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// Oct. 03, 2007 - 05:07 GMT
Death toll rises to 9 after Moscow fire
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – The death toll in Tuesday's fire in a management institute in southeast Moscow has risen to nine, a Russian emergencies ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 05:16 GMT
RUXX investment index set to open 1.32% up
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 843.52 points, up 1.32% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 05:49 GMT
Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 2.3%
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 580.5 billion rubles ($23.3 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 2.3% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 05:59 GMT
"Grave mistakes" leave CSKA in a grave position in Group G
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – CSKA dropped two vital points in their 2007 / 08 Champions League campaign on Tuesday evening, conceding a late goal to the Turkish side Fenerbahce in a 2–2 home draw.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 06:16 GMT
Four sailors found dead in Russia's Far East
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – The bodies of two more crew members of a barge that went missing in northwest Sakhalin, in Russia's Far East, have been found, bringing the total death toll to four, a local emergencies spokeswoman said.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 06:51 GMT
Senior Russian drugs official arrested over abuse of office
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – A senior official with Russia's drugs control agency has been detained on suspicion of the abuse of office, a police source said Wednesday.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 07:06 GMT
Two policemen shot dead in Daghestan
MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – Two policemen have been shot dead in Daghestanskiye Ogni, a town on the Caspian coast of Russia's north Caucasus republic of Daghestan, a local police source said.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 08:00 GMT
41% of Serbs would sacrifice EU membership for Kosovo
BELGRADE, October 3 (RIA Novosti) – An opinion poll says that as many as 41% of Serbs would rather keep the Kosovo province within the country than join the European Union.
// Oct. 03, 2007 - 08:29 GMT