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// Sep. 14, 2007 - 04:00 GMT
Death toll reaches 13 in Indonesia quake
JAKARTA, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – The death toll on the Indonesian island of Sumatra following Wednesday's magnitude 8.4 earthquake has reached 13, the Antara news agency said Friday.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 05:21 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 1.34% up
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 777.02 points, up 1.34% following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 05:35 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 2.9%
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 503.7 billion rubles ($19.9 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 2.9% from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 05:55 GMT
Three federal officers wounded in North Caucasus shootout
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – Three Federal Security Service (FSB) personnel were injured and a militant killed, after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle during a document check in the North Caucasus, a local police source said Friday.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 06:13 GMT
Russian parliament to approve Zubkov as new PM
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's lower house is expected to confirm the president's nominee, financial watchdog head Viktor Zubkov, as new prime minister in a vote later Friday.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 06:43 GMT
Russian monetary base up $940 mln in week to $140 bln
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 648.4 million rubles ($143.9 billion at the current exchange rate) as of September, up 23.8 billion rubles ($939 million) in the week since September.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 06:44 GMT
America repeats verbal attacks on Iran - why?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov) – The U.S. administration has come down on Iran twice in the past three weeks.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 07:01 GMT
UN adopts declaration on rights of indigenous peoples
UN, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – The UN General Assembly adopted a declaration Thursday on the right of indigenous peoples to maintain their own institutions, cultures and spiritual traditions.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 07:04 GMT
Paraguay recognizes Russia's market economy - Lavrov
ASUNCION, September 14 (RIA Novosti) – Paraguay has acknowledged that Russia, while not yet a WTO member, has a market economy, Russia's acting foreign minister told a news conference following talks with the Paraguayan foreign minister.
// Sep. 14, 2007 - 07:28 GMT