Palestinian drives into Israeli troops in Jerusalem, 20 injured

A Palestinian driver rammed into a group of Israeli soldiers in downtown Jerusalem overnight, injuring 20 people, police and ambulance service sources said Tuesday.

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 05:40 GMT


Russia's Lavrov to push new European security deal at UN

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will promote the idea of a new European security treaty this week when he attends the UN General Assembly, a RIA Novosti correspondent said Tuesday.

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 06:16 GMT


Three killed, 2 wounded in Ingushetia, official targeted

Three people have been found dead in Ingushetia, while in separate attacks another two were wounded and the deputy interior minister's official car was blown up, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 06:38 GMT


District chief, police official killed in Afghanistan bomb blast

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 07:18 GMT


Russia's Eurocement buys 6.5% stake in Swiss cement firm Holcim

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 07:35 GMT


First Russian humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza

Russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid have arrived in the Gaza Strip, Russia's envoy to the Palestinian National Authority, Sergei Kozlov, said on Tuesday.

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 07:48 GMT


France to help Brazil build first Latin American nuclear sub

France will assist Brazil in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine to protect vast oil reserves off its coast, the Brazilian defense minister said Tuesday.

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 08:17 GMT


Stomach bug hospitalizes 29 military cadets in East Siberia

An intestinal infection has hospitalized a total of 29 cadets from a military school in the city of Minusinsk in East Siberia's Krasnoyarsk Territory, a source in the regional consumers rights watchdog said on Tuesday.

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 08:24 GMT


Slava Zaitsev in Paris

Russian fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev unveiled his new collection āœIstokiā (āœSourcesā) at the Pierre Cardin Foundation in Paris. </p>

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 08:37 GMT


Russia's Space Agency confirms 18th ISS expedition

Russia's Space Agency confirmed Tuesday the composition of the main crew for the 18th International Space Station expedition.

// Sep. 23, 2008 - 08:41 GMT