NEW YORK, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – Russia abstained from a UN Security Council vote to extend the authorization of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for another 12 months, reported RIA Novosti Thursday.
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MOSCOW, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Thursday at 804.90 points, up 3.51% following Wednesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 05:46 GMT
MOSCOW, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – Senior security officials from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are meeting Thursday in Kyrgyzstan to discuss political and military trends in Central Asia, the CSTO press service said.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 05:57 GMT
MOSCOW, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 437.5 billion rubles ($17.3 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 5.4% from Wednesday, the CBR said Thursday.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 05:57 GMT
VIENNA, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe began a two-day conference Thursday devoted to the battle against the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 06:32 GMT
SOCHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – The 6th International Investment Forum, which opens Thursday in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi, has attracted about 10,000 Russian and foreign businessmen, the organizers said.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 06:37 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – The total area of fires raging in the Russian Far East has increased tenfold, from 18 to 170 hectares (44.5 to 420 acres), in the past 24 hours, a source in the local emergencies service said Thursday.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 06:51 GMT
TOKYO, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – The next round of six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization could be held in the middle of next week in Beijing, Japan's Kyodo news agency said Thursday.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 07:56 GMT
NEW-DEELHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – A group of four wild elephants has been struck by a train while walking along railway lines in the state of Orissa in eastern India, local media said Thursday.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 08:06 GMT
EINDHOVEN, September 20 (RIA Novosti) – CSKA Moscow's first match in the 2007/08 Champions League ended in defeat as the Russians lost Wednesday evening's game 2–1 to PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
// Sep. 20, 2007 - 08:16 GMT