TOKYO, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Wednesday that a permanent peace treaty between the two Koreas would boost economic development on the Korean peninsula, the Yonhap news agency reported.
// Aug. 15, 2007 - 05:54 GMT
MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 755.10 points, down 0.50% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 15, 2007 - 05:56 GMT
GAZA, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – Two members of the radical group Hamas were killed in clashes with the notorious Doghmush clan, which stood behind the kidnapping of a BBC journalist, in Hamas-controlled Gaza, Palestinian radio said.
// Aug. 15, 2007 - 06:00 GMT
MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 424.1 billion rubles ($16.5 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 3.6% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
// Aug. 15, 2007 - 06:06 GMT
ST. PETERSBURG, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – Nineteen people are still in hospital in St. Petersburg following Monday's train derailment in the Novgorod Region in northwestern Russia, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday.
// Aug. 15, 2007 - 06:25 GMT
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// Aug. 15, 2007 - 06:48 GMT