Police officer killed in Chechnya capital
// Aug. 29, 2008 - 05:06 GMT
Russia accuses UN of double standards over Georgian regions
Russia has accused the UN Security Council of having double standards over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and of lacking understanding of the conflicts in the separatist Georgian regions.
// Aug. 29, 2008 - 06:00 GMT
Karadzic to enter pleas in war crimes tribunal Friday
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is expected to enter pleas Friday at the UN tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on 11 charges, including war crimes and genocide.
// Aug. 29, 2008 - 06:33 GMT
LUKoil almost doubles U.S. GAAP net profit in 1H2008
LUKoil's net profit calculated to U.S. GAAP rose 91.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2008 to $7.29 billion, Russia's largest independent oil producer said.
// Aug. 29, 2008 - 07:04 GMT
Russia launches RapidEye remote sensing satellites
Russia has launched a constellation of five remote Earth sensing satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the federal space agency said Friday.
// Aug. 29, 2008 - 08:01 GMT
Cuba evacuates over 33,000 as Gustav hurricane approaches
Cuba has evacuated over 33,000 people from its eastern provinces as hurricane Gustav approaches the country from the Caribbean, the Presna Latina news agency reported quoting emergency officials as saying.
// Aug. 29, 2008 - 08:28 GMT