Rainstorms leave at least 14 dead in southwest China
// Sep. 26, 2008 - 05:06 GMT
Ukraine to put $90 mln into nuclear fuel reserve - Energoatom
Ukraine's government has proposed allocating 450 million hryvnias ($90 million) in next year's budget to set up a strategic nuclear fuel reserve, the country's UNIAN new agency said.
// Sep. 26, 2008 - 05:18 GMT
Putin, Chavez discuss nuclear, military cooperation
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at his official country residence near Moscow, where the two discussed nuclear and military cooperation.
// Sep. 26, 2008 - 06:04 GMT
Spanish PM to visit Russia Oct. 1
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will arrive in Russia for a working visit next Wednesday, the Kremlin press service said Friday.
// Sep. 26, 2008 - 06:26 GMT
Pirates seize Ukrainian ship off Somalia
Pirates off the coast of Somalia seized a Ukrainian ship en route to Kenya, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has announced, citing reports from maritime rescue officials in Greece.
// Sep. 26, 2008 - 06:35 GMT
Over 55 kg of drugs seized in Russia's south Urals
More than 55 kg (121 lbs) of drugs, including 6 kg (13 lbs) of heroin, were confiscated this week during a special police operation in the Orenburg Region in the southern Urals, a police official said Friday.
// Sep. 26, 2008 - 07:14 GMT
Russian soccer legend Oleg Romantsev may coach Petersburg club
Former Spartak Moscow manager and the most successful Russian coach of the post-Soviet era may make a comeback to club soccer with Dynamo St. Petersburg, the Sport Den Za Dnem website reported on Friday.
// Sep. 26, 2008 - 07:56 GMT