Nicaragua has recognized the independence of Georgia's breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry said.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 08:07 GMT

An agreement on friendship and cooperation between Russia and Abkhazia is ready and will be signed in the next few days in Moscow, the Abkhaz president said Saturday.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 09:38 GMT

Russia hopes other countries will follow Nicaragua's example and recognize the independence of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 09:41 GMT

Eight people were killed when two cars collided head-on in the Altai Territory in the southeast of west Siberia, a law enforcement source said Saturday.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 10:32 GMT

After the events in South Ossetia, other states will have to take Russia's opinion into consideration, President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 11:02 GMT

After the events in South Ossetia, other states will have to take Russia's opinion into consideration, President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 11:40 GMT

Russia's Agriculture Ministry has suggested cutting the imports of poultry, delivered mainly from the United States, in 2009 by 17%.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 12:28 GMT

An agreement on friendship and cooperation between Russia and Abkhazia is ready and will be signed in the next few days in Moscow, the Abkhaz president said Saturday.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 13:04 GMT

Russia does not want its relations with the United States to deteriorate and is ready to cooperate with Washington on strategic issues, the Russian foreign minister told CNN.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 14:14 GMT

The European Union believes it is necessary to hold an international investigation of events in the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia, the French foreign minister said Saturday.

// Sep. 06, 2008 - 15:20 GMT