Stampede at central China school kills 8, injures 26 children
Eight children were killed and 26 other injured in a stampede at a school in China's central Hunan Province, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 03:31 GMT
Russian nightclub fire death toll rises to 117
The deaths on Tuesday of four more persons hospitalized with injuries sustained in a recent nightclub fire in Russia's Urals brought the death toll to 117
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 04:10 GMT
Russian Biathlon Union pledges tough anti-doping measures
The Russian Biathlon Union is taking strong measures against the use of doping in sports, the president of the union said.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 04:37 GMT
Kyrgyzstan rations electricity after hydropower plant failure
Kyrgyzstan temporarily restricted electricity supplies on Tuesday due to problems with two of the four generators at its largest hydroelectric power plant, a spokeswoman for the dam's operator said.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 06:17 GMT
Kyrgyz hydropower plant fault threatens electricity cuts
Kyrgyzstan is facing power shortages due to problems with two of the four generators at its largest hydroelectric power plant, a Kyrgyz Energy Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 06:17 GMT
Police officer injured in Chechnya blast
A police officer was injured when an explosive device went off during a search operation in Chechnya, a police official in the volatile southern Russian republic said on Tuesday.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 06:39 GMT
Islamization is transforming the North Caucasus into Russia’s ‘Internal Abroad’
The growing influence of Islam in the North Caucasus, a reflection of increasing disillusionment with the Russian political system, is transforming the region into Russias internal abroad, where people have portraits of Putin and Medvedev [on their walls] but are for shariat law" </p>
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 06:52 GMT
Russian-Speaking entrepreneurs host Fifth Annual Silicon Valley Open Doors Conference
The only Silicon Valley annual investment conference that brings together Russian-speaking innovators with the prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms, leading technology, business media and the top US technology companies is poised to celebrate its fifth year of being in business.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 06:57 GMT
Military pact with Russia will boost defence capability: India
India said the 10-year military agreement with Russia will enhance the operational capability of its defence forces.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 07:03 GMT
Gazprom to invest $500 mln in India, Vietnam offshore fields
Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to spend some 14.9 billion rubles ($505 million) on oil and gas offshore development in India and Vietnam in 2010, a business daily said on Tuesday.
// Dec. 08, 2009 - 07:21 GMT