One civilian was injured in a shootout between militants and police in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, a local police source said on Tuesday.
// Aug. 05, 2008 - 05:00 GMT
Two men drowned and two women survived when their small boat capsized on Siberia's Lake Baikal on Tuesday morning, a local emergencies spokesman said.
// Aug. 05, 2008 - 05:43 GMT
An outbreak of the African swine fever virus in Russia's North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia has so far killed over 5,000 pigs, the regional emergency service said on Tuesday.
// Aug. 05, 2008 - 05:58 GMT
Kyrgyz police have seized a large stock of firearms and ammunition in a house being rented by U.S. nationals in Bishkek, the Interior Ministry press service said on Tuesday.
// Aug. 05, 2008 - 07:38 GMT
Israel transferred 88 Fatah members who fled Gaza after clashes with militant group Hamas to the West Bank on Monday, the Israel army press office said.
// Aug. 05, 2008 - 08:03 GMT
The launch of a Proton-M rocket carrying an Inmarsat communications satellite has been postponed from August 14 to 19, a Russian space agency spokesperson said on Tuesday.
// Aug. 05, 2008 - 08:38 GMT