Putin signs decree on holding parliamentary elections Dec. 2 -1

(Recasts, adds additional information in paras 2–5)

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 08:19 GMT


Putin signs decree on holding parliamentary elections Dec. 2 -2

(Recasts, adds additional information in paras 6–7)

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 09:17 GMT


Iran could review work with IAEA, if UN adopts new sanctions

TEHRAN, September 2 (RIA Novosti) – Tehran could review its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, if the UN passes a new resolution imposing sanctions against Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday.

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 09:47 GMT


Death toll in Greek forest fires rises to 64

ATHENS, September 2 (RIA Novosti) – The death toll in Greece's worst forest fires for decades has risen to 64, the country's fire service said Sunday.

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 11:03 GMT


Iran operates 3,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges - president

TEHRAN, September 2 (RIA Novosti) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday Iran had installed and was running more than 3,000 nuclear centrifuges used for enriching uranium.

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 12:12 GMT


Death toll rises to 15 in Baku building collapse

BAKU, September 2 (RIA Novosti) – Rescuers in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital, pulled out the body of one more worker from the rubble of a collapsed multi-story building on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 15.

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 12:43 GMT


Police battle gunmen in Ingushetia's Karabulak - police source -1

(Recasts, adds additional information in paras 3–4)

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 14:26 GMT


Ingushetia security service rejects reports of militants' attack

ROSTOV-ON-DON, September 2 (RIA Novosti) – The security service of Ingushetia in Russia's troubled North Caucasus region on Sunday rejected the reports of a militants' attack on the interior department in the Ingush city of Karabulak.

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 15:20 GMT


Main news of September 2

RUSSIA

// Sep. 02, 2007 - 15:22 GMT