Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat, dismissed by Zenit St. Petersburg in August, could take over from Guus Hiddink as coach of the Russian national side, a Russian sports newspaper said.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 00:31 GMT
The death toll in a coal mine explosion in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has reached 104, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday citing the Xinxing Coal Mine officials.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 01:38 GMT
A Proton-M carrier rocket with the European Eutelsat W7 satellite will be launched on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 02:33 GMT
An election observation mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will start on Monday monitoring the presidential election campaign in Ukraine.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 03:37 GMT
Exit polls in presidential elections in Romania indicated on Monday that incumbent President Traian Basescu and his main opponent, former foreign minister Mircea Geoana, will have to face a runoff on December 6.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 04:37 GMT
Hundreds of people have marched along Brazil's famed Ipanema Beach to protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to the South American state.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 05:45 GMT
Eight people died in fires in West Siberia's Omsk Region at the weekend, emergency services said.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 06:00 GMT
At least six people have died in a coal mine accident in central China's Hunan Province, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday, citing local officials.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 06:39 GMT
At least 29 people have died in a ferry accident off Indonesia's Riau islands, with and 245 rescued and 17 still missing, national media reported on Monday.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 07:11 GMT
A suspected militant was killed in Chechnya when police encountered a group of over 10 gunmen in the Caucasus republic's Shali district, a police official said on Monday.
// Nov. 23, 2009 - 07:20 GMT