ASTANA, November 10 - The CIS mission in Astana opens on Thursday a center in the Kazakh capital to monitor the presidential elections in Kazakhstan, scheduled for December 4, Tass learnt from CIS executive secretary Vladimir Rushailo who arrived in Astana on Wednesday evening.
NEW YORK -- It took Natasha a day trip to Moscow to find the American husband she had dreamed of. It took the next six years to get out of the nightmare that followed.
Young super-model Karolina Kurkova became the queen of the American company "Victoria`s secret".
The newspaper Sun edited the list of the funniest websites.
Russia`s state duma is considering new rules which would force all non-governmental organisations to re-register within a year.
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TASHKENT, November 10 - The Uzbek National Security Service has described as provocative opposition journalist Alexei Volosevich`s claims that special services were involved in an attack on him.
Strict criteria in new cleaning contracts will ensure the cleanliness of school toilets, the New South Wales education department said.
MOSCOW, November 10 - Russia is introducing restrictions on imports of Polish beef, pork and poultry meat, sources from the Russian Ministry for Agriculture said.
A Chinese insurance company is to become the first to start offering a life policy specifically for bird flu.
At least 67 people died and about 300 were injured as a result of 3 explosions occurred in Amman on Wednesday evening.
The chief lawyer for Saddam Hussein has said the former Iraqi leader`s defence team will cease dealings with the court trying him for crimes against humanity.
France`s government has issued a decree declaring a state of emergency in Paris and more than 30 other towns following a 13th night of rioting.
The service that has issued more than 75 million audio books to visually impaired people in the UK is celebrating its 70th birthday.
Bees have a much more sophisticated visual system than previously thought, according to a new UCL (University College London) study in which bees were able to solve complicated colour puzzles.
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.
Very often we underestimate the changes occurred in Ukraine lately. Nevertheless, international organizations conducting their monitoring researchers, confirm that Ukraine carries out its general course of reforms not worse and sometimes even better than the other countries including post-soviet and east-European ones.
Women with high levels of the sex hormone oestrogen have prettier faces, research suggests.
Moscow`s Dynamo soccer team has had 15 coaches in the 13 years it has participated in Russian championships.
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.
BEIJING, November 9 - North Korea`s delegation to the six-nation talks on its nuclear problem is insisting that priority in discussions be given to the distrust between the DPRK and the United States, the delegation`s head said at the fifth round of talks Wednesday.
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.