Mike

I read your article on the B-52 bomber which carried the nuclear cruise missles to that base in Louisiana, it is worth noting that base is a staging point for Middle Eastern operations, it looks like the madmen in our White House are going to launch a nuclear strike against another country, most likely Iran, can your Mr. Putin help?

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 04:55 GMT

Australia strikes nuclear deal with Russia

SYDNEY, September 7 (RIA Novosti) – Australia could supply Russia with uranium worth a $1 billion as part of a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement signed between the two countries' leaders Friday.

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 05:18 GMT

RUXX investment index set to open 1.18% up

MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 771.94 points, up 1.18% following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 05:39 GMT

Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 1.7%

MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 427.4 billion rubles ($16.6 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 1.7% from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 05:48 GMT

Russian monetary base down $1.3 bln in week to $141 bln

MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 624.6 million rubles ($141.2 billion at the current exchange rate) as of September, down 33.7 billion rubles ($1.3 billion) in the week since September.

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 05:57 GMT

Four Austrian soldiers face charges after Nazi internet video

VIENNA, September 7 (RIA Novosti) – Four Austrian soldiers who shot a video showing them making Nazi salutes, have been suspended and a disciplinary case launched, local television said Friday.

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 06:44 GMT

Australia strikes nuclear deal with Russia-1

(Clarifies, recasts, adds Putin quotes, details, background in paras 2, 5–9)

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 07:29 GMT

Russia and APEC: towards sustained and stable development

Vladimir V. Putin

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 08:00 GMT

Kazakhstan wants right to ban rocket launches over its territory -1

(Recasts, adds quotes, details, background in paras 3–7)

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 08:03 GMT

Death toll in Baku building collapse reaches 21

BAKU, September 7 (RIA Novosti) – Rescuers in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, have pulled another body out from the rubble of a multi-story building, which collapsed August 28, bringing the death toll to 21.

// Sep. 07, 2007 - 08:14 GMT