Israeli housing plans "unacceptable" - Lavrov
Israel's plans to build homes for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem are unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a phone conversation with the Arab League secretary general.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 00:41 GMT
Belarusian President Lukashenko to visit Venezuela next week
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will pay an official visit to Venezuela on March 16–17, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said on Friday.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 01:14 GMT
Armenian genocide resolution "wrong way to go" - Swedish FM
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Friday adopting a resolution which recognizes the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire was the wrong way to go.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 01:59 GMT
Stolen remains of Greek Cypriot president finally reburied
The body of the former Greek Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos has again been laid to rest in the capital Nicosia three months after being stolen from grave, local TV said on Friday.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 02:44 GMT
Russian scientist forecasts more earthquakes in Pacific zone
Areas surrounding the Pacific Ocean are likely to experience earthquakes and tsunamis in the coming years as the planet entered another long period of seismic activity, a Russian scientist said on Friday.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 03:31 GMT
Obama names charities to receive his Nobel Prize money
U.S. President Barack Obama named ten charity organizations which would benefit from the $1.4 million he received after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. media said on Friday.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 04:12 GMT
Dozen of rare Amur tigers starve to death in Chinese zoo
A total of 13 rare Amur tigers have died of hunger in the past three months in a northeastern Chinese zoo, Xinhua said on Friday.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 04:39 GMT
Russian police officer, soldier face trial on Islamic gang charges
A military court in Russia's Far East has set a date for the trial of a former police officer and solider accused of involvement in a radical Islamic gang, a court spokesperson told RIA Novosti on Friday.
// Mar. 12, 2010 - 05:40 GMT