A Gulliver from Ukraine: 2 m 53 cm
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 05:18 GMT
NASA says space shuttle repairs not needed
WASHINGTON, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – There is no need to conduct repair work on the space shuttle Endeavour heat shield during the fourth spacewalk, scheduled for August 18, a NASA spokesman said Friday.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 05:18 GMT
Seoul to provide $7.5 million in flood relief to North Korea
TOKYO, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – Seoul will provide $7.5 million in flood relief to North Korea, the unification minister said Friday.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 05:38 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 4.07% down
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 710.34 points, down 4.07% following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 05:47 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 12.8%
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 450.8 billion rubles ($17.5 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 12.8% from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 05:57 GMT
Computer program reveals FBI, CIA edited Wikipedia entries
WASHINGTON, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – A new scanning program has revealed that the FBI and CIA have been editing Wikipedia entries on topics ranging from the Iraq war to Guantanamo.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 06:07 GMT
Russian monetary base up $1.5 bln in week to $140.3 bln
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 615.3 million rubles ($140.3 billion at the current exchange rate) as of August 13, up 37.7 billion rubles ($1.5 billion) in the week since August 6.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 06:25 GMT
Russia blocks UN statement on missile incident with Georgia
UNITED NATIONS, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – Russia blocked an attempt late Thursday to force a UN Security Council vote condemning Moscow for an alleged violation of Georgian airspace by Russian aircraft.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 06:43 GMT
Euro rises 0.61 kopeks on MICEX
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – The average weighted euro rate for contracts with "today" settlements was 34.5560 rubles during Friday morning's unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up 0.61 kopeks from Thursday.
// Aug. 17, 2007 - 07:48 GMT