Russian News. 2008 / 10 / 22 Daily news

India launches first lunar probe

India launched its first unmanned mission to the moon on Wednesday, becoming the third Asian country to do so after Japan and China.<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=India launches first lunar probe&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081022/117874568.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=India launches first lunar probe&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081022/117874568.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 05:16 GMT

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 05:22 GMT

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 05:44 GMT

The Russian government has channeled 175 billion rubles ($6.6 billion) from the National Prosperity Fund into the state-run VEB bank for investment on the country's stock market.<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 gives state-run VEB bank $6.6 bln to invest in stocks&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081022/117875166.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 gives state-run VEB bank $6.6 bln to invest in stocks&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081022/117875166.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 05:58 GMT

A single-engine light-sport aircraft crashed into the roof of the Austrian Cobra special police headquarters near Vienna, killing the pilot and passenger, national media reported.<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=Small plane crashes into police building near Vienna, two dead&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081022/117875765.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Small plane crashes into police building near Vienna, two dead&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081022/117875765.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 06:30 GMT

A court in southeastern Siberia on Wednesday again postponed hearings on a joint appeal by Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev against their extended detention.<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=Court adjourns Khodorkovsky, Lebedev appeal hearing to Friday&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081022/117876160.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Court adjourns Khodorkovsky, Lebedev appeal hearing to Friday&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081022/117876160.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 06:46 GMT

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 07:16 GMT

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was approved unanimously on Wednesday to chair the legislature of Chukotka in Russia's Far East, the local government said on its website.<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=Billionaire Abramovich elected to head Chukotka legislature&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081022/117876737.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Billionaire Abramovich elected to head Chukotka legislature&link=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081022/117876737.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 07:21 GMT

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the temporary closure of border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel.<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=Israel closes Gaza border in response to rocket attack&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081022/117877123.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark_ru.cfm?title=Israel closes Gaza border in response to rocket attack&link=http://en.rian.ru/world/20081022/117877123.html" target="_blank"><img src=" [image] " border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 07:32 GMT

// Oct. 22, 2008 - 07:41 GMT