MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Sultan Ibragimov beat former world champion Evander Holyfield to retain his WBO heavyweight title on Saturday.

// Oct. 14, 2007 - 07:51 GMT

KIEV, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – At least thirteen people are confirmed dead following a household gas explosion on Saturday in Dnepropetrovsk in south-central Ukraine, rescuers said on Sunday.

// Oct. 14, 2007 - 08:30 GMT

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// Oct. 14, 2007 - 08:46 GMT

ROSTOV-ON-DON, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – Five people were killed in a head-on collision between two cars in the Rostov Region in southern Russia, the regional emergencies service said on Sunday.

// Oct. 14, 2007 - 09:18 GMT

MINSK, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – The Belarus opposition is holding an unauthorized European March rally in the center of Minsk on Sunday.

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MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Elena Dementieva won her first Kremlin Cup title after beating world No. 7 Serena Williams of the U.S. 5–7 6–1 6–1 in the final in Moscow on Sunday.

// Oct. 14, 2007 - 12:50 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – Senator Yuri Sivkov has been found drowned in the Arkhangelsk Region in northern Russia, the regional emergencies service said on Sunday.

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NAZRAN, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – Three people were killed after unidentified assailants attacked the house of a Russian family in the town of Karabulak in the North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, a police source said on Sunday.

// Oct. 14, 2007 - 15:09 GMT

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Nikolai Davydenko defended his Kremlin Cup title after beating Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 7–5 7–6 (11–9) in Moscow on Sunday.

// Oct. 14, 2007 - 15:17 GMT