Russia's nuclear chief to discuss Bushehr reactor in Iran
The head of Russia's state nuclear power corporation Rosatom is due to discuss the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran on Wednesday.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 06:12 GMT
Arson may have caused Urals blaze that killed eight
A fire that swept through a residential building in the Sverdlovsk Region, Russia's south Urals, killing eight people, including two children, on Wednesday may have been started deliberately, an emergencies ministry spokesman said.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 06:21 GMT
Overcrowded bus plunges into river killing 33 in India
A bus carrying dozens of passengers plunged into a river in India's state of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning killing at least 33 people, a local police chief said.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 07:00 GMT
Russian, Yemeni leaders to talk military ties, trade in Moscow
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdallah Salah will discuss military and trade cooperation, as well as tackling piracy and terrorism at a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 07:18 GMT
Poland sticking to U.S. missile shield commitments - top brass
Poland is sticking to its commitments on the deployment of U.S. missile shield elements on its territory, but the U.S. administration has to decide on the timeframe, a senior Polish military official said on Wednesday.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 07:29 GMT
Russia's stock market rallies on Bernanke's comments
Russia's two main stock exchanges, MICEX and the RTS, opened on Wednesday with their key indexes going up after comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 07:50 GMT
Sberbank chosen as sponsor for 2014 Olympic Games - paper
Russia's state-controlled retail savings bank Sberbank will sponsor the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, a business paper reported on Wednesday.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 08:01 GMT
Kazakhstan launches nationwide census
Kazakhstan has launched its second nationwide population census since the Central Asian country gained independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 08:59 GMT
Ukraine's first president calls on Yushchenko to step down
Ukraine's first president Leonid Kravchuk has urged the current president, Viktor Yushchenko, to step down as head of the country on Ukrainian television.
// Feb. 25, 2009 - 09:19 GMT