With 25% of the votes counted, incumbent President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has a vast lead in Kyrgyzstan's presidential elections, election officials said on Friday.
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 05:04 GMT
A Russian Soyuz-U carrier rocket will lift off on Friday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan with the Progress M-67 space freighter for the International Space Station (ISS).
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 05:47 GMT
Final sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, are continuing on schedule, a shipyard official said on Friday.
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 06:02 GMT
A series of fires across Europe cause death and evacuations.
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 06:06 GMT
15 people were killed and scores wounded in overnight fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 06:09 GMT
Russia's 2010 federal budget deficit could be 3 trillion rubles (96 billion), one third of which is to be bridged by borrowing, a source close to the Finance Ministry said on Friday.
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 06:41 GMT
A dummy rocket launched from a Russian combat ship in the Far East landed in the courtyard of a nine-story apartment building in Vladivostok, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said on Friday.
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 07:14 GMT
The Thai authorities have promised to handle the extradition case of arms dealer Viktor Bout objectively and without politicizing the situation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 07:41 GMT
Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) expanded 0.7% to 4 trillion 83.6 billion rubles ($131.4 billion at the current exchange rate) as of July 20, from 4 trillion 55.8 billion rubles (about $130.5) on July 13.
// Jul. 24, 2009 - 07:46 GMT