Ken Westmoreland
// Jul. 29, 2008 - 05:10 GMT
Russian PM Putin to visit China August 8-9
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit China on August 8–9, a Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.
// Jul. 29, 2008 - 05:17 GMT
UN Security Council to discuss Abkhazia
The UN Security Council is to hold closed-door talks on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia.
// Jul. 29, 2008 - 05:41 GMT
At least 16 injured in methane blast at Mechel-owned coal mine
At least 16 workers have been injured in a methane explosion at a southwest Siberian coal mine owned by Russian mining giant Mechel, a senior official in the local branch of the industrial safety regulator said on Tuesday.
// Jul. 29, 2008 - 06:31 GMT
Over 90 children hit by food poisoning at Siberian summer camp
A total of 92 children have been hospitalized following an outbreak of food poisoning at a summer camp in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory, in East Siberia, Russia's consumers rights watchdog said on Tuesday.
// Jul. 29, 2008 - 06:36 GMT
UN approves new human rights chief
The UN General Assembly has approved South African judge Navanethem Pillay as its new high commissioner for human rights.
// Jul. 29, 2008 - 07:35 GMT
Floods kill over 20 in western Ukraine
More than 40,000 homes have been flooded and thousands of people evacuated as a result of the floods
// Jul. 29, 2008 - 07:39 GMT