Situation in Afghanistan
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 00:45 GMT
U.S. welcomes S.Korea's plans to send troops to Afghanistan
Washington supports and welcomes South Korea's plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan to protect its nationals working in humanitarian organizations.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 00:45 GMT
White House says Gen. Jones' arms talks in Moscow fruitful
Washington positively assesses recent visit of the U.S. president's national security adviser, Gen. James Jones, to Moscow for another round of talks on a new strategic arms reduction treaty.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 02:08 GMT
Russia donates Nicaragua 23 metric tons of medicine
Russia has donated Nicaragua two cargo containers with medicine.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 03:16 GMT
WHO says A/H1N1 vaccines safe, have no adverse reaction
The World Health Organization said that vaccines against swine flu (A/H1N1), that swept worldwide, are safe for people and have no adverse reaction.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 04:35 GMT
Four suspected militants killed in S.Russia's Dagestan
Four suspected militants were killed in Dagestan on Saturday morning, the volatile Russian republic's interior ministry official said.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 05:59 GMT
13 dead as bus plunges into valley in north China
Thirteen people were killed and 41 injured when a bus plunged into a valley along a mountainous road in China's northern Shanxi province, the official Xinhua agency said on Saturday citing local authorities.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 06:26 GMT
15 farmers killed at a ranch in Mexico
Fifteen people, including a prominent farmworker leader and his three children, were killed at an isolated ranch in northern Mexico, local television said on Saturday.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 07:09 GMT
Brazil, Venezuela sign $13.5 bln refinery deal
Brazil and Venezuela have signed a long-delayed deal on a joint venture to build and run an oil refinery in Brazil, Venezuela's Universal newspaper said on Saturday.
// Oct. 31, 2009 - 08:01 GMT