Following the example of many Western countries, Russia has launched a program offering owners of old cars 50,000 rubles ($1,680) each for their vehicles' disposal in a bid to support Russia's ailing car industry, a leading business daily reported on Tuesday.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 07:48 GMT
Around one and a half million people are addicted to heroin in Russia, a Health Ministry top specialist told RIA Novosti.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 07:41 GMT
Firefighters who are still trying to contain a fire at a chemical plant in the Urals city of Perm prevented an explosion on Tuesday, an emergencies service spokesman said.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 07:14 GMT
One person died early on Tuesday when flames engulfed a nightclub in downtown Moscow, emergency services said.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 05:37 GMT
North Korea said on Tuesday it would boost its nuclear capability in response to what it considers “continuing U.S. military threats and provocations,” the Yonhap news agency said, citing the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 05:16 GMT
About 250 people were evacuated early on Tuesday from a residential building in downtown Moscow due to a fire in an adjacent night club.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 03:37 GMT
The Treasury Department has allowed U.S. hi-tech companies to export online services and social media software to Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help people in those countries communicate with the outside world.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 02:44 GMT
The world's largest particle accelerator could provide key insights into the makeup of matter and change our view of physics as early as at the end of 2010.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 01:23 GMT
Famous Spanish tenor Placido Domingo is recovering well after successfully undergoing laparoscopic surgery to remove a malignant polyp in his colon.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 00:23 GMT