ROSTOV-ON-DON, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – A total of 153 children have been struck by an outbreak of food poisoning which has hit nurseries in two towns in the Stavropol Territory, southern Russia, local emergencies officials said Friday.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 05:43 GMT
MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 708.3 million rubles ($148.4 billion at the current exchange rate) as of October 1, down 21.1 billion rubles ($844.5 million) in the week since September 24.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 06:15 GMT
MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Friday at 842.85 points, down 0.16% following Thursday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 06:28 GMT
ISLAMABAD, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Pakistan's government and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), headed by exiled ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, reached a national reconciliation deal on the eve of polls slated October 6, local press said Friday.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 06:29 GMT
MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 525.8 billion rubles ($21 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 3.1% from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 06:35 GMT
IRKUTSK, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Authorities in Irkutsk, in east Siberia, are fighting drug dealers and bootleg alcohol producers by offering financial rewards for information on their activities, local officials said.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 06:48 GMT
WASHINGTON D.C., October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Police have killed a gunman who shot five people in a 10-hour standoff in a downtown Alexandria law office in Louisiana, the local media reported Friday.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 07:36 GMT
MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Evraz Group S.A.[LSE: EVR] said Friday its net profit calculated to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), doubled year-on-year in the first half of 2007, to $1.126 billion.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 08:09 GMT