Flood in South Asia: Rivers recede but millions go hungry
The toll from severe floods across South Asia soared to nearly 1,900 Tuesday as water levels in the region`s swollen rivers started to recede, but millions of people still faced hunger.
Wild ducks recovered after bird flu found in another Siberian region
Antibodies to A-H5 bird flu strain have been registered by wild ducks in another Siberian region. As press office of the Novosibirsk Regional Department of Rosselkhoznadzor (state agriculture watchdog) says, the antibodies were found in blood serum of three wild birds in the Republic of Khakassia.
Two Italian tourists die in car crash in Siberia
Two Italian tourists died when their bus overturned on an island on Lake Baikal in East Siberia Saturday morning when en route to a ferry linking the island to the mainland, local emergencies officials said.
Floods, drought and now forest fires raged throughout China
Flash floods in just one county in central China killed 78 people and left at least 18 missing, state media said on Saturday, as hundreds of firemen struggled to control forest fires in the north.
No effect on Europe if Belarus taps Russian gas - Gazprom-1
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Police about the reasons of mass street fight in Moscow: it`s not inter-ethnic confrontation
A mass street fight in northeast Moscow Wednesday night that injured 10 people, four seriously, was not ethnically motivated, police said.
Chechen militant killed in gunfight with police
A militant was killed in a firefight in southwestern Chechnya when police attempted to stop his car for an ID check, a Chechen Interior Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
A severe earthquake struck Sakhalin, one died
A 23-year-old woman was killed when an earthquake hit the southern half of Sakhalin Island in Russia`s Far East at midday Thursday, a local emergencies ministry spokesman said.
Emergencies ministry warns of bird flu outbreak in Urals
Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations warned Tuesday of a danger of bird flu outbreaks in August in the Chelyabinsk Region, in the south Urals.
Three dead, 129 hospitalized because of water in Urals
Three people have died and 129 are in hospital in the Urals, diagnosed with a virus possibly contracted from the hot water supply following maintenance work, local health officials said.
Afghans recover body of slain Korean hostage
Afghan authorities on Tuesday recovered the body of a second South Korean shot dead by Taliban kidnappers who threatened to kill more of the 21 hostages if Kabul does not free rebel prisoners by 0730 GMT (0230 EST) on Wednesday.
Source: "Nothing happened with nuclear reactor" at plant in Severodvinsk
"Nothing happened with the nuclear reactor" at the atomic submarine in Severodvinsk, where a technological plop of gas occurred on July 26, a REGNUM correspondent reports citing a source at the Zvezdochka plant in Severodvinsk.
Robber disguised with rabbit fur moustache caught in West Siberia
A robber sporting a moustache and beard fashioned from an old rabbit hat has been arrested in West Siberia after robbing a village store, a police spokesman said Friday.
Russia`s Yutair sends helicopter to fight Greek fires
Yutair, Russia`s largest helicopter operator, has sent a helicopter to Greece, where forest fires have been raging, an airline spokesman said Friday.
Blast in Russia left Finland without gas for 6 hours
Delivery of the Russian gas to Finland was suspended for six hours because of an explosion at a main gas pipeline in Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Region.
Russian schoolgirl gets 5.5 yrs for ordering parents` murder
A 15-year-old girl in the central Siberian city of Barnaul has been sentenced to five and a half years in a juvenile prison for ordering her parents` killing, a local court spokesperson said Tuesday.
Power restored to thousands in England
Emergency workers restored power to thousands of homes in western England Tuesday but 350,000 people were still without fresh water after the worst flooding in 60 years.
Neo-Nazis behind attack on nuclear protestors in Siberia
Police said Tuesday an attack on an environmental camp in southeast Siberia, which left one person dead and seven injured, was carried out by members of a local neo-Nazi group.
One soldier dead, another wounded in Chechnya battle
A federal soldier was killed and another wounded in a skirmish with a group of militants in the south of the troubled North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, the local Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
One dead, seven injured in attack on environmentalists in Siberia
One person was killed and at least seven were injured in an attack on an environmentalist camp in the Irkutsk Region in southeastern Siberia early Saturday, a local police source said.
Italian citizen beaten, robbed in Moscow
An Italian citizen was beaten and robbed early Saturday in southwestern Moscow by a group of assailants who were later apprehended by police officers, a Moscow police source said.
Over $2mn needed to liquidate accident in Lvov Region (Ukraine)
A draft resolution was sent to the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers to throw money for liquidating consequences of the accident in Lvov Region, when a train carrying phosphorus derailed, and the phosphorus ignited.
Brazil plane crash may haunt government
Critics condemned the government for failing to invest in safety measures adopted by other urban airports, as officials confirmed that a plane crash killed all 186 people onboard, the nation`s second major air disaster in less than a year.
Six dead, 41 injured in Ukraine bus crash
Six people have been killed and 41 injured in a bus crash in Ukraine`s Black sea autonomy, a spokesman for the emergencies services said Thursday.
Six killed as factory roof collapses in east Russia
At least six people were killed and one woman rescued from debris when the roof of a factory in Russia`s Far East collapsed, the local emergencies service said Thursday.