A memorial service is to be held in the Moscow Christ the Savior Cathedral on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the conflict in South Ossetia, a press spokesperson for the Moscow patriarch said.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 07:57 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday that his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy played a “big role in solving the Georgian-South Ossetian crisis,” the Kremlin press service said in a statement.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 09:04 GMT
Former world No. one Maria Sharapova beat eighth-seed Urszula Radwanska 6:4, 7:5 in the quarterfinals of the Los Angeles Championships to secure a place in the last four.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 09:58 GMT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez instructed his ambassador to Colombia to return to Bogota amid signs that the diplomatic spat between the two countries is thawing, Telesur TV said.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 10:51 GMT
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday that Russia would not revise its decision to recognize the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 11:24 GMT
Moldova's four main opposition parties announced that they have formed a coalition under the slogan For European Integration, coalition leaders said on Saturday.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 12:07 GMT
One person was killed and another 10 injured in a road traffic accident involving a bus and truck in Russia's Irkutsk Region, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 13:53 GMT
On the anniversary of the start of the Russia-Georgia war President Dmitry Medvedev said that Moscow would continue to provide South Ossetia with social and economic aid, as well as military assistance.
// Aug. 08, 2009 - 14:23 GMT