ROSTOV-ON-DON, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – At least 717 people, including 654 children under 17, have fallen victim to a mass food poisoning outbreak in southern Russia believed to be caused by local dairy products, local prosecutors said.
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MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Wednesday at 859.76 points, up 0.13% following Tuesday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
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MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 559.3 billion rubles ($22.4 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 10.4% from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – Arizona authorities may demand the extradition of a tuberculosis patient who fled to Russia, if he is found to have broken U.S. laws, a local official said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – The leader of the Lebanese parliamentary majority has asked Russia and China to help mend a domestic political rift that could derail upcoming presidential elections.
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UNITED NATIONS, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – The 15-nation UN Security Council once again failed to agree on a possible plan of action if negotiations between Serbia and its breakaway province of Kosovo produce no result by December 10.
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NEW DELHI, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – Delhi authorities and environmental groups have started embedding microchips into the skin of elephants in the city to track illnesses and give free and timely medical aid, a national paper reported.
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GROZNY, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – One serviceman and two gunmen have been killed and five other people injured in separate clashes in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya, a local police source said on Wednesday.
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JAKARTA, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – Thailand will send 800 peacekeepers to Sudan's western province of Darfur where they will join United Nations and African Union peacekeeping units at the end of the year, Thai media said Wednesday.
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