China urges U.S. to immediately cancel Dalai Lama meeting
China once again urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to immediately cancel his meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama due next week.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 01:43 GMT
Judge in Berezovsky case denies demanding VGTRK to reveal source
A judge presiding over the hearings of fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky's libel action against a Russian TV broadcaster, VGTRK, denied media reports that he demanded the channel to reveal its sources.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 02:29 GMT
North Korea's nuclear negotiator to visit U.S. in March
North Korea's top nuclear negotiator plans to discuss the resumption of six-party talks on his country's nuclear program during his visit to the U.S. in March.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 03:07 GMT
Russian gets suspended sentence for turning backyard into minefield
A farmer from a Far Eastern village was sentenced to 2.5 years of suspended sentence for installing self-made tripwire-type mines on in his farm to ward off unwanted guests.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 03:40 GMT
Sergei Bagapsh to be inaugurated as Abkhazian president
A “simple, but dignified” inauguration ceremony of Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh, re-elected for another presidential term, will be held on Friday in the former Georgian republic.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 04:33 GMT
Hockey player Morozov to be flag bearer for Russian Olympians
Hockey player Alexei Morozov will lead the Russian Olympic team into Vancouver's BC Place Stadium as the national flag bearer.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 04:55 GMT
Russia House opens in Winter Olympics capital
Russia House in the Winter Olympics capital of Vancouver was opened by Russian deputy prime ministers Alexander Zhukov and Dmitry Kozak by simultaneously striking a puck across the ice.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 06:08 GMT
11 suspected militants killed in south Russia fighting
Eleven suspected militants were killed while fighting with troops in the volatile southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, a police official said on Friday.
// Feb. 12, 2010 - 07:00 GMT