RIA Novosti remains most popular news agency in Russia - report
Russian news and information agency RIA Novosti maintained the lead in the first half of 2008 as the most quoted news agency in Russia, a media report said.
// Aug. 02, 2008 - 07:44 GMT
U.S. top diplomat to play piano at music festival in Colorado
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will perform on Saturday classical piano compositions during a music festival in Aspen, Colorado, the State Department said.
// Aug. 02, 2008 - 08:32 GMT
S. Ossetia puts troops on high alert over Georgia attack
South Ossetia has not yet mobilized its population following border incidents allegedly provoked by Georgia but put its armed forces on high alert, the interior minister said on Saturday.
// Aug. 02, 2008 - 09:30 GMT
Russia urges Georgia, S. Ossetia to stop violence in conflict
Russia's Foreign Ministry called on Saturday upon Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia to show restraint and search for ways to settle the conflict without violence.
// Aug. 02, 2008 - 10:17 GMT
Two Hamas officers killed in Gaza clashes with Fatah supporters
At least two Hamas security officers were killed and 30 other people were wounded on Saturday in fighting between the radical Islamist faction and a pro-Fatah clan in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Hamas interior ministry said.
// Aug. 02, 2008 - 12:07 GMT
Cuban-Russian future military cooperation is unlikely - diplomat
Cuban leadership has no intentions to resume military cooperation with Russia after a surprise closure of a Russian electronic listening post in Lourdes in 2001, a high-ranking Cuban diplomat said on Saturday.
// Aug. 02, 2008 - 12:41 GMT
Georgia says "will not step back" in conflict with S. Ossetia
Georgia will not give ground in the crisis around recent incidents on the border with its breakaway region of South Ossetia, a senior military official said on Saturday.
// Aug. 02, 2008 - 13:46 GMT