Bubble Baba Challenge 2007
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 04:30 GMT
Crops destroyed after tank shelling in western Siberia
NOVOSIBIRSK, August 31, (RIA Novosti) – Almost 100 hectares of crops were destroyed in a fire in western Siberia, believed to have started by a stray shell from a nearby tank firing range, a local emergencies spokesperson said.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 05:32 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 0.99% up
MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 751.34 points, up 0.99% following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 05:52 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 0.8%
MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 426 billion rubles ($16.6 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 0.8% from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 05:58 GMT
Russian monetary base up $62 mln in week to $142.9 bln
MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 658.3 million rubles ($142.9 billion at the current exchange rate) as of August 27, up 1.6 billion rubles ($62 million) in the week since August 20.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 06:04 GMT
Family massacred in south Russia
NAZRAN, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – The family of a Russian-speaking female teacher was murdered early Friday in Ingushetia, a source in the Interior Ministry of the North Caucasus republic said.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 06:07 GMT
Russian president to attend Sydney economic summit in September
MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Indonesia, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in early September, the Kremlin press service said Friday.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 06:33 GMT
Eight dead, 100 injured in train crash in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – Latest figures put the number of injured in the train crash near Rio de Janeiro in Brazil's capital at 101 with eight dead, a press spokesman said.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 06:35 GMT
Russia takes gold and silver in World Championships
TOKYO, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russia took both gold and silver medals in the 20 kilometer race walk on day seven of the IAAF World Championships in Osaka Friday.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 07:22 GMT
Saudi Arabian religious police call for sex-segregated sidewalks
ABU-DHABI, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – Saudi Arabia's religious police are insisting that authorities of Medina, one of Islam's holiest cities, should build separate sidewalks for women, the Kuwaiti Al-Qabas newspaper said Friday.
// Aug. 31, 2007 - 08:08 GMT