ANKARA, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – A Turkish airliner flying from Northern Cyprus to Istanbul has been hijacked and forced to make an emergency landing in the resort town of Antalya, Turkish media report.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 07:13 GMT
ANKARA, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - Most of the 136 passengers on a Turkish airliner flying from Northern Cyprus to Istanbul that was hijacked and forced to make an emergency landing in the resort town of Antalya have managed to escape, Turkish media has reported.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 07:33 GMT
MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – North Korean authorities have suggested postponing a high-level summit with South Korea, scheduled for August 28–30 in Pyongyang, to October 2–4 due to devastating floods in the north, the South Korean presidential press service said Saturday.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 08:42 GMT
ANKARA, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – Two hijackers of an Istanbul-bound airliner have given themselves up to authorities, Turkish television has reported.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 10:30 GMT
BELGRADE, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – Slovenia has begun withdrawing its military contingent from Kosovo, where it has been serving under NATO command as part of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) since February, the STA news agency reported Saturday.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 11:12 GMT
ASTANA, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – The people of Kazakhstan have been voting in an early parliamentary election Saturday in the country's first poll to introduce proportional representation.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 12:24 GMT
WASHINGTON, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – A Saturday spacewalk by Shuttle Endeavour astronauts has been shortened by two hours to allow it the option of landing ahead of a massive hurricane approaching the U.S. coast, a NASA spokesman said Saturday.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 14:11 GMT
TEHRAN, August 18 (RIA Novosti) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has invited President Vladimir Putin to a summit of Caspian nations, the Tehran Times newspaper reported Saturday.
// Aug. 18, 2007 - 14:55 GMT