United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said that Lithuania has agreed to consider hosting a missile interceptor base if the U.S. deal with Poland falls through.
// Jul. 02, 2008 - 05:19 GMT
At least two people died in an explosion on Wednesday believed to have been caused by household gas, in an apartment block in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, a police spokesman said.
// Jul. 02, 2008 - 05:29 GMT
A commander of the Russian-led peacekeeping contingent deployed in the conflict zone between Georgia and breakaway Abkhazia accused Georgian security forces of setting off a new explosion in the region on Wednesday morning.
// Jul. 02, 2008 - 05:52 GMT
A commander of the Russian-led peacekeeping contingent deployed in the conflict zone between Georgia and breakaway Abkhazia accused Georgian security forces of setting off a new explosion in the region on Wednesday morning.
// Jul. 02, 2008 - 06:30 GMT
Direct economic losses from China's May 12 earthquake have exceeded one trillion yuan (around $150 billion), the People's Daily newspaper cited an official in the worst-hit province as saying on Wednesday.
// Jul. 02, 2008 - 06:57 GMT
Anatoly Chubais, who headed Russia's electricity monopoly UES until it was dissolved on Monday, raised $70,000 for a children's home by auctioning his office chair, a source at the auction said on Wednesday.
// Jul. 02, 2008 - 08:25 GMT