Boeing 737 crash-lands in Russia's Kaliningrad region
A Boeing 737–300 has crash-landed at the airport in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea, a Transportation Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 05:16 GMT
Teacher commits suicide after school tragedy in Urals
A teacher at the high school that partially collapsed in Russia's Urals killing five teenagers has committed suicide, the school principal said Thursday.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 05:21 GMT
Missing U.S. adventurer Fossett's pilot license found in California
Tourists in California have found a pilot's license thought to belong to the well-known millionaire-adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared last year and was declared dead in February, a senior local policeman said Thursday.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 06:19 GMT
U.S. Senate approves financial bailout plan
U.S. senators have approved a reworked $700 billion financial bailout package that was sweetened after the House of Representatives rejected the previous version of the plan.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 06:51 GMT
Russian international reserves up $3.4 bln in week
Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves rose $3.4 billion to $562.8 billion in the week from September 19 to September 16, the Central Bank said on Thursday.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 07:33 GMT
Chinese powdered milk withdrawn from sale in Russia's Far East
Food products containing banned Chinese powdered milk have been found in the Khabarovsk Region in Russia's Far East and withdrawn from sale, the consumer rights regulator said on Thursday.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 07:49 GMT
U.S. Senate endorses deal on nuclear trade with India
U.S. senators have approved a nuclear agreement with India that essentially lifts a 30-year ban on the sale of civilian nuclear materials to the South Asian giant.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 08:17 GMT
Ukraine, Russia could sign deal on direct gas supplies - paper
The prime ministers of Ukraine and Russia could sign an agreement on gas supplies without intermediaries after negotiations on Thursday, business paper Kommersant Ukraine reported.
// Oct. 02, 2008 - 08:32 GMT