Berlusconi to be discharged from hospital soon

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who has been hospitalized with a broken nose following Sunday's attack in Milan, will be discharged from hospital on Thursday afternoon.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 03:06 GMT


Berlusconi to be dismissed from hospital soon

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who has been hospitalized with a broken nose following Sunday's attack in Milan, will be dismissed from hospital on Thursday afternoon.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 03:06 GMT


Some 2 tons of rare sturgeon seized in Far East

About two metric tons of the endangered Kaluga sturgeon have been seized in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 03:49 GMT


Kamchatka volcano starts to erupt

A powerful eruption began on Thursday at the 2,869-meter Bezymianny volcano in the Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 04:21 GMT


Kyrgyz parliamentary speaker resigns

The speaker of Kyrgyzstan's unicameral parliament, Aitibai Tagayev, has submitted his resignation.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 04:33 GMT


High-speed Sapsan train to make first commercial run

Sapsan, Russia's first train capable of travelling at a speed of 250 kmph (155 mph), will make its first commercial run between Russia's two largest cities on Thursday.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 05:01 GMT


CSKA's Krasic may leave for Milan next summer - paper

AC Milan are determined to buy CSKA Moscow's Milos Krasic, but will have to wait until next summer to do so, an Italian paper reported.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 05:36 GMT


U.S.-Russia nuclear deal not expected this year - U.S. official

The United States does not expect a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia to be signed before the end of the year, Russian and foreign media reported on Thursday citing a State Department official.

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 06:25 GMT


The Prospects for Establishing a Regional Security Organization in the Middle East

The situation in Iraq and the rapid escalation of āœconflict potentialā in regions around the Middle East considerably complicate the search for a āœhistorical compromiseā between Israel and the Arab states. (By Andrei Baklanov, Head of the International Affairs Department of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly) </p>

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 07:14 GMT


The prospects for establishing a regional security organization in the Middle East

The situation in Iraq and the rapid escalation of āœconflict potentialā in regions around the Middle East considerably complicate the search for a āœhistorical compromiseā between Israel and the Arab states. (By Andrei Baklanov, Head of the International Affairs Department of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly) </p>

// Dec. 17, 2009 - 07:14 GMT