Russian News. 2008 / 10 / 16 Daily news

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// Oct. 16, 2008 - 04:26 GMT

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 05:03 GMT

Five people have been killed after a wooden house caught fire in the East Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, a police source said on Thursday.<img width='1' height='1' src='' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_ru.html?title=Five people die in East Siberian fire&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081016/117760226.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Five people die in East Siberian fire&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081016/117760226.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 05:12 GMT

Russian police are preparing to thwart plans by Georgian terrorists to unleash attacks in major Russian cities in retaliation against Moscow's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a Russian daily said on Thursday.<img width='1' height='1' src='' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_ru.html?title=Russia braces for wave of Georgian terrorism&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081016/117762128.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Russia braces for wave of Georgian terrorism&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081016/117762128.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 06:28 GMT

The leaders of the EU's 27 member states have supported plans for an international summit on the global financial crisis, current EU president Nicolas Sarkozy told journalists in Brussels.<img width='1' height='1' src='' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_ru.html?title=EU leaders call for international summit on financial crisis&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081016/117762231.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=EU leaders call for international summit on financial crisis&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081016/117762231.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 06:34 GMT

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 06:49 GMT

Russian private power companies have applied to the Russian government for $50 billion in loans, a business daily reported on Thursday.<img width='1' height='1' src='' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_ru.html?title=Russian power companies seek $50bln in government loans&link=http://en.rian.ru/business/20081016/117763095.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Russian power companies seek $50bln in government loans&link=http://en.rian.ru/business/20081016/117763095.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 07:11 GMT

Two people were injured in a grenade explosion outside a district court in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya on Thursday, a local police source said.<img width='1' height='1' src='' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_ru.html?title=Two injured in grenade blast outside court in Chechnya&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081016/117763198.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Two injured in grenade blast outside court in Chechnya&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081016/117763198.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 07:17 GMT

The incumbent Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev, has gained 89.04% of the vote in presidential elections, with some 70% of ballots counted, the South Caucasus country's top election official said on Thursday.<img width='1' height='1' src='' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_ru.html?title=Aliyev wins 89.04% of vote in Azerbaijani presidential polls&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081016/117765858.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Aliyev wins 89.04% of vote in Azerbaijani presidential polls&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081016/117765858.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 08:05 GMT

Britain is still insisting that Russia hand over Andrei Lugovoi, accused by London of murdering intelligence defector Alexander Litvinenko in London in late 2006, the new U.K. ambassador to Russia said on Thursday.<img width='1' height='1' src='' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2_ru.html?title=New British ambassador pushes for Lugovoi extradition&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081016/117766315.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=New British ambassador pushes for Lugovoi extradition&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081016/117766315.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 16, 2008 - 08:26 GMT