One militant has been killed and two others injured after police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan opened fire on their car, a local police spokesman said on Monday.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 06:07 GMT
The Venezuelan people won a great victory in voting to end presidential term limits, President Hugo Chavez told thousands of supporters in Caracas.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 06:38 GMT
Mikhail Prokhorov, the president of Onexim Group, has been ranked by Russia's Finans magazine as the richest of the Russian super-rich, with an estimated wealth of $14.1 billion in 2008.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 07:03 GMT
China and the United States are planning to resume dialogue on defense issues in February, a Chinese daily said on Monday, citing military sources in both countries.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 07:19 GMT
Five people were killed after an aircraft crashed near an airport in central Iran, the IRNA official news agency reported.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 07:20 GMT
Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel announced on Monday it was suspending nickel production at its Black Swan and Lake Johnston sites in Western Australia amid falling world nickel prices.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 07:55 GMT
North Korea blasted on Monday media rumors that it was planning to test a long-range missile, describing a possible rocket launch as part of a domestic space program.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 09:04 GMT
Former CSKA Moscow trainer Valery Gazzayev has declined to comment on rumors in the Russian media linking him with the South African national team.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 09:10 GMT
The mausoleum at Red Square, where the embalmed corpse of Vladimir Lenin is housed, will be closed for two months for maintenance works on Monday.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 09:28 GMT
An attempt by South Korean activists to float 20,000 helium balloons carrying money and messages across the demilitarized border with the North failed on Monday due to strong headwinds, national media said.
// Feb. 16, 2009 - 09:34 GMT