Three police officers injured, militant dead in Chechnya shootouts
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 05:16 GMT
North Korea to send delegation to South for Kim Dae-jung funeral
North Korea is to send officials to the funeral of ex- South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, the Yonhap news agency said on Wednesday.
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 05:53 GMT
Two missing employees found after Siberia power plant accident
Two people who were listed as missing after Monday's accident at a hydropower plant in south Siberia have been found alive, Russia's emergencies minister said on Wednesday.
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 06:39 GMT
Russian seamen on Chinese debt ships appeal to president
The crews of two Russian vessels detained in China over debt arrears have appealed to the Russian president and prosecutor general to secure their return home, a trade union chief said on Wednesday.
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 06:58 GMT
Three militants killed in Russia's Dagestan
Three militants were killed in a shootout with police in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan early on Wednesday, a police spokesman told RIA Novosti.
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 07:07 GMT
Child dies in gas explosion in Russia's Far East
At least one person died on Wednesday in a household gas explosion in Russia's Far East, an emergency services source told RIA Novosti.
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 08:01 GMT
Two dead in gas explosion in Russia's Far East
At least two people were killed in a gas explosion in a residential building in Russia's Far East Region of Khabarovsk
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 08:37 GMT
Death toll in siberia hydropower plant accident rises to 13 - emergencies ministry
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 08:41 GMT
URGENT: Death toll in Siberia power plant accident rises to 13
The death toll following an accident at a hydroelectric power station in south Siberia has risen to 13
// Aug. 19, 2009 - 08:55 GMT