Venezuela to deploy two new Russian Su-30 fighter jets
Venezuela will put two new Russian Su-30 fighter planes on combat duty on Friday, bringing the total number to 22, news agency ABN cited the president as saying.
// May. 30, 2008 - 05:08 GMT
EU envoys to visit Georgian rebel region to discuss conflict
A delegation of 15 ambassadors of EU states to Georgia will arrive in the country's breakaway region of Abkhazia on Friday to discus means of resuming peace talks, the Abkhaz foreign minister said.
// May. 30, 2008 - 06:45 GMT
Canadian NHL rising star Bourdon killed in motorbike crash
Luc Bourdon, a defenseman for NHL's Vancouver Canucks, was killed on Thursday afternoon in a road accident near his hometown of Shippagan, eastern Canada, the NHL website said on Friday.
// May. 30, 2008 - 07:22 GMT
Death toll from Ukrainian mine blast rises to six
The death toll from a May 23 explosion in an east Ukrainian coal mine has risen to six, with five still missing, after a miner's body was found on Friday, the country's emergencies ministry said.
// May. 30, 2008 - 08:35 GMT