Obama says responsible for failure to avert Christmas Day attack
U.S. President Barack Obama has taken responsibility for the intelligence services' failure to avert a Christmas Day terrorist attack on a passenger jet.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 00:08 GMT
Employee kills three, wounds five in St. Louis shooting
Three people were killed and five wounded on Thursday when an industrial company employee in the U.S. state of Missouri opened fire at co-workers before shooting himself dead, the vesti.ru website said.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 01:28 GMT
Obama urges improvement of intelligence data integration
U.S. President Barack Obama has urged intelligence services to improve the processing and integration of analytical information on possible terror attacks.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 02:52 GMT
Police vehicle attacked in Dagestan
A bomb detonated on Thursday in the capital of the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, иге no one was injured, police said.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 03:40 GMT
Russian bobsledder to undergo new surgery Saturday
Russian bobsledder Irina Skvortsova, seriously injured during a training incident in Germany, is expected to undergo another routine surgery Saturday, a spokeswoman for the Russian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation said.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 04:49 GMT
Five missing, six injured in China chemical plant explosion
Five workers went missing and six were injured in Thursday's explosion at a China National Petroleum Corporation chemical plant, the Xinhua news agency reported.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 05:04 GMT
Rubin's Ansaldi set for Manchester City move
Rubin Kazan defender Cristian Ansaldi is to join Manchester City, reports in both Russia and England suggest.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 05:37 GMT
Snowdrift saves Chinese woman who fell from 18th floor
A Chinese housewife escaped with her life after falling from the balcony of her 18th floor Beijing flat when she landed in a snowdrift, national media said on Friday.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 05:57 GMT
Queen-like, light, beautiful - on the 100th anniversary of Galina Ulanova’s birth
January 8 marks 100 years since the birth of legendary Russian ballerina Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova. What is the secret of her magnificence? RussiaProfile.org chief editor Andrei Zolotov, Jr. speaks of Galina Ulanova with his father – professor Andrei Zolotov, Sr. who knew Ulanova well.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 06:02 GMT
Queen-like, light, beautiful - the 100th anniversary of Galina Ulanova’s birth
January 8 marks 100 years since the birth of legendary Russian ballerina Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova. What is the secret of her magnificence? RussiaProfile.org chief editor Andrei Zolotov, Jr. speaks of Galina Ulanova with his father – professor Andrei Zolotov, Sr. who knew Ulanova well.
// Jan. 08, 2010 - 06:02 GMT