Two miners have been rescued and the body of another has been recovered from a coal mine in eastern Ukraine following a blast, a spokeswoman for the local mine safety watchdog said on Monday.
// Jun. 09, 2008 - 05:40 GMT
Attacks on troops and police in two of Russia's Caucasus republics overnight left one dead and two injured, local police said on Monday.
// Jun. 09, 2008 - 05:59 GMT
Strong aftershocks were recorded around massive 'quake lakes' in the Sichuan province hit by a devastating magnitude-8.0 quake May 12 raising fears of large-scale flooding, Xinhua news agency said Monday.
// Jun. 09, 2008 - 06:43 GMT
An anthrax outbreak has hit south Kyrgyzstan, where two people are reported to have died of the disease and six others hospitalized with similar symptoms, health officials in the Central Asian state said on Monday.
// Jun. 09, 2008 - 07:04 GMT
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which brought together politicians and business leaders from June 6–8, produced $14.6 billion in deals, the economics minister said on Monday.
// Jun. 09, 2008 - 07:55 GMT
NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan have completed their third and final spacewalk, a mission control spokesman said on Monday.
// Jun. 09, 2008 - 08:04 GMT
Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom and largest coal producer SUEK have dropped plans to merge their electricity and coal assets worth $16 billion, but signed a strategic cooperation deal, the companies said in a joint news release.
// Jun. 09, 2008 - 08:13 GMT