The death toll in a gas explosion at a railroad station in northern Italy last month has risen to 20 people after a man with severe burns died in a hospital overnight, local media reported on Saturday.
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 07:09 GMT
Military observers and policemen from the UN mission in the Caucasus will complete their withdrawal from the region by the end of the next week, Michele Montas, a spokeswoman for the UN secretary general said.
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 09:24 GMT
Russia and Bangladesh will sign a nuclear cooperation agreement after a Bangladeshi delegation inspects Russian nuclear facilities, a local news agency reported Saturday.
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 11:17 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev thanked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a telephone conversation Saturday for organizing the G8 summit, the Kremlin said
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 12:09 GMT
The head of the Russian upper house's international affairs committee urged on Saturday the expansion of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 12:18 GMT
The United States welcomes Armenian authorities' efforts to normalize relations with Turkey, a U.S. deputy secretary of state said Saturday
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 13:32 GMT
Four militants were killed in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on Saturday, a police source said
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 14:10 GMT
A couple who were bringing up 16 children, 12 of them adopted, some with special needs, have been killed in Florida, CNN reported Saturday.
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 15:23 GMT
The launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been delayed by 24 hours to “allow technical teams additional time to evaluate lightning strikes at Launch Pad 39A that occurred during Friday's thunderstorm,” NASA said Saturday.
// Jul. 11, 2009 - 15:42 GMT