A Russian rocket carrying one military and one civilian satellite lifted off on Tuesday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia, a spokesman for Space Forces said.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 05:07 GMT
A traffic police officer was shot dead in the south Russian republic of Daghestan in the early hours of Tuesday, a local police source said.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 05:48 GMT
The driver of a bus that crashed in West Siberia's Novosibirsk Region killing eight people has been taken into custody but has refused to answer investigators' questions, police said on Tuesday.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 05:53 GMT
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, forcing early elections to be held on August 30, the Kyodo News agency reported.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 06:01 GMT
On the 40th anniversary of the historic first landing on the moon, some of NASA's best-known former astronauts say a Mars mission should be NASA's priority.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 06:02 GMT
A Russian carrier rocket has successfully put one military and one civilian satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 06:27 GMT
Two astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour carried out a spacewalk to mark the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon, NASA said on its website on Tuesday.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 06:55 GMT
Kyrgyzstan intends to join the post-Soviet customs bloc of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the Kyrgyz ambassador to Kazakhstan said on Tuesday.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 07:13 GMT
Police in Russia's Far East have arrested two drug couriers in possession of 10.6 kilograms (23 lbs) of heroin, a spokesman for the Primorye Territory's drug control service said on Tuesday.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 07:25 GMT
Members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) could agree on the opening of a military base in Kyrgyzstan during an informal summit on August 1–2, a senior Kyrgyz diplomat said on Tuesday.
// Jul. 21, 2009 - 08:07 GMT