. 12, 2007 - 10:44 GMT
Eleven bus passengers electrocuted in India - agency
NEW DELHI, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – At least eleven passengers have died and 40 others have received severe burns after a high voltage wire fell on their bus in northern India, the Press Trust of India news agency said Sunday.
// Aug. 12, 2007 - 13:28 GMT
Kosovo talks to be direct and exclude pre-set options -politician
BELGRADE, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – The talks on the status of the Serbian province of Kosovo will be direct and will exclude any pre-set options, Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic said Sunday.
// Aug. 12, 2007 - 14:53 GMT
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// Aug. 12, 2007 - 15:06 GMT