The Discovery space shuttle finally lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after bad weather and technical problems caused three previous launches to be delayed, a NASA spokesman said.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 07:28 GMT
One person was killed and two others are missing when heavy rain caused a dam to burst in Russia's Far East, a local emergencies ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 08:02 GMT
Olympic champion Elena Isinbayeva put her disappointing performance in the world championships behind her to set a new pole vault world record in Zurich, Russia's Vesti-24 channel reported.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 08:52 GMT
Legendary Soviet-era children's writer and poet Sergei Mikhalkov, who died Thursday at the age of 96, is to be buried with full military honors on Saturday at the Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow, a RIA Novosti correspondent said.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 09:15 GMT
Two people died and six others were injured on Saturday when a minibus and a truck collided in northeast Russia, a regional emergencies ministry spokesperson said.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 09:38 GMT
Russian law enforcement officers continued their special operation Saturday morning to root out illegal armed groups in the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a police spokesperson said.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 11:47 GMT
Work to repair the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric station in south Siberia, following a tragic accident on August 17 that left 71 people dead, is to be carried out in three shifts, the acting CEO of RusHydro said on Saturday.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 12:47 GMT
Legendary Soviet-era children's writer and poet Sergei Mikhalkov, who died Thursday at the age of 96, was buried with full military honors at the Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow on Saturday.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 13:58 GMT
With around 35% of ballots counted in last week's presidential elections Afghanistan's incumbent president, Hamid Karzai, has extended his lead to 15% over his nearest rival, the country's Central Election Commission said on Saturday.
// Aug. 29, 2009 - 14:20 GMT