WASHINGTON, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – Russia signed a memorandum of understanding with the World Bank, under which Moscow will contribute $20 million to the bank's malaria treatment program in Africa, the finance minister said.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 07:41 GMT
NEW YORK, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – A former Russian UN official who has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison in the U.S. for money laundering said his lawyers have launched an appeal against the sentence.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 08:13 GMT
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// Oct. 20, 2007 - 08:26 GMT
TEHRAN, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – Ali Larijani has resigned as Iran's top representative in negotiations on the country's controversial nuclear program, a government spokesman announced on Saturday.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 09:03 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – A snow cyclone in Primorye, in Russia's Far East, has caused power outages in several areas and interrupted water supplies in Vladivostok, a spokesman for the city's mayor said on Saturday.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 10:24 GMT
TBILISI, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus near north Turkey's Black Sea port city of Samsun, wounding two Georgian nationals.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 10:35 GMT
TEHRAN, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – Iran has the capability to fire 11,000 rockets at enemy bases within one minute if the country is attacked, a top commander in the Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Saturday.
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ANKARA, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he believed there was no chance of a large-scale Turkish military strike against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 13:22 GMT
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – Police said they detained on Saturday 86 soccer fans for drunk and disorderly behavior at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium during a championship match in which leaders Spartak defeated FC Moscow 3–1.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 14:20 GMT
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) – Two Tajik nationals were attacked by a group of unidentified youths on a street in southwest Moscow on Saturday afternoon, and one died from his injuries, police said.
// Oct. 20, 2007 - 14:45 GMT