YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – A total of 1,237 cows have been shipped from Australia to Russia's Far East island of Sakhalin, a livestock official at the regional agricultural department said on Tuesday.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 05:11 GMT
EU Power Companies Line Up to Rewire Russia's Electricity. As UES prepares to break apart, foreign energy companies are interested in acquiring Russian assets.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 05:47 GMT
MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – A Molnia-M booster rocket was launched from the Plesetsk space center in north Russia on Tuesday to orbit a Cosmos military satellite, a Space Forces spokesman said.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 05:49 GMT
MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Tuesday at 838.57 points, down 1.91 % following Monday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 06:30 GMT
MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 409.2 billion rubles ($16.4 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 5.4% from Monday, the CBR said Tuesday.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 06:36 GMT
TBILISI, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – The Netherlands has provided Georgia with a 2.5-million-euro ($3.6 million) loan as part of the third tranche of the World Bank's poverty reduction program, the Finance Ministry said.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 07:04 GMT
UNITED NATIONS, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Islanders on the tiny southwest Pacific territory of Tokelau, administered by New Zealand, have begun a referendum on self-government.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 07:07 GMT
TEL AVIV, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia wants Palestinians to restore unity, but will not get caught up in resolving contradictions between rival Palestinian factions, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said on Tuesday.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 08:16 GMT
YEREVAN, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unexpectedly cut his two-day visit to Yerevan short, cancelling his remaining plans, the Armenian president's press service said Tuesday.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 08:44 GMT
TEL AVIV, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Israeli servicemen killed two Palestinian militants believed to be behind several terrorist attacks in a shootout in the West Bank town of Jenin early on Tuesday, the army reported.
// Oct. 23, 2007 - 08:45 GMT