MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) – Eight Russian peacekeepers, arrested in Georgia after their truck collided with a passenger mini-bus on Tuesday afternoon, were released and have returned to base, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 05:05 GMT
BAKU, August 29 (RIA Novosti) – The bodies of seven workers have been pulled from the rubble of a multi-story building under construction that collapsed on Tuesday in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku.
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 05:18 GMT
MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 744.55 points, up 0.31% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 05:35 GMT
MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 441.4 billion rubles ($17.1 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 4.4% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 05:40 GMT
WASHINGTON, August 29 (RIA Novosti) – A U.S. military source confirmed Wednesday that a group of Iranians were detained in Iraq late Tuesday, but said the incident occurred at a checkpoint, contrary to Iranian reports.
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 06:24 GMT
(Adds details in paras 3,4,6 quote in para 5)
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 06:43 GMT
BEIJING, August 29 (RIA Novosti) – Two "virtual" police will start patrolling the Internet in China from September 1 to help combat pornography and other illegal activities, Chinese media reported Wednesday.
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 07:21 GMT
(Recasts, adds details in paras 4–10)
// Aug. 29, 2007 - 07:46 GMT