Brazil mourns victims of Air France plane crash

Brazilian Vice President Jose Alenca has declared three days of mourning for 228 passengers and crew missing and presumed dead after an Air France plane crashed into the Atlantic on Monday.

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 05:26 GMT


Minibus, train collide in China, killing 9

Nine people died and another nine were injured after a minibus collided with a train in central China's Hubei Province, Xinhua has reported.

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 05:28 GMT


Moldovan parliament faces 2nd, final vote to approve president

Moldova's recently elected parliament votes on Wednesday to elect a new president, with fresh elections required if lawmakers fail to approve the Communists' nominee in the second and final attempt.

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 05:50 GMT


Anti-drug policeman hurt in bomb attack on car in south Russia

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 06:16 GMT


Putin visits Finland to push for Nord Stream, talk timber tariffs

Russia's prime minister will visit Finland on Wednesday to push for Finland's approval for the Nord Stream pipeline to bring Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea.

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 06:43 GMT


Obama escorts Nancy Reagan

Standing alongside Nancy Reagan, Obama signs off on a 100th birthday celebration of the late president, Ronald Reagan.

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 06:49 GMT


Tiananmen remembered 20 years on

Twenty years after the Tainanmen Square crackdown of June 4, 1989, those directly affected refuse to forget those who perished.

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 07:01 GMT


Medvedev to meet top global energy CEOs at Petersburg forum

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with the heads of 20 of the world's top energy companies at a business forum in St. Petersburg on June 5, a presidential economic aide said on Wednesday.

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 07:13 GMT


Russian man kills 5, self in Far East shooting

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 07:25 GMT


A Brainstorm is expected in St. Petersburg

// Jun. 03, 2009 - 07:41 GMT