// Oct. 07, 2008 - 05:16 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Israel's interim prime minister, Ehud Olmert, are to discuss the situation in the Middle East, and the Iranian nuclear program at talks in Moscow on Tuesday.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 05:50 GMT

Schools in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa did not open on Tuesday morning due to safety concerns after an earthquake hit the region late on Monday, the Xinhua news agency said.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 06:04 GMT

At least eight people were killed and 12 injured in Colombia when a bus carrying 20 passengers skidded off a mountainous road into a ravine, the Caracol TV channel said on Tuesday.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 06:10 GMT

The parents of children made ill by melamine-tainted milk powder in China are expected to file suits against the baby formula producers responsible, the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 06:59 GMT

The Netherlands is to send a missile frigate to fight piracy off the coast of Somali and escort ships carrying UN aid for refugees in the war-torn east African state, the ANP news agency said on Tuesday.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 07:20 GMT

The ESPO pipeline is designed to pump up to 1.6 million barrels of crude per day from Siberia to Russia's Far East and then onto China and the Asia-Pacific region.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 07:28 GMT

Russia's MICEX and RTS stock exchanges suspended trading at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT) following instructions from the financial regulator, a market spokesmen said on Tuesday.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 07:43 GMT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented his judo tutorial video, 'Learning Judo with Vladimir Putin,' in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 08:34 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will address an international forum on global politics and security in France to propose the creation of a new European security system, the Kremlin website said on Tuesday.

// Oct. 07, 2008 - 08:35 GMT