Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have begun inspecting the Balakovo nuclear power plant in southern Russia's Saratov Region, a spokesman for the plant said on Tuesday.
// May. 20, 2008 - 13:41 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Tuesday for reforms in Russia's judicial system to prevent bribery and corruption, and make the courts truly independent.
// May. 20, 2008 - 14:09 GMT
The Russian government presidium will hold its first meeting on May 26, Sergei Sobyanin, a deputy prime minister and chief of government staff, said Tuesday.
// May. 20, 2008 - 14:43 GMT
What accords will Lebanese politicians bring from Qatar, where they are engaged in reconciliatory dialogue under the patronage of the Arab League? Both Lebanon and its neighbors are anxiously waiting for an answer to this question, because regional stability depends on it. But it is even more important to understand what happened in Lebanon in the last few weeks.
// May. 20, 2008 - 14:54 GMT
The president of the south Russian republic of North Ossetia asked foreign ambassadors on Tuesday for their support in uniting the province with South Ossetia, a neighboring breakaway republic in Georgia.
// May. 20, 2008 - 15:01 GMT
Russian law enforcers are searching the Moscow office of British oil major BP as part of an ongoing investigation, a spokesman for the company said on Tuesday.
// May. 20, 2008 - 15:06 GMT