MOSCOW, November 9 - Russia has seen 857 of its military servicemen killed in accidents or crimes since January 2005, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a meeting of top military commanders Wednesday.
MOSCOW, November 9 - Consulting companies monitoring the situation on the Russian telecoms market reported Wednesday an increase of 86% year-on-year in the number of subscribers in the country.
At the concert in Volgograd the singer of the group "Mirage" Svetlana Razina spent a lot of time with her fans.
KIEV, November 9 -- Some 200 members of the Ukrainian Party of Defenders of Fatherland blocked the building of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine on Wednesday, demanding an immediate resignation of its chairman Dmitry Prityka.
An Arizona State University student was arrested Tuesday on charges of trying to arrange sex with a minor he met on the Internet, Tucson police said
DUSHANBE, November 9 - All six fighter jets Mirage of France’s Air Force left Tajikistan on Wednesday morning, the military attache of the French embassy to Dushanbe, Frederique Pieroni told Itar-Tass.
In Chukotka region the factory producing sausages from walrus has opened.
Women with high levels of the sex hormone oestrogen have prettier faces, research suggests.
The reburial of general Denikin’s remains was amply discussed in the media. Most poll participants knew of this event (59% said they knew, 20% said they had heard something about it). 41% expressed a positive attitude towards it, while a negative attitude was voiced by 21%; the remaining respondents either felt indifferent about this fact (30%) or found it hard to evaluate it.
Moscow, Tuesday - a driver of the car "Gazel" ran into parents, walking with year and a half aged twins.
An estimated 50 million to 60 million Americans have insomnia. In the 2005 National Sleep Foundation poll, 11 percent of those asked said they have used alcoholic beverages to fall asleep; 9 percent have used over-the-counter sleep aids, and 7 percent have used prescription sleeping pills.
MOSCOW, November 9 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the armed forces had witnessed a switch from a stage of prolonged transformation to a stage of planned military development this year.
MOSCOW/PARIS, November 9 - Rioters in the eastern French city of Lyons threw rocks at a Russian TV reporter`s car in the early hours Wednesday.
Fatherhood significantly reduces men`s testosterone levels, a study has shown.
KIEV, November 9 -- The widow of Ukrainian journalist Georgy Gongadze has won the case in the European Court of Human Rights, say a court press release distributed in Kiev
STAVROPOL, November 9 - The trial of gunman Nur-Magomed Khatuyev from the Shamil Basayev gang that attacked Budyonnovsk is beginning in Stavropol on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, November 9 - The Supreme Court of Russia has rejected an appeal lodged by convicted Chechen terrorists who had earlier won a case against Russia in European Court of Human Rights, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the courtroom.
Participation in the professional poker tournament turned out to be unlucky for a famous Russian actor: Alexander Abdulov has lost 5 thousand dollars.
Nalchik, November 9 - Ruslan Nakhushev, director of the non-registered Institute of Islamic Studies in Nalchik, did not report for questioning to the Federal Security Service (FSB) department for Kabardino-Balkaria on Tuesday, a department source told Interfax.
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai attended the opening of the capital`s first five-star hotel on Tuesday, leaving his sick bed to mark the occasion
LONDON - Kate Moss is back at work after checking out of an Arizona rehabilitation clinic last month.
YEKATERINBURG, November 9 - Two young boys have drowned after falling through ice in a Urals village, a local official said Wednesday.
Every minute counted in the drama surrounding the Russian Navy mini-sub that became entangled in cables off Kamchatka in August with seven crew members on board. So it seemed rather fitting when Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov presented the vessel`s three British rescuers with Poljot watches as tokens of the nation`s gratitude.
A small chain of restaurants in northern Japan has started serving whale burgers.
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, November 9 - A total of 33 people have died in Magadan as a result of methanol poisoning.