Havana slams U.S. decision to list Cuba as terrorism sponsor | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “Cuba has slammed Washington’s decision to list it as a state sponsoring terrorism and to subject Cuban citizens bound to the U.S. to additional security examinations, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said.U.S. transport authorities ordered [...]
Archives: 07 January 2010
January 7, 2010
January 7, 2010
Rescuers save 20 'ice fishermen' in south Russia | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Rescuers save 20 'ice fishermen' in south Russia | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “Rescuers in south Russia’s Rostov Region have saved 20 fisherman who drifted away on an ice floe, an emergency services spokesman told RIA Novosti.‘Twenty fishermen began fishing in the Volgograd Region,’ the spokesman said. ‘The ice [...]
January 7, 2010
Medvedev sends Christmas greeting to nation | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Medvedev sends Christmas greeting to nation | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday in a Christmas message to the nation that the anniversary of the birth of Christ was a time for ‘good wishes and good deeds.’”
January 7, 2010
China, ASEAN mark establishment of free trade area | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
China, ASEAN mark establishment of free trade area | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a ceremony on Thursday to mark the establishment of a free trade area involving eleven states and a population of 1.9 billion.The free trade area was [...]
January 7, 2010
Al-Qaeda claims attack on U.S. base in Afghanistan | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Al-Qaeda claims attack on U.S. base in Afghanistan | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “Al-Qaeda has said it was responsible for last month’s deadly suicide bombing at a U.S. base in southeast Afghanistan.The December 30 attack at the Khost province base killed seven CIA employees and contractors and a Jordanian [...]
January 7, 2010
Mines found next to rail track in south Russia | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Mines found next to rail track in south Russia | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “Four anti-tank mines were discovered on Thursday next to a railway line in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, an emergency services spokeswoman told RIA Novosti.The mines were found at around 11.30 a.m. (08:30 GMT) [...]
January 7, 2010
Eurostar train breaks down in Channel Tunnel | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Eurostar train breaks down in Channel Tunnel | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “A Eurostar train is stuck in the Channel Tunnel, a spokesman said on Thursday.The train, travelling from Brussels to London with 236 people on board, stopped in the tunnel at around 08:30 GMT.The Eurostar spokesman said that [...]
January 7, 2010
Gazprom confirms December payment for Ukraine gas supplies | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Gazprom confirms December payment for Ukraine gas supplies | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire: “Russia’s Gazprom confirmed on Thursday that it had received payment in full for December’s gas deliveries to Ukraine.On Wednesday, Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan pledged the former Soviet republic would pay on schedule $892 million for [...]