Militant group eliminated in North Caucasus
A group of militants has been eliminated during a special operation in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan, an interior ministry source said on Wednesday.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 04:59 GMT
Ammonia leak kills one, injures 15 at St. Petersburg plant
One person died after a pipe ruptured causing ammonia gas to leak into a dairy plant in Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg, a source in the city's emergency service said on Wednesday.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 05:27 GMT
Venezuela's Chavez to visit Russia next week
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will Russia next week.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 06:12 GMT
Questions over Gori in UN assessment of S.Ossetia situation
A UN team starts Wednesday a mission to assess the humanitarian situation after the recent conflict over South Ossetia, although it is not clear if affected areas outside the disputed Georgian republic will be visited.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 06:27 GMT
UN head concerned by global fallout from U.S. financial crisis
The UN secretary general has said he is deeply concerned by the negative impact that the U.S. financial crisis could have on the global economy.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 06:34 GMT
South Ossetia puts death toll in Georgia attack at 1,700
About 1,700 people, most of them civilians, were killed in South Ossetia during Georgia's onslaught on the breakaway republic in early August, the region's top prosecutor said.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 06:50 GMT
Three dead, 6,200 babies affected in China toxic milk crisis
A third baby in China has died after being fed contaminated milk powder with the number of infants ill rising to 6,244, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday citing the Health Ministry.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 06:54 GMT
Ten militants killed in special operation in Daghestan
Ten militants have been killed in a counter-terrorist operation in southern Daghestan, an FSB source said Wednesday.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 07:39 GMT
Russian warship hits surface target in Sea of Japan drills
The missile cruiser Varyag has effectively engaged a surface target at an ongoing Pacific Fleet exercise in the Sea of Japan, a fleet spokesman said Wednesday.
// Sep. 17, 2008 - 08:41 GMT